The Qatar Weekly Update (QWU) – Part Of The Qatar Monitor Project (QMP) – No. 28, July 18, 2025
1. MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 12073, Two Palestinian Authority Police Officers, Trained At Qatar Police Academy, Perpetrated A Stabbing And Shooting Attack In Which An Israeli Was Murdered, July 14, 2025.
2. Al-Jazeera Balkans Officially Shuts Down After 14 Years Of Broadcasting, Sarajevo Times, July 12, 2025.
3. MAGA podcaster and activist Laura Loomer alleged that Rep. Lisa McClain, a Michigan Republican who was elected House Republican Chairwoman last year, had leaked the agenda of a Congressional hearing on antisemitism to the Embassy of Qatar, The Daily Beast, July 15, 2025.
4. "Georgetown University Interim President Robert M. Groves addressed questions about alleged antisemitism from faculty and speakers, as well as the university's connections to the Qatar Foundation, a government-supported educational nonprofit that operates Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q)." During Congressional Testimony, Groves Strikes A Middle Ground On Questions Of Antisemitism, Qatari Influence, The Hoya, July 17, 2025.
4a. Georgetown University, Already Under Scrutiny, To Face Questions Over Qatar Ties, Inaction Against Extremism: A recent Middle East Forum report alleges that the school's Alwaleed Center was established and funded by the terror-linked Safa Network. Jewish Insider, July 15, 2025.
4b. According to Swedish counterterrorism expert Magnus Ranstorp, former Congressman Jim Moran sat behind Georgetown University President Robert M. Groves at the House Committee on Education and Workforce hearing on Antisemitism in Higher Education: Examining the Role of Faculty, Funding, and Ideology. Ranstorp wrote: Why is former Congressman Jim Moran (white haired man on right), Qatar's chief Washington lobbyist, sitting behind Georgetown interim president? When is Qatar's influence on Georgetown and the Bridge initiative covered in the congressional hearing? Magnus Ranstorp on X, July 15, 2025.
5. In response to Israel's military strikes against Syrian Islamist forces to stop their massacre of Syrian Druze, Qatar condemned Israel. Doha News, July 17, 2025. https://dohanews.co/qatar-condemns-israels-airstrikes-on-syria/
6. Reckoning Needed Between Terror-Sponsoring Qatar And United States, FFD, July 13, 2025.
7. Keep Qatari Money Out Of Post-War Gaza, FFD, July 10, 2025.
8. Trump Announces Qatar Military Deal Worth $42 Billion – THAAD, Boeing Pegasus, SkyGuardian Drone –YouTube, May 15, 2025.
* Yigal Carmon is Founder and President of MEMRI.
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