When people describe the interests in the Israeli-Palestinian War as Israel vs. Hamas as what Israel wants vs. what Hamas wants, they are equivocating Israel with Hamas, and the two are very different. Israel is a country with multiple interest groups, and Hamas is a totalitarian terrorist organization. They are not the same. If there is any chance of a long-term political solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, we need to break down the different interest groups in Israel and Palestine, or the agreement will fail.
Palestine has a minimum of two interest groups:
- Hamas, an extremist far-right antisemitic political party
- Fatah, a center-right antizionist political party
Israel has a minimum of five interest groups:
- Likud is an extremist far-right Zionist political party that has ruled the region for most of the last 50 years.
- Other right-wing Zionist political parties
- Centrist Zionist political parties
- Left-wing Zionist political parties
- Arab citizens of Israel
So be careful in how you talk about it. If you mean Likud, say Likud. Claiming that all Israelis agree with Likud is antisemitism.