It is sincerely disgusting to read the corporate media spun “news” about the “election” victory of Hamas. First, in the occupied areas of Israel as in the occupied areas of Iraq, it is important for the criminal occupiers to hold “elections” so as to provide a patina of legitimacy for what is essentially a massive felony and crime perpetuated against humanity, not that the Arab-hating Jabotinsky Likudites in Israel and their Straussian neocon fellow travelers in America give a whit about human rights. Second, it should be noted, but will not be in the corporate media, Hamas was midwifed by Israel, as Richard Sale of the UPI revealed some time ago. Since Israel will never loosen its grip on the so-called occupied territories, a Hamas “victory” in an election designed to allow the Palestinians to pretend they are a sovereign nation (and actually choose the “authority” that will rule over them at the behest of the Likudites), the “election” of Hamas is a custom-made excuse for Israel to harden its apartheid policies, continue to bombard Gaza mercilessly, and never allow the Palestinians to set up their own state. In fact, it can be argued, the “election” of Hamas will eventually lead to the mass “transfer” of Palestinians to their “real home” in Jordan, as more than half of all Israelis believe ethnic cleansing is a viable solution to the Palestinian “problem,” that is to say the fact a few million Palestinians remain outraged over their dispossession and thousands are engaged in active resistance. For Israel, the “election” of Hamas is the best possible scenario.