Toward the end of Netanyahu’s fifth government in 2021, approximately 2,000-3,000 work permits were issued to Gazans. This number climbed to 5,000 and, during the Bennett-Lapid government, rose sharply to 10,000.

That’s what counts as empowering Hamas? Letting Palestinians earn a living?

I mean I guess you can spin it that way, but it’s a spurious claim to make.