Netanyahu Justifies Bombing Qatar By Pointing to Qatari Payments to Hamas He Helped Facilitate

by Dave DeCamp 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has attempted to justify the Israeli bombing of Qatar by pointing to the country’s previous funding of Hamas, despite the fact that he facilitated and encouraged the payments.

“Qatar is connected to Hamas, it bolsters Hamas, it harbors Hamas, it funds Hamas… It has strong levers (that it could pull), but it chose not to,” Netanyahu said on Tuesday, according to AFP. “Therefore our action was entirely justified.”

In the wake of the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, Netanyahu came under harsh criticism by Israeli media for his previous policy of propping up Hamas, which was done to divide Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza to prevent a Palestinian state. The policy involved facilitating cash payments to Hamas from Qatar…

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