Hama' historical ties to israel

[JBeukema]

Israel and Hamas may currently be locked in deadly combat, but, according to several current and former U.S. intelligence officials, beginning in the late 1970s, Tel Aviv gave direct and indirect financial aid to Hamas over a period of years.

Israel "aided Hamas directly -- the Israelis wanted to use it as a counterbalance to the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization)," said Tony Cordesman, Middle East analyst for the Center for Strategic Studies.

Israel's support for Hamas "was a direct attempt to divide and dilute support for a strong, secular PLO by using a competing religious alternative," said a former senior CIA official.

Hamas history tied to Israel

 

[GHook93]

True, they saw them an a "moderate" alternative to Fatah and the corrupt Arafat run PLO!

Wrongful supporting your eventual archenemy when the archenemy is young and not the threat they eventually become is nothing new. The Stalin supported Hitler and Nazis, before the war and Hitler attacked. America with the Taliban. Leftist with Muslims!