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It's also worth noting that Hamas is who the Israeli regime wanted. They iced out Abbas and have propped up and funded Hamas for years. The strategy is that having a more extreme opponent meant no chance at there ever being a Palestinian state.
It's the equivalent of the American government funding the Proud Boys or 3 Percenters because they find it beneficial to have extremists as their opposition. Then acting surprised when those groups carry out a terrorist attack.
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