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Israel and Palestine Politics Discussion

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The Palestinian Authority (PA) prioritizes its payments to terrorists, and has therefore lost more than 6.96 billion shekels (over $1.88 billion) in the last 5 years alone, according to its own data.

The official PA news agency, WAFA, criticized Israel for causing the PA’s financial crises largely by deducting money that the PA uses for terror payments. However, a look at the PA’s numbers shows that the PA itself is responsible for its crises.

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[–] givesomefucks 4 points 2 weeks ago

Bruh, if you don't think Israel funds Hamas, you have no idea what is going.

Like, they literally pay Hamas... Israel doesn't even deny it, it's a fact.

They control damn near everything in Gaza and have for decades, the people don't even want Hamas, Israel refuses to allow them to have an election to replace Hamas.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/world/middleeast/israel-qatar-money-prop-up-hamas.html

https://newrepublic.com/article/176962/hamas-finances-funding-sources-palestinian-authority

Over and over and over again Israel has tried to cut off as much funds as they can to the Palestinian Authority and civilians while funding Hamas and doing everything possible to keep them in power....

You've got to ask yourself if you didn't know this, how much else about this subject don't you know about?

And maybe if reading is a better path forward towards understanding than typing?