Why Netanyahu, Hamas are ‘objective allies’

The Hamas-Netanyahu 'objective alliance' is based on the fact that Netanyahu hates the idea of a two-state solution just as much as Hamas does.

For the fourth time in a row, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just failed to get an election outcome that will let him create and lead a coalition government. Israelis could be headed to the polls again for the fifth time in 30 months next autumn, if coalition talks fail. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

May 12, 2021

LONDON, U.K.—“Objective allies” generally don’t even talk to each other. They don’t have common values, their ultimate goals may be completely incompatible, they often hate each other. But they share some intermediate goal, and are clever enough to realize t...

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