The report contends, citing the documents, that Qatar’s relationship was crucial to the Hamas terror group’s survival over the years, and its ability to carry out the October 7, 2023, onslaught in southern Israel. In an emergency June 2019 meeting, Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani met with Hamas leaders regarding concerns over Trump’s plans for peace and for Arab countries to normalize relations with Israel.
Al Thani noted that countries such as Saudi Arabia may agree to ties with Israel, the report says. Khaled Mashaal reportedly told Al Thani, “We need to cooperate in order to resist the deal of the century and thwart it.” In December 2019, at a meeting with Qatar’s then-foreign minister, now Prime Minister Mohammed bin Hamad Al Thani, then-Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh reportedly said, “The Qatari grants are Hamas’s main artery,” referring to the cash given by Doha to the terror group. (Read More)
