But that is the whole point. The leadership is not weakest when under outside threat, it is the strongest. You can try to make opposition against them, but to the extent that the outside threat is actually felt by the people (which in the case of the palestinians is so in an extreme way), they will rally behind that leadership for protection and retaliation. An opposition force can only hope to do away with the current leadership, if it ALSO or better to a greater extent seems able to protect people and retaliate against the external threat. This is why Hamas got more popular than the PLO - because they are more extremely anti-israel. This is why Hamas is shooting masses of rockets now, because parts of the palestinian population are autonomously acting against israel, presenting a threat to Hamas' monopolisation of the resistance. In no way can I see how a defeatist position could gather any substantial support, as it does the exact opposite. This is not a war between to empires, where a peace can be declared and the troops can come home (with maybe the loss of some territory): there is nowhere to retreat to, no home for soldiers to return to, because palestinian homes are under attack.
You make valid points, but in my estimation they come down to an impossible strategy, that can only work in theory. Like how Trotskyist arguments always flow: IF only there was a mass revolutionary party with The Correct Line, then we would overthrow capitalism! Very true, but this will never happen. It is the square root of -1: a mathematical impossibility (since minus times minus is plus).
The square root of -1
But that is the whole point. The leadership is not weakest when under outside threat, it is the strongest. You can try to make opposition against them, but to the extent that the outside threat is actually felt by the people (which in the case of the palestinians is so in an extreme way), they will rally behind that leadership for protection and retaliation. An opposition force can only hope to do away with the current leadership, if it ALSO or better to a greater extent seems able to protect people and retaliate against the external threat. This is why Hamas got more popular than the PLO - because they are more extremely anti-israel. This is why Hamas is shooting masses of rockets now, because parts of the palestinian population are autonomously acting against israel, presenting a threat to Hamas' monopolisation of the resistance. In no way can I see how a defeatist position could gather any substantial support, as it does the exact opposite. This is not a war between to empires, where a peace can be declared and the troops can come home (with maybe the loss of some territory): there is nowhere to retreat to, no home for soldiers to return to, because palestinian homes are under attack.
You make valid points, but in my estimation they come down to an impossible strategy, that can only work in theory. Like how Trotskyist arguments always flow: IF only there was a mass revolutionary party with The Correct Line, then we would overthrow capitalism! Very true, but this will never happen. It is the square root of -1: a mathematical impossibility (since minus times minus is plus).