The Qatar Weekly Update (QWU) – Part Of The Qatar Monitor Project (QMP) – No. 13, April 4, 2025
By Yigal Carmon*
1. MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 11905, Qatari Journalists And Figures Close To Qatar Lionize Hamas Founder Sheikh Ahmad Yassin: He Blazed The Path Of Jihad; The Processions Of Martyrs Will Not Stop Until Palestine Is Liberated, April 1, 2025.
2. MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 11903, Fatwa By International Union Of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), Based In And Funded By Qatar, Declares 'Armed Jihad' Against Israel, March 31, 2025.
3. Qatari Defense Minister In Past Tweets: 'We Are All Hamas,' March 28, 2025;
Qatari Defence Minister Reportedly Tweeted About 'Israel's Control Of The US' And Said 'We Are All Hamas,' March 28, 2025;
MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 11899, Qatari Defense Minister In Past Tweets: 'We Are All Hamas'; 'We Must Plan How To Influence The Decision-Makers In The U.S.', March 27, 2025.
4. "Qatar is Hamas" – Dozens Gather Outside London Hotel To Protest Qatari Owners: Dozens protested outside the Claridge's Hotel, which is owned by the Qatari royal family. During the protest, "IRON Initiative" President Rabbi Pini Dunner revealed that a Jew working for the royal family had attempted to persuade him not to protest it, Israel National News, March 31, 2025.
Protesters Rally Outside Claridge's Hotel Over Qatar's Alleged Terror Links: They accuse Qatar of financing Hamas and condemned Claridge's Hotel ownership during rally led by U.S. rabbi in central London, Jewish News, March 31, 2025.
5. Report by the Turkish state-owned news organization Anadolu Ajansı, which is aligned with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's party: Qatar Faces International Scrutiny Over Human Rights Violations – Labor rights abuses, restrictions on free expression, and others place Qatar under global criticism, with 317 UN human rights recommendations issued ahead of April's Universal Periodic Review, March 31, 2025.
6. Qatar Officials Temporarily Release Overseas Filipino Workers Detained For Pro-Duterte Rally: Qatar had arrested Filipino workers demonstrating in support of former Philippines president Duterte, Philstar.com, April 3, 2025.
* Yigal Carmon is President and Founder of MEMRI.
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