Duh!!! Israel vacated Gaza. Palis had great expectations. Palis voted in Hamas. End of story. Got it now?
You never miss a chance to cringe from
popular sovereignty.
Maybe that comes from saying "yes sir" too many times during your formative years?
In 2006 the Palestinians choose to vote in a manner that wasn't acceptable to Israel or the US and were promptly punished for their failing to curtsy before power, a mistake US conservative seldom make.
"Popular sovereignty in its modern sense, that is, including all the people and not just noblemen, is an idea that dates to the social contracts school (mid-17th to mid-18th centuries), represented by Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679), John Locke (1632–1704), and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), author of The Social Contract, a prominent political work that clearly highlighted the ideals of 'general wil'" and further matured the idea of popular sovereignty.
"The central tenet is that legitimacy of
rule or of law is based on the consent of the governed."
Got it now?