'Buying quiet': Inside the Israeli plan that propped up Hamas
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong Hamas (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state. Just...
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong Hamas (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state. Just...
Binyamin Netanyahu’s government has encouraged payments of billions of dollars to Gaza militant group
The Hamas-run Gaza Strip received billions of dollars over a decade. Israeli intelligence officials now believe that the money had a role in the success of the October 7 attacks.
For years, Qatar sent millions of dollars a month into Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not only tolerated those payments, he encouraged them.
For years, the Qatari government had been sending millions of dollars a month into the Gaza Strip — money that helped prop up the Hamas government there.