Israel licensed Islamist organizations in the late 1970s to weaken the Palestinian left

Evidence

However, this did not prevent the Likud Party from using the precursor organization to Hamas, the Mujamma‘ al-Islamiyya, for its own purposes. When the Israeli state recognized and formally licensed the Mujamma‘ in 1978, the logic was simple—the Islamists‘ hostility to the left made them useful entities. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 447

Categorization

• XREF: Connects directly to the existing cluster on Islamophobia as imperial policy (Aziz/Razack/Rana) — corroborates the ‘enemy of my enemy’ patronage mechanism that allies states extended to Islamists. — connects to: Israel licensed Islamist Hamas precursors to weaken the Palestinian left — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 459; Arab regimes in the 1970s deliberately backed Islamists against secular nationalists and the left — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 372; Israel licensed Hamas’s predecessor because Islamists opposed the secular left — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 399
• CANDY: A concise, conversation-stopping fact: Israel formally licensed Hamas’s precursor in 1978 because its anti-left hostility served Israeli interests.

Broader Connections

• Israel licensed Islamist Hamas precursors to weaken the Palestinian left #corroborates (0.98) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 459
• Israel licensed Hamas’s predecessor because Islamists opposed the secular left #qualifies (0.92) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 399
• Arab regimes in the 1970s deliberately backed Islamists against secular nationalists and the left #expands (0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 372