Speaker unverified: uncertainty

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…So did Israel. Well, just a second, provided Hamas with weapons. That the IRGC and the Quds force were training Hamas. Hezbollah backed by Iran was training Hamas. There were three meetings before October 7th, one in Beirut, one in Damascus, and one in Tehran where the IRGC, Hezbollah, Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad were together. There was a meeting in Tehran that was attended by Khamenei the Supreme leader. Now at those three meetings right before October 7th, maybe they’re discussing the weather. Maybe they were discussing Persian poetry, I don’t know, but it’s hard to believe they weren’t discussing something. And the fact that they had armed Hamas, financed Hamas, and weaponized Hamas, suggests to me that there is pretty overwhelming evidence that Iran has been at war with Israel for decades. Critics of Israel will say that Benjamin Netanyahu has also been indirectly financing Hamas by allowing the funds going into-…

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