Qatar attacked for Palestine support

The Palestinian problem and support the resistance, as a natural right to oppose Israeli aggression, one of the issues that are characterized by Qatar's foreign policy. Because this issue is Qatar placed under enormous pressure to stop its support for the Palestinian resistance, especially in Gaza. More specifically, after the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip in 2007.

The question of Palestine and the Gaza Strip, was not forgotten in the rapid development of events, starting with a summit in Riyadh in May this year, when the US president Donald Trump said that the Hamas movement a terrorist group, and spoke of the interruption of funding '' of all the movements and parties that Washington labeled as terrorist. ''

E-mails Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates in Washington, Yousef al-Otaibi, who are leaked to the public reveal prior preparation between the UAE and the Israeli lobby in the United States to undermine the reputation of Qatar, in the sense that it supports '' terrorism ''. Under which, of course, meant that Qatar offered refuge management movement Hamas and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood representatives.

Change position on Palestinian issue

This fierce campaign against Qatar was launched in order to exert pressure on this country in order to change its policy towards the Palestinian issue and the resistance in Gaza represented by Hamas or other factions that do not give up the option of resistance. Doha had an active and influential role in many points along the way to solve the Palestinian issue, and still is dedicated to the role which it considers humanitarian and national obligation.

Former Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, visited the Gaza Strip in 1999, which was the first visit by an Arab leader of the Gaza Strip since 1967. He was received by the then Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. His second visit was followed in October 2012 led high Qatari delegation that visited Gaza in order to comprehend the consequences of the devastating Israeli war. Emir of Qatar during the visit offered the assistance of 400 million dollars for the financing of reconstruction projects in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Qatari ambassador Mohammed al-Emadi, Chairman of Qatar National Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza, has recently opened several completed projects of reconstruction in the Gaza Strip, primarily '' Sheikh Hamad Town '', as well as projects to build power plants with donations from Qatar, with the intention of resolving question of frequent power failures in the context of severe siege imposed on Gaza. At the level of political and financial support to the Gaza Strip, Doha was ranked the historical attitude when asked to hold an extraordinary summit on Gaza in January 2009 in order to support the Gaza Strip to confront the Israeli aggression. A large number of Arab leaders refused to attend the summit, including Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Factions of the Palestinian resistance have responded to Qatar's invitation and delivered a speech.

The summit on Gaza

Qatari emir is then delivered an impressive speech, expressing regret over the absence of certain Arab leaders at the summit that deals with the Palestinian issue. '' I wish that today all our brothers here with us, so that the same table we look at things, even if they had a different opinion '' about stopping the collective aggression against the Gaza Strip, he said. At the summit on Gaza was announced establishment of a fund for the reconstruction of Gaza. Doha is then also announced the closure of the Israeli trade representative office in Qatar, which after 2009 was no longer open.

Doha has devoted special attention to providing political and financial support to city Jerusalem through development projects and humanitarian work, in addition to organizing a conference on Jerusalem. In February 2012, Qatar started International Conference on Jerusalem with many Arab and international presence, where they discussed the measures that Israel has taken and implemented them successively in order judeizacije city and changing its reality. The conference, which lasted two days, was attended by 350 Arab and international personalities, representing about seventy countries, in addition to Arab and foreign experts, researchers, historians and jurists of all religions.

In the political context, Doha has consistently paid attention to the fact that an end to Palestinian divisions that followed the victory of Hamas in parliamentary elections in 2006, and then is taken complete control of the Gaza Strip. Qatari efforts were crowned with the Doha Declaration in February 2012, which was signed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and head of the political bureau of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal. Items of this declaration related to the accelerating pace of the Palestinian national reconciliation and resolution of all problems between the two sides.

Israel's expansionist policy

After this declaration, which was never used in reality, was followed by a series of meetings at the invitation of the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani attended by leaders of Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas. The aim of these meetings was the implementation of the items of the agreement and end the division, in order to strengthen the Palestinian position in opposition to Israel's expansionist policy.

Acting in accordance with the policy of improving the atmosphere among the Arabs, including the strengthening of the Palestinian situation and the presence of factions of resistance, the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim was instrumental in restoring broken relationships between the Hamas movement and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in January 2012. Qatar has provided shelter for the leaders of Hamas movement, after Jordan expelled in 1999, where they were given the freedom of movement and politčkog action. He also received a large number of released prisoners who were deported from Palestine under the prisoner exchange deal, known as the Agreement on the release of Gilad Shalit.

Doha has always had a clear and firm attitude towards the Palestinian issue, Jerusalem and Gaza in international forums, especially the UN General Assembly and the institutions of the UN, such as UNESCO and the Human Rights Council, where she spoke on behalf of the Palestinian people and revealed the Israeli policy in the occupied territories.

This policy, which is Qatar followed towards the Palestinian issue, especially towards Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, effectively contributed to the steadfastness of the Palestinian man to confront Israel and regional pressures on the resistance in Gaza, which becomes an open target in the last days and explains the vigorous campaign being conducted against the State Qatar in order to change its foreign policy.

• 6 Jun, 2017
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