Israel drove suitcases stuffed with cash into Gaza to keep Hamas in power

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Israel drove suitcases stuffed with cash into Gaza to keep Hamas in power: NYT
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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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Nooo but they said UNRWA was funding Hamas!!!!

They literally are, though they are probably doing it under duress. Same way the doctors in Al Shifa hospital covered for Hamas, though almost assuredly at gunpoint.

Proof?

Of what?

Your claims? "They literally are, though they are probably doing it under duress. Same way the doctors in Al Shifa hospital covered for Hamas, though almost assuredly at gunpoint."

Did you not know the doctors as Al.Shifa covered for Hamas? How did you miss this?

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/11/20/israel-claim-cctv-video-hostages-al-shifa-hospital-vpx.cnn

https://youtu.be/bm754ysDSK8?si=cEiREVHzVLU9MtQ1

https://youtu.be/LNAv-LjFuVE?si=Fd3TjnGeAGlMKZ2V

Just random news links from googling "al Shifa hospital."

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