Bigmouse

Alternatively Battlefield, which used to be a household name, nearly on par with Call of Duty, but then took a nose dive that lasted 7 years

My favourite: ‘geröntgt’ which is the second participle of ‘röntgen’ to x-ray someone. Never heard it pronounced correctly by a native speaker.

Meh… Israel helped make Hamas big, way before they were known as Hamas. Back then they just were an offshoot of the egyptian Muslim Brotherhood organisation. Fatah was/is secular and Israel sought to utilize islamist organizations agaibst Fatah, who they saw as their main opponent. And it worked. There was violence between secular and islamist palestinian organisations.

But -shock horror- the islamists turned out to be a greater threat to israel than the secular fatah.

It's a little like 9/11. I vehemently disavow and condemn the attacks. But on the other hand, you kinda made your own bed so to speak.

There's another explanation: there is a religiously zealous segment of israeli society that is the main driver of many illegal settlements. Additionally the state of Israel sometimes wields its institutional force against palestinians, especially in east Jerusalem. Citing 'demographic concerns' as a reason for giving building permits to israelis and not to palestinians should probably not happen in a non ethno state.