Why Qatar Should Have No Role in Gaza
by Khaled Abu Toameh • December 1, 2025 at 5:00 am
The meeting underscores Qatar's apparent eagerness to play a central role in post-war Gaza. As a long-time supporter and funder of the Muslim Brotherhood organization, the Qatari regime's main goal seems to be ensuring that Hamas remains in power in the Gaza Strip. Hamas describes itself as "one of the wings of the Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine."
One does not need to be an "expert" to understand that Qatar, despite its attempt to present itself as a neutral mediator between Israel and Hamas over the past two years, continues to be affiliated with the extremist ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas. Unfortunately, this ideology considers non-Muslims (and Israel) as Enemy No. 1.
In his October 19 column in the Qatari government daily Al-Sharq, Ahmad al-Muhammadi, an imam and preacher in Qatar's Waqf Ministry, explained that the enmity between the Muslims and the Jews and Christians is existential and deeply rooted, and presented Islam as the truth and Christianity and Judaism as falsehood and heresy.
He went on to call on Muslims to beware of slogans of tolerance that are aimed at uprooting belief in Islam, and asserted that Islam is "a religion that neither compromises nor reconciles."
"Qatari Shura Council member Essa Al-Nassr said that October 7 was the beginning of the end of the Zionist state, presenting this as a divine promise mentioned in the Quran. He added that there can be no peace with the Jews, because their faith condones 'deception, the violation of agreements and lies' and they are 'slayers of the prophets.'" — MEMRI, September 15, 2025.
Researcher and political analyst Eitan Fischberger recently uncovered a series of posts in which Majed al-Ansari, advisor to the Qatari prime minister and spokesman for Qatar's Foreign Ministry, openly praised suicide bombings and called for Tel Aviv to burn.
In a recent speech, the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, said that the five Hamas members Israel killed in an airstrike in Doha last September were "our brothers."
Qatari Education Minister Lowlah al-Khater has called Israel and the West an "ugly, racist, and vile civilization" She described Israel and its Western backers as a "mixture of ugliness, entrenched racism, and vile materialistic civilization."
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain are said to be "frustrated" by Washington's growing concessions to Qatar, their regional rival and a longtime supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood.
"It's a mistake to rely on Qatar, which backs the Muslim Brotherhood... [Qatar] will undermine deradicalization efforts and try to ensure that Hamas remains in the picture and returns to power in the not-so-distant future." — Unnamed Saudi diplomatic source, Israel Hayom, October 12, 2025.
Bringing Qatar into the Gaza Strip is effectively placing the fox inside a chicken coop. If Qatar is allowed to play a civilian or security role inside the Gaza Strip, this privilege would be seen by many Palestinians as a reward for Hamas and other Islamist terror groups. It will allow the terrorists worldwide to rearm and regroup, and enable Qatar to continue reasserting the policies of the Muslim Brotherhood throughout the Middle East – as well as in the US, where it has already exorbitantly bought influence. That purchase includes "economic commitments worth at least $1.2 trillion" in the US, the $400 million "flying palace" Boeing 747 jet, and "at least $100 billion" pumped into US universities.
Delegations from Qatar, Egypt and Turkey met in Cairo on November 25 to discuss implementation of the second phase of US President Donald J. Trump's plan for ending the war in the Gaza Strip, which erupted with the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel.
According to media reports, the meeting included the heads of the Egyptian and Turkish intelligence agencies, along with the prime minister of Qatar. They discussed "ways to intensify joint effort to ensure the successful implementation of the second phase of the plan," which includes the disarmament of Hamas, the establishment of a transitional Palestinian governance committee, and the deployment of an International Stabilization Force in the Gaza Strip.
