Netanyahu wanted to use divide & conquer against the PLO.
As a result of that policy, Netanyahu allowed Qatar to financially support Hamas.
“Netanyahu wanted to use divide & conquer against the PLO.”
This is the exact claim that the article is disputing. The article says that while Israel allowed money in from Qatar, it was part of specifically negotiated cease fire agreements, not part of a grand strategy. The divide and conquer claim originates from a quote from a dubious left wing source. Not sure what the truth is, but I think the article raises reasons to be skeptical. See below.
“’Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas,’ he told a meeting of his Likud party’s Knesset members in March 2019. ‘This is part of our strategy—to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.’”
The actual source is supposedly the biography of Haim Ramon, who had not served in the government since 2009, and certainly not in the Likud.
Ramon, a leftist politician, had been convicted of sexual harassment, partially ending his political career. He certainly had not been a Likud member and was not attending any such meetings, raising serious credibility issues regarding the quote.