After trying to completely destroy Hamas, Israel and the West, they face the difficulties in straightening the financial flow to the organization. The Economist talks about a complex network that provides Hamas with hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
Hamas has installed a huge and diversified network, including money laundering, companies and other ways of bypassing sanctions.
Some Hamas revenue sources include imports of gases, investments in the company, registered in the Middle East, and Iran assistance, estimated at $ 100 million a year.
Countries, such as Turkey, also help Hamas to circumvent sanctions and conduct financial schemes around the world.
According to experts, to identify and stop all these sources of financing is a huge challenge, there is a risk of even an increase in Hamas funding from countries with propellant -populations.
The article considers the complexity of the task of Israel and the West in suppressing the financial flow to Hamas and the risks associated with the effort to limit the financing of fighters.
