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The PPP are the Communist freedom fighters and Israel has funded Hamas for years to stop the PPP from coming into power. It's easier to fight radical fundamentalists than it is to fight socialists.
Excuse me, what?
Radical fundamentalists, I believe they're saying, make more palatable enemies. Same essential reason why Hamas was funded by Israel to split Palestinian support from Fatah - Fatah, as a secular and nominally leftist organization drew some international sympathy - Hamas, much less.
The other side of the coin is that Hamas was able to rise in the first place because Fatah had become incredibly corrupt and inept.
Bingo. Thanks for clearing that up.
You can get martyrs and madmen from all sides, religious fundamentalists or not.
I think you'd be surprised by a deep dive through history. Plenty of secularists have been willing and even eager to trade their lives for justice.
https://www.newarab.com/analysis/why-israel-has-strategic-interest-escalating-violence
Because fighting fundamentalists gives you more international sympathy and support.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/
It was also to prevent there being a unified Palestinian government by driving a wedge between the west bank and Gaza.