Place yourself in the shoes of a Palestinian for a moment, it might help you understand why they would elect such radical politicians. Or better yet let me use an example that might hit closer to home.

I'm a Canadian citizen and always have been. I'm proud of the country I come from and the principles this country entails. Now, imagine if America decided that they wanted Canada to become the 51st state, so they slowly began to overtake tracts of Canadian land. Low and behold, the American government encountered resistance from Canadian's who wanted to maintain their sovereignty and their own way of life. In response, America cut off Canada from the outside world. They restricted access to essential goods such as food and water, prevented aid from entering the country, set up security checkpoints in several major cities and began capturing, kidnapping and killing Canadian's that repressed the takeover. How do you imagine I would respond? What would you reasonably expect me to do? You had better believe that me, and probably most people in my country would not be accepting of what was happening and would look to the most radical sects of society as justification for taking up arms. You had better believe that I would take up arms and shoot to kill in an effort to defend my country to the end.

Israel has essentially cut off Palestine from the World for the past 60 years, slowly taking over Palestinian land and restricting access the essential goods. The Hamas were elected because they promised to be radical towards Israel, and because the people of Palestine could sympathize with a regime that was finally willing to take action on their behalf. I imagine most of the people on Reddit do not live in the Gaza strip which makes it extremely hard for them to understand why Palestine is taking the actions that it is.

Please understand that this comment was not in opposition to what your saying. I agree, war does suck, and there is never a good justification for war, but maybe this will help people better understand what Palestinian's have been driven to and why they have chosen the option that they have.