The leaders of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank used these funds for their own purposes, including building mansions for themselves that a homeowner in the Hamptons might envy. But without exception, the money that went to Gaza ended up in the hands of Hamas. Since 2007 there has been no other government in Gaza, and anything that comes in, from the lowliest food truck to the largest suitcase of cash, goes straight to them. For years the Israelis had warned the US, UN, and others that UNRWA in Gaza was part of Hamas’s network and for years the Americans and Europeans continued to
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