Managing the Enemy: How Netanyahu Outsourced Chaos to Qatar

Tonight we unpack the cold logic behind Netanyahu’s Hamas strategy: Don’t eliminate the threat—control it. Through a decade of quiet cash transfers, diplomatic cover, and Qatari proxies, Netanyahu created a fragile status quo that benefited one person above all: himself. With leaked intel, insider quotes, and strategic implications, this piece reveals how modern power is played on the edge of catastrophe.

Managing the Enemy: How Netanyahu Outsourced Chaos to Qatar

When rockets fall and hostages die, the world asks: “How did Hamas survive this long?”

Here’s a better question: Who made sure they did?

The full exposé on Qatargate and Netanyahu’s decade-long strategy is in this week’s main issue.

For over a decade, Benjamin Netanyahu didn’t work to destroy Hamas. He worked to keep them just strong enough to justify his own power—and just weak enough to avoid a full-scale war that could cost him politically.

He didn’t manage the threat.
He managed the optics.

And to do it, he outsourced the chaos—to Qatar.