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.
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?