As much as I hate the assholes who excuse Hamas, the focus on trying to influence Isreal makes sense. Countries like the US give Israel weapons using taxpayer money, and Israel has much better funding in general. They had way more power in trying to broker a peace, but decades of making life worse for Palestinians and refusing to back a coexisting Palestinians state let Hamas and other reactionaries take power. They made peaceful seem improvement impossible, thus making violence look like the only option.

The US could theoretically stop buying bombs that kill children, but that won’t happen because Republicans salivate at the thought of dead brown people and Jews. Even most Democrats aren’t willing to tell Israel to not commit genocide, as they recognize the importance of a Middle Eastern ally or think Israel has no other choice. We have some minor influence over Israel, but negative influence over Hamas. We should do what we can to hurt Hamas while still trying to lower the heat through Israel. It’s the best we can do.