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Source: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22082/qatar-role-in-gaza
Why Qatar Should Have No Role in Gaza
(Gatestone Institute) Khaled Abu Toameh - Delegations from Qatar, Egypt and Turkey met in Cairo on Nov. 25 to discuss implementation of the second phase of President Trump's plan for ending the war in Gaza. The meeting underscores Qatar's apparent eagerness to play a central role in post-war Gaza. As a long-time supporter and funder of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Qatari regime's main goal seems to be ensuring that Hamas remains in power in Gaza. Qatar is the only Arab country that hosts the entire leadership of Hamas. It has been providing political and financial aid to the terror group since 2007. Qatari (along with Iranian) support has enabled Hamas to stay in power for 18 years and launch its Oct. 7, 2023, massacre. The assumption that Qatar could play a role in maintaining peace or launching a process of deep deradicalization in Gaza is delusional. Qatar continues to be affiliated with the extremist ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas. This ideology considers non-Muslims (and Israel) as enemy No. 1. In an Oct. 19 column in the Qatari government daily Al-Sharq, Ahmad al-Muhammadi, an imam and preacher in Qatar's Waqf Ministry, explained that the enmity between Muslims and the Jews and Christians is existential and deeply rooted. He presented Islam as the truth and Christianity and Judaism as falsehood and heresy. He clarified that this enmity would continue "as long as the communities of unbelief persist in their deviation." He called on Muslims to beware of slogans of tolerance and asserted that Islam is "a religion that neither compromises nor reconciles." Since Oct. 7, Qatari media have consistently expressed unreserved support for Hamas and for terrorism and armed violence against Israel. Bringing Qatar into Gaza is effectively placing the fox inside the chicken coop. The writer, a veteran Israeli journalist, is a senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute and the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs.