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Israeli officials are facing backlash after years of Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu quietly allowing Hamas to remain in power.

But reporting in the New York Times has revealed that Netanyahu's government was more hands-on about helping Hamas: they helped a Qatari diplomat bring suitcases of cash into Gaza, indirectly boosting the militant organization, according to the report.

The calculus — the Times reported on Sunday, citing Israeli officials, Netanyahu's critics, and the man's own reported statements — was to keep Hamas strong enough to counteract the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, allowing Netanyahu to avoid a two-state peace solution and keep both sides weak.

Israeli security officials got it wrong; they didn't think Hamas was capable, or even interested, in launching a large attack against the Jewish state.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (10 children)

Gonna look into this myself later, but I hope you're lying. That would be some fucked up shit

[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (9 children)

Go read that Wikipedia information I linked. This isn't some rabbit hole conspiracy theory. There were multiple attempts by Zionist militant groups (including Lehi) to actively align with Nazi Germany against Britain during WWII. The context is more nuanced than what I am going to be able to explain in a comment here, but I encourage you to research the inter-war period of British Mandatory Palestine that lead up to the modern Israeli state.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Do you mind pointing out where "the Zionist Federation of Germany sold out their own people to keep their assets" ?

Regarding the nuance it's not unimportant that Lehi was an offshoot of an offshoot and certainly not representative for the entire Yishuv. They were sentenced for their actions (but later pardonned).

In '40-'42 no on knew who was going to come out victorious, so different factions were betting either on both horses. The mufti of Jerusalem, for example, was going all in for the nazi's. And a lot of Arab nationalists actually preferred Germany over the British which they hated for letting in (jewish) immigrants.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As I understand it, one Lehi leader (Yitzhak Shamir) went on to become Israel's PM for two terms. He also approved the assassination of Folke Bernadotte, a Swedish diplomat working to negotiate peace in the region.

It's clear they had influence in post-WW2 Israel.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They sure did, they tried to rehabilitate them. Yithzak Rabin was part of a terrorist group as well, went on to serve as PM for two terms, and was assassinated for working towards a two state solution...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Who? The Palmach? At least they didn't try to ally with the Nazis like Lehi.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

... Or the arab Palestinians

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