Quote Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier View Post
I think this about sums up the IDF/Hamas "collaboration" - The acronym "Hamas" first appeared in 1987 in a leaflet that accused the Israeli intelligence services of undermining the moral fibre of Palestinian youth as part of Mossad's recruitment of what Hamas termed "collaborators." Nonetheless, Israeli military and intelligence was still focused on Fatah, and continued to maintain contacts with Gaza Islamic activists. Numerous Islamist leaders, including senior Hamas founder Mahmoud Zahar, met with Yitzhak Rabin as part of "regular consultations" between Israeli officials and Palestinians not linked to the PLO. Then along came Netanyahu with all of his Machiavellian intent.
The Machiavellians mon ami were Hamas, convincing the Israelis, IDF, Mossad, Shin Bet and all, that they were happy to live alongside them, all the while constructing the world's largest underground tunnel system, paid for mainly by EU taxpayers of course. Very clever. Just a shame it's wrought devastation upon them, they didn't really think it through did they.