Are there jews in qatar

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Special Content. Sites Of Interest. Jewish Broadcasting Service. Jerusalem Hotels. Poalim Online. Yet the disproportionate attention given the Jews may have a more sinister origin that should be familiar to students of Jewish and Zionist history. With supporters of the settlement movement appointed to posts like the U. That elevates the importance of pro-Israel organizations and lobbyists who might otherwise be assumed to be hostile to any Gulf nation, especially one that is host and sponsor of the rabidly anti-Israel Al Jazeera network and is believed to have played a major role in funding Hamas.

That has led to a stream of invitations for pro-Israel figures to visit Qatar and to hear its leaders make the case that it has gotten a bum rap from critics.

Others returned from a tour of Qatar singing its praises or at least, willing to give its assertion that it no longer has ties with Hamas the benefit of the doubt. One prominent convert to the pro-Qatar side is attorney and author Alan Dershowitz, a longtime liberal Democrat who is also a pillar of the pro-Israel community. Dershowitz even went so far as to call Qatar "the Israel of the Gulf States.

More extreme was the reaction from the always-incendiary Rabbi Shmuley Boteach who branded Dershowitz a sellout. Until proven otherwise, the skeptics about Qatar have the better arguments. Search Search. Home United States U. Africa 54 - November 11, VOA Africa Listen live. VOA Newscasts Latest program. VOA Newscasts.