How can anyone claim that Palestine has a workable constiution with extra-judicial killings and religious police etc? Who in their right mind would want to live under Hamas?
It doesn't now. The last legally constituted government in Palestine was in March of 2007. A US fomented coup in June of 2007 destroyed that.
The coup failed in Gaza leaving part of the Palestinian Authority (the prime minister, some of the cabinet ministers, and about 1/3 of parliament) in place in Gaza. However, this part of the PA was cut off from all financial and political support.
The coup against the PA succeeded in the West Bank. Israel kidnapped about 30 members of parliament and some cabinet ministers. Abbas padlocked parliament, threw away the constitution, and left the Palestinian Authority.
Abbas appointed a new illegal "PA" in the West Bank and has been ruling by decree since then. He is now in the 12th year of his 4 year term. The US and Israel call this illegal government the "Palestinian Authority" and the media ran with that without question. Since then all money and political support has been funneled into this government.