“You Israelis waged three wars against Hamas in order to preserve it and give it a positive image”

Excerpt of an op-ed by Omar Hilmi Al-Ghoul, regular columnist for the official PA daily

The article describes a meeting between PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, former Israeli Security Agency Director Nadav Argaman, and a CIA representative that took place in Ramallah in March 2021; according to the article, Abbas told Argaman the following -Ed.

“You [Israelis] waged three wars against [Hamas] in order to preserve it and give it a positive image.”