I have no use for Hamas and have never supported or defended it. I know it's a vile organization- which is why Netanyahu should be tried for treason for propping it up as a counterweight to the PLO- the PLO did negotiate, did recognize Israel, did everything the Israeli government asked of it in the 90s. It would never have done anything remotely like October 7th. And there was never any chance that sidelining the PLO would create a better Palestinian leadership in its place.