Regardless of whether Netanyahu's comparison between Hamas and ISIS is accurate, the point is that Hamas - like other Islamist extremist movements - can not be placated in the long-term by Western political concessions. The antisemitic extremist group's fundamental grievance isn't an economic one, but, rather, the continued existence of a Jewish state - and no journalist covering the region can possibly report accurately on the conflict if they fail to comprehend this most basic truth.
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