Hmmm… This is a lot to take in.

Linguist and political commentator Noam Chomsky also repeated the claim in 2010, saying that “in its early days, Israel supported Hamas as a weapon against the secular PLO.”

This narrative allowed for leaders in Fatah to besmirch Hamas while the former backtracked on the tenets of the 1968 Palestine National Covenant by rescinding armed struggle.

🚨🚧🚧🚨

I need to reread and rethink this, probably multiple times. But it no doubt makes sense Israel preferred this narrative over losing face.

With apologies to Five Man Electrical Band,

Lies, lies, everywhere a lie, blocking up the scenery, breaking my mind, believe this, don’t believe that, read between the lines…

Artificially induced astigmatism stinks.