23-05-2025
The Qatar Weekly Update (QWU) – Part Of The Qatar Monitor Project (QMP) – No. 20, May 23, 2025
Infographic: Examples of Qatar's influence arms (photo credit: Zachor Legal Institute)
1. MEMRI Inