HAMAS

*HAMAS cannot continue to rule Gaza, says EU foreign affairs chief.*

The world would be a better place if Gaza were not ruled by HAMAS, but I think that there is no practical and acceptable way to bring that about, except by committing a far bigger crime against humanity than those HAMAS has committed.

The Palestinian Authority, undermined and weakened by Israel, would not be able to win support in Gaza, and wisely won't agree to try, unless the situation for Palestinians becomes much less oppressive.

Israel helped strengthen HAMAS in the 1980s as a way of weakening the PA.