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It's not normal to live in a country that part of it is fighting a 100 years war, certainly not very nice to have tensions going for 1400 years (between Sunna & Shia), of course it's not nice to have nuclear Jews on your doorstep who are busy & engulfed in fighting Hammas which is a Muslim/nationalist militia, and for Syria, again I give you this link :

Hamas is a direct result of the West, and especially Israel, wanting to get rid of Arafat. Who was a real nationalist. Hamas, if not an outright religious radical organisation, at least has many fundamentalist members within it's ranks. And they know how to play their cards right, which isn't that hard, given all the destruction. They are seen as the providers of food and shelter.

The only thing I agree with you on, is that Hamas is the elected power of the region. If they are seen as the enemy and peace making can only be brokered by negotiating with the enemy, the claim of not negotiating with terrorist organisations is entirely stupid.

I'm old enough to remember the negotiations between Menachem Begin and Anwar Al Saddat. Both were nationalist. The drop into this being an - at least in parts - religiously motivated struggle, only happened in the late 80ies, with the first Intifada and it's aftermath.