For Pax Silica, Not All Gulf Partners Are Created Equal
The United States must apply stricter standards to Pax Silica partners, as Qatar’s track record does not justify its inclusion in a trusted AI security coalition.
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera’s Academic Arm Platforms Hamas Denialism and Anti-Israel Propaganda
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies, the research arm of Qatar’s state-backed media giant, co-hosted an academic conference last week in Qatar’s Education City that whitewashed Hamas’s October 7, 2023,...
Insights
Is Qatari Money Corrupting American Education?
History was made days before Thanksgiving when President Donald Trump issued an executive order targeting the Muslim Brotherhood. The order creates a framework for gradually hobbling the global Islamist...
Op-eds
A Foundation Led by a Terror Sympathizer Is Waging Lawfare Against Israel
The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) — a Belgium-based advocacy organization — is hunting IDF soldiers and government officials all over the world, attempting to manipulate the international legal...
Op-eds
Hamas gives opposition militia leader 10 days to surrender
The Hamas-run Ministry of the Interior published a statement on July 2 ordering the Popular Forces militia leader, Yasser Abu Shabab, to turn himself in and face trial on several charges. The order warned that if Shabab did not surrender within 10 days, he would be considered a fugitive and tried in absentia.
Op-eds
Qatar-Based Group Aligned With Muslim Brotherhood Backs Iran Against Israel
A network of Islamist clerics is exploiting the conflict in Iran to push its hardline agenda. Scholars aligned with the pro-Muslim Brotherhood, Qatar-based International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS)...
Policy Briefs
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Last Stand in Jordan
For years, Jordan’s government opted to contain rather than confront the Muslim Brotherhood. That strategy has failed.
Op-eds
Iran’s loss is Turkey’s gain
Recent diplomatic tensions between Turkey and Iran reflect a broader shift in the Middle East: Turkey has filled the vacuum left by Tehran, much to the Islamic Republic’s discontent.
Op-eds
Haute Qatar: Sheikha Moza’s Glamour Masks Doha’s Vices
Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser is revered as a champion of education, sustainability, fashion, and art. The glamorous female face of the Qatar regime — and the mother of its current emir — presents herself as a modern face of a traditional, conservative Gulf state. ...
Op-eds
Georgetown’s Qatari Branch to Host Former Al Jazeera Executive Who Praised October 7 Massacre
Georgetown University’s branch in Qatar has invited Wadah Khanfar, a former Al Jazeera executive who celebrated the October 7 massacre of 1,200 Israelis, to speak at its “Reimagining Palestine” conference, which begins in Doha on September 20...
Policy Briefs
Al Qaeda kills hundreds in Burkina Faso attack
On Saturday, the Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), Al Qaeda’s branch for West Africa, killed at least 200 people in a massive assault in central Burkina Faso. The strike took place in the...
Op-eds
Hamas Selects October 7 Terror Mastermind Yahya Sinwar as New Leader
Latest Developments The Iran-backed terrorist organization Hamas announced on August 6 that Yahya Sinwar — the Gaza-based leader who masterminded the October 7 Hamas onslaught on southern Israel —...
Flash Briefs
Israel SitRep: August 2, 2024
Today’s Issue: | With War Apparently Imminent, Israel Holds Discussions with Allies, Hezbollah Evacuates Command Posts | Alma: 2,560 Attacks on Northern Israel Since the War Began, 48.4 Percent Against...
Israel at War Situation Report
Al-Jazeera ‘Journalist’ Was Hamas Nukhba Terrorist
Latest Developments An Al-Jazeera employee killed during an airstrike in Gaza was a member of Hamas’s elite Nukhba force, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) revealed on August 1. Ismail al-Ghoul and...
Flash Briefs
Hezbollah fires rocket barrages at northern Israel
Hezbollah targeted northern Israel with barrages of rockets as Iran vowed revenge against Israel for the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. Hezbollah also promised to increase attacks after Israel...
Op-eds
U.S. Legislators Urge Revocation of Pro-Hamas Website’s Tax-Exempt Status Over Gaza Hostage Scandal
The congressional committee responsible for writing tax law and raising revenue has called for the revocation of the non-profit status of a pro-Hamas website that listed a journalist...
Flash Briefs
The time for talks is over; it’s time for actions
When Israel finishes dealing with Hamas, the interests of Israel and those of Hezbollah and Iran will likely align, for a short time, to postpone the wider fighting in the north.
Op-eds
Jordan Rejects Hosting Hamas as Pressure Rises on Qatar
A senior Jordanian diplomat on May 2 firmly rejected the suggestion that Hamas could move its political bureau to Jordan if forced to leave its current base in Qatar. “Hamas behaves...
Flash Briefs
Qatar Reevaluates Role as Hamas Mediator
Doha is reevaluating its role as a mediator between Hamas and Israel, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on...
Flash Briefs
Israel SitRep: Feb. 12, 2024
Israel SitRep: Feb. 12, 2024 Two Israeli Hostages Rescued in Overnight Raid in Rafah Early Monday morning, the IDF announced the rescue of hostages Fernando Simon Marman (60) and Louis Har (70),...