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The Qatar Weekly Update (QWU) – Part Of The Qatar Monitor Project (QMP) – No. 27, July 11, 2025
The CENTCOM base in Qatar.
1. MEMRI Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1856, Qatar Incites To Open A Front Against Israel On The Syrian Border In The Guise Of Popular Resistance, July 8, 2025.
2. MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 12062, The Qatar Air Force Monitor (QAFM) Project, July 3, 2025.
3. MEMRI Inquiry and Analysis No. 1857, Charter Signed By Hundreds Of Muslim Scholars Supports Hamas's October 7 Attack On Israel: It Was Jihad Against The Infidels; Israel Has No Right To Exist And Agreements With It Lack Religious Validity; Calling On Hamas To Disarm Is Treason Against Allah, July 10, 2025.
From the report: "An examination of the signatories to the charter reveals that many of them are senior members of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS). Based in Doha and backed by the Qatari and Turkish regimes, the IUMS constitutes an arm of these regimes that spreads an extremist anti-Western Islamist ideology and constantly incites terror, jihad and antisemitism."
4. America's Air Force Base In Qatar Is A Liability – Shut It Down, Michael Makovsky and Blaise Misztal, The Hill, July 9, 2025.
5. How Do You Solve A Problem Like Qatar? Qatar has been happy to use its vast wealth to infiltrate many aspects of American and Western society, and its biggest export isn't gas – it's terrorism. John Mirisch, JNS, July 4, 2025.
6. Georgetown Sells Out To Malign Islamist Influencers: The Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding Is Ground Zero For Operatives From Qatar, Turkey, and Malaysia, Middle East Forum, July 8, 2025.
7. Qatar Provides Financial Support to Lebanese Army, Urges Government to Avoid Confrontation with Hezbollah: The Lebanese Army announced that it had received a new financial payment from the State of Qatar, aimed at supporting the military amid Lebanon's ongoing crisis. The statement noted that the funds were delivered based on the directives of Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani but did not disclose the amount. According to information obtained by @ MiddleEast_24, Qatari sources have privately urged Lebanese officials to "avoid pressuring" Hezbollah to hand over its weapons. The same sources hinted that continued financial support – including military aid and development projects – could be at risk if the Lebanese state pursues direct confrontation with the Iran-backed militia. Instead, Doha reportedly insisted that the issue of Hezbollah's weapons be addressed solely through long-term political dialogue, a position seen as favoring the status quo and potentially delaying any disarmament process. Middle East 24 on X, July 5, 2025.
8. Qatargate | Israel Police Question Staffer of Firm Embroiled in Funds Transfers From Qatar to Netanyahu Aides, Haaretz, July 5, 2025.
* Yigal Carmon is Founder and President of MEMRI.
