[Sephiroth]

Look, it's dead simple:

1. Hamas militarily & murderously invades Israel in October 2023, taking hostages.

2. Israel retaliates to destroy Hamas, which eventually involves levelling much of Gaza.

3. Israel reminds Hamas that this can stop if they release remaining hostages.

4. Israel continues trying to destroy Hamas with awful civilian consequences.

5. .... continuing.

Europe isn't helping and might well be stiffening Israel's resolve. The recognition of a Palestinian state in these volatile circumstances sends a signal to Israel that elections in Palestine (which are well overdue) would return a Hamas administration (or its renamed equivalent).

The Netanyahu government is a bad egg because of the nasty orthodox party. But that bad egg still needs to eliminate Hamas and the bad egg element is not doing its best to protect innocent civilians in Gaza. Very complex and difficult to resolve.

First step is for Hamas to release the remaining hostages. That is the key to reducing Gazan suffering. Hamas is a badder egg than Netanyahu.

Then the Gazans can be employed to rebuild Gaza, perhaps in the mould of Dubai, to bring prosperity to the region.