Qatari support for Hamas

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Qatar has been a key financial supporter of the Palestinian militant organization Hamas, transferring more than $1.8 billion to Hamas over the years. In consultation with the U.S. and Israeli governments, $30 million were transferred monthly to Hamas, according to a Qatari official interviewed by Der Spiegel in 2023. The United States requested in 2011 that Qatar provide a base for the Hamas leadership to ease communications with the group. From 2012, Qatar hosted the Hamas party leadership when Hamas head Khaled Mashal relocated from Syria to Qatar. Ismail Haniyeh, who succeeded Mashal as political head of Hamas, had also resided in Doha as of 2016. Qatar has been called Hamas' most important financial backer and foreign ally. From 2018 to 2023, Israel's government enabled and approved Qatari support for Hamas for political reasons. In May 2024, it was reported that the United States had urged Qatar to remove Hamas leaders from its territory if they declined to agree to a hostage deal with Israel. Later, it was reported that Qatar was reviewing the future of Hamas' office in Doha as part of a broader evaluation of its role as a mediator in the Gaza war. In November 2024, reports emerged that Qatar had ended its mediation between Israel and Hamas and ordered the group to leave the country following U.S. pressure, after another Hamas rejection of a ceasefire deal; however, both Qatar and Hamas denied the claims. In an April 2024 interview with Haaretz, Majed Al-Ansari—Advisor to the Prime Minister of Qatar and Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar—addressed criticism regarding Doha's ties to Hamas, stating, “We did not enter into a relationship with Hamas because we wanted to. We were asked by the U.S. We reviewed that request in 2006.” He...