[USNBandit]

The United Nations charter preserved the customary right of a state to retaliate against an "armed attack" from another state. The right has evolved to cover nonstate actors operating beyond the borders of the state claiming self-defense, and arguably would apply to Hamas.

News flash, Hamas won democratic elections, validated by Saint Jimmah. They are as close as the Gaza gets to a government.

I have thought for years that Israel should unilaterally recognize the Palestinian Authority as its own state, give them 30 days to cease hostility, then declare war.

[AmericanVictory]

Hitler and the Nazis won elections; so did Mussolini and the Fascists.