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Israel-Palestine: For Human Values in the Absence of a Just Peace

in touch with networks in Syria. These jihadists regard Hamas as infidels, because of its
Palestinian nationalism and its willingness to negotiate with Israel over a cease-fire. If
living conditions do not improve and hopes continue to fade among Gaza’s youth, the
lure of ISIS will inevitably grow, posing new and unpredictable dangers, not only for
Gazans themselves, but for Israel, the region, and for the West’s wider war on the Islamic
State.lxxxvi Hamas and ISIS are bitter enemies for many reasons.
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development concluded that that a
Palestinian state cannot be economically viable without the reintegration of Gaza with the
West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Gaza should be the seaport for a future Palestinian
state, and if the Palestinian National Authority were permitted to develop natural gas in
Gaza’s offshore oil fields, this would generate revenue for the authority and allow power
plants to operate in the West Bank and Gaza.lxxxvii
Twenty years ago Sara Roy, a Jewish scholar and daughter of a holocaust survivor
wrote: “Gaza dispels the myriad myth