Kulturkampf

[Eric Cartman]

So I think the schism between officials and electorate is down to;
- from the electorate side, anyone over a certain age fucking knows what terrorism looks like and hamas are fucking terrorists.
- from the official side, I'm not any kind of expert in international law, but if what we call palestine is just part of israel, I don't think anyone can do much about it as technically an internal police action.
I also suspect recognising it is the first step to getting hamas out as their adminstration, and I don't think anyone except hamas would be happy with any kind of peace deal that leaves hamas in charge, including most palestinians.