How Qatar is Trying to Become the Switzerland of the Middle East
Summary
TLDRThe video script explores Qatar's complex geopolitical stance, highlighting its role as a mediator in the Middle East by hosting opposing forces such as the US military and Hamas within close proximity. It delves into Qatar's strategic neutrality, its economic reliance on natural gas, and its efforts in brand building through investments in global media, sports, and diplomacy. The narrative underscores Qatar's unique position in facilitating crucial negotiations amidst regional conflicts, emphasizing its indispensability to both Western and Middle Eastern powers. The script also touches on the challenges and criticisms Qatar faces for its relationships with controversial groups, yet it portrays Qatar as a pivotal player in international diplomacy, leveraging its resources and strategic location to enhance its global influence.
Takeaways
- 🌍 In Doha, Qatar, amidst various international amenities, the political headquarters of Hamas is located, highlighting the complex geopolitical landscape within a small geographical area.
- 🚀 The presence of both Hamas and a significant US military base (Al Udeid Airbase) in close proximity in Qatar illustrates the unusual coexistence of opposing forces within the same region.
- 📈 Qatar's invitation to Hamas to establish their political office in Doha in 2012, alongside hosting the Taliban and maintaining diplomatic relations with contentious regional players, underscores its strategic neutrality and influence.
- 💧 Qatar's extreme reliance on desalination and imports for water and food due to its geographical constraints, alongside its booming population, presents significant sustainability challenges.
- ⛽ The wealth derived from Qatar's vast natural gas reserves has enabled it to become a significant global player, investing in international real estate, sports, and media, thus enhancing its geopolitical influence.
- 🏗️ Qatar's proactive planning and investment in infrastructure, such as the Ras Laffan Industrial City, have been crucial in maximizing the profitability and global reach of its natural gas resources.
- 🤝 Qatar's nuanced foreign policy, aiming for neutrality in regional conflicts, has led it to host and mediate between various conflicting parties, enhancing its status as a mediator in global geopolitics.
- 🌐 The blockade imposed by neighboring countries in 2017, led by Saudi Arabia, intended to isolate Qatar, inadvertently pushed it towards greater self-sufficiency and deepened ties with Iran and Turkey.
- 📺 Qatar's significant investments in global media, sports, and airline industries have bolstered its international image and influence, strategically positioning it as an indispensable global player.
- 🕊️ Qatar's role in facilitating dialogues and negotiations, such as those between the US and Taliban or in the Israel-Hamas conflict, underscores its unique position as a trusted mediator in complex international affairs.
Q & A
Why does Qatar have a precarious position in the Middle East?
-Qatar has a precarious position due to its lack of fresh water, arable land, and food production capacity. It relies heavily on imports for basic necessities and has a small native population relative to foreign migrant workers.
How did Qatar become an important exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG)?
-In the 1990s, the Qatari leadership invested heavily in infrastructure to produce, process, and export LNG. This enabled Qatar to become one of the top LNG exporters globally despite its small size.
How has Qatar cultivated a unique foreign policy stance?
-Qatar has consciously developed a foreign policy stance of neutrality, maintaining relationships with opposing sides of regional conflicts. This makes Qatar useful as a mediator between adversaries.
Why did Saudi Arabia and allies blockade Qatar starting in 2017?
-Saudi Arabia sought to pressure Qatar into aligning more closely with its foreign policy against Iran. Qatar rejected Saudi demands and became more independent as a result of the blockade.
What is Qatar's involvement with groups like Hamas and the Taliban?
-Qatar maintains political offices and conducts negotiations with these groups. This gives Qatar leverage and makes it an important mediator in relevant conflicts.
How did Qatar enable communication between the US and Iran?
-The US and Iran have no formal relations or channels of communication. Qatar has relationships of trust with both, and can relay messages or negotiate on behalf of either party.
How has Qatar made itself 'indispensable' in geopolitics?
-Through gas exports, global branding and real estate, news media, sports investments, and most importantly neutral mediation, Qatar positioned itself as uniquely useful and therefore secure.
Why might some criticize Qatar's outreach to controversial groups?
-Some argue that Qatar provides legitimacy or indirect support to threatening groups. However, communication enables progress toward political solutions.
How has Qatar benefited from the 2022 World Cup?
-Hosting the World Cup raised Qatar's global prestige and profile. Massive related infrastructure projects boosted its economy and capabilities.
Could Qatar's balancing acts in the Middle East eventually backfire?
