PSintend0 said:
There could be multiple reasons and some have been already stated here. Why would the Palestinians want to keep the conflict going? For both one of the reasons is the revenge-mentality, they have to revenge all the wrong that has been done against them. |
I have yet to see a valid reason presented.
As for the Palestinians there actually are lots of reasons. The first and most obvious is the land. It is their stated goal to force Israel to return to pre 1967 borders. They can at least in theory accomplish this. Israel does not want the land in Gaza, or rather cannot feasibly take it while remaining a Jewish democracy.
There is also the political pressure that gets put on Israel in the aftermath of these attacks. Palestine cannot physically conquer Israel, the only path is through international pressure on Israel. Their current strategy does help meet that goal.
The third is religious. Israel, despite its Jewish cultural identity, is largely a secular society. Hamas however is a fundamentalist organization that adheres to an (in their mind) literal interpretation of Quran. Their explicit goal is to spread Islam, and this is often more important to them than the security of their citizen.
Fourth, there is currently a blockade on Gaza instituted by Egypt and Israel. This blockade was instituted in response to Hamas' refusal to renounce violence (which also led to them forfeiting international aid for their people).
So those are the reasons that it is beneficial to Hamas to keep the conflict going. Mainly because Israel has something they want. Israel already has it, so attacking or prolonging the conflict does nothing except cost them money and worsen their international position.
