Israel drove suitcases stuffed with cash into Gaza to keep Hamas in power: NYT
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Israeli security officials would escort Qatari representatives into Gaza to deliver the cash to Hamas, the New York Times reported.

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.

    • TserriednichThe4th@lemmy.worldEnglish
      39·
      9 months ago

      It is well documented that unrwa workers were there at these schools. That is why there were unrwa workers taken as pow along with hamas soldiers.

      Part of this is by necessity. If you want to provide aid to the children held by these terrorists, you need to play by terrorist rules. It is the same reason doctors with border doctors were denying that hamas was hiding beneath the hospital.

      • IHadTwoCows@lemm.eeEnglish
        113·
        9 months ago

        Thats not what I asked. I was asking about the school books teaching that Jewish people must be eradicated. Sounds like all those school books in the US that are teaching that white people are bad and white children must apologize for being white.

        • TserriednichThe4th@lemmy.worldEnglish
          111·
          9 months ago

          Oh if you want proof, the idf posted a video of going through the bombed schools and went through the books. Vids before oct 7 actually interviewed the kids and asked them what they learned and it was pretty much “eradicate jews”

            • TserriednichThe4th@lemmy.worldEnglish
              110·
              9 months ago

              I told you where the source exists and what it is and how to find it lol. If you want me to provide a link to excuse your laziness, then dont place that on me being dishonest.

              • IHadTwoCows@lemm.eeEnglish
                61·
                9 months ago

                Your source is the IDF?

                Seriously?

                Fuck, why not just source Alex Jones too?

                • TserriednichThe4th@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  15·
                  9 months ago

                  You are extremely delusional to believe that the idf is equivalent to alex jones in terms of veracity. And just to make it clear, the idf is also more honest than hamas

                  Edit: also nice anti semitism by equating an israeli defense force to one of the most conspiracy addled anti semitic people out of there