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.

  • IHadTwoCows@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Thanks to you bunch of clowns the word anti-Semitism doesn’t even have a meaning anymore. The moment someone calls me or anyone else in anti-semite I just assume that they’re a lying sack of shit.

    An Israeli complaining about anti-semitism and a fascist complaining about censorship are the exact same thing.

    • TserriednichThe4th@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      I am not israeli lmao. I am not even jewish. I am actually of muslim and catholic descent. I just have a brain and recognize the obvious anti semitism from the left.

      If we were criticizing only idf, then sure. Why is the left protesting jewish restaurants in philly and nyc?