No compassion for the Palestinians

How the Arabs see it: With the scourge of starvation beginning to take its toll on impoverished Palestinians also tormented by unrelenting Israeli campaigns of violence and ruin, the Hamas-led government is searching for options to surmount one of the worst threats faced in the occupied territories since 1967.(...) Indeed, Hamas's refusal to yield to Israeli- American blackmail has strengthened the movement's standing in the eyes of most Palestinians who have come to view their government as epitomising and embodying heroic Palestinian resistance in the face of Western-Zionist arrogance and aggression.(...) And yet, it would be so easy for the Palestinian "Governement" to improve the situation of its constituency. The only thing Hamas would have to do is to credibly renounce to Genocide.* Can't be that hard, right? Until then, and although I try really hard, I don't feel any compassion for these people. They are in this situation because they choose to be so. *The other, second thing would be to renounce to corruption, but that's another question. (Hat tip: Slak) english / Mideast