Revealed Preferences and Israel

Economists generally hold that to find out what someone really believes we should look to their actions not their words. So, for example, if you claim to hate your job but continue to work their year after year an economist would conclude that you must believe working at your job is better than any alternative.

Many Palestinians claim that Israel is a "fascist apartheid state, a brutal occupier, universally despised by the oppressed Palestinian people." But after the Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip where do the Palestinian enemies of Hamas run for protection? Israel.