I was out with a friend last night, who visits friends regularly in palestine. Her understanding from her palestinian friends is that both Hamas and Hezbollah are Iranian backed.
From what she said, Hamas have a rather unpleasant habit of using mosques and schools to use as a base from which to launch rocket attacks. I know this may come across as pro Israeli, which given that I understand only broadly the geopolitical situation it isn't, but the bottom line is that Hamas knew vey well that if they kept firing rockets at Israel, Israel would fight back.. It's a bit like having a neighbour that you don't like who throws rubbish over your garden fence, you may grumble for a while, but after a bit, you get to thowing his rubbish back and some of your own,. Trifle simplistic, but same principle.
There's a huge difference in the Middle Eastern mindset to that of the Western mindset ( no inference intended about which is the better) and I think it makes a very complex region even more difficult to understand as people's motivations and reactions differ in so many ways. Which doesn't mean to say that the basics don't apply.
Just too many nutters in the world,s he said intellectually!!
-------------------- I have the talent of single-minded determination and foc....hey, look, dog!
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