-It's a calculated risk. But Qatar has managed well so far, and most parties need its services enough to tolerate the incongruities.
Outlines
📍 Qatar's Complex Geopolitical Landscape
The first paragraph outlines Qatar's unique position in global geopolitics, hosting the political headquarters of Hamas amidst its luxurious urban landscape, close to the US military presence at Al Udeid Airbase. Despite the apparent incongruity of hosting opposing forces, Qatar's strategy is to leverage its neutral stance to gain strength and influence. The nation's policy of neutrality and active engagement in various global conflicts, alongside its economic prosperity driven by natural gas, positions Qatar as a key player in Middle Eastern geopolitics.
📈 Qatar's Economic Growth and Global Influence
Paragraph two delves into Qatar's rapid population growth and economic development, emphasizing its heavy reliance on food and water imports due to limited natural resources. The discovery and exploitation of natural gas reserves have transformed Qatar into a wealthy nation with significant global influence. Investments in various sectors, including sports and media, have bolstered Qatar's international presence, allowing it to establish a unique and powerful brand identity worldwide.
✈️ Qatar's Strategic Investments and Diplomatic Neutrality
This section highlights Qatar's strategic investments in global assets, like Paris Saint-Germain and Qatar Airways, and its commitment to neutrality in regional conflicts. The nation's balanced approach to foreign policy, especially between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and its role as a mediator in international conflicts, underscores its attempt to navigate complex geopolitical landscapes while maintaining its sovereignty and expanding its global influence.
🚧 Challenges and Strategic Shifts Amidst Blockade
Paragraph four discusses the economic blockade imposed on Qatar by neighboring countries and its consequences. Despite the blockade, Qatar enhanced its independence and developed closer ties with Iran and Turkey, countering the intended effects of the blockading nations. This shift towards self-reliance and strengthened alliances allowed Qatar to navigate through the blockade successfully, enhancing its geopolitical stance and reinforcing its position as a key mediator in regional conflicts.
🔍 Qatar's Role in Mediating International Conflicts
The final paragraph examines Qatar's role as a crucial mediator in international conflicts, balancing its relationships with various contentious entities like Hamas, Iran, and the US. While its neutrality is sometimes questioned, Qatar's unique position allows it to facilitate important diplomatic negotiations and conflict resolutions, making it an indispensable player in global politics. The narrative also touches on the country's utilization of its influence to foster stability and communication in volatile regions.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Qatar's Neutrality
💡Hamas
💡Al Udeid Airbase
💡Desalination
💡Natural Gas
💡Blockade
💡Al Jazeera
💡Food Security
💡Water Stress
💡Geopolitical Mediator
Highlights
Hamas' political headquarters is located in Doha, Qatar, near significant landmarks and the US military presence at Al Udeid Airbase.
Qatar has a complex role in international politics, hosting the political offices of groups like Hamas and the Taliban, as well as significant US military operations.
Qatar's policy of neutrality and hosting opposing forces is part of a strategic effort to insert itself in the middle of regional conflicts, aiming to become the 'Switzerland of the Middle East'.
Despite its small size and lack of natural resources like fresh water or arable land, Qatar has become a global player due to its massive natural gas reserves.
Qatar's strategy includes significant investments in infrastructure, such as desalination plants and reservoirs, to support its population and economic growth.
The country's wealth from natural gas exports has enabled Qatar to pursue ambitious international branding efforts, including investments in sports, media, and real estate.
Qatar's foreign policy aims for neutrality but has faced challenges, especially in maintaining a balanced stance between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
The 2017 blockade against Qatar by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, and Bahrain marked a significant diplomatic crisis, pushing Qatar towards greater self-sufficiency and independence.
Qatar's mediator role in international conflicts is enhanced by its trustworthiness to various parties, including the US, Iran, and isolated groups like Hamas.
The blockade led Qatar to deepen economic ties with Iran and Turkey, counter to the blockading nations' demands.
Qatar has leveraged its geopolitical position to become a key player in negotiations, such as those between the US and Taliban, and in the Gaza conflict.
Qatar's unique approach to foreign policy, focusing on neutrality and mediation, has elevated its status on the global stage, despite its small size.
Critics argue that Qatar's support for groups like Hamas, through aid and hosting their political offices, indirectly legitimizes and enables these groups.
Qatar's strategy has been to make itself indispensable and irreplaceable in international relations, leveraging its unique position and resources.
