1.MEMRI Special Dispatch - Qatar-based and -funded International Union of Muslim Scholars and its members incite to armed Jihad against Israel and murder of Israeli tourists in Arab Countries.
2. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said on April 23 that billions of dollars from places like China and Qatar have flowed into American higher education with little to no oversight. "This financial infiltration enabled foreign governments to steal taxpayer-funded intellectual property and reshape how our elite campuses teach about Israel and the Middle East," she said. The Wall Street Journal, April 23, 2025.
3. A Florida House of Representatives bill, CS/CS/HB 1543, "adds Qatar to the current list of foreign countries of concern for purposes of government contracting and procurement prohibitions. The bill prohibits governmental entities from contracting for services or purchasing specified technology from entities with ties to foreign countries of concern. To ensure that entities are complying with these requirements, the bill requires entities that are bidding on, renewing, or entering into a contract with a governmental entity to submit affidavits affirming compliance." Florida House of Representatives.
4. Mark R. Levin on X: "Qatar is negotiating for Hamas’s survival. We must not fall for it. Qatar is not 'doing God’s work.' It is a terror-sponsoring regime that is doing Hamas's work. It’s not a “mediator.” It’s advising Hamas how to play the United States and its goal is Hamas’s survival. Hamas is Qatar’s client. It funded them with billions. It defended the October 7 slaughter of Israelis. Until this past November it housed Hamas’s leaders, until we told them it was bad optics.
And today, it is obvious it is a special pleader for Hamas, trying to use the hostage talks to ensure Hanas’s survival. I just read Qatar is pushing for a 5 year ceasefire and total Israeli withdraw from Gaza. Obviously, that’s so Hamas can rearm, rebuild, and strike Israel in the future. Mark my words. Qatar is Hamas’s puppet-master, telling them what to demand in the negotiations and then informing us of the demands that involve Hamas’s survival. We must not fall for it." @marklevinshow, April 22, 2025.
5. Rabbi Pini Dunner: "Qatar worse than Iran – Israel doesn't understand this yet" Israel National News, April 21, 2025.
6. Former U.S. intelligence officer Michael Pregent on X: "Why Qatar should be the most hated country in America: Qatar funds the Muslim Brotherhood which spawned al-Qaeda and Hamas. Qatar funded and safeguarded al-Qaeda's KSM while he planned 9-11. Qatar warned KSM ahead of an FBI raid to capture him in Doha in 1996. Qatar funded the Taliban and al-Qaeda ahead of 9-11 and after 9-11. Qatar has funded every forever war Americans have fought and died in as a result of 9-11. Qatar is buying U.S. decision-makers and funding the next 9-11 and Oct 7th. The Qataris can be stopped simply by threatening U.S. disfavor – that's how easy it is to reform this terrorist funding bank of a country. Sanction and designate and it all stops." @MPPregent, April 23, 2025.
He continued in a subsequent post on X: "Simple things to derail Qatar's support for terrorism: 5. Threaten sanctions on Qatari Sovereign Fund 4. Remove 'Major non-NATO Ally' status 3. Cancel U.S. Visa Waiver status 2. Cancel 10 year extension on hosting U.S. base which Qatar uses as leverage against the U.S. 1. Force Qatar to join the Abraham Accords. If Qatar did, the al-Thani clan would be targeted by Iran and every terrorist organization Qatar funds." @MPPregent, April 23, 2025.
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Yigal Carmon is Founder and President of MEMRI.