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'Not welcome here': Qatar tells Hamas to leave after US pressure, Hamas official denies report
Sources told KAN that this development has been underway in recent days, allegedly due to US pressure.
The Jerusalem Post
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Qatar has agreed to remove Hamas from its territory after Hamas refused
to conduct genuine hostage, ceasefire negotiations, an American source
told Israeli state broadcaster, KAN on Saturday morning.
This latest update follows a senior American administration official
telling Reuters on Friday that the US has told Qatar that the presence
of Hamas in Doha is no longer acceptable in the weeks since the
Palestinian terror group rejected the latest proposal to achieve a
ceasefire and a hostage deal.
"After rejecting repeated proposals to release hostages, its leaders
should no longer be welcome in the capitals of any American partner. We
made that clear to Qatar following Hamas's rejection weeks ago of
another hostage release proposal," the official said, speaking on the
condition of anonymity.
Qatar then made the demand to Hamas leaders about 10 days ago, the
official said. Washington has been in touch with Qatar over when to
close the political office of Hamas, and it told Doha that now was the
time following the group's rejection of the recent proposal.
KAN had reported on Friday that Qatar told the terrorist group Hamas,
"You are not welcome here," citing a source familiar with the matter.
According to the KAN report, Qatar had previously explained that
Hamas's leadership in the country was meant to facilitate dialogue
during hostage negotiation efforts.
Egyptian sources told the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar that direct
talks with senior Hamas officials are ongoing, with recent talks taking
place on November 5, the day of the US elections.
“Hamas is a terrorist group that has killed Americans and continues to
hold Americans hostage,” a senior US administration official told CNN.
“After rejecting repeated proposals to release hostages, its leaders
should no longer be welcome in the capitals of any American partner.”
Three Hamas officials denied Qatar had told Hamas leaders they were no
longer welcome in the country. Another Hamas official, cited by Army
Radio, said that Qatar "has no plans to expel the leaders from Doha"
and that "the Israeli reports are completely baseless."
Doha under fire for training Hamas terrorists
US expert urges ‘designation of Qatar as state sponsor of terrorism.’
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
The Jerusalem Post
A shocking new report by the Middle East Media Research Institute
revealed that Qatar’s authoritarian state trained Hamas operatives at
the country’s police college as recently as 2023.
According to the early February MEMRI report, “Qatar – which is known
for supporting Hamas, financing its military activity and sheltering
its leaders, and for extending media support to Hamas by means of its
Al-Jazeera channel – also trained, in its Police College in Al-Rayyan,
officers from Hamas' Interior and National Security Ministry, which is
part of Hamas' governing authorities in the Gaza Strip.”
An IDF spokesperson told the Post that “The IDF does not comment about
issues with Qatar and other foreign states. It is a very sensitive
issue.” The IDF referred the Post to the foreign ministry.
Qatar is currently functioning as a mediator in an effort to secure the
release of the over 130 hostages held by Hamas in Qatar. Israeli
officials and MKs have been largely reluctant to comment on the Qatari
regime’s role in funneling over $2 billion into Hamas’ coffers over the
last ten years due to the hostage release talks.
The training of Hamas operatives in Qatar took place long after Hamas
was designated a foreign terrorist organization by the US and the
European Union.
MEMRI wrote “Hamas officers were routinely sent to train at this
college, which recently produced its sixth class of graduates, and were
received with great honor upon their return to the Gaza Strip.”
Rich Goldberg, a member of the National Security Council during
the Trump administration, told the Jerusalem Post ”This is certainly
further evidence to support a designation of Qatar as a state sponsor
of terrorism.” Goldberg testified in Congress in late October about
Qatar’s alleged role in sponsoring Islamist terrorism.
Yigal Carmon, the president and founder of MEMRI, told the Post that "Qatar is Hamas and Hamas is Qatar.”
Hamas Political Bureau head Isma'il Haniya, who celebrated the October
7 massacre of 1,200 people in southern Israel and lives in Qatar,
frequently met with the Hamas officers and praised them with
certificates of appreciation.
Haniya said that the Qatar police college played a "significant role"
in strengthening the police of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. He
thanked Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Aal Thani for his work on behalf of
Palestine.
A Hamas Interior Ministry spokesman thanked Qatar for helping the
ministry "to develop its personnel and give them unique skills and
expertise."
