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The Role of Qatar in Promoting Jihad through the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas
(Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs) Lt.-Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi - Over two decades, Qatar has provided Hamas with political sanctuary, legitimacy, funding channels, and diplomatic cover, hosting its leadership and enabling strategic planning despite public denials of supporting terrorism. From at least 2014 onward, Hamas leadership developed a long-term, genocidal strategy aimed at eliminating Israel, expanding military capabilities, and planning a multi-front assault that closely resembled the Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Qatar-hosted and Qatar-supported clerical networks linked to the Muslim Brotherhood framed jihad against Israel as a religious obligation, endorsed mass violence against Jewish civilians, and later issued charters justifying Oct. 7 and calling for global mobilization. Qatari-funded charities, cash assistance, and support for UNRWA in Gaza simultaneously provide humanitarian aid while reinforcing Hamas's governance, military infrastructure, and control over civilian institutions. The writer, a senior researcher of the Middle East and radical Islam at the Jerusalem Center, is a co-founder of the Orient Research Group Ltd.