The long-term agenda looks as if the US and Qatar intend to try to elbow Israel out of any say in what "humanitarian aid" is eventually be brought into Gaza.
The US seems to believe that Qatar is aligned with it; the US has its major Middle Eastern airbase there, without which Qatar would be a vulnerable target. However, the report reveals Qatar as aligned with countries such as Iran, Russia, and China, and groups such as Al Qaeda and the Taliban, which seek to replace the West. Qatar supported the Taliban until Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani fled in his plane. Then Qatar offered to mediate.
It is the same act -- "first the arsonist then the firefighter" -- that Qatar is putting over on the Biden administration with Hamas. First, Qatar funds Hamas to the gills, hosts Hamas's billionaire leaders in its capital, Doha, and allows Deif to declare war on Qatar's megaphone, Al Jazeera. Then, the Qataris pretend to be impartial mediators, and the Biden administration pretends to buy their act.
It is no secret that Qatar and its news organization Al-Jazeera have long been serving as champions, protectors and lifelines for Hamas and other terrorist groups, such as Al Qaeda affiliates and the Taliban.
"There are many channels who are biased, but this is past bias. Now Al-Jazeera is a voice for terrorists." — Mohammed Fahmy, the former Cairo bureau chief of Al-Jazeera, reported by Eli Lake, aawsat.com, June 25, 2017.
In light of the new damning evidence of Al-Jazeera's employing terrorists and its close connections to Hamas and other terrorist organizations, perhaps it is time for Israel and Western countries to learn from the Arabs, who understood many years ago that Qatar and its Al-Jazeera are not platforms for peace or news, but rather perpetuators of terrorism.
In light of the new damning evidence of Al-Jazeera's employing terrorists and its close connections to Hamas and other terrorist organizations, perhaps it is time for Israel and Western countries to learn from the Arabs, who understood many years ago that Qatar and its Al-Jazeera are not platforms for peace or news, but rather perpetuators of terrorism.
Qatar and its vast media network, Al Jazeera, have a long history, which, according to a report by the Middle East Research Institute (MEMRI), promote terrorism worldwide. The report notes:
"Al-Jazeera, therefore, should not be discussed as a means of telecommunications, but instead as an unyielding and forceful political tool of Qatari foreign policy under the guise of a mass media network."
It was this communications powerhouse, the report continues, that basically drove Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from power and in 2012 replaced him with the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi, who was also driven from power a year later.
Al Jazeera was also the vehicle that provided a platform for Osama bin Laden among other terrorists, as well as allowing a pledge of allegiance, to ISIS leader's Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, to be broadcast live on air.
On October 7, 2023, Al Jazeera provided the "exclusive broadcast" for the declaration of war on Israel by Hamas's military leader, Mohammed Deif, who, in a recorded announcement, declared that "Operation Al Aqsa Flood" was "just the first strike," and urged all Palestinians "to join the war, using, all means in their possession including guns, knives and vehicles."
Qatar has funded and nurtured Hamas from its beginnings and helped it to grow. Hamas is its client, and Qatar does not wish to see its protégé defeated. The Biden administration just invited Qatar to be in charge of the new "temporary" pier in Gaza the US is building. Apparently Qatar agreed to pay for it. The long-term agenda looks as if the US and Qatar intend to try to elbow Israel out of any say in what "humanitarian aid" is eventually be brought into Gaza.
The US seems to believe that Qatar is aligned with it; the US has its major Middle Eastern airbase there, without which Qatar would be a vulnerable target. However, the report reveals Qatar as aligned with countries such as Iran, Russia, and China, and groups such as Al Qaeda and the Taliban, which seek to replace the West. Qatar supported the Taliban until Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani fled in his plane. Then Qatar offered to mediate.
It is the same act -- "first the arsonist then the firefighter" -- that Qatar is putting over on the Biden administration with Hamas. First, Qatar funds Hamas to the gills, hosts Hamas's billionaire leaders in its capital, Doha, and allows Deif to declare war on Qatar's megaphone, Al Jazeera. Then, the Qataris pretend to be impartial mediators, and the Biden administration pretends to buy their act.
Most recently, on March 18, Al-Jazeera Arabic, along with some media watchdogs, condemned Israel for arresting Ismail al-Ghoul at al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip. Al-Ghoul, who was described as a "journalist" with Al-Jazeera, was apprehended during a raid by the Israeli army on the hospital, where scores of Hamas terrorists were holed up.
The Israeli army said that during the military operation, more than 90 Hamas gunmen were killed and another 300 captured. Twelve hours after al-Ghoul was taken into custody together with the Hamas terrorists, the Israel Defense Forces released him.
Those who rushed to denounce Israel for arresting the Al-Jazeera journalist did not brother to mention his close ties to Hamas. They also did not say what al-Ghoul was doing inside the hospital at 3.00 am, when the Israeli army arrived there.
Eitan Fischberger, a communications expert and analyst, conducted his own research about al-Ghoul, and concluded that al-Ghoul had previously worked as a journalist at the Hamas-run news outlets Felesteen and al-Resalah. Fischberger also discovered that al-Ghoul had recently deleted some of his old social media posts and accounts to conceal his links to Hamas.
Fischberger wrote:
"Given the multiple instances since October 7th of Al Jazeera journalists moonlighting as Hamas operatives (or vice versa), I figured I'd take a look into al-Ghoul as well. What I found was a highly sophisticated, concerted effort to – for lack of a better word – manufacture a 'legitimate journalist' out of whole cloth."
Remarkably, one of the places Al-Jazeera is still free to operate is Israel. The television station has a big bureau in Jerusalem, and its correspondents feel free to incite violence against Israel from within Israel. The correspondents know that Israel is a democracy that allows journalists from all around the world to enter the country and work freely.
In light of the new damning evidence of Al-Jazeera's employing terrorists and its close connections to Hamas and other terrorist organizations, perhaps it is time for Israel and Western countries to learn from the Arabs, who understood many years ago that Qatar and its Al-Jazeera are not platforms for peace or news, but rather perpetuators of terrorism.
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Bassam Tawil is a Muslim Arab based in the Middle East.
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