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Qatar’s New Online Influence Machine

For years, Qatar has positioned itself in Washington as a trusted American partner: a host to major U.S. military assets, a mediator in hostage negotiations, and a wealthy Gulf state capable...

Mapping Qatar’s $400 Billion Footprint in the United States

How Anonymous Wikipedia Editors Influence Global Narratives — and AI Systems

If you ask Google what Al Jazeera is, the answer you receive draws heavily on Wikipedia. The same is true if you ask ChatGPT, Perplexity or many other large language models. Wikipedia has become the working...

Qatar Influence Operations: Unmasking a Suspected Network

Why won’t US activists speak up for the tortured Iran women’s soccer team?

An athlete’s silent act of dissent can turn both her and her family into targets of intimidation under the rule of Iran’s radical Islamist regime. After refusing to sing the Islamic Republic’s anthem...

Russia Should End It’s War To Attend the Next Olympics

While the Milano Olympic Games have now reached their end, Putin is celebrating the acquisition of countless new victims in his international influence campaigns. The Kremlin has taken advantage of the...

The Moroccan plan is a path to peace with Algeria

The United Nations Security Council has voted in support of a resolution calling for autonomy in Western Sahara as the best solution possible to Rabat’s longstanding territorial dispute with the separatist Iranian and Algerian-backed Polisario Front.

2 Caskets Reportedly Containing Slain Hostages Returned to Israel After Hamas Ceasefire Violations

Caskets Returned for Identification: The IDF announced on October 30 that two caskets reportedly containing the remains of slain Israeli hostages were released by Hamas. The remains...

Freedom for Iran: Learning From U.S. Support for Polish Anti-Communists in the 1980s

Defamation Lawsuit Thrusts Qatar’s Record of Corruption Into the Spotlight

It has been three years since Qatar hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup, but the tournament is still making headlines. The latest story is about an emerging legal battle between former Qatari Prime Minister...

Norway extends its Israel divestment campaign to the United States

Anti-Zionist ideology has crystallized as the dominant form of antisemitism in this century, with labor unions engaging it, and in some cases, propelling it.

Qatar’s money isn’t just dirty – its filthy

Accusations of bribery against the Gulf state are only part of the problem – the Qataris are jihadi financiers

Qatar’s Sportswashing Strategy: What the Latest Headlines on European Soccer Didn’t Tell You

Paris’ Stade de France stadium appeared more like a fortress than a soccer arena ahead of the UEFA Nations League match between France and Israel on November 14. French authorities increased security...

European Prosecutors Launch Probe into Allegations that Senior EU Official Accepted Bribes From Qatar

European Commission advisor Henrik Hololei is the latest Western official facing legal consequences for allegedly accepting bribes from Qatar. On November 1, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO)...

Qatari Emir’s Speech at UN Showed Its Loyalty to Hamas; We Must Respond

Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has once again accused Israel of committing war crimes in Gaza. In his recent speech to the United Nations General Assembly, al-Thani refused to condemn Hamas — the Iran-backed terror group that instigated the war on October 7, 2023. Instead, he condemned the Jewish State for what he described as “the most barbaric and heinous and extensive” violations of “human values, international charters and norms.”

How Qatar buys powerful friends in Washington

The case of Bob Menendez and others like him

FIFA Is Latest Target of Palestinian Hijacking

The Palestinian political intifada reached FIFA, soccer’s governing body, last Friday. Cloaked in the language of justice and human rights, the Palestinian FIFA delegation continued its decades-long...

Qatari Royal Facing Arrest Warrant in UK Over $6 Billion Debt

An English judge issued an arrest warrant on May 16 for a member of Qatar’s ruling Al Thani family. Sheikh Fahad Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Thani, a cousin of former Qatari prime minister...

What Happens When a Quran Is Burned Demonstrates a Government’s Capacity for Liberty

Current Iraqi rage against the burning of a Quran in Sweden and in Denmark violates both liberty and Islamic teachings — and shows that freedom of expression is sometimes globally curtailed for...

High time for a ‘Hajj Express’ for Israeli Muslims

With the Hajj being only a month away, Saudi Arabia has a chance to take the high road with Israeli Muslims and sidestep the obstacles in their efforts to normalize relations. Riyadh is hereby called upon,...