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submitted 6 months ago by Silverseren@kbin.social to c/world@lemmy.world

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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[-] doctorcrimson 30 points 6 months ago

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.

I wholeheartedly don't think they cared. Netanyahu and the other far right Knesset officials clearly knew about the impending attack, clearly they might as well have killed those people themselves.

[-] unreasonabro@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago

they literally did. that is what "allowing an action you could have stopped" means. They chose killing.

[-] crackajack@reddthat.com 2 points 6 months ago

At least Israelis have recognised that the blood is in Bibi's hand on October 7 attack. Many predict that the next elections could oust him for good.

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Fascists allowing a couple of "common people" from "their side" to die in order to open the door for more violent action by said Fascists is just tradition.

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