So it's sane of them behead people for speaking out against them, using child labor to dig tunnels for the purpose of kidnappings, attacking an opponent with far superior military capability, and say you're victorious with thousands of civilian causalities? :sarcastic
It's a fair point to make. But FWIW I simply do not see any other choice. Abbas and Fatah want to solve this through diplomacy and international bodies, while it's clear Hamas does not. The two will come to conflict regardless. I'm not so sure that sidestepping Hamas would really damage his...
He's relatively powerless (and corrupt IMO) to the stop Hamas aggression seeing that he never had any tangible control of Gaza. But he's certainly seen as the leader of the PA and he does have diplomatic power.