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Israeli officials are facing backlash after years of Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu quietly allowing Hamas to remain in power.

But reporting in the New York Times has revealed that Netanyahu's government was more hands-on about helping Hamas: they helped a Qatari diplomat bring suitcases of cash into Gaza, indirectly boosting the militant organization, according to the report.

The calculus — the Times reported on Sunday, citing Israeli officials, Netanyahu's critics, and the man's own reported statements — was to keep Hamas strong enough to counteract the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, allowing Netanyahu to avoid a two-state peace solution and keep both sides weak.

Israeli security officials got it wrong; they didn't think Hamas was capable, or even interested, in launching a large attack against the Jewish state.

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[-] unreasonabro@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Why is everyone mad about politics these days again? This shit is fine

In case there are clueless folk here, america pulls stunts just as bad as this - CIA dealing cocaine to poor blacks in order to destabilize cities, to list just one unequivocal one - literally every day.

[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago

Your definition of fine is weird.

[-] Shyfer@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 years ago

I'd love to see this tried in a court of law some day.

"Look judge, people kill each other all the time. I don't know why we're making such a big deal out of this. Geeeesh. Bunch of whiners."

Anyway, people criticize the US for this stuff all the time. The whole idea of the left is to learn from and evolve and grow past those horrible roots.

[-] Decoy321@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Someone doing something terrible is not justified because someone else is doing the same terrible thing.

What the US has done is unconscionable.

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