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Arab Journalists On Israel's Attack In Doha: Qatar Cannot Host Hamas Terrorists And Expect To Remain Immune From Attack; Israel Has The Right To Eliminate Those Who Seek To Destroy It

Following Israel's September 9, 2025 attack targeting senior Hamas leaders residing in the Qatari capital of Doha, a number of liberal Arab journalists and activists posted criticism on their X accounts of what they referred to as Qatar's hypocrisy. Qatar, they said, is both hosting terrorists and operating a powerful media network – Al-Jazeera – that incites to terrorism, all while presenting itself as "a neutral mediator" and "a media powerhouse." Some contended that Israel has the right to eliminate those who are working to destroy it, adding that Israel does what it says it will do and that it had eliminated the element that only two days previously had boasted of its responsibility for the murder of six innocent Israelis in the September 8, 2025 Jerusalem terror attack.[1]

Stating that Israel's attack in Doha had shattered the illusion of Qatar as an honest broker for peace and a media powerhouse "that plays in the big leagues," commenters even called on Qatar not to "abandon the security of the Gulf for the sake of a group of terrorists that live in hotels and concoct schemes against" other countries and to expel them if it does not want to be part of the war.

This report reviews examples of the criticism of Qatar by liberal Arab journalists and activists:

Clerics And Journalists Close To Qatar Celebrate Deadly Shooting Against Israeli Civilians In Jerusalem, Encourage Further Terror Attacks

Journalists in Qatar's government media, including the Al-Jazeera network, as well as members of the International Union of Muslim Clerics (IUMS), an arm of the Qatari regime that disseminates anti-West Islamic terrorist ideology,[1] took to X to celebrate the September 8, 2025 shooting in Jerusalem in which six Israeli civilians were murdered. The clerics and journalists praised the shooters and encouraged Palestinians and Israeli Arabs to carry out further attacks. This is in line with the official Qatari policy of extending unreserved support to the Palestinian terror organizations, chief of them Hamas.

Journalists And Clerics Close To Qatar Continue To Glorify Hamas Leaders And The October 7, 2023 Attack: A Model For Raising Our Children

X Account Affiliated With Fatah, Which Is Headed By Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Praises Jerusalem Terror Attack That Killed Six Israeli Civilians: This Is 'A Very Good Morning'

Activists Play Soccer With Mock Severed Head Of Israeli PM Netanyahu Outside UN Headquarters In New York

Palestinian Ambassador To UK Husam Zomlot When Asked If He Condemns October 7 Attacks: I Reject The Question; It Reflects Racism, Double Standard, And Dehumanizes Palestinians; Hamas Is Part Of The Palestinian Social Fabric

Palestinian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Husam Zomlot told Bronwen Maddox, director and chief executive of Chatham House, in a September 2, 2025 interview that Hamas is part of the Palestinian, national, and social fabric. When Maddox asked him whether he condemned what Hamas did on October 7, Zomlot laughed, as did members of the audience, and replied that he is against targeting civilians. However, he said he rejects the question, which he argued reflects a double standard, racism, and dehumanization directed toward Palestinians.