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by misja111 775 days ago
The sponsoring of Hamas by Qatar has happened with approval from Netanyahu. Until October 7th of course. And the reason that Hamas headquarters are in Doha, is because the US government requested that in 2011.

See e.g. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/11/middleeast/qatar-hamas-fu...

or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatari_support_for_Hamas

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I'm not going to defend Bibi and his government. They have made and continue to make many decisions I disagree with. Like the vast majority of Israelis, I think we should go to elections sooner rather than later.

However, this does not change the fact that now there is an active war between Hamas and Israel most Israelis dislike Al Jazeera because they perceive to be part of the propaganda wing of Hamas with Qatar's support.