Israel Ambassador to UN Calls for Isolating Qatar

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Qatar has been running on all the positive publicity it could buy for decades. But lately it’s been hitting a rough patch as its links to terrorism have been leaking even into its mainstream media clients.

Now Israel’s UN Ambassador has a hard hitting piece calling for isolating Qatar.

The emirate has also used the Arabic service of Al Jazeera news network to spread radical messages that have inflamed sectarian divides. In the early days of the Arab Spring, Al Jazeera’s coverage of popular uprisings earned the network millions of new followers and solidified its status as a mainstream global news network. Qatar capitalized on this popularity by advancing its own agenda — namely, using the Arabic network to promote the views of extremists who were undermining the region’s more pragmatic elements. In particular, Qatar’s open support for the Muslim Brotherhood angered its gulf state neighbors. In March, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain recalled their ambassadors from Doha in protest.

This hasn’t stopped the Persian Gulf monarchy from serving as a Club Med for terrorists. It harbors leading Islamist radicals like the spiritual leader of the global Muslim Brotherhood, Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who issued a religious fatwa endorsing suicide attacks, and the Doha-based history professor Abdul Rahman Omeir al-Naimi, whom the United States Department of Treasury has named as a “terrorist financier” for Al Qaeda. Qatar also funds a life of luxury for Khaled Meshal, the fugitive leader of Hamas…

It is time for the world to wake up and smell the gas fumes. Qatar has spared no cost to dress up its country as a liberal, progressive society, yet at its core, the micro monarchy is aggressively financing radical Islamist movements. In light of the emirate’s unabashed support for terrorism, one has to question FIFA’s decision to reward Qatar with the 2022 World Cup.

Qatar’s continued sponsorship of Hamas all but guarantees that, whatever happens in this round of hostilities, the terrorist group will rearm and renew hostilities with Israel. The only way forward is to isolate Hamas’s last major backer. Given Qatar’s considerable affluence and influence, this is an uncomfortable prospect for many Western nations, yet they must recognize that Qatar is not a part of the solution but a significant part of the problem.

Qatar has become an even bigger state sponsor of terrorism than Saudi Arabia… and that really says something.

  • African Child

    Qatar is the current biggest terrorist sponsors, having overtaken Saudi Arabia and US. They are also the biggest bribe givers, ask FIFA officials. It is also amazing that both Israel and Syria are on the same page on this one.

  • http://libertyandculture.blogspot.com/ Jason P

    I’m under the impression that Qatar is the major force behind ISIS. I can’t vouch for this article but it raises some important questions: http://www.dw.de/who-finances-isis/a-17720149

    As usual, the Saudi government helps fund such groups in the beginning then realizes the Frankenstein monster is a threat. Private Saudi funds continue. Qatar seems to support ISIS in the beginning and seems to want to compete with Saudi Arabia in the jihad race. It appears that Qatar has taken the lead and is now the main Muslim force behind Sunni jihadi like Hamas and ISIS. I’d like to know more.

    • Pete

      Spot on!

    • Gee

      Qatar is a major force behind most terrorism in the world

  • Pete

    Isolating Qatar is a bad ideal. Bill and Hillary will be pizzed about losing future speaking fees. they will strike back. The Empire always does.

  • wileyvet

    The 2022 World Cup can play their matches using human heads, just like Muslims do. Really absorb Islamic culture while they are there.