EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said very plainly during a speech at the University of Valladolid in Spain that Israel financed Hamas in an effort to weaken the then-governing Palestinian Authority.
“Yes, Hamas was financed by the government of Israel in an attempt to weaken the Palestinian Authority led by Fatah,” Borrell said without elaborating, Reuters reported.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has previously denied such allegations. He has also decried other remarks from the EU and the United Nations as sympathetic to Hamas.
TBF It’s been widely reported on in and outside of Israel.
If you think he’d need to elaborate on the political equivalent of ‘water is wet’ statement, or think his statement is in any way shocking, that means you’re hopelessly out of your depth when it comes to the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
5 second google:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/10/16/how-benjamin-netanyahu-empowered-hamas/
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-10-20/ty-article-opinion/.premium/a-brief-history-of-the-netanyahu-hamas-alliance/0000018b-47d9-d242-abef-57ff1be90000
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/netanyahu-israel-gaza-hamas-1.7010035
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/world/middleeast/israel-qatar-money-prop-up-hamas.html
https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Netanyahu-Money-to-Hamas-part-of-strategy-to-keep-Palestinians-divided-583082
https://theweek.com/politics/why-israels-netanyahu-encouraged-suitcases-of-cash-for-hamas
I looked through the articles but I couldn’t find the sources to prove what the articles are claiming. Do you know how I can find them?
You obviously didn’t look through the articles at all.
So where are the citations then?
The articles are the citations. Articles themselves don’t typically have citations like Wikipedia. That’s not actually how journalism works.
It’s starting to look like you don’t understand how any of this works.
Well then check out this article that says the moon is made of cheese: https://reasons.org/explore/publications/articles/evidence-indicates-the-moon-is-made-of-cheese
Funny, but you basically made the point yourself. Look at the sources.
I did. They are used to prove how misinformation is spread by people who link articles as proof. They make the point that these articles can’t be trusted without proof.
Articles:
You:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7grSsuFSS0
There I guess.
If it’s on YouTube it must be true
Uh… The evidence (admission of current and former high-ranking Israeli officials) is in the video, which by the way is made by the Intercept, not a random guy in his basement.
That admission of high ranking officials you’re referring to was just highlighted text from some mystery document in the video. How do I know it is credible?
The articles explictly mention sources. You either didn’t read the articles (properly), are being disingenious, or you’re suffering from cognitive dissonance.
i thought you’re joking 😂
That is elaborating… What a weird way to write a sentence.
It is well documented and understood. It’s easily searchable and viewable to anyone with internet access. If you don’t believe him then first: look it up, and second: you’re really out of touch. It’s really not anything that needs to be explained to most people following the situation.
There’s a lot of misinformation being spread about everything going on in Gaza. It’s wise to not believe anything without proof.
Yes indeed. The IDF is lying about Hamas bases underneath hospitals. We must be very careful to believe any of their lies.
Luckily this certain case of Netanyahu financing Hamas is very well documented and supported with mountains of actual evidence, unlike the IDF propaganda many mainstream papers like to show us
Sure. There’s a lot of proof though.
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