Netanyahu and Hamas: A symbiotic relationship that costs Israel dearly
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Hamas political bureau member Mousa Abu Marzouk knows a thing or two about Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s decades-long support for the group.
In fact, Mr. Abu Marzouk is Exhibit A.
Thanks to Mr. Netanyahu, Mr. Abu Marzouk operates from the luxury of Doha instead of rotting in an Israeli jail since 1996 when Mr. Netanyahu first became prime minister.
In a move never adequately justified, Mr. Netanyahu, in his first year in office, dropped a request by his predecessor, Shimon Peres, for Mr. Abu Marzouk’s extradition from the United States, where he was a resident.
US authorities arrested Mr. Abu Marzouk after putting him on a terrorism watch list. Various Hamas leaders, including Ahmed Yassin, the group’s founder, were in Israeli prisons at the time.
