For Hamas, the objective of their humanitarian activities, however, is identical to that of their terrorist cells: the destruction of the "infidel" West's outrider in the region, Israel, as part of a wider jihad (holy war) against non-believers globally.
Earlier this month, Nick Boles, a new Tory MP and kite-flying outrider for the modernising camp, called for the two parties to forge an electoral pact at the next election.