@Walter Hinteler,
I'm surprised that a man of your compassion and experience can not see how siding with a terrorist organisation is a bad idea .
To the best of my knowledge, NO-ONE criticises Hamas in the Gaza Strip without being killed for it which has been the fate of many hundreds, perhaps thousands . In June last year, a joint Hamas-Fatah government took power, but I will bet they still do not allow criticism . There are English Palestinian Newspapers, I only found one in Gaza, and again, I bet you will never read a bad word about Palestinians in it .