• Grownbravy [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    I felt i was hearing Hamas was funded by the West as it’s specifically Anti-Communist.

    Dunno how true it is, the history is hard to follow as is.

    • Kaputnik [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Yeah I had a prof go over this, Israel and other western nations funded Hamas to divert Palestinian support away from the PLO and other explicitly socialist Palestinian orgs.

        • winterchillie [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          Here, I have two:

          http://web.archive.org/web/20210512190316if_/https://theintercept.com/2018/02/19/hamas-israel-palestine-conflict/ http://web.archive.org/web/20150326013213/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123275572295011847