Tim Kennedy on israel-hamas war: what the evidence says · JRE #2055
SUBJECT: ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
Not a true/false call. Every claim is logged with its sources; read the exhibits below.
And now they are the size of a cartel being funded $70 million a year from Iran is being pumped into Hamas.
What the evidence says 01 / RECORD
Kennedy said Iran funds Hamas to the tune of $70 million per year. The most commonly cited government estimate is higher: the U.S. State Department's 2021 Country Reports on Terrorism, as summarized by the Council on Foreign Relations, put Iranian funding at roughly $100 million annually, distributed among Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other Iran-backed Palestinian militant groups, not to Hamas alone. Estimates of Iranian support to Hamas vary across years and sources, with some analyses citing lower or higher figures depending on the time period and whether they isolate Hamas from other recipient groups, but $70 million is below the figure most frequently cited in recent State Department-derived reporting. The claim is not fabricated in direction, Iran is indeed a major funder of Hamas, but the specific $70 million figure understates the commonly cited $100 million/year estimate and conflates it with what is actually a broader multi-group total.