Dave Smith
Oh come the fuck on, Noam. So, the claim is that Netanyahu, who opposes a two state solution and is even on tape bragging about the poison pills he put in the peace process, transferred money to Hamas, but it wasn’t to thwart a Palestinian state, even though he said it was. That was just him being tricky. Trying to fool right wingers. Well, I guess the strategy worked so well that he fooled just about everyone in high level government positions in Israel! Even that hard right winger Ehud Barak was duped! “It’s easier with Hamas to explain to Israelis that there is no one to sit with and no one to talk to. If the PA strengthens … then there will be someone to talk to,” I suppose Bezalel Smotrich was in on this facade when he told the hard right wingers at Haaretz “The PA is a liability and Hamas is an asset. On the international playing field in this game of delegitimization, think about for a second, the PA is a liability and Hamas is an asset. It’s a terrorist organization. Nobody will recognize it, nobody will give it status at the ICC [International Criminal Court] and nobody will let them push resolutions at the UN [causing us to] need an American veto.” As I criticized Coleman for in the video that you are quote tweeting, you guys always pretend that we are relying on one dubious quote from Netanyahu but that’s just not true. I just picked these two but there are dozens from across the political spectrum at the highest levels.
Noam Dworman