Tag: Qatar
With no clear alternatives, Israel maintains status quo in Gaza
Despite ongoing attacks emanating from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, Israel recently re-extended the Gaza fishing zone to 10 nautical miles and allowed Qatar to deliver $20 million in cash for humanitarian assistance to Gaza’s 2 million residents.
Israel’s policy...
Report: Qatar plans not renew funds for Gaza’s electricity
The Qatari envoy to the Gaza Strip, Mohammad al-Amadi, told Hamas officials his country would discontinue its almost $10 million in funding towards the territory’s electricity amid a lack of improvement with infrastructure projects,...
Coming to grips with the truth about Qatar
This week the national press has continued to keep the heat on Saudi Arabia as more details about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi have made it clear that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman...
Trump is unable to pressure Erdoğan economically because his bogus ally Qatar will save...
There have been inexplicable phenomena in the Middle East for some years now. Any attempt to explain them logically comes up against a dead end, and gives way to conspiracy theories. How can one...
For years, Qatar funded Hamas schools in Gaza, where children receive weapons’ training
On Sept. 15, the Saudi London-based daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat reported that, in May, Qatar had stopped funding a group of Gaza schools operated by Hamas’s Dar Al-Arqam association.
According to the report, the Qatari institution that had...
Qatar is Leaving OPEC – Who Wins?
Cyril Widdershoven wrote a column describe why 2019 is likely to be a tumultuous year for OPEC. It is worth reading in its entirety, but the central theme of the article is that Iran has been...
Qatar book fair continues to sell anti-Semitic books, despite ADL pressure
The Anti-Defamation League has asked the U.S. Embassy in Qatar to pressure Doha to remove anti-Semitic titles from its government-sponsored book fair, which it said “has a record of promoting blatantly anti-Semitic content.”
The 29th...
Qatari foundation influences anti-Israel propaganda in U.S. schools, report says
For seven years, the Qatari government has been spending $8 million to influence content in classrooms across the United States, including in the heavily Jewish-populated town of Newton, Mass., according to The Wall Street Journal.
“Newton public-school students...
Why Does Qatar Get a Pass on Violating US Sanctions?
Mauritania, a member of the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Project (TSCP), is a recipient of US assistance towards counterterrorism and security efforts.
Bangladesh, despite cuts in the financial assistance under the Trump administration, continues receiving millions in aid for humanitarian,...
Why does Qatar Need Ukraine’s Sea Ports?
In a recent move, that went largely unnoticed by the international media, Qatar signed a memorandum of cooperation with Ukraine's Sea Ports Authority. The agreement establishes cooperation between the two countries in a variety...