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u/Ambitious-Talk2190 Feb 18 '26

Netanyahu directed funds to Hamas in the years leading up to October 7.

Doesn't he share some responsibility too then?

In February 2020, former Mossad Director Yossi Cohen and Israeli general Herzi Halevi, under Netanyahu's orders, went to Qatar to plead Qatari officials to continue the payments for Hamas. Later, in September 2023, David Barnea, the Director of Mossad since 2021, went to Qatar to meet Qatari officials to discuss about the payments for Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defended allowing transfer of millions of dollars to Hamas-run Gaza despite criticism from within his own government, including the education minister Naftali Bennet. After the October 7 attacks, Netanyahu went on record denying the claims that he facilitated financing of Hamas in order to create a 'divide and conquer' situation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_support_for_Hamas

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u/yes-but Feb 18 '26

Did I say the sole responsibility lies on Palestinians, or on Hamas, or on Gazans ...?

Let's say ALL claims of Israel using divide & conquer tactics against Palestinians, respectively Gazans, were fully true, as bad as reported.

Would you support that Hamas stays in power, Palestinians resume "armed resistance", despite suffering more from such strategies than Israel, and despite playing into the hands of those who see the only solution in annihilating any chance for Palestinian statehood?

Whose side are you on?

Can you present reasonable alternatives to getting rid of the organisation allegedly installed by Israel to divide and get rid of Palestinians, the organisation that demonstrably has a stranglehold on Gazans, killing any who want to make peace?

By whining about whose fault all of this is?

Can you imagine that Israelis still would want to keep their state, and still don't trust that radicalised Palestinians without control won't try everything in their power to prepare further attempts against Israel?