Hamas and Hezbollah prospered in this way because the governing authorities were either unable or unwilling to address grassroots poverty. In the case of Hamas, this displacement was due largely to the massive corruption of the Palestinian Authority under Yassir Arafat, whose cronies pocketed billions of dollars intended to alleviate poverty and suffering in the Gaza Strip.
哈马斯和真主党这种方式的繁荣，是因为执政当局无法或不愿解决基层的贫困问题。对于哈马斯，这种情况主要是由于在阿拉法特领导下的巴勒斯坦权力机构中出现的大量腐败行为，阿拉法特的亲信们侵吞了本该用于为减轻加沙地带的贫困和痛苦的数十亿美元。