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- Middle East analysts have disputed suggestions that Netanyahu helped "prop up" Hamas.
- Netanyahu's policy toward Hamas was "a seasonal mowing of the grass rather than scorched earth."
- Netanyahu's biggest blunder was failing to foresee the Hamas invasion on October 7.
Middle East analysts have disputed charges that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "propped up" Palestinian militant group Hamas.
A Times of Israel opinion column by political correspondent Tal Schneider argued that Netanyahu "propped up" Hamas for years. "Most of the time, Israeli policy was to treat the Palestinian Authority as a burden and Hamas as an asset."