The problem with false dichotomies, both sides are always wrong.
"Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas,” he told a meeting of his Likud party’s Knesset members in March 2019. “This is part of our strategy—to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.”
Yep,Mossad gets blowback, they're not SuperHumans who never end up making things work by what seems like a solution.
Everybody knows the Israelis pushed Hamas as an alternative to PFLP and PLO and others to help divide and disburse Terror efforts. However, Hamas aligned with the MB and eventually superceded the PLO in Gaza.
Dividing your enemy into smaller subgroups that are competitive with each other for support is Geopolitics 101.
"Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas,” he told a meeting of his Likud party’s Knesset members in March 2019. “This is part of our strategy—to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.”
- Benjamin Netanyahu
https://corbettreport.substack.com/p/the-secret-history-of-hamas