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Did Israel Support Hamas? From the 1980s to 2025

Since the late 1980s, Israel has engaged indirectly with Hamas, an armed political group rejecting Israel and preferring an Islamic state including Israel's territory.
Israel supported Hamas in the 1980s and 1990s to weaken the secular PLO and Fatah, a dynamic described as controversial among Israeli leaders and academics.
After Hamas won the 2006 elections and took control of Gaza in 2007, violent conflict with Israel escalated amid disputes over land, identity, and governance.
In May 2025, Israel launched Operation Gideon's Chariots with heavy bombardment and ground attacks to defeat Hamas, while allowing limited humanitarian aid amid international pressure.
The ongoing conflict resulted in significant casualties and humanitarian crises, prompting calls from foreign ministers and allies for Israel to ease restrictions and resume aid fully.

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Netanyahu Unveils Qatar’s Payment Strategy to Hamas to Divide Palestinians · Global Voices

On the same day that the U.S. officially accepted the luxurious Boeing 747 that the Doha authorities gave Donald Trump as a new Air Force One, Qatar became the protagonist of the first press conference of the year Benjamin Netanyahu. Despite Trump’s good relationship with the Gulf petromonarchy, the Prime Minister said that “it is not a friendly country” and called it “a big lie” that has something to do with the scandal that the Israeli press h…

1 day ago·Spain

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Netanyahu Admits that His Government Allowed Funds to Be Transferred From Qatar to Hamas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that his government allowed funds to be transferred from Qatar to Hamas on the recommendation of the...

2 days ago·Madrid, Spain

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El Pais

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Netanyahu Admits that His Government Allowed Qatar to Send Funds to Hamas Since 2018

The Israeli internal intelligence service numbers 30 million the money received each month by the Palestinian armed group through the emirate

2 days ago·Spain

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Netanyahu Admits that His Government Allowed Funds to Be Sent From Qatar to Hamas to Divide Palestinians

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly acknowledged that his government authorized the transfer of funds from Qatar to the Gaza Strip, with the aim of keeping the Palestinian factions Hamas and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) administered by the West Bank divided. During a press station broadcast on the Internet this Wednesday, Netanyahu defended the decision taken in 2018 by the security cabinet, ensuring that it was adopt…

2 days ago·Chile

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Netanyahu Assumes that It Allowed Hamas Funding to Divide Palestinians

Netanyahu admitted that the charges he had other considered "ricals" were finally true. Israeli Prime Minister revealed that he had allowed Hamas' funding to divide Palestine.

2 days ago·Portugal

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Netanyahu Admits that Israel Allowed Money Transfers to Hamas

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, acknowledged that his government allowed funds to be sent from Qatar to the Gaza Strip, governed by the Islamist Hamas group, with the aim of maintaining the division between the latter and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), installed in the West Bank. The statement occurred on May 21 during a national conference broadcast on the Internet. “The policy that led to allowing Qatar to transfer mone…

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