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RunawayFixer@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨months⊠agoItâs a bit of a stretch, but Netanyahu used to allow Qatari funds through to Hamas and Qatar is home to the largest USA military base in the middle east. So the USA government spend money in Qatar and Qatar send money to Hamas, so one could argue that some USA tax money ended up with Hamas that way.
But in the same way all economies and trade are interconnected. Itâs not because my garagist gave money to his addict child, who used part of that money to buy drugs, that Iâm now suddenly guilty of funding the drug trade. Money goes around.
Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
In a more direct way, there is video evidence of Israeli soldiers delivering briefcases full of money to Hamas leaders. Netanyahu and his cronies want Hamas to be in charge of Palestine, because the last thing he needs is a competent and legitimate Palestinian government.
weker01@sh.itjust.works â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Do you have a source for this? Sounds interesting
RunawayFixer@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
A quote from Netanyahu: âAnyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas⌠This is part of our strategy â to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.â
en.m.wikipedia.org/âŚ/Israeli_support_for_Hamas
I already knew that Israel facilitated transfers of funds from other sources, but I didnât know that they also did direct funding and transfers. According to that wiki article, Israel was at least certainly doing that in the 1980s and 90s. Not that it really matters, Israel soliciting other parties to give money to Hamas or Israel directly giving money to Hamas, thereâs little difference really.
I canât find anything right away about video evidence, but I wouldnât be surprised at this point. Iâd love a source for that as well.
absentbird@lemm.ee â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Isnât that the Qatar money the above comment was talking about?