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[mandrill]

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How is Hamas continuing to fund itself? Fascinating research.

Millions go into Gaza but few safeguards to keep it out of Hamas's hands.

"European money being funneled not even to the PA but to a semi-governmental urban development fund. It’s only $3 million (total grant is $9 million for this "Green Gaza" project), but there are many more similar projects. Hundreds of them." "we discovered that 10% of the employees of the WCK organization are Hamas operatives.

An organization introduced into Gaza just this year by Israel already employs 62 Hamas members (out of 584 workers hired this year alone).

"Hamas operates like a mafia and a clan-based enterprise: one brother is in the military wing, another in the police force, they ensure the sister works for UNRWA, a non-combat-profile cousin becomes a driver for an aid organization, an uncle gets a government position, another cousin is a "journalist" for Al Jazeera, and the grandmother is added to the list of welfare recipients."

 

[kherg007]

Whats wrong with you????
Asking for a calm fact- based discussion?!?!?!?
Are you mad???
Lol

 

[mandrill]

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In Israel, there is a complete lack of understanding regarding how Hamas funds itself. I still hear nonsense like "Iran provides 70% of Hamas' funding" (as Yaron Blum claimed two days ago on Oded Ben Ami's show) or people who believe that money is smuggled into Gaza via Rafah and accumulates there.

It's the opposite: Hamas is looking for ways to get the significant sums it earns inside Gaza out of Gaza.

Just last week, in several interviews and articles, I mentioned how, due to a unique coincidence, we discovered that 10% of the employees of the WCK organization are Hamas operatives. An organization introduced into Gaza just this year by Israel already employs 62 Hamas members (out of 584 workers hired this year alone). From my past experience, I can assure you that additional significant percentages of its employees are relatives of Hamas members.

Hamas operates like a mafia and a clan-based enterprise: one brother is in the military wing, another in the police force, they ensure the sister works for UNRWA, a non-combat-profile cousin becomes a driver for an aid organization, an uncle gets a government position, another cousin is a "journalist" for Al Jazeera, and the grandmother is added to the list of welfare recipients.

What people here still fail to grasp is how much the Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to fund Hamas. This has been going on for years. Even when there were times of open conflict between them and Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas) stopped salaries (which led to the Qatari suitcases of cash), the PA still indirectly funded Hamas.

Here’s an example of European money being funneled not even to the PA but to a semi-governmental urban development fund. It’s only $3 million (total grant is $9 million for this "Green Gaza" project), but there are many more similar projects. Hundreds of them. This fund issued a tender for (I’m not joking) “consultation services—social activities for a green Gaza and climate change prevention.”

What are the chances that Hamas' regime in Gaza will manage to place its members or their relatives among the beneficiaries of this Belgian grant? In my opinion: 100%. Long live the "green" climate in Gaza. Thank you to the Belgian government for your contribution.

Multiply this story by 200, and you'll see how Hamas is funded. Not just by Iran (in extreme cases, Iran provides 5%-10% of Hamas' funding). The vast majority of Hamas' funding comes from its ability to funnel money that the world sends to the PA (and other Gaza charitable causes) and Gaza for its own purposes.

 

[mandrill]

What people have to realize is that Gaza - and the middle east generally - is not like the West. Hamas's main objective is absolutely controlling Gaza and its population - often with appalling and brutal violence and public beatings and killings - and scamming billions of $$$$ in Western aid.

Jihad is just a means to this end. It gives the - otherwise openly criminal - government a purpose, meaning, legitimacy and credibility and distracts the peasants while the overlords get very, very rich.