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PREVIEW: HEADLINE: Qatar's Influence on Hamas and Abraham Accords Amidst Regional Tensions GUEST NAME: Jonathan Schanzer SUMMARY: Jonathan Schanzer discusses Qatar's achievements in hosting Hamas and its efforts to pressure Abraham Accords nations like th

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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PREVIEW:
HEADLINE: Qatar's Influence on Hamas and Abraham Accords Amidst Regional Tensions
GUEST NAME: Jonathan Schanzer
SUMMARY: Jonathan Schanzer discusses Qatar's achievements in hosting Hamas and its efforts to pressure Abraham Accords nations like the UAE, Bahrain, and Morocco to cut ties with Israel. He notes Qatar's success in maintaining media focus on a "failed attack on Hamas" and generating "blistering" criticism toward Israel, while a UN vote on a Palestinian state is anticipated.
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Speaking with colleague, Jonathan Shanzer, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies,

0:26.3

one of the Qataris achieved by hosting the gangsters ahead of Hamas,

0:31.8

one of the Qataris achieved by inviting the Arab League or the Arab tribes or the Arab groups

0:37.3

around them, the Arab countries,

0:39.5

to gather for an emergency meeting in Doha.

0:42.9

What have the Qataris achieved for themselves?

0:45.9

Jonathan explains.

0:47.2

Much more of this later tonight.

0:49.8

Well, look, the Arab League, the Muslim world, when it gets together,

0:53.8

there's a lot of bluster about Israel and cutting it off from the United Nations.

1:00.1

Of course, that doesn't seem to be happening.

1:02.3

I would keep an eye on a few things.

1:04.3

I mean, one is the recognition of a Palestinian state, which could, there will be likely a vote or some sort of measure at the United

1:12.0

Nations coming up quite soon in New York. That's something to keep an eye on. But the other

1:17.5

thing that I think is more frightening, if you will, is that we're at the fifth anniversary

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