What’s Really behind Qatar’s Spat with Its Neighbors, and What It Means for Israel
It’s about the Muslim Brotherhood, not Iran.
June 15, 2017
What’s Really behind Qatar’s Spat with Its Neighbors, and What It Means for Israel
It’s about the Muslim Brotherhood, not Iran.
When Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies severed relations with Doha last week, they cited as their key grievances the small but wealthy emirate’s support for terrorist groups and its coziness with Iran. Although the friendliness toward Iran is real, Qatar also supports anti-Iranian forces in Yemen and Syria. The real issue, argues Eran Lerman, is the struggle between what he calls the “camp of stability”—the pro-American Sunni Arab states led by Saudi Arabia and Egypt—and the Muslim Brotherhood, affiliates of which control Gaza, Turkey, and part of Libya, are gaining ground in Syria, and receive support from Doha in the form of funds, arms, and the constant propaganda disseminated by the Al Jazeera news network. Lerman suggests Israel and America have a stake in this quarrel:
June 15, 2017
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