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Netanyahu’s separation policy feeds Hamas violence

Israel's longtime policy of separation between the West Bank and Gaza Strip as well as punishment measures against the Palestinian Authority could help actually Hamas take over the West Bank.
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Late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s doctrine, “We must fight terrorism as if there's no peace process and work to achieve peace as if there's no terror,” could be twisted to describe the approach of current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “We must pay for terror as if there is no peace, and we must fight peace as if there is no terror.”

On several occasions, Israel has authorized Qatari transfers of financial aid to Gaza. On May 7, Qatar announced that it would transfer more monetary aid both to Gaza and to the West Bank.

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