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In moderate Egypt and Jordan, they vow resistance

This is really the only argument anyone needs. A realist one. The onslaught is raising Hamas's Q-rating  in Cairo:

But in interviews in Cairo with wounded supporters of the Islamist
militia, considered a terrorist organization by Israel and the United
States, Israel's assaults appear to be breeding more recruits and more
popular support for Hamas.

Men who say they have never fought
before or were not Hamas loyalists now vow to join the struggle against
Israel when they return to Gaza. They include policemen and other
professionals who form part of the backbone of Gazan society.

"I
supported neither Hamas nor Fatah," said Anwar el-Sahabani, 35, a
carpenter with a casts on his right leg and left arm, the result of an
air strike. He was referring to Hamas's rival party. "Today, after all
that has happened, I have to support Hamas."

And working wonders in Jordan too:

"There's a strong argument out there that goes, `Why not join the resistance?' " said Taher Masri, a former prime minister and foreign minister who serves in the Jordanian senate. " 'You tried the peace process for 20, 30 years, and you got nothing but more settlements and more checkpoints. Let me try my way. Let's try resistance.' "

He added, "It's gaining ground."

During the first week of the Gaza conflict, Jordan's lawmakers, many of them handpicked by the country's US-funded security forces, torched the Israeli flag in Parliament to roaring applause from their colleagues.

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