I was listening to a Middle East analyst on the radio on Thursday and he made an observation that's irrefutable - that Netayahu and Hamas are utterly and totally dependent on each other to validate their power.
Netanyahu's hawkish position receives a boost every time he responds to Hamas rocket attacks - he needs them and will even provoke them.
Similarly, the Hamas leadership receives a boost every time an Israeli rocket lands on an ostensibly civilian target, which encourages them to use civilian buildings from which to launch their rocket attacks.
To retain their respective positions of power they need each other. Conflict keeps them in power.
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