Roane
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Funding them may be a it over the top but Netanyahu did things to tacitly stabilize Hamas’ rule in Gaza by allowing 15m in cash to be sent in from Qatar in 2018 to pay local civil servants after Fatah stopped payments to them in a cynical attempt to reduce Hamas’ influence in the strip. At the time Netanyahu’s excuse was that it would help stabilize southern Israeli towns from rocket attacks, something the likes of Naftali Bennett were very critical of; in retrospect rightfully so.
This is one of those examples some are now citing where Israel helped Hamas, but as usual, the specifics of why are a bit more nuanced than headline itself.
There has been more than one voice accusing Netanyahu of funnelling money to Hamas over the years.
There have been resignations because of it. There are even reports of how Qatar and Egypt wanted to cut ties with Hamas but Netanyahu begged them not to.
Israel's regular allowing of Qatari funds to be transferred into Gaza, saying it is part of a broader strategy to keep Hamas and the Palestinian Authority separate, a source in Monday's Likud faction meeting said," the Post reported.
"The prime minister also said that 'whoever is against a Palestinian state should be for' transferring the funds to Gaza, because maintaining a separation between the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza helps prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state."
Netanyahu knows that a peace plan means a Palestinian state. He doesn't want it