Silent_Jay,
I believe she means in the overall picture, not just this event. Meaning, (and I am assuming here), "Why is Israel looked at as the oppressor of the Palestinian people and Hamas is not?"
Idyllic,
To answer that, and it's only my opinion, Hamas was elected by their people with full knowledge of what they wanted. So, any consequence directly associated with how Hamas is ruling the Palestinian people is by choice. Much the way anything our Presidents do is, to some extent, the will of the people. <- that's another debate.