The piece, written by Meshal bin Hamad Al Thani, Qatar's ambassador to the U.S., portrays Qatar as an 'honest broker' in the Middle East.
Qatar's efforts to restore its reputation to what it was before Hamas's massacre were evident in a recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. The damage to Qatar's reputation by the October 7 massacre was apparently substantial enough to prompt a member of the Qatari royal family to abandon his attempt to purchase Manchester United, a popular football team in the United Kingdom. Qatar, which has provided safe haven to Hamas leaders since 2012, is engaged in a desperate campaign of damage control in the aftermath of the terror group's October 7 massacre which horrified the vast majority of Americans - and even a majority of French and British citizens. (Photo by World Economic Forum via Wikimedia Commons) Antisemitic comments made by Hamad bin Jassim (HBJ), the former prime minister of Qatar, apparently played a role in his son's decision to abandon an effort to purchase Manchester United, a popular football team in the United Kingdom.
