Max Borders shares his unusual perspective on Palestinian democracy in The Hamas Win Brings Clarity:
In fact, it will now be easier politically for Israel to do what it must to protect itself. Now that Hamas is “legitimate,” Israel can simply defend itself against Palestine instead of a murky Palestinian faction — and such would be justified even under international law. Israel is no longer dealing with a terror group hiding behind an enfeebled Fatah.They’re dealing with a government that has been elected upon an existing right of self-determination — even if it determines itself to be a terror state. And real states (elected by a real majority) may legitimately get their clocks cleaned if they commit acts of war against other states. This may be the clarity the region needed. In the short term, it may mean all out war. In the long term, it may bring some finality to things in a place that has seen only a series of wars and intifadas anyway.