To be alive means to play a character in a story. Unless you’re a total non-player-character, you have some agency over where you live, who you hang out with, what you do day-to-day. By changing the scenery, you change the story you’re in. By changing the story, you tweak the dials on the sorts of things that are within your control—and those that are not.
Have you noticed from the information in your post that Hamas sounds much like the CCP?