Isn’t it odd that a good ol’ southern baptist like Jimmah could become such a reliable agent of Old Scratch himself?
Jimmie Carter was not the first president to win a Nobel Peace Prize, Theodore Roosevelt won the prize in 1906 for mediating the end of the Russo-Japanese War.
He's right, I afraid. Hamas represents the bulk of the palestinian people, at least in Gaza. They did elect them into power.
And thats the reason why any sane policy must ignore completely the desires and aspirations of the gazan palestinians. They have hitched their wagon to pure evil. You don't negotiate with them. You don't treat their aspirations with respect.
You hunt Hamas down and kill them to the last man. Whoever is left, if they want to live peaceful lives, then those people you talk to. The others you give no quarter.
If there are no peace-loving gaza palestinians, then at some point you have to consider expanding Israel's borders into the territory, annex it into Israel proper while expelling anyone with any ties to Hamas that you didn't kill in phase one. The whole purpose of war is to re-draw the facts on the ground into something that you can live with in peace.