The nation's ability to navigate complex geopolitical landscapes, such as the 2017 blockade, demonstrates Qatar's resilience and strategic foresight in international diplomacy.
Transcripts
somewhere in Doha amidst the glitzy
hotels the inous liquor stores the
beachfront developments perhaps near the
Formula 1 race track or a Cheesecake
Factory Outpost or the World Cup
stadiums is the political headquarters
of Hamas it's not clear exactly where
they're set up but the movement's
political leader isma hania was seen in
this video praying in a Doha office as
their paramilitary burst through
Israel's walls killing over a thousand
and capturing hundreds as hostages
yet no matter where in Doha this is just
miles away live almost 10,000 US
military members at alud Airbase troops
later loaded up c17s with bombs which
were flown to Cyprus then to Israel to
be handed over to the IDF and eventually
used as part of their brutal invasion of
Gaza on a mission to exterminate Hamas
crucial components of opposing sides of
the same conflict took part just a tax
ride away from each other the fact that
members of such clear-cut enemies each
engaged in conflict with the other could
plausibly brush shoulders in the
supermarket is clearly bizarre the US
presence comes with deep qari support
alud has long been the forward operating
base of us Central Command meaning it is
essentially the headquarters of the
military's operations in the Middle East
Qatar actively sought the US presence
the military has been there for more
than two decades and already has an
agreement for a decade more yet Hamas is
also there with qatar's blessing the
movement was invited to set up their
political office in DOA in 2012 in fact
Qatar reportedly covertly competed with
the UAE to get it and Qatar has even
maintained a unique form of Aid to Gaza
by financing the salaries of public
sector employees in the Hamas run
government to the tune of $30 million
per month and this is far from the only
instance of individuals who elsewhere
have been at opposing ends of artillery
fire Co existing peacefully in Doha the
Taliban who the US fought for two
decades in Afghanistan also opened an
office in the city in 2013 also at the
invitation of the Qatari government the
unrecognized Turkish Republic of
Northern Cyprus has an office a mere
10-minute walk away from the embassy of
Cyprus whereas on the island itself the
two nations are separated by a miles
long demilitarized zone patrolled by un
peacekeeping units and perhaps most
crucially and tenuously Saudi Arabia and
Iran which are engaged in a decades long
proxy war through support of various
opposing militant groups across the
Middle East each have an embassy in Doha
and each at least at the very moment
maintain active diplomatic relations
with the Qatari government these in
congruities are not the byproduct of
sloppy foreign policy rather they are
the core of qari foreign policy the
nation believes that through neutrality
they can find strength extending beyond
their natural potential for
counterintuitive rather convoluted
reasons Qatar sees inserting itself in
the middle of conflicts as a key way of
keeping out of them they're trying to
become the Switzerland of the Middle
East maintaining a staunch
interpretation of neutrality in Regional
conflicts then taking that yet another
step further by capturing every
opportunity to insert themselves in the
middle of everyone else's business after
all the Middle East is a conflict prone
region with a few overwhelming Regional
Powers generating Swift currents capable
of pulling weaker Powers into their Wars
and there are few Nations more naturally
weak than
Qatar to start it is next to no fresh
water no matter how tightly you zoom
into the Peninsular country slightly
smaller than Connecticut you won't find
a single River or naturally occurring
Lake rain here is measured in
millimeters as on average the country
receives less than a centimeter of
precipitation a year making the sunbaked
desolate desert country the world's
fourth driest so instead they've
invested in these desalination plants
deep bwells and massive human-made
reservoirs which extract treat and store
the precious water that makes life here
possible such processes of course are
extremely expensive just not for qari
citizens who enjoy free water utilities
and thus rack up some of the highest
domestic water use per capita in the
world this heavy demand pushes a strain
supply to the point that qar ranks
somewhere in the top five most water
stressed countries every year expensive
to procure but free for Citizens the
country's water utility signals extreme
State wealth which Qatar certainly has
but it's also a lot easier to provide
free utilities when only a fraction of
the nation's population is actually a
citizen of the nearly 2.7 million people
living in Qatar only about 11% or
330,000 are actually Qatari making Qatar
on estimate only the fourth highest
represented country of origin in Qatar
qar by bringing in millions of low-wage
laborers qatar's population has grown
more than fourfold since 2000 already
tiny and area and dry as anywhere the
country's arable land has hovered
between 1 and 2% over that same period
of extreme population growth there's no
agriculture here there's just no food
for calories of any kind Qatar Imports a
stunning 90% of all its food the world
over spending from relatively nearby
