Qatari emir’s visit to Gaza supports Hamas over PA: Israel
How is this the active Islamist terrorist supporter being allowed entry into Gaza by Israel?
Qatari emir’s visit to Gaza supports Hamas over PA: Israel
Monday, 22 October 2012
By AL ARABIYA WITH AFP
A planned visit by the Qatari emir to Gaza shows he is backing the strip’s Islamist Hamas rulers over the Western-backed Palestinian Authority of president Mahmud Abbas, an Israeli official said Monday.
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani is due to arrive on Tuesday in connection with a major Qatari investment project to rebuild Gaza, in what will be the first time a head of state has visited the enclave since Hamas took over in 2007, ousting forces loyal to Abbas.
‘We find it weird that the emir doesn’t support all of the Palestinians but sides with Hamas over the Palestinian Authority (in the West Bank) which he has never visited,’ Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor told AFP. —>Continued
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