Who Elects Terrorists?

The Bloomberg headline, "Hamas Refuses to Recognize Israel After Moscow Talks" reveals the absurdity of the entire Palestinian movement. Hamas is a terrorist organization, recently elected as the goverment of the Palestinian Authority. Israel is a real state. It has a stable government and, more importantly, protects individual rights. As a result, it is fairly affluent. "Palestine" is utterly destitute. Individual rights, such as property rights, are not respected, and the region lives off donations from the West. The political organization Hamas now controls is like a mosquito: small, parasitic, and ultimately ephemeral. And yet it has the audacity to refuse to even recognize Israel. It's mind-blowing.

The article tells us that "Putin last month invited Hamas to visit Moscow and said the international community should recognize the Palestinians' choice of Hamas to lead their next government." Indeed, the Palestinians freely chose a terrorist organization to lead it. What does this tell us about the legitimacy of Palestine? What about the "innocence" of the Palestinian people? I'm not saying that all Palestinians are evil and deserve to die. I am, however, saying that everyone who voted for Hamas is evil.

Israel should not allow this charade to continue. It ought to unilaterally destroy the Palestinian Authority. It should loudly proclaim its moral right to exist, and to aggressively defend itself against those who seek its destruction.