It's the calvary against the Indians.
Hamas represents a people who are having their land stolen, their water stolen, their power stolen and can only strike back pathetically with insignificant rockets.
They are helpless in the face of an American armed military bent upon causing their people as much pain as possible.
If the Israelis want peace they will evacuate the settlements. I'd bet that if the Israelis returned to Israel the violence would end.
There's a reason this is happening now. America will have a new regime and Israel isn't quite sure how Obama will react to the US financing genocide.
Arf