Hamas must be banned from Palestinian Authority elections - comment
October 7 is not the only date from which Israel – and the world – needs to learn. January 25, 2006, is another
Assessment
The argument draws a direct line from Hamas's 2006 electoral victory to the October 7 attack, framing participation in Palestinian Authority elections as a strategic threat rather than a democratic exercise. The piece contends that allowing Hamas to run legitimizes a group committed to Israel's destruction, and that the international community should have learned this lesson nearly two decades ago. The stakes are whether future Palestinian elections will be permitted at all, and whether Israel and its allies will preemptively block Hamas from the ballot box.