While I agree with the sentiment, I think for whatever your proposals are worth Hamas has in fact been the party that refused to participate in an egyptian brokered ceasefire and talk to Israel:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/16/egypt-no-negoti...

It seems like they'd rather have their last stand "to the last human shield", because they are "hard liners".

During this time Israel had enforced a ceasefire and invited Hamas to do the same while they talk, but nothing changed on the other side.

Are you seriously advocating that Israel live under hundreds of rockets being fired into their cities because they now have enough bomb shelters and anti missile defenses (where each anti missile is like $50k) that its population can endlessly run to shelters and pray no one gets hurt? And just wait until Hamas happens to feel like talking?

For any real peace agreement to occur, both sides should be able to enforce it. For a couple years Hamas was able to restrain the other groups from firing rockets. I personally think this is not good enough. When you have terror groups right on your country's border able to fire in at any time, who try to dig tunnels for the sole reason to attack you, and when your country is 25 miles wide around that area, wouldnt you have an obligation to protect your people?

By the way the critics of Israel did far worse intheir day. USA committed genocide against native americans who are lucky to live reservations after their brethren have been exterminated. That great new critic Erdogan denies the Kurds an independent state TODAY, besides having to live down the massacres of Armenians, Greeks and others by the Turks. These are real genocides and massacres. What we have at this point is as you said a "reservation" which COULD become an independent state if they only renounced violent methods, recognized its neighbor as a state, and focused on using their money to help build up their own people with international help. They knew exactly what would happen when they fired into Israel.

I agree with Bill Clinton's statements on this: http://www.jpost.com/Operation-Protective-Edge/Bill-Clinton-...

For what it's worh I also agree with Clinton's remarks to Israel regarding letting the west bank be its own state: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/06/18/so-what-did-bill-...

But when it comes to Gaza literally ALL THEIR LEADERS HAVE TO DO IS CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF GAZA more than their ideology. You mentioned refusing to talk - yes, they have been doing that for years.

Hamas didnt agree to this ceasefire because it was brokered with the Palestinian Authority but also refuses to participate in talks during the ceasefire!

Four years ago during the settlement freeE in the west bank Hamas and Hezbollah actively undermined the peace process by threatening to unleash violence if any agreement was reached!

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_negotiations_between_I...

During the direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, Hamas and Hezbollah reaffirmed to threat peace talks if both sides were matriculated towards any possible agreement. A Hamas-led coalition of 13 Palestinian militant groups initiated a violent campaign to disrupt peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. A series of attacks killed and wounded eight Israelis, including two pregnant women, between August and September 2010. Israeli and Palestinian Authority security forces responded with raids that resulted in the deaths and arrests of militants involved in the attacks. Rocket and mortar attacks from the Hamas-run Gaza Strip also increased in September.

Reas what you wrote and tell me how it applies to Hamas.

Hamas doesnt recognize Israel and wouldnt talk to it. They engage in http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_diplomacy but their previous partners hate them also (Egypt). Egypt participates in the blockade of Gaza!

Hamas are hardliners who still think along the lines of http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khartoum_Resolution

2008: They refused to recognize Israel as a state and honor any previous agreements and said they could generously offer a 10-year truce if Israel goes back to pre 1967 borders. Although they refuse to stop calling for the elimination of the Jewish state: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/24235665/ns/world_news-mideast_n_a...

2012: Hamas says it will recognize and talk with Israel if Israel withdraws completely to pre 1967 borders with no swaps and gives a full right of return to ALL Palestinians. Asked whether this will lead Hamas to have peace with Israel, they refused to state. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2008/04/20086150983...

In short: http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3471/hamas-moderation

I am not even sure how anyone can seriously argue in favor of a Hamas regime without also being in favor of the elimination of a Jewish state because that's pretty much what they are after. Just because it sounds crazy doesnt mean they arent.