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There are many reasons why Qatar is targeted by zionazis medias.
It's evident why Aljazeera channel was airstriked in Gaza.
It's evident why Aljazeera channel was airstriked in Gaza.
Why is Israel leading an anti-Qatar propaganda campaign?
Following a brief interlude during the 1990s when Qatari-Israeli relations were normalized—in the aftermath of the Oslo Accords and in the midst of intra-Arab discord, and based on Qatar’s desire to improve relations with the United States—relations between Qatar and Israel have deteriorated greatly over the past decade. The most recent and precipitous downfall in Qatari-Israeli relations has its roots in Qatar’s stance on a variety of developments across the Arab region over recent months, and relates particularly to Qatar’s denunciations of Israeli aggression towards the Palestinian people, and its support for the resistance in Palestine. This paper will make use of specific instances of Israel’s anti-Qatari campaign to examine in closer detail the reasons behind the fierce campaign to demonize and isolate the small Arab state by Israeli generals, government officials, media institutions and research centers.
Reasons for anti-Qatari incitement by Israel
Over the past decade, Qatar has adopted a number of Arab-wide policies which Israel has deemed to be aggressive and contrary to its interests. They were policies which differed significantly from those adopted by Arab countries deemed by Israel to be “moderate”, and resulted in increasingly hostile posturing by Israel, culminating in now-open Israeli incitement and propaganda aimed against Qatar. Some of the most prominent measures adopted by Qatar and which have raised Israeli ire include:
Israeli hostility towards Qatar has escalated since the Gulf state adopted these policies, reaching an unprecedented fever pitch during the latest (2014) attack on Gaza. This newfound Israeli enmity was expressed through an orchestrated vilification campaign against Qatar, in which Israeli political and military elites, media institutions and think tanks took part.
- Qatar’s opposition to the Israel’s 2006 assault on Lebanon, which Israel interpreted as political, diplomatic and media support for Hezbollah. While other Arab countries branded by Israel as “moderate” took a neutral, or even tacitly supportive, positions towards the Israeli attacks against Hezbollah, Qatar’s financial support for the reconstruction of Lebanon was seen by Tel Aviv as an act opposed to its own policies in the region.
- Qatar’s support for the struggle for Palestinian resistance and its support for the Palestinian people against occupation, including the provision of media and diplomatic cover for the Palestinian resistance, in addition to its provision of financial aid to the Gaza Strip—instead of limiting its aid to the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority—were other factors behind this latest Israeli campaign.
- The remarkable role played by Qatar’s Al Jazeera in uncovering the crimes of Israeli aggression against Lebanon and against the Palestinian people, in addition to its supportive coverage of the Palestinian resistance.
- One particular aspect of this Qatari support which stoked Israeli anger was stark Qatari opposition to repeated Israeli attacks against the Gaza Strip between 2008 (“Operation Cast Lead”) and 2014 (“Operation Protective Edge”), and including the 2012 assault (“Operation Pillar of Defense”). As a protest against the 2008 attack, Qatar closed an Israeli business interest office in Doha and dismissed the Israelis working there.
Why is Israel leading an anti-Qatar propaganda campaign?