Your quote: justification is not the same thing as provocation

Except that under any other context that MIGHT be a legitimate statement- but when it regards Hamas, it is definitely NOT. Hamas has NO desire to try to resolve the plight of the palestinians, no desire to resolve the issue of Israel's occupation and how it treats Palestnians in a POLITICAL manner- Hamas is devoted to wiping the state of Israel off the map.

Hamas cannot be considered an honest broker for resolution of the issues