Isreal Palistine and Hamas

Now that Israel is pulling out of Palestine they need to win the hearts and minds of the Palestinian people away from the Hamas. How are they to do this? Well they need to start by rebuilding all of the homes they destroyed and by using local Palestinian labour to do it. Hospitals need to be rebuilt and fully functional and of course the infrastructure needs to be brought back online.

Once the infrastructure is up and running the next major task is education. If the young are allowed to attend proper secular schools the violence in the long run will be reduced. The education of girls must promoted most of all. Countries where there is a highly educated female population are more stable then the ones with the lower population of educated females.

Everything I say here is nothing new the Hamas took power because they built hospitals, schools and fed the people. they new that they must gain the trust of the people before they would gain real power. While Arafat's government was infighting and stealing the foreign aid, and Israel was putting up fences and denying food, work and aid to the Palestinian people, Hamas was feeding, treating and educating them in religious schools slanted to their view of Islam. The Hamas knew how to manipulate the people to see their cause as the right cause. Feed, treat and educate and you will win the hearts and minds of any population. Bomb destroy and leave, will cause the people will hate you.

It is the same in southern Lebanon if the west and Israel would build schools, hospitals and provide aid to the local population. The Syrian backed militias would have a hard time requiting members.

From the armchair political pundit this was my point of view.