turkey all the way to the US and Canada
and this import industry only continues
to grow as the taste for comparatively
expensive products fresh beef frozen
meats baked goods are leading the way in
year-over-year growth at base Qatar is a
country with no food no water and now a
population that dwarfs any historical
precedent on the peninsula for basic
Staples for people and for labor to
build and manage its complicated water
infrastructure the country relies on the
rest of the world this puts guitar in a
precarious position but one that is
increasingly stabilized because of what
it has to offer the rest of the world in
return natural
gas by proven reserves tiny Qatar is
third in the world by LG export is third
only behind the mighty us and Australia
proven reserves can be explained rather
simply by this perhaps the one
geographical advantage the nation
possesses the Northfield sitting
squarely within its exclusive economic
zone but the fact that qar is producing
at the level of the US and more than
countries like Iran and Russia all of
which orders of magnitude larger than
Qatar is a testament to Vision beginning
in the 1990s under the leadership of
Amir hammad bin Khalifa altani the thing
that makes natural gas difficult to move
and therefore difficult to turn a profit
on is the fact that it's a gas as a
liquid however it's safer and easier to
handle and far more dense making the
economics of exporting it via pipeline
or tanker to wherever it's in demand all
the more feasible but turning natural
gas into liquid natural gas takes a ton
of upfront investment requiring
processing plants pipelines and in the
case of a country far from where the
demand lies expensive refrigerated
tankers undeterred in 1996 the Amir
commissioned a city an industrial center
to facilitate such processes and ship
gas to farway East Asia straight north
of Doha is Raz Laughin formerly a quiet
shallow with modest pearling potential
this is now the center of the natural
gas economy dotting the coast is a who's
who of Petro Giants Qatar gas the uae's
dolphin energy along with some of the
world's most recognizable namely Chevron
and shell today with six high capacity
production facilities or Mega trains and
eight lower output trains this formerly
unpopulated corner of Qatar produces 77
million metric tons per year with more
production facilities on the way a
figure that nearly matches the next
three highest producing countries
combined it is of course natural gas
that explains the country's explosive
population growth its building boom and
the rise of its shining Capital City
Doha it's also natural gas that explains
qatar's absurd GDP per Capital Growth
that outpaced all other countries from
2000 to 2010 and it's natural gas to
provided Qatar the finances to turn from
Regional afterthought to Global player
but it was never gas alone there are
plenty of regional neighbors that have a
near identical history Kuwait Bahrain
Iraq aeran and others are home to
prodigal amounts of fossil fuels yet
none of them have even come close to
matching the geopolitical strength and
influence of Qatar the nation's singular
status was once again the result of
conscious proactive planning Qatar
needed an image a brand that would make
it feel unique and indispensable this
has manifested Ed in an assortment of
Institutions ranging from pretty
standard Alliance building and
establishing alud air base and being a
founding member of the golf cooperation
Council to align Regional economic
political and defense goals to the more
creative hosting increasingly
prestigious sporting events from the
Asia Games in 2006 to the World Cup in
2022 and funding one of the world's
largest news networks in alzer founded
in the 1990s with a host of BBC trained
journalists and funding from the Amir
aler is massive reaching an estimated
300 plus million households worldwide
it's also trusted in a region where most
available news is strictly State
controlled Al jazer especially on topics
not dealing with qar offers a more
balanced nuanced view something that has
frustrated Middle Eastern royal families
but something that the Middle Eastern
public has come to appreciate
associating Qatar less is a puppet for
American military power in the region
but as a purveyor of the only trusted
news source on Regional issues growing
alongside the News Network Network in
size and Prestige since the mid 1990s is
the nation's Airline Qatar Airways that
is one sky trcks his world best airline
award seven separate times since 2010
fully owned by the state Qatar Airways
simply executes they're on time safe
clean modern and incentivized to
maintain a high level of Excellence
because it doesn't just represent the
brand but the country the list of
Institutions goes on there's PSG the
prian football giant that the country
purchased and has push to the heights of
Europe through their investment in
players there he thr airport The Shard
and thousands of other real estate
projects from highrises and castles to
industrial parks that the country's
bought up and built out across Britain
from media and entertainment to real
estate and travel guitars popped up
everywhere providing Services people
have come to rely on and hopefully
associate with the tiny Nation making it
in the world's eye Irreplaceable
indispensable and therefore
Untouchable this brand building made