MEMRI disclosed that "Cadet Ahmad Jamil Nasrallah from the Gaza Strip,
who was sent to the Qatar Police College by the Interior and National
Security Ministry, received the highest grade among the cadets sent to
the college by Arab countries. This morning [February 2, 2023].”
Qatar’s Emir congratulated Nasrallah.
Hamas’ Interior Ministry sent “several students of the Ribat University
College (which trains members of Hamas' security apparatuses) every
year to acquire such a degree at the Qatar Police College,” noted MEMRI.
Jerusalem Deputy Mayor, Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, told the Post that “Qatar
hosts Hamas leaders and facilitates its financing. We know Hamas was
trained by the Islamic republic of Iran and so this new revelation
about Qatar is hardly surprising. The free world should show zero
tolerance for terrorist funders and sympathizers. Today its Hamas and
tomorrow it will be home grown Jihadi terrorism in the West.”
MEMRI first located and translated the jaw-dropping reports about the
Qatar-Hamas alliance in training Hamas operatives. According to the
Hamas website, on February 7, 2023:"Today… brother Isma'il Haniya, the
head of Hamas' political bureau, honored Officer Ahmad Nasrallah from
the Gaza Strip, who had been sent by the Interior and National Security
Ministry to [attend] the Qatar Police College.”
MEMRI posted a photograph of Undersecretary of Hamas' Interior
Ministry,General Nasser Maslah, presenting a certificate of
appreciation to officer Nasrallah from March, 2023.
Hamas’ Interior Ministry also sent Muhammad Abu Rizq to the Qatar
Police College. He graduated in 2022.Accofrding to the Hamas website,
“The Honorable Emir Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Aal Thani honored cadet
Abu Rizq at the graduation ceremony of the Qatar Police College's
fourth graduating class.”
MEMRI wrote Hamas Interior Ministry spokesman Iyad Al-Buzom tweeted
that day: "We congratulate the cadet Muhammad Ahmad Abu Rizq, of the
Gaza Interior Ministry, for achieving the highest grade among the
cadets sent to the Qatar Police College by the Arab countries, and for
being honored by the Qatari Emir… We thank the Qatari Interior Ministry
for giving our cadets the opportunity to attend the Qatar Police
College, which helps the Gaza Interior Ministry develop its personnel
and give them unique skills and expertise.”
Hamas’ website reported on January 15, 2022 that "Hamas Political
Bureau Head Isma'il Haniya honored Officer Muhammad Ahmad Muhammad Abu
Rizq, from the Gaza Strip.” MEMRI showed a photograph of Haniya
presenting Abu Rizq with a certificate of appreciation.
In 2021, Haniya met with a group of Gazan cadets attending the
Qatar Police College. Hamas’ outlet Al-Risalah reported that Haniya
praised the cadets' "excellent performance" and "warmly thanked
His Excellency, the Honorable Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Aal Thani, the
Emir of the sister-country Qatar, as well as his government and the
honorable and generous Qatari people, for [the efforts they] invest in
serving our [Palestinian] homeland, our people and the Palestinian
cause in international forums."
Haniya also congratulated Officer Husam Abu Shamala, a graduate of the Qatari program.
MEMRI also revealed that, in February, 2021, Husam Fathi Abu Shamala
returned to Khan Younis as a graduate of the police college after
spending five years in Qatar.
It is unclear how many Hamas operatives Qatar trained. Multiple Post
press queries to Qatar’s embassies in Washington and London went
unanswered.
Qatar is facing intense anger from a growing number of US lawmakers for
its financial aid to Hamas and its reported espionage operation
targeting opponents of Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.
The AP and Fox News Digital reported that Qatar’s regime hired former
CIA officer, Kevin Chalker, and his company, Global Risk Advisors, to
spy on Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) ,and
Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla), as well as former California
Republican Congressman Ed Royce.
In January, Qatar denied on its X account, formerly known as Twitter,
the allegation that it hired Chalker’s firm to discredit US
elected officials as part of a vast surveillance operation titled
“Project ENDGAME.”
Chalker’s lawyer, Kevin Carroll, told Fox News "Mr. Chalker has a
long-standing record of service to the United States and any
allegations of wrongdoing—much less defamatory allegations of criminal
wrongdoing—by him or GRA are just false.”
When the Post asked Carroll and Chalker if GRA or Chalker played a role
in training Hamas operatives in Qatar, Carroll and Chalker refused to
comment. Numerous Post press queries were sent to GRA, Carroll
and Qrypt, Chalker’s new company.
