I’ve said before that if you don’t address the real problem, don’t expect a real solution.

When you have an enemy, you could fight them. But if you don’t address the problem right at the heart of what motivates them, then it’s a conflict that might never end. Therefore, to the end of securing a lasting victory, it’s best to know what motivates your enemy, so you can strike their motivations, and eliminate them as a threat.

When it comes to Islamists such as Hamas, they made it easy by straight up telling us what their motives are. They are doing what they’re doing because of their religion, and what they believe their prophet wanted them to do.

Thus, to the end of eliminating them as a threat, the most productive course of action would be learn about their religion from a critical perspective, with the intention of learning how to convince them that their religion is not worth killing anyone over. And not just them, but make it widely known the fallacies of their ideology.

If a person has come to the point that they believe that paradise awaits them for jihad, they are probably lost, and therefore would only be fit to meet the end that an enemy combatant would. It’s hard to think of what else to do with them.

However, if the general public were to become aware of how ridiculous their brand of mysticism is, the less likely that they’ll be able to replenish their numbers from among the more ignorant among us, and the violent bands of miscreants will diminish.

As suggestions for reading to this end, I can recommend the following:
WikiIslam: http://wikiislam.github.io/wiki/Main_Page.html
The Religion of Peace: https://www.thereligionofpeace.com/
Prophet of Doom: http://prophetofdoom.net/

Of these, I can suggest WikiIslam, as it has lots of information that can be searched by topic (such as slavery, jihad, or women). The Religion of Peace focuses on current events. If you’re up for a deep dive, Prophet of Doom provides a chronological account of the life of Mohammad, Islam’s only prophet. Even if you disagree with the author’s religious perspectives, when it comes to Islam, he has a high amount of insight.

Remember: When you tell the truth, you take power away from those who profit off of lies.