Richard Landes: The Double Disgrace of Hamas: Victimizing their own People - 'I have written repeatedly here about demopaths, people who invoke human rights and other civic values in order to protect themselves, even as they aim at destroying the human rights of others. "Using democracy to destroy democracy." Among the many practitioners of demopathy -- a thriving industry in the early 21st century -- are the Palestinians, who have made an identity out of being the "human rights" victims, even as they try and destroy the human rights of Jews. Indeed, their commitment to accusing Israelis of violating their human rights has driven them to victimize themselves in order to attack Israel for their suffering. Indeed, as the black humor goes, for Palestinians, when an Israeli civilian is hit, it's a cause for celebration; when a Palestinian civilian is hit, it's even better. Nothing drives the mill of Palestinian grievance more than dead Palestinians, as long as Israel can be blamed. The latest, and most horrific example comes from the current conflict...'