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[–] [email protected] 51 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Though really they shouldn't have been able to pull off the first October 7th.

[–] Brunbrun6766 47 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yup, reminder that they ignored prior warnings

[–] SlopppyEngineer 23 points 4 months ago (3 children)

And strongly suspected of outright sponsoring Hamas to generate the casus belli

[–] Viking_Hippie 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's not even just a strong suspicion, that's established fact. Even aggressively pro-regime rags such as Times of Israel, The New York Times and The Jerusalem Post acknowledge as much.

[–] TheFonz -2 points 4 months ago

Yes, but none of these articles link the funds to the casus belli for genocide. That could be the case, but it could also be he simply wanted to destabilize Hamas/PLO, which is what happened ultimately.

[–] Brunbrun6766 11 points 4 months ago

In the 7th attacks maybe but we don't know yet. We do know that Israel has funded them in the past though

[–] TheFonz 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The fact that the Qatari funds have been enabled by Netanyahu is pretty etablished. The casus belli is pure speculation. Do you have a source for that?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah I find it hard to believe that the Israeli intelligence apparatus, Mossad, one of the best HUMINT organizations on par with the old Soviet Union KGB, failed to see October 7 coming.

Also warnings from US SIGINT that an attack was probable about a month in advance.