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Regarding the Gaza leadership, it's true that Hamas is their leader. However, most of the current Palestinians were too young to vote in the 2006 election when Hamas was chosen. Those who did vote for Hamas have largely been killed or displaced by the Israelis.
The Washington PostRecalling the statement of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who said, “I'm proud that I prevented the establishment of a Palestinian state," it is evident that while there have been instances of refusal from the Palestinians, these rejections often stemmed from proposals that did not offer a genuinely autonomous Palestinian state. In many cases, the control was largely retained by the Israelis.
Times of IsraelThe attack Israel faced on October 7 came from an armed group in a territory, Gaza, that Israel has effectively controlled. Israel withdrew its forces from Gaza in 2005, but it has imposed a land, sea, and air blockade on the enclave since Hamas came to power in 2007. That, according to Albanese, amounts to occupation – although Israel and its allies disagree with that assessment. “Israel does not claim it has been threatened by another state. It has been threatened by an armed group within an occupied territory. It cannot claim the right of self-defense against a threat that emanates from a territory it occupies, from a territory kept under belligerent occupation,” Albanese said.
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