The Post also asked Chalker if he and GRA view Hamas as a terrorist organization. Chalker declined to comment.
Protests have unfolded against Qatar’s embassy in Washington and its
hotel in Beverly Hills, the Maybourne, due to the Gulf Country’s
financial support for Hamas and its failure to secure the freedom of
the remaining hostages.
Rabbi Pini Dunner, from The Beverly Hills Synagogue, along with the
organization, Rabbis United, are slated to protest on Monday against
“Qatar-funded Hamas terrorism” in front of Qatar’s consulate in Beverly
Hills. The organizers are also demanding “the release of the hostages.”
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal
Center, is slated to speak at the 12:45 PM rally.
Qatar has lashed out at American Jews and Congressional representatives
who demonstrated in front of their Washington embassy calling for Doha
to pressure Hamas to release the hostages.
Qatar: Gunmen kill 29 dogs sparking outrage on social media
July 21, 2022 at 12:50 pm
Published in: Middle East, News, Qatar
A group of armed men stormed a secure
facility in Qatar used to feed and shelter stray dogs, killing 29 of
them and injuring others over claims that one of them had bitten one of
the men's children.
According to the Independent, the
unidentified gunmen threatened security guards with weapons before
entering a secure factory area, where the stray dogs are looked by the
community. The assailants are then thought to have shot 29 dogs,
including puppies, leaving others badly injured.
Speaking to the Independent, a source
described the incident as "horrific" with people running for cover as
the group of men shot at the defenceless animals. The source added that
after the shootings, a number of animals have still not been found, and
locals fear they are hiding, possibly with terrible injuries.
The incident on 10 July was confirmed
on social media by the Doha-based rescue charity PAWS Rescue Qatar, who
mentioned that the group turned up on the first day of Eid.
"The security team tried to stop the
men from shooting a group of beautiful friendly neutered dogs, but they
realised that they were also putting themselves in danger also," the
organisation stated, adding that the animals posed no threat to anyone
and were well looked after. One puppy is fighting to survive under a
vet's care.
The charity also questioned why there
wasn't stricter gun controls in the Gulf state: "Why can civilians own
guns and be allowed to use them as they wish? Why are there no stricter
regulations?"
"If these monsters can kill so easily and threaten men what will they do next."
The announcement invoked an angry response by social media user who condemned the killings.
"This is barbaric," one user wrote. "I am genuinely shocked and heartbroken," wrote another.
"Very disappointed Qatar! The Gulf
region must start to evolve on such matters – this is inexcusable! Poor
babies," commented another.
In 2021, AFP reported that there has
been an uptick in animal abuse in Qatar, particularly among strays and
abandoned animals left behind by departing expatriates. The number of
strays in the country had seen a surge as coronavirus lockdown
restrictions were lifted.
Also last year, the government
started a new initiative called Rifq, or Kindness, where stray dogs are
captured, vaccinated, neutered and rehabilitated before then being put
up for adoption.
Despite a 2004 law criminalising
mistreatment of animals, law enforcement is said to be inconsistent.
One Qatari animal rescuer was quoted in a report by Doha News last year
as saying "There is a law against torturing animals, but it's just a
1,000 riyal fine, so it is not really a deterrent".
According to Qatari law, in order to
own a firearm, you must obtain a licence from the Ministry of Interior
(MOI), however you have to be over the age of 21 and not have a
criminal record. Even with a license, you aren't allowed to brandish
your gun in public.
Qatar funds extremists in Europe through Qatar Charity Foundation
MAY 18, 2020
Qatar Viral
Qatar funds extremists in Europe through Qatar Charity Foundation
The New York Times reports showed
that; Qatar sends its funds through “Ahmed Al Hammadi” the official of
the Qatar Charity Foundation. In addition, the system grants a
diplomatic passport for Al Hammadi to facilitate his suspicious
movements; and coordination for implementing Tamim’s extremist agendas.
Also,recently It provides with 71 million Euros to deliver it to the
Brotherhood leaders in Europe under a charitable cover.
The “New York Times” newspaper
monitored the facts and details of the plans of the Qatari authorities
with the participation of the Brotherhood leaders in Europe and the
participation of Doha in establishing over 90 centers for the terrorist
group in various European countries such as the “light” center in
France, while reports revealed that the Qatar Charity Foundation has
contributed to funding 140 projects in Europe valued at over 120
million euros, including 47 projects in Italy, 22 projects in France
and Spain, and 10 projects in Germany, and the British newspaper
“Times” confirmed that the Qatari “Rayyan” bank in Britain involves in
providing financial services to terrorist organizations in the Kingdom
United.
