"the Hamas attack was stupid, brutal and outrageous and a particularly odd thing to do with a government led by Netanyahu and backed by a right wing party" It could have something to do with the fact that Hamas is an Israeli/CIA construction, with funding directly connected to Bibi.
It is difficult to accept that intelligence agencies play dirty , but that is the way they play.
Besides, after 70 years of being brutalized by Israel , Hamas probably fits the western description as 'freedom fighters' . more closely than that of terrorists.
