The recent recognitions of a Palestinian state and the October 10 ceasefire have been followed by a flurry of calls to “deradicalize” Palestinian society. The New York Times editorial board went so far as to compare this deradicalization project to the denazification of Germany after the Second World War. These calls have the situation backwards to the point of farce.
The point is that Hamas is made out to be much more than it actually is in that country. These deaths are not just Hamas and Israeli deaths, like lots of Americans seem to think they are.