Qatari opposition figure Khalid al-Hail says Doha lacks real geopolitical weight of its own—and compensates by bankrolling extremist groups, then selling itself to the West as the indispensable go-between.
According to al-Hail, the pattern is consistent from Afghanistan to Hamas and the Taliban: support comes first, mediation follows, and international legitimacy is the endgame. In his telling, those invited to “negotiate” with terrorists are often the very actors who helped create and sustain them—allowing Doha to profit diplomatically from chaos it helped engineer.
NEWSRAEL: WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT
This framing challenges the widely accepted narrative of Qatar as a neutral broker. If accurate, it suggests Western governments risk laundering the standing of terror groups—and their sponsors—by relying on a mediator whose leverage is built on prior sponsorship rather than impartiality.
