posted ago by towards8 ago by towards8 +7 / -0

Yes, seriously: How and from whom did Hamas get its weapons? Gaza has only three neighbors: Israel, Egypt, and the sea. Moreover, Gaza has been blockaded since 2007. So how and from whom did Hamas get its weapons, rockets, and ammunition? Israel has the best intelligence service in the world (along with America). So how could this be possible? Iran can't be the arms supplier, because how is Iran supposed to smuggle its weapons through several countries without getting caught? It wouldn't work through the sea either, since it's actually monitored by Israel. Delivering weapons to Gaza would only be possible if Israel agreed to it; there is no other way. But then the question would arise: Why should Israel build up its enemy? At a Likud party conference in 2019, Benjamin Netanyahu said: "Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas. This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank."