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Originally Posted by blankall

Lol. Israel was actively engaged in a war with Hamas. Hamas also ran on a platform of genocide and denouncing all deals with Israel, deals that Israel had worked for decades to put in place. Both Israel and the US took immediate steps to isolate Hamas.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-ye...-in-our-faces/

For years, the various governments led by Benjamin Netanyahu took an approach that divided power between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank — bringing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to his knees while making moves that propped up the Hamas terror group.

Thus, amid this bid to impair Abbas, Hamas was upgraded from a mere terror group to an organization with which Israel held indirect negotiations via Egypt, and one that was allowed to receive infusions of cash from abroad.

Hamas was also included in discussions about increasing the number of work permits Israel granted to Gazan laborers, which kept money flowing into Gaza, meaning food for families and the ability to purchase basic products.