Hamas is the excuse for the Israeli attack on Gaza. It is not the reason.
The real Israeli objective in Gaza is to drive out the population and destroy infrastructure as part of a long term plan to expel Palestinians in Gaza and elsewhere.
This settler colonisation has been ongoing since 1948, starting with the Nakba. In Australia we are very familiar with settler colonisation – driving out the original inhabitants.
In 1948 Palestinians owned 94% of all land; now Israelis own 82%. These figures tell the real story.
October 7 did not occur in a vacuum. It was the result of decades long Israeli occupation, never ending violence and oppression. The pressure cooker exploded!
The US and Australian parrott on about a two state solution but we do nothing to advance it. We use it as a fig leaf to hide our support for US policies in support of Israel.
Recognizing Palestine would be a first step in a political settlement. But the Israeli government rejects it. Netanyahu boasts that he has thwarted a Palestinian State.
Instead Israel pursues occupation of more and more land, ethnic cleansing and apartheid.
Even if the military defeat of Hamas was........