Mansour Abbas accuses Netanyahu: "He trusted Sinwar"

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Ra'am party leader Mansour Abbas claimed that at a meeting at the Balfour residence during Operation Guardian of the Walls in 2021, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told him that he and Yahya Sinwar understand each other. According to Abbas, Netanyahu told him that he "feels satisfaction" from the relationship with the then Hamas leader.

Abbas accused Netanyahu of knowing that the money transferred to Gaza reached Hamas's military wing. Abbas said that Netanyahu placed complete trust in Sinwar, and that he does not trust him.

In an interview with Ynet, Abbas asked: "Guarding the security of the State of Israel? How does that square with someone who completely trusted Sinwar in the past and said so in my ears?" Abbas said he would present these remarks to a state commission of inquiry.