For those that don't understand the Qatari donation situation, you need to look back:
1.) When Hamas was elected in 2006 and took control of Gaza, Israel and Egypt imposed an blockade. Iran sent Hamas money to help Hamas pay civil servants or government employees
2.) Hamas would also tax goods smuggled from tunnels and commercial crossings to generate revenue to pay government employees(Police, all ministries like agriculture, transportation, environmental and so on)
3.) A lot of the employees are normal people unaffiliated with political factions in Palestine.
4.) Iran cut funding to Hamas due to stance on Syria. Egypt destroyed smuggling tunnels.
5.) Hamas made a deal with the PA to takeover Gaza. PA took over all border crossings and thus collect the revenue from taxed goods.
6.) PA also began to pay some of the salaries and employees were now working under them.
7.) PA wanted Hamas and other factions to disarm, they refused. PA stopped paying salaries and Egypt closed the border.
8.) The protests on the border began with intent to pressure all parties to lift siege on Gaza
9.) Egypt opened the border permanently. Qatar stepped in to donate 6 months worth of salaries to calm situation down.
10.) Fatah(PA) got upset with Hamas and pulled it border officers from crossing with Egypt. And Egypt thus closed it after Hamas officers returned.
11.) Israel began adding preconditions to allow Qatar to transfer the funds such as stop protesting and other things. Thus Hamas rejected the third payment. Keep in mind, money doesn't go to Hamas politicians or armed wing. Just to government employees. And Hamas has taken out of its own money to partially pay some of the salaries. It doesn't have enough money, however.
12.) All of this pressure and continuation of blockade is to try to topple Hamas and PIJ in Gaza. And we are on brink of tensions again because all these parties insist on continuation of the siege.
13.) Also, Egypt was mediating talks to get the siege lifted after the weekly protests began. Israel didn't want to lift the siege and proposed allowing Qatar to donate money to help pay salaries so it can ignore the talks of lifting the siege. The main objective of the Palestinian protests however, remains to be the lifting the siege.
14.) IT is Qatar's money and not Israel's. The reason Israel has to approve is because the US threatened lawsuits against international banks in Gaza if they allowed Qatar to wire money through them. The Banks thus stopped allowing that.
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