Your idealism is unrealistic. And frankly very damaging. It would be nice if it worked like you said, but that does not hold up to political science or empirica

Your idealism is unrealistic. And frankly very damaging. It would be nice if it worked like you said, but that does not hold up to political science or empirical evidence. Pretending that the world works this way is a losing battle. Extremist factions whether violent like Hamas or more mundane and local like the far right American politicians benefit from making the status quo worse. Every time they prevent positive change they make extremism more appealing. They do not need to advance their stated goals. They just need to get people more into the mindset of viewing the idealist way of doing things as hopeless and making the extremist way the only path. This grants legitimacy. Point in case, even in war torn regions, support for Hamas is rising among Palestinians.