[JamesTornC]

The government(not poeple) do this beacuase Israel wants this .

Please remember that as a result of the 2006 PA legislature elections, Hamas is no longer an unaffiliated, non-state sponsored rogue military force,but are instead a legitimate political and governing entity. By choosing Hamas to govern its legislature, the Palestinian people have implicitly sanctioned their actions; Hamas can now legitimately claim that it has mandate of the Palestinian people and are acting both politically and militarily on the behalf of the constituents who elected them.

It goes without saying that I sympathize with the innocent civilians who have lost their homes, lives or the lives of their loved ones. It is a travesty. But the fact remains, that Hamas' political credibility is derived from the Palestinian people who elected them. And from a de facto perspective, their military actions are endorsed by the same electorate. This also makes it possible for the Israelis to defend their actions as a response to an act of war perpetrated by the governing authority of another state.