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  • Opinion: Qatar May Hold the Key to Hamas’ – and Gaza’s – Future

    Since the Arab Spring uprisings that began at the end of 2010, Qatar has served as Hamas’ primary patron and Doha as the home away from home for most of the exiled Hamas Politburo leadership. For over a decade, Qatar underwrote the Gaza economy by providing monthly cash infusions in part to meet the payroll of most public employees in the Hamas-run de facto government and provided other social and humanitarian support – all with the approval of Hamas’ main antagonists, the Palestinian Authority, Egypt, Israel, and the United States. Somebody had to keep food on the table for the 2.1 million Palestinians in Gaza, and Qatar was willing to do it, which essentially relieved all other actors of that burden.

  • Qatar Airways Launches Direct Flights to Saudi’s Neom

    Qatar Airways has launched twice-weekly flights to Neom, the $500 billion anchor of Saudi Arabia’s tourism push. The first of Neom’s destinations – Sindalalah – is expected to open partially next year. For now, these two flights are intended to connect Neom staff with their families outside of Saudi Arabia. “Qatar Airways is…[creating] a vital pathway for the city’s workforce to maintain connections with families back home. Similarly, the new operations in Neom will facilitate business travel, further fostering enriched economic and cultural ties between Qatar and Saudi Arabia,” said the airline in a statement. Neom currently has over 1,500 full-time employees representing over 65 nationalities, and numerous business partners from all over the world.

  • Qatar sent millions to Gaza for years – with Israel’s backing. Here’s what we know about the controversial deal

    Israeli and international media have reported that Netanyahu’s plan to continue allowing aid to reach Gaza through Qatar was in the hope that it might make Hamas an effective counterweight to the PA and prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state.

    PA officials said at the time the cash transfers encouraged division between Palestinian factions.

  • Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince arrives in Qatar for 44th GCC summit

    The summit is expected to tackle several topics such as political, security and economic cooperation among GCC countries with the ongoing events in Gaza dominating the summit’s work, Al Arabiya reported. The summit is being held “at a time where our region and the world are witnessing great challenges that our Gulf countries can play a major role in resolving and mitigating their effects,” Qatar’s Emir said on X. Israel launched a war on Gaza after Hamas militants stormed across the Israeli border on October 7 and carried out an attack that left 1,200 people dead.

  • Kushner, Jewish business leaders huddle with Qatari PM

    Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump organized a private meeting in New York last Wednesday with Qatar's prime minister and a bipartisan group mostly of Jewish businessmen and billionaires, three sources with direct knowledge of the meeting tell Axios. Why it matters: Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has been a key player in mediating talks between Israel and Hamas during their ongoing war — especially negotiations over the talks over on the issue of release hostages held by the terrorist group in Gaza.

  • Saudi Arabia Condemns Israel for Targeting HQ of Qatari Committee for Gaza Reconstruction

    In a statement, it said the attack was part of a “broader pattern of Israeli violations of international laws and norms.” It underlined Saudi Arabia’s solidarity with Qatar in the face of this blatant attack.

    It reiterated the Kingdom's call for the international community “to fulfill its responsibilities by promptly putting an end to Israel’s ongoing violations and holding it to account in line with international humanitarian law” in wake of the “atrocities it has committed against civilians, hospitals, and critical infrastructure in the besieged Gaza Strip.”

  • Israel-Hamas War Escalation Puts Qatar’s Clout to the Test

    “Qatar has wanted to play a useful role for important states for a very long time,” said David Roberts, an associate professor at King’s College London who worked in Qatar and specializes in Middle East security. “It gives Qatar a certain influence on one of the central questions in the Arab world, building up relations with this very important group in Gaza — like it or loathe it.”

  • U.S., Qatar to revisit Doha’s ties to Hamas after Gaza hostage crisis

    The United States and Qatar have agreed to revisit the Persian Gulf state’s association with Hamas after resolution of the high-stakes international hostage crisis involving more than 220 people in Gaza, according to four diplomats familiar with the discussions.

  • QatarEnergy, Shell agree 27-year LNG supply

     Qatar has further expanded its long-term gas supply to Europe, reaching a supply deal with the Netherlands to provide 3.5 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) a year for 27 years.

    Two LNG sale and purchase agreements were signed between affiliates of QatarEnergy and Shell (SHEL.L), QatarEnergy said on Wednesday, in a deal that mirrors one reached with TotalEnergies last week.

    Qatari LNG from the massive North Field LNG production expansion project will be delivered to Gate LNG terminal at the Port of Rotterdam beginning in 2026.

  • Qatari Investors Withdraw Bid for Manchester United

    The Qatari group led by Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad J.J. Al Thani has withdrawn its bid to buy Manchester United, people familiar said, paving the way for British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe to eventually gain control of the storied football club. The Qataris had offered more than £5 billion ($6,1 billion) for the team, compared to its current market value of $3.3 billion. The offer wasn’t enough to satisfy the demands of the club’s owners, the Glazer family, people familiar with their thinking said, who asked not to be named discussing private information.

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