This gross mistreatment of the Palestinians in Gaza was escalated dramatically by Israel, with United States backing, after political candidates representing Hamas won a majority of seats in the Palestinian Authority parliament in 2006. The election was unanimously judged to be honest and fair by all international observers.
在2006年代表哈马斯的政治候选人赢得巴勒斯坦议会的大多数席位后，以色列在美国的支持下对加沙的巴勒斯坦人这种不加区分的虐待更加变本加厉了，尽管这次选举被所有的国际观察员一致认为是诚实和公正的。