Quoting from WaPo:
Indeed, we have internal Palestinian challenges — surprise, surprise. After seven decades of Israel forcefully fragmenting our geography, battering our society, strangulating our economy, murdering and jailing our leaders, what would you expect? Hamas is the new player on the block; what about the decades before Hamas? Israel always makes sure there is a monster on the other side. How else do right-wing governments rally the masses — think of Bush Jr., and Trump? Regarding domestic challenges, remember I am American too, so I have such challenges on both sides of my hyphenated identity.
We have written of the artificially created “Palestinian” boogieman before. And there is much more to say on the lawless kidnapping, the evil occupation, etc., etc.
The state of Israel, indeed, helped create Hamas (after installing Arafat), in the first place.