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Link: https://www.rt.com/news/590981-borell-accuses-israel-iran-aid/
Netanyahu has vehemently denied such claims, blaming Iran for the flow of arms and funds to the Palestinian group | EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has openly accused the Israeli government of funding Hamas, an allegation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied. Borrell did not elaborate on the claim, which has been repeatedly made by opponents of Netanyahu and the Israeli media. Speaking at the University of Valladolid in Spain, Josep Borrell said Hamas “was financed by the Israeli government in an attempt to weaken the Palestinian Authority led by Fatah,” according to El Pais newspaper. Netanyahu has blamed the rise of Hamas on Iran, for supporting the Palestinian militant group “with money, training and weapons and technological know-how” and intelligence.
■ How Israel helped create Hamas (The Washington Post)
■ ‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hamas (The New York Times)
■ EU set to sanction 6 tied to Hamas funding; Borrell: Israel boosted the group (Times of Israel) | The European Union has adopted a dedicated sanctions regime targeting Palestinian "terror group Hamas," a high-ranking EU official said Friday, adding that the first measures would target six people [but not israel] involved in the financing of Hamas.