Analysis: How Israeli-US actions kept Hamas in power
They allowed Hamas to run in the 2006 election, which it won.
A 2007 failed Israeli-CIA coup attempted to oust Hamas & install the PLO.
From 2007, Israel imposed an economic blockade on Gazans, making them dependent on Hamas for jobs.
Netanyahu had Qatar & Egypt fund Hamas to ensure political division in order to forestall a Palestinian state.
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