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Source: https://jcpa.org/article/qatars-role-in-undermining-israels-legitimacy-on-u-s-university-campuses/
Qatar's Role in Undermining Israel's Legitimacy on U.S. University Campuses
(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Lenny Ben-David - Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser of Qatar, the second of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani's three wives, heads the multi-billion-dollar Qatar Foundation philanthropies. Her foundation supports the Sharia Research Center headed by Prof. Tariq Ramadan and linked to the Muslim Brotherhood. In 2009, she registered as a foreign agent with the U.S. Justice Department for the Al Fakhoora project, a grassroots public relations campaign in the U.S. in response to Israel's operation in Gaza in 2008 against Hamas rockets. The plan included pitching stories to the university and mainstream press, recruiting student leaders on U.S. and international campuses, and leading student trips to Qatar to conduct spokesperson and media training sessions for students. By 2012, responsibility for recruiting and training students for BDS advocacy was transferred to the U.S. for organizations such as the Foundation for Middle East Understanding, the American Friends Service Committee, and Jewish Voice for Peace. The writer, former Deputy Chief of Staff in Israel's Washington Embassy, is Director of the Institute for U.S.-Israel Relations at the Jerusalem Center.