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Source: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-867218
Qatar Is a Terror Sponsor that Should Be Treated as Such
(Jerusalem Post) Amotz Ala-El - The game of duplicity, bribery, and subversion played for years by Qatar - that used its undeserved wealth to radicalize Muslims, destabilize the Middle East, and corrupt the world - is now over. Qatar has been unmasked as a terror sponsor that should be treated as such by the civilized world. Smaller than Puerto Rico, Qatar is home to 3 million people, 90% of them foreign workers. The Qatari citizenry is estimated at 300,000. Qatar helped finance al-Qaeda in Iraq, al-Nusra in Syria, and Hamas in Gaza. It served as Iran's collaborator, and - as all now understand - it sheltered the architects of Oct. 7. Qatar has been dishonest all along. It made believe that in the fight between civilization and jihadism, it was neutral. It wasn't neutral. It was on the jihadis' side. Qatar is not America's friend. It is its enemy, just like it's the enemy of America's Arab allies. The attitude toward Qatar must change. The writer is a fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.