Then-Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani made the first official visit to Hamas-controlled Gaza of any head of state in October of 2012. During the visit, he pledged over $400 million in assistance to the territory, and some significant but currently-unknown amount of that money has ended up in Hamas's pocket.
Arab Nations Vie to Broker a Gaza Ceasefire Deal
"But Israel says that much of the money that is funneled to Hamas in Gaza goes not to make life better for the inhabitants but to purchase rockets aimed at Israel and to finance the building of deeply-dug tunnels that Hamas uses for smuggling weapons into the strip, storing and manufacturing arms, and infiltrating terrorists into Israel to kill and kidnap Israeli citizens."
"The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, is flying to the Middle East, on a trip to promote a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in a private jet financed by Qatar, the chief ally of the Gaza-based terror group."
I posted that article on the Secretary General and it’s shameful that he’s using that jet, but that is not the USA supporting Hamas in Gaza.
I also posted the articles for Qatar being a supporter and a financier for Hamas and was the first one on Free Republic to show the new block being formed by Turkey and Qatar, versus, Egypt and Jordan, with Israel in alignment. But, again, this is not the USA supporting Hamas in Gaza.
Just like when Reagan supported the Mujahideen in Afghanistan, against the Soviets, and that came back to bite us in the rear end ... many if these kinds if things, like supporting Qatar to offset the Iranian influence and hegemony in the Gulf will probably come back to bite is in the rear end, too.
But ... That is not the USA supporting Hamas in Gaza.
You still confuse “humanitarian aid” - which the USA sends through UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) ... with “support for Hamas”, which neither the USA or Israel does.
And you seem to think that criminals don’t exist I’m Gaza just like they exist I’m the USA, where they extort and confiscate money and goods here in the USA. What we do here is “go after the criminals”!
The Israeli Ambassador made it clear yesterday that Israel does not have a problem with the Gaza residents, but with Hamas ...
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Manor, the Israeli ambassador, vowed that Israel would “destroy” Hamas’s military infrastructure.
“However, the Gaza residents are not our enemies. Israel is fully committed to international law,” he said.
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He spoke at the UN Human Rights Council and said that.