The Washington Free Beacon newspaper
said: Qatar is spending billions of dollars to penetrate the American
education system to improve the image of the Tamim regime and cover-up
its terrorist operations as part and propaganda in favor of Doha, where
legal lawyers have confirmed that it violates the US federal laws and
requires comprehensive investigations, to exceed Qatar donations of
over 1.5 billion To fund a set of educational initiatives at 28
American universities, making it one of the most widespread foreign
funders in the US educational system, raises doubts about the hidden
objectives of the Qatari government from these suspicious donations.
Qatar: Small, but dangerous
JUL 13, 2019 12:00 PM
BY RAMI DABBAS
Qatar has supported terrorism in
Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Tunisia and Egypt, and has spent huge
amounts of money in support and funding of jihad groups and terrorist
activities in Europe and elsewhere in the West. Qatar has supported
jihad terrorism in order to gain a foothold in some Arab and regional
countries, so as to counterbalance its small size and relative
weakness, as well as its lack of any political or military weight in
the Middle East. Indeed, Qatar has succeeded in penetrating some
countries by means of terrorism and aiding in the formation of armed
terrorist groups such as al Qaeda in Syria and Iraq, destabilizing
security. Qataris also purchase political power and influence,
furthering the Qatari dream of being a regional power, or at least
giving the illusion of being one.
The main supporter of the Muslim
Brotherhood in Egypt was Qatar. The resounding fall of the Muslim
Brotherhood in Egypt and the insistence of the Egyptian people on
getting rid of the Muslim Brotherhood regime has had a great impact on
the psyche of the Qatari regime. This, in turn, has had a very negative
effect on Qatar’s policies towards Egypt and other Arab countries that
have rejected the Muslim Brotherhood’s terrorism, and who have also
worked to eradicate it from that region and the world.
Qatar’s support for jihad terrorism
became a political ideology that seeped into Qatari military, security,
diplomatic and even charitable institutions. This has led to an
unprecedented increase in the spread of jihad terrorism in the region,
accompanied by the emergence of many jihad terrorist groups under the
support of Qatar, which provides them with funds and weapons. This has
prompted other Arab countries to boycott Qatar in order to stop its
terrorist activities, which have violated the security and stability of
the region.
Qatar-funded Muslim Brotherhood
activities in Europe, meanwhile, have promoted Europe’s Islamization.
Qatar’s solidarity with Iran and its coordination with the Islamic
Revolutionary Guards (which is designated as a terrorist organization
by the United States), the Quds Force, and the Iranian intelligence
have worked to undermine the security and stability of the neighboring
Arab countries in particular, and that of the entire world. Qatar’s
activities in support of terrorism in the Gulf region and worldwide
continue.
Qatar also supports the activities of
notorious anti-West activists Linda Sarsour and Ilhan Omar, for
example, and in an attempt to exploit poor youth, it recruits them for
terrorist organizations such as the Houthis in Yemen, Hezbollah, and
Iraqi sectarian jihadist militias, as well as for the remnants of the
Islamic State (ISIS), in order to destabilize national security,
especially in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, in retaliation for isolating
Qatar and its ally, the Muslim Brotherhood. Qatar has hampered progress
and development in the Arab anti-Muslim Brotherhood countries by
targeting security and stability, striking at their relations with the
world, and trying to target their interests and investments. This has
become one of the main reasons for Qatar’s support for jihad terrorism.
Qatar has become an ally to Iran and
its proxies, as well as of Erdogan’s Turkey and the Muslim Brotherhood.
Qatar has become a tool of Iranian terrorism and Turkish interventions,
and a financial tool for Turkey’s proxies in Europe. Because of its
alliances with Iran and Turkey, it has now become a dangerous security
risk for Arabic countries and the world in general.
Why is Qatar important to the United
States? Simply because of Al Udeid Air Base, which is one of the most
important US bases in the world. It is used by other US allies for
military operations, such as the United Kingdom and Australia during
the Gulf Wars and operations in Syria. Qatar is a tiny, rich state
which pays for US lobbyists and US politicians to influence some of the
policies of the US. For example: “Qatar has spent $16.3 million
lobbying the U.S. in 2017, compared to $4.2 million in 2016, in an
attempt to lobby about 250 people who can influence President Trump’s
foreign policy.”