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by glenngillen on Thursday October 02, 2025 @06:23PM
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The most recent episode of John Oliver goes further and says he actively funded Hamas to destabilise the area and cause problems for the PA.
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Yep, Netanyahu used Hamas' existence as a political tool to divide Palestinians, weaken peace efforts, and maintain Israeli control.
He let Qatari cash find its way to Hamas.
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by magicalhippo on Thursday October 02, 2025 @09:13PM
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Netanyahu himself has said that:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended 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 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 PA in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza helps prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state.
https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/netanyahu-money-...