Comment by edanm

> I just feel way too much is going into overlooking not just the early tolerance of Hamas because it was politically expedient to the Israeli right wing, but the active enablement and fostering.

I mean, that's true, and I think Israel has done immoral things for at least 15 years, mostly by not strongly pursuing peace, with or without a partner.

Still, I think you might be over-indexing on the idea of "Israel propped up Hamas". What would the alternative have looked like exactly? Israel fighting more wars against Hamas? Israel not letting Qatar money in (which is one of the big claims against Netanyahu)? I'm sure that had that happened, the world would've condemned this as "depriving Gazans of aid they desperately need".