Hamas win makes it easier for Israel to find leadership targets

Astute Blogger points out that there will be few changes in the middle east because of Hamas's Palestinian Authority election win.

While I agree that it is unlikely to lead to a resolution of the Islami war to annialate Israel, it should do away with the pretensions of peacefully looking for a two state solution. It will also require Hamas leadership to come out in the open where they can be more easily targeted. The vote for Hamas is a vote for war with Israel and there should be no pretensions about what will follow.

Hanas is an organization that must be destroyed in order for the Palestinians to have a peace agreement with Israel. There election will probably make that destruction easier.

Update: Austin Bay adds:

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If Hamas pursues the war path, the Israelis will beat them and beat them badly. If Hamas “accomodates” Israel (ie, accomodates reality) then Hamas will have to eat its strident rhetoric. Is Hamas prepared to fix the potholes (there are many) and pick up the garbage? Nope– Hamas is prepped to fight an insurgency, with friendly powers footing the bills. Fatah now becomes the opposition and is free to criticize. Fatah also has the US as a de facto ally. Who funds Hamas? Saddam is gone. There are friendly Saudis, and there’s the EU. Provoking a war with Israel may play well in the alleys but it won’t impress the banks.

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I think Iran will pick up the funding of the Palestinian war against Israel. Hamas will join the Tehran-Damascus entities in making war against the west.

Update II: One of the reasons the Palestinian Authority has not been able to achieve an agreement with Israel is that it had nothing to offer Israel because it could not guarantee peace. One of the reasons it could not guarantee peace is that it could not control groups like Hamas. Now the pretense of a "partner for peace" is gone. While it clarifies the issues great effort will be made in the coming weeks to obfuscate them again to avoid the inevitable.

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