Netanyahu conflating antisemitism and criticism of Israeli policy, says expert It is "ridiculous" for Benjamin Netanyahu to accuse Keir Starmer and the leaders of France and Canada of emboldening Hamas by criticising Israeli policy, according to an expert. "Netanyahu himself has been one of Hamas's biggest supporters," says Matt Duss, executive vice president at the centre for international policy. "Netanyahu's policy was to deliver, literally, bags of cash into Gaza to help sustain the Hamas government inside Gaza for the purposes of keeping the Palestinian leadership divided to prevent any negotiations that could lead to a Palestinian state. "This was...