Qatar remains one of the world’s foremost proponents of violent Islamist movements and states. The U.S. should treat it accordingly.
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Old market Souk Waqif decorated with Qatar national flags, Doha, Qatar, May10, 2019.
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Just hours before leaving power, the Biden administration agreed to trade a Taliban prisoner for two Americans held in Afghanistan. Qatar facilitated the swap. Twelve hundred miles away, the Qatar-brokered Gaza cease-fire took effect. Hamas released three Israeli hostages in exchange for 90 Palestinian terrorists.
Qatar is looking more and more like an advocate for terrorist groups engaged in human-trafficking by the day.
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Jonathan Schanzer is executive director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD).
About the Author
Natalie Ecanow is a research analyst for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. Her work focuses on the Middle East.
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Just hours before leaving power, the Biden administration agreed to trade a Taliban prisoner for two Americans held in Afghanistan. Qatar facilitated the swap. Twelve hundred miles away, the Qatar-brokered Gaza cease-fire took effect. Hamas released three Israeli hostages in exchange for 90 Palestinian terrorists.
Qatar is looking more and more like an advocate for terrorist groups engaged in human-trafficking by the day.
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About the Author
Jonathan Schanzer is executive director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD).
About the Author
Natalie Ecanow is a research analyst for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. Her work focuses on the Middle East.
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