David Horovitz
Times of Israel, Apr. 8, 2024
“Looking more broadly at Qatar’s dealings with Gaza, the report specifies that Qatar has been fully aware and supportive of Hamas military activities and strategy for over a decade, and that its publicly declared assertion that its funding for Gaza was going to Palestinian welfare rather than Hamas military activities “has no credibility.””
A confidential report by a team of veteran US and Israeli intelligence professionals working on behalf of lawyers for the families of October 7 victims contends that Qatar should not be allowed to continue to serve as a key mediator in the Gaza conflict, notably in negotiations for the release of hostages.
Compiled on the basis of research in English, Arabic, and French in the Middle East, Europe and the US, as well as public sourcing, the report concludes that Qatar is a fundamentally disingenuous actor, falsely presenting itself as an honest broker, moderating influence in the region, and “friend of the West.”
In fact, the report states, “Qatar operates not as an independent mediator as it claims, but benefits directly from the bloodshed and geopolitical fallout and unrest that result from its policies.”
As regards Hamas’s invasion of southern Israel, in which some 1,200 people were massacred and 253 abducted, the report specifies that “Qatari funding and policies led directly to October 7.”
The “Doha-Gaza Alliance at all levels — financial, political, and military — has resulted in the current regional upheaval, the impact of which is being felt worldwide,” it further states.
Therefore, the report argues in its conclusions, “Continuing to allow Qatar to act as a key mediator in the Gaza conflict is mistaken.”
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