The fact that Netanyahu himself empowered Hamas is rarely mentioned by our politicians and media.
He preferred a real enemy above the Palestinian Authority that he would have to find a negotiated solution with.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/netanyahu-israel-gaza-hamas-1.7010035
He preferred a real enemy above the Palestinian Authority that he would have to find a negotiated solution with.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/netanyahu-israel-gaza-hamas-1.7010035
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"(Hamas and Netanyahu) are mutually reinforcing, in the sense that they provide each other with a way to continue to use force and rejectionism as opposed to making sacrifices and compromises in order to reach some kind of resolution."