Israel and the US refused to accept the right of Palestinians to form a unity government with Hamas and Fatah and now, after internal strife, Hamas alone controls Gaza. Forty-one of the 43 victorious Hamas candidates who lived in the West Bank are now imprisoned by Israel, plus an additional ten who assumed positions in the short-lived coalition cabinet.
以色列和美国拒绝接受巴勒斯坦人组成哈马斯和法塔赫的联合政府的权利；而现在，在一场内战后，哈马斯独自控制了加沙。在生活在西岸的43个获胜的哈马斯候选人中有41个现在被以色列监禁着，此外以色列还监禁了10名曾在短命的联合政府中任职的哈马斯派别的人。