also is impossible to see how a cease-fire can be brokered if Israel is going to destroy the offices of political leaders elected in disputed or undisputed Palestinian elections. The United Nations' fact-finding mission in 2009, after the Gaza conflict that year that left over 1400 Palestinians dead, did not accept Israel's concept of Hamas "supporting infrastructure." The mission found it "particularly worrying" as it "appeared to transform civilians and civilian objects into legitimate targets." This made it possible for Israeli political and military leaders to make it seem like in order to respond to Hamas it had to carry out "disproportionate destruction" and create "maximum disruption in the lives of many people as a legitimate means to achieve not only military but also political goals." The mission determined Israeli armed forces had launched "numerous attacks against buildings and persons of the Gaza authorities." ...As far as attacks on buildings are concerned, the Mission examined the Israeli strikes against the Palestinian Legislative Council building and the Gaza main prison...Both buildings were destroyed and can no longer be used. Statements by Israeli Government and armed forces representatives justified the attacks arguing that political and administrative institutions in Gaza are part of the "Hamas terrorist infrastructure". The Mission rejects this position. It finds that there is no evidence that the Legislative Council building and the Gaza main prison made an effective contribution to military action. On the information available to it, the Mission finds that the attacks on these buildings constituted deliberate