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Did Iran Ever Stop Funding Hamas?
(Al-Monitor) Ahmad Abu Amer - Iranian-Hamas relations have been growing warmer, especially after the new Hamas leadership was elected in May 2017, which resolved all differences that resulted from Hamas' neutral stance on the conflict in Syria in 2012. A senior Hamas official told Al-Monitor that Iranian financial and military support did not stop, while saying that support has not been consistent in recent years. The U.S. envoy to the Middle East peace process, Jason Greenblatt, tweeted on Feb. 4, 2018, that Iran is giving $100 million a year to Hamas to buy weapons and build tunnels to attack Israel.