How much of this is taqqiya?
[IsraelTimes] Ra’am party head hints that Qatar wanted PM in power over perceived dovishness on Hamas; Bennett reacts by claiming ‘Sinwar preferred Netanyahu because Netanyahu is good for Hamas’Ra’am party
…the political party of the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Israel, the so-called Southern Branch of the Islamic Movement — the Northern Branch based in Umm al Fahm in the Galilee being the militant branch that Israel keeps throwing in jail for cause…
chairman Mansour Abbas said Saturday that foreign-linked actors — possibly related to Qatar...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
— had pressed him to continue coalition talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rather than join with opposition parties following the 2021 election, citing the premier’s perceived dovish approach to Hamas
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...Speaking in an interview with Channel 12 news, the Arab politician claimed that before the terror group’s onslaught of October 7, 2023, Netanyahu had sought a "long-term arrangement" with Hamas in order to keep the Paleostinian leadership fractured and divided between it and the West Bank-based Paleostinian Authority.
When asked if he "received signals from Qatar" as he sat in the room with Netanyahu during their since-scuttled coalition negotiations, Abbas responded, "not in the room."
He refused to confirm or deny whether he received messages from Qatari-linked actors, but divulged that he was contacted by "people from here [Israel] with links to countries abroad."
"These people encouraged me to continue and try to form a government with Benjamin Netanyahu and not with the other side," because "Netanyahu doesn’t do wars," Abbas said.
Of course. Israel tries to avoid war until war becomes necessary. Then they win. And they limit their winning, too: they could have taken the West Bank in 1948, but chose not to, and the same in 1956. In 1967 they moved so fast they hit the banks of the Jordan River and took the entire Sinai, but did not go farther into Syria than the Golan Heights, and in 1973 they did not take either Damascus or Cairo, though I understand they could have, despite, in all those wars, the enemy having more men and matériel.
"I understood that Benjamin Netanyahu had an interest in ensuring that the fragmentation on the Paleostinian side was preserved," he continued, adding that the premier sought to "advance a long-term arrangement with Hamas in the Gazoo...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
Strip."
When asked whether Netanyahu made an explicit reference to this, Abbas said "there was a reference to this issue" in coalition talks.
"I understood from his words that he was in favor of an arrangement [with Hamas]," he continued, claiming that such an arrangement had stood to benefit both Netanyahu and the terror group.
Indeed. And Hamas let them try, but privately never wavered from their war of conquest, which they tried every few years since they threw the PA/PLO out of Gaza in 2005, each time leaving Gaza more and more battered until this time Israel bounced the rubble around their ears, killed tens of thousands of them, and commenced destroying the entire 500+ miles of tunnels Hamas has been digging since they took over the Strip.
Abbas was courted by Netanyahu to become part of his coalition in 2021, but he eventually partnered with Netanyahu’s rivals, making Ra’am the first Arab party in decades to be part of a ruling coalition, which was led by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid.And everyone felt smug about it, until Ra’am dropped the pretense and dropped out of the government.
Abbas added that he wasn’t shocked by the Qatargate case that has since come to light, in which three of Netanyahu’s aides are suspected of doing paid PR work for the Gulf monarchy, and that he "connected the dots" after the scandal broke."People have a hard time today understanding what the Qatargate story is, but in those days, there was a shared interest, held both by Netanyahu and Qatar and Hamas, to preserve the existing situation," he said.
Sure. Until it wasn’t preserved. Hamas and Qatar hoped for conquest, while Israel prepared to win a war. We see now which was the more effective approach.
Abbas’s remarks about the premier drew fierce reactions Saturday from opposition politicians, including former prime minister Bennett, who asserted that "[since-slain Hamas leader Yahya] Sinwar preferred Netanyahu because Netanyahu is good for Hamas, this is the truth."Or not. Don’t forget taqqiya.
"Mr. Netanyahu, who for years led this horrible policy of strengthening Sinwar and funding Hamas in dollars, the policy of ’containment’ and in the end, on his watch, the October 7 massacre... must go home immediately," he continued.Since they haven’t the political strength to drive Bibi out, they keep trying to guilt him into it. Again, hope is not a tactic.
Abbas did not rule out future talks with Likud, despite his recent comments accusing Netanyahu of abandoning Arabs in favor of the country’s ultranationalist right, which enjoys significant influence in the current ruling coalition.The Muslim Brotherhood will do anything to advance its progress toward a new caliphate, including talking to the Yahood — until the next Khaybar is arranged.
He stressed that he would much prefer to sit in a government without Netanyahu, however, adding that his "first preference" is for a "’change government’ to be established in Israel."
Of course. Sadly, Allah does not seem to agree with his preferences, or he would not ensure Bibi keeps winning.
The "change government" was the name given to the previous Bennett-Lapid government that included Ra’am, and which collapsed after a year.Neither Netanyahu nor Likud issued a reaction to Abbas’s interview on Saturday.
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