(National-Abu Dhabi) Editorial - When Khaled Meshaal, the exiled leader of Hamas, declared himself a martyr-in-waiting in Gaza on Friday, he confirmed that violence is the group's only vision for the future. But blinded by its narrative of resistance, Hamas is unable to see how clearly it is failing its own people. Gazans are unemployed, angry and desperate, but Hamas' rocket fire will do nothing to improve life in the Strip. Had Meshaal and others focused on political compromise, rather than conduct the purge of Fatah members from Gaza in 2006, Palestinian politics would not be as divided as it is today.
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