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Memri
11-04-2025
- Business
- Memri
The Qatar Weekly Update (QWU) – Part Of The Qatar Monitor Project (QMP) – No. 14, April 11, 2025
Michael Pregent, former U.S. intelligence officer and expert on Qatar By Yigal Carmon* 1. NATO Flagship Partnership Event Underway In Qatar, NATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, April 8, 2025. 2. Former U.S. Intelligence Officer: "Qatar Told Hamas To Keep Israeli Hostages," Haaretz, April 10, 2025. 3. How a Lawsuit From Oct. 7 Victims, Including Bibas Family Uncle, Could Cripple Al-Jazeera, Washington Free Beacon, April 9, 2025. MEMRI Inquiry & Analysis No. 1751, Al-Jazeera Arabic: The Qatari-Owned TV Channel That Promotes Islamist Terrorism Worldwide, May 6, 2024. 4. MEMRI Special Dispatch NO. 11920, UAE Political Analyst: The Qatar-Supported International Union Of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) Should Be Designated A Terrorist Organization – Are The U.S. And Europe Waiting For More Terrorist Attacks Like 9/11?, April 9, 2025. Israel Furious At Qatar Over Fatwa Calling For Jihad, i24 News, April 9, 2025. 5. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Imposes Penalty Against Pratt & Whitney Component Solutions (PWCS) To Resolve 13 Alleged Violations Of The Antiboycott Regulations: Specifically, between May 2019 and March 2020, on 13 occasions, PWCS received a request from Qatar Airways, a customer in Qatar, to refrain from importing Israeli-origin goods into Qatar in fulfillment of purchase orders from Qatar Airways. PWCS failed to report to BIS the receipt of these requests, as required by Section 760.5 of the Regulations. September 7, 2023. 6. Boeing in Qatar: Boeing Commercial Airplanes; Boeing Defense, Space & Security; Industrial and Academic Partnerships, accessed April 10, 2025. Boeing job listings in Qatar, accessed April 10, 2025. * Yigal Carmon is Founder and President of MEMRI.
Memri
28-01-2025
- Politics
- Memri
The Qatar Weekly Update (QWU) – Part Of The Qatar Monitor Project (QMP) – No. 4, January 28, 2025
"In October, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) raised concerns regarding reports of discrimination of religious minorities in the country, including the Baha'i Faith community, some of whom are citizens. According to CESCR, Baha'is were subjected to administrative deportation and blacklisting, resulting in loss of employment and familial separation." – 2023 US International Religious Freedom Report, Op-ed: "End America's unwise alliance with Qatar," by Michael Pregent, a former U.S. intelligence officer who also served as a Defense Department advisor on the Iraqi security forces from 2006 to 2011 – see The Continued Arbitrary Detention of Sheikh Talal Al-Thani in Qatar. "The deprivation of liberty of Sheikh Talal bin Abdulaziz bin Ahmed bin Ali Aal Thani, being in contravention of articles 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and articles 2 (1), 9, 10 (1), 11, 14, 16 and 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, is arbitrary and falls within categories I, III and V."- see See also Fox News: "Fear grows for jailed Qatari royal amid health decline as wife pleads at UN for release – his wife is waging David vs. Goliath struggle against the wealthy Qatari monarchy" – see
