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The Biden administration indicated that Qatar bowed to the US request to expel the Hamas from its country, but other US officials contradict that claim, saying that Qatar decided on its own to expel Hamas over frustrations in hostage negotiations with the US, Israel and Hamas. Whatever happened, now Hamas has apparently relocated to Turkey. “Hamas leadership reportedly relocates to Turkey amid Qatar’s ban,” by Sam Halpern, Jerusalem Post, November 17, 2024:
Senior members of Hamas’s leadership outside of Gaza have been in Turkey in recent days, Israeli state broadcaster KAN reported on Sunday.
This latest report comes after an American source confirmed to the news outlet earlier this month that Qatar had agreed to remove Hamas from its territory…..
Further, Turkey has expressed sympathy for Hamas throughout the war.
In early August, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared a day of mourning after the elimination of Hamas political bureau leader Ismail Haniyeh. The Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv lowered its flag to half-mast to mark the occasion.
Earlier, in March, Erdogan stated that Ankara “firmly backs” Hamas, the Saudi outlet Arab Newsreported.
“No one can make us qualify Hamas as a terrorist organization,” he reportedly said during a speech in Istanbul…
The reason for Qatar’s expulsion of Hamas isn’t clear beyond its alleged “frustration” over politics. What is striking, however, is the timing: Hamas is losing miserably in a war that President-elect Donald Trump has requested that Israel wrap up quickly. Already shifts are being noted in the Middle East, which will be discussed further on.
One certainty is that Qatar will not operate in the interests of Israel, but only in its own. A new report by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) “alleges financial and political involvement by Iran and Qatar in South Africa’s December 2023 case at the International Criminal Court” accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza.
According to the Washington Post, since the American elections, Iran has been put on notice:
“To Tehran, the message from many of Trump’s surrogates has taken the form of a broad warning. Gone, they say, is the Democrats’ ‘weak’ policy of appeasement. Prepare to be squeezed into submission.”
Both Iran and Qatar aim to destroy Israel, despite Qatar’s sudden move to expel Hamas. There is nothing to indicate that Qatar has suddenly disavowed the Muslim Brotherhood, of which Hamas is an offshoot. Iran, however, is more brazen about its intentions, while Qatar is unpredictable and deceptive. Dr. Einat Wilf, a political scientist and former Member of the Knesset, states with regard to Israel: “Qatar is not our friend. Qatar and Hamas are one and the same.” Dr Wilf also said that Qatar “provided the terrorist group with the economic, material, and moral means to build the army that invaded Israel on October 7 and committed the massacre, all the while maintaining the group in power in Gaza.”
Trump’s victory is already causing a shift in Middle East dynamics, but it’s far too early to gauge the direction and motivation of Islamic leaders. As chameleon-like Qatar expels Hamas, it has also just “taken part in the Generations for a Competitive Future conference held in Budapest, Hungary.” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has long been a big supporter of Trump, and vice versa. Ironically, leftists have accused both leaders of being “Islamophobic” and “racist” for opposing mass migration from Muslim countries. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, meanwhile, has invited Trump to visit Turkey, “eyeing a reset in ties.”
Trump is known for his strength, in contrast to Biden and his administration, which appeased and emboldened America’s enemies while pursuing policies that have been destructive to the American economy. A global rebalancing of powers is now inevitable. Uncertainty and unpredictability characterize the period of America’s transition from Biden to Trump. Qatar’s ousting of Hamas, and Turkey’s welcoming of Hamas leaders, while Erdogan also reached out to Trump in a friendly gesture, will prove to be only the beginning of a double game in the Muslim world in the coming months.
It would be prudent to remember going forward that a leopard doesn’t change its spots. Muhammad stated that “war is deceit” (Bukhari 4.52.268).
Trump is not the Puppet like Biden was so the UN/Globalists cant pull strings and make him Dance like they did with Clinton(Bill)Obama and Biden
Hamas a proscribed terrorist organisation in the majority of NATO member states however theHamas leadership transfers to a NATO member state. Does article 5 apply to attacks from a NATO member against another member state if a Hamas (now its leadership is based in Turkey) terrorist attack in a European member state?
Ezekiel predicted that the end times armies of Satan (Gog & Magog) would come from the north and attack Israel. Scholars believe part of that kingdom is present day Turkey.
TURKEY, under the present dictator, has long been eager to join the other muslim terrorists states. Hardly suprising Erdogan has made it ‘official’.
Earlier, in March, Erdogan stated that Ankara “firmly backs” Hamas, the Saudi outlet Arab Newsreported.
Mr Erdogan would probably like Iran to clear the way so that Israel can return to its old role as an outpost of the Ottoman Empire.
The problem with Hamas relocating to Turkey is that they’re protected from attack by Israel unless Israel doesn’t mind attacking a NATO member AND, especially, confronting a country far more powerful and geographically closer than Qatar.
Turkey may be more vulnerable to sanctions than Qatar – sanctions which the incoming US administration will be more open to applying than its soon-to-be-predecessor has been.
Turkey needs to be evicted from NATO, now that Erdogan has turned it into an Islamofascist state and allying Turkey with Russia and China. It is a risk to NATO security to allow them to continue their membership.
How come these thugs didn’t move to Saudi or Kuwait but they did so to Turkey and their plan may well be to attack Israel from Turkey and if Israel responses to them inside Turkey then Israel is attacking a member of NATO therefore NATO is obliged to attack any country that attacks a NATO member.
These thugs are sneaky fuckers.
Occasionally I think of taking a cruise that visits Istanbul.
Thank you for once again reminding me that they are barbarians.