Interesting article:
Qatari PM grilled by Jewish billionaires over Hamas ties
Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met with a group of Jewish businessmen and billionaires last week to answer questions about the Gulf nation’s relationship with Hamas, Axios reported on 4 December.
According to three sources with direct knowledge of the matter, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump organized the private meeting in New York last Wednesday.
A source who attended the meeting said the Qatari prime minister spoke about his country's efforts to release Israeli captives in Gaza and answered several questions about Qatar's relationship with Hamas.
Since the outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel on 7 October, in which over 1,200 Israelis have been killed, Qatar’s role in supporting Hamas financially has come under additional scrutiny from Jewish organizations and members of the US Congress.
Qatar has transferred billions of dollars to Gaza over the past five years to help pay for salaries, fuel and aid to poor people.
Qatar also played a key role in mediating the exchange of captives between Israel and Hamas that led to a 7-day truce last week.
On 29 November, the
Jerusalem Post published an opinion piece that claimed Qatar is “getting away with murder,” while asking, “How exactly has Qatar been allowed to fund terrorists and support terror for so many years while still maintaining diplomatic, economic, and military ties with the West?”
Qatar is therefore increasing its lobbying efforts in Washington to ensure its standing with the US government, and particularly with the US Congress, is not damaged.
Sheikh Mohammed emphasized that his country’s support for Hamas has come at the direction of the US and Israeli governments.
He explained during the meeting that Qatar's close relations with Hamas and the hosting of the group in Doha started in 2006 with the support of the George W. Bush administration, an attendee in the meeting said.
He added that the Obama and Trump administrations also encouraged Qatar to continue an open channel with Hamas to try to navigate the situation in Gaza.
According to a person who attended the meeting, the Qatari prime minister told the group that the financial support Qatar has provided to Gaza was coordinated with and approved by the Israeli government.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has acknowledged he wished to boost Hamas to keep the Palestinian national movement divided and prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state.
“Many of us came in with a negative perception of Qatar based on what we have been reading, and came away with a more nuanced understanding of the role they have been playing in Gaza, both historically and currently," one participant in the meeting said.
Another participant in the meeting said that "it was an intense conversation at times and there was some skepticism among some of us at the end of the meeting."
Billionaires attending the meeting included Bill Ackman, founder of Pershing Square Capital Management hedge fund, Mark Rowan, founder of Apollo Global Management, and Robert Kraft, owner of the NFL's New England Patriots.
Podcaster Lex Friedman also attended.
Past Qatari efforts on behalf of the US and Israel include its support for Salafist armed groups, including the Al-Qaeda affiliated Nusra Front, that attacked Syria in 2011 as part of the broader effort to topple the government in Damascus.
Al-Jazeera, the Qatari-government satellite news channel, also coordinated its Syria coverage closely with US intelligence agencies.
Anyone know the reality of this article? Basically claims that Hamas was being hosted by Qatar on orders by USA/Isreal.
Also the idea that AL-Jazeera works with US intelligence agencies sounds about right to me. There coverage of the PKK pretty much promotes the American Kurdistan project no different to say how the BBC does.
It would also make sense why Erdogan feels so confident to keep talking shit, potentially its all a ruse and away from the cameras they all work together. pseudo islamists and zionism one and the same thing.
But obviously i cant find any other reports on it, it could just be all made up.
