Netanyahu convicts himself of material assistance to Hamas
He should have remembered U.S. support for Al Qaeda against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan
On March 12, 2019, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended the Hamas payments to his Likud Party caucus on the grounds that they weakened the pro-Oslo Palestinian Authority, according to the Jerusalem Post:
"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel's regular allowing of Qatari funds to be transferred into Gaza, saying it is part of a broader strategy to keep Hamas and the Palestinian Authority separate, a source in Monday's Likud faction meeting said."
"The prime minister also said that “whoever is against a Palestinian state should be for” transferring the funds to Gaza, because maintaining a separation between the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza helps prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state." the Post reported.
Wisdom is always in short supply. Stupidity and folly always in surplus.