Qatar: Futuristic City, Medieval Morals

Qatar: Futuristic City, Medieval Morals

Donald Trump’s recent visit to the Middle East has thrown a spotlight onto Qatar, an oil-rich emirate that punches above its weight in the geopolitical arena. While Qatar might be seen as a Western ally, especially given that it is home to the largest US military base in the entire region, it also moonlights as a chief financial sponsor and diplomatic patron of Hamas, the Islamist terror group responsible for the 7 October 2023 pogrom in souther…

LAST TIME: Netanyahu acknowledges that he allowed Hamas to be financed from Qatar to divide Palestine Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has acknowledged on Wednesday that his government allowed funds to be transferred from Qatar to Hamas in 2018 with the aim of keeping Islamists and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) divided. Netanyahu [...] The entry LAST TIME: Netanyahu acknowledges that it allowed Hamas to be financed from Qatar…

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