meaningful strides towards cementing
qatar's singular status yet to truly
counteract its natural fragility and
vulnerability to subservience it needed
to enter the political realm it
developed its foreign policy of
neutrality distinguishing itself from
its Regional neighbors and that's where
things got difficult neutrality is a
tricky thing to those on the opposing
side anything less than staunch supports
can be perceived as opposition and the
conflict that Qatar is caught most
between that of Saudi Arabia and Iran is
the one with which Qatar has struggled
most to maintain a stance perceived by
all as neutral for much of modern
history Qatar acted in the way one would
expect a small state with a single land
border with one of the Region's great
powers to act it was deeply influenced
by Saudi Arabia it was essentially an
appendage economically and politically
and qari foreign policy was essentially
Saudi foreign policy that changed with
the rule of shik hammad Bin Khalifa
altani bolstered by the Newfound oil and
gas reserves he steered the country
towards their perception of neutrality
Qatar already had a legacy of a more
neutral stance towards Iran compared to
Saudi Arabia but the discovery and
development of the north oil field drew
the two countries closer since to Iran
it's called the South pars the two
countries share the same field meanwhile
after Saudi Arabia's refusal to allow
the US military to base its Iraq war
operations out of the country Qatar got
the coveted US military Pres
which pragmatically made it Untouchable
with both money and security they no
longer had much to worry about in
angering the Saudis Al jazer was
ascending in both Global and Regional
prominence in part due to its
exceptional access to the countries in
which the US was launching wars in the
early 2000s in part due to its uniquely
rigorous and comparatively politically
independent coverage of regional issues
the channel frequently criticized the
Saudi regime and platformed dissidents
in much the same way that a western
Outlet would yet with the frequency of a
regional specific one this led Saudi
Arabia to recall their ambassador to
Qatar in 2002 a foreign relations
maneuver often used to send a strong
disapproving message which was perceived
by many as not just a reaction to aleser
coverage but to increasing qari
Independence more broadly this lasted
until 2008 when diplomatic relations
improved slightly but the Saudi
Ambassador was once again recalled in
2014 reportedly due to qatar's refusal
to sign a multilateral agreement and
then in 2017 it all blew up with no
notice and to the surprise of most a
succession of announcements unfolded on
June 5th from Saudi Arabia the UAE Egypt
Bahrain and other Saudi allies outlining
that they were completely severing
diplomatic ties with Qatar en closing
their airspace to Qatari PLS their
Waters to Qatari ships and qatar's land
border entirely this was effectively an
economic blockade with deep implications
for the the nation qar Airways which had
grown through the years into a massive
profitable Airline was only allowed to
Route all of its traffic through narrow
designated corridors while completely
avoiding the rest of the blockading
countries what would normally be a 2 and
half hour flight to Djibouti for example
now took over four in fact nearly all of
the Airlines flights now took longer
which both inflated fuel costs and made
it less competitive for passengers
versus its Rivals like Emirates from the
blockading UAE the potenti also became
effectively an island as its land border
shut previous 800 truck a day traffic
from Saudi Arabia disappeared which
meant crucial food and supplies had to
be routed via sea and air while less
crucial Imports just disappeared meaning
factories slowed production and laid-off
workers due to an inability to get raw
materials the blockading group had 13
key demands but the core components were
Qatar reducing their relations with Iran
completely shuttering Al jazer and just
generally getting in line with the the
group's foreign policy qar rejected the
demands then rejected the softer second
round of Demands and just kept refusing
and refusing for years so the blockade
stretched on perversely the blockade and
qatar's refusal to concede led to the
reverse of the effect the golf block
desired they were worried about qatar's
growing Independence yet through
isolation pressur Qatar to become more
independent in particular the nation
developed deeper economic ties with Iran
and turkey meaning they were doing the
opposite of what the blockading group
demanded and also made accelerated
strides towards self-sufficiency
analysts agree if anyone won the
blockade it was Qatar they didn't bend
to really any of the blockading group's
demands essentially its only concession
was to drop the WTO and ik lawsuits it
had initiated in response to Saudi
Arabia's airspace restrictions which of
course were only started due to the
blockade this means Qatar successfully
navigated to the exact position it
sought it is self-sufficient
geopolitically independent and through
that it's increasingly indispensable to
others Iran is one of the most relevant
states to Global geopolitics and
especially geopolitical risk these days
for decades tensions have escalated due
to its advancing nuclear program its
covertly developed Weaponry under the
guise of nuclear energy research this
has been met with mere Universal
condemnation by the International
Community manifested through brutal
sanctions that have significantly
isolated the nation from the world
Beyond in fact until the response to
Russia's invasion of Ukraine Iran was
the most sanctioned country in the world
even more so than North Korea but
despite this isolation Iran is still a
significant Regional power it has a
massive population of 88 million people
making it the 17th largest country in
the world and has a fairly developed
diverse economy undergirded by a notably
well-educated populace that excels in
The Sciences that means the nation has a
decently robust self-sufficient domestic
economy that generates revenues for the
government and a fairly Advanced weapons
manufacturing industry and this
combination has served as a key enabler
of the nation's role in financing and
developing belligerent groups around the
region notably Iran is believed to be
potentially the primary source of
hamas's strength through money and
weaponry donations and it goes beyond
that Hezbollah is funded by Iran the
Assad regime in Syria IS F by Iran
basically whatever Iran does is the
opposite of the US's foreign policy
interests largely as a result of this
the US does not have any diplomatic
relations with Iran that means there are
Zero official private channels with
which the two countries can directly
communicate and perhaps more importantly
there's also zero relationship of trust
between the two governments that's a
risky situation for both Nations when
they're each some of the most
militarized forces in the Middle East if
it presents ample opportunity for
snowballing and each country knows this
that's of course where Qatar comes in
the US trust Qatar and Iran trust Qatar
so Qatar is indispensable to both
countries and it's the same situation
with Hamas or Hezbollah or countless
other isolated groups or nations the
mutual trust is of enormous value to
each because each has numerous things
they want out of the other party they
just lack an effective way of neg
negotiating while maintaining the
isolation they think they need for both
internal and external Optics Qatar has
been cultivating its mediator role for
years it arranged the talks between the
US and Taliban that led to the US's
withdrawal it facilitated the return of
Ukrainian children taken by the Russians
during their Invasion it broker to
prisoner swap between Iran and the us
yet when conflict erupted in Gaza it's
origionally relevant role Rose into one
that attracted Global attention it sits
perfectly at the Nexus of influences
Iran Hamas the US and at least
indirectly Israel perhaps the most
significant negotiating breakthrough
between Israel and Hamas to date was the
November 4-day ceasefire that went along
with a release of 50 hostages taken
during hamas's initial attack and 150
Palestinians that had been imprisoned in
Israel Qatar brokered this deal Qatar
also brokered smaller hostage releases
the delivery of medicine to hostages and
the delivery of Aid to Gaza as
potentially any relief in the Carnage
has come through Qatar the nation has
simply become the geopolitical capital
of the conflict this is of enormous
value to Qatar because it's of enormous
value to the world looking at it from a
different perspective every US president
for the better part of a century has
made a fruitless attempt at some
definition of peace between Israel and
Palestine perhaps no country in the
world is better equipped to mediate
whatever could eventually lead to that
than qar so that means they have a
singular resource that every US
president every ambitious leader
anywhere wants that puts it in an
extremely advantageous Irreplaceable
position that cleanly explains why such
a small nation has been able to
accumulate so much power but according
to some this has come at a cost because
of course what some might perceive as
neutrality is what others might perceive
as opposition
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu
privately argued that Qatar is not the
Diplomatic seant it's portrayed as
rather they have leverage over Hamas
since in his words they finance Hamas
this is a portion of the truth Qatar has
made those Aid payments to Gaza which
includes salaries for government
positions held by Hamas members but this
humanitarian Aid is something the
Israeli government supported to promote
stability in the strip making
netanyahu's arguments illogical but they
do Echo a familiar you're refrain
opponents of Hamas or the Taliban or
Iran or any of the less popular
institutions that Qatar liaz is with
argue that there is no way to maintain a
trusting relationship with them without
supporting them even indirectly they
argue that Qatar is legitimizing and
enabling these actors and it certainly
is a tradeoff from the US's perspective
allowing Hamas to run their operation
out of Qatar rather than from within the
war torn Gaza Strip likely allows for
more effective and longlasting political
leadership but it's a calculated
tradeoff so far the US still believes
that that Advantage is worth it to allow
for better communication and interaction
with the movement but of course to Qatar
the banalities of the debate matter
little all Qatar needs is to be needed
and through Decades of geopolitical
maneuvering that appears Clairvoyant in
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