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    • A brief history of the Netanyahu-Hamas alliance

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      For 14 years, Netanyahu’s policy was to keep Hamas in power; the pogrom of October 7, 2023, helps the Israeli prime minister preserve his own rule Adam Raz | October 20, 2023 Much ink has been spilled describing the longtime relationship – rather, alliance – between Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas. And still, the very fact…

    • For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas

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      The premier’s policy of treating the terror group as a partner, at the expense of Abbas and Palestinian statehood, has resulted in wounds that will take Israel years to heal from Tal Schneider | October 8, 2023 timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces For years, the various governments led by Benjamin Netanyahu took an approach that divided power between the Gaza…

    • Netanyahu’s support for Hamas is no secret

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      From sabotaging Oslo to funneling Qatari cash into Gaza, Bibi has spent his career bolstering Hamas to help perpetuate the conflict. Even after Oct. 7, argues historian Adam Raz, he’s still advancing the same strategy. Ghousoon Bisharat | November 11, 2024 972mag.com/netanyahu-hamas-october-7-adam-raz When Israeli historian and human rights activist Adam Raz set out to write…

    • Israel propped up Hamas

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      Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong Hamas (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state By Mark Mazzetti and Ronen Bergman Dec. 10, 2023 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/world/middleeast/israel-qatar-money-prop-up-hamas.html Just weeks before Hamas launched the deadly Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, the head of Mossad arrived in Doha, Qatar, for a meeting with…

    • How Israel helped Hamas for decades

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      Analysis: What is Hamas, and why has Israel deliberately enabled its existence for years? BY Aysha Khan & Ismat Mangla October 30, 2023 https://www.analystnews.org/posts/how-israel-helped-prop-up-hamas-for-decades We know that the Palestinian militant group Hamas is responsible for the deadliest attack on Israeli soil in recent history, killing over 1,300 people and taking more than 200 hostages. Founded in occupied Gaza in 1987,…

    • Hanthala: face of Iranian hacker group

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      Publication March 12th 2026 Authors: A. Greenberg, M. Burgess & L. H. Newman wired.com/story/handala-hacker-group-iran-us-israel-war/ Amid a paralyzing breach of medical tech firm Stryker, the group has come to represent Iran’s use of “hacktivism” as cover for chaotic, retaliatory state-sponsored cyberattacks. Since the United States and Israel first unleashed a broad campaign of air strikes across…

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    • Israel has found no October 7 rape victims

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      There are still zero complainants in alleged cases of rapes committed by Palestinians on 7 October 2023, an Israeli prosecutor has admitted. But Moran Gez, who handled cases against Palestinians swept up after the Al-Aqsa Flood operation, is still calling for mass executions even without any substantial evidence against them. “Anyone who entered Israel from…

    • Francesca Albanese

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