How Hamas rule in Gaza has been disastrous for Palestinians

One can ony feel desperately sorry for the 2.2 million Paestininans living in Gaza. They made the mistake of voting in Hamas to rule the Strip but now have every reason to blame them for the appalling disaster that has befallen them. One thing that has become clear is that instead of spending money to improve the lives and livelihoods of the Palestinian people, Hamas has diverted all the funds they could muster into building weapons laboratories, constructing tunnels to hide in, and spending their time and energy into plotting a terrorist strike against Israel. Never mind the Palestinian people who needed food and jobs and social care. Gaza, as all commentators are saying, is now hell on earth. It is being steadily destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in the hunt for Hamas hideouts and the people are all cooped up in southern Gaza in the hope of saving their lives. One woman on TV the other night said she was living with more than 40 people in one house. The so-called two-state solution under which Israel and Palestine would exist as two separate nations has been a dream for decades but now seems further away than ever. The future for the Palestinian people is grim.