Qatar funded Hamas at Israel's request
Tucker Carlson stated that Qatar sent money to Hamas at the request of the Israeli government, with Netanyahu allegedly taking a cut.
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How the Abraham Accords Died: The Doha Strike and the Qatar Revelation
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Tucker and Weichert reconstruct the specific sequence of events that ended Arab goodwill toward Israel. Until October/November of last year, Saudi Arabia was still quietly advancing the Abraham Accords framework. Then Israel sent a cruise missile into a building in Doha during active diplomatic negotiations — under the cover of diplomatic engagement — killing a Qatari security agent, wounding others, and failing to kill its Hamas leadership targets. This was the first Israeli strike on a Gulf Cooperation Council country. In a single act, Israel destroyed the most valuable diplomatic relationship it had — and signaled to every Arab state that no one was safe from Israeli unilateralism. Tucker then drops a bombshell he says he'd previously kept quiet: Qatar was only sending money to Hamas at Israel's explicit request, with Netanyahu allegedly taking a personal financial cut — partly why he was under investigation by his own government. The establishment then rebranded Qatar as a terrorism funder, and bombed them.
Israeli strike on Doha killed Qatari agent
Israel sent a cruise missile to Doha during peace negotiations, killing a Qatari security agent but missing the Hamas leadership it targeted — the first Israeli strike on a GCC country.
How Israel Kept the Abraham Accords Alive — Then Destroyed Them
Qatar was funneling money to Hamas not out of sympathy for terrorism, but at Israel's explicit request — part of an arrangement that benefited Netanyahu personally. Then Israel's propagandists spun Qatar into a terror sponsor. Then Israel bombed them. The self-destruction is almost too organized to be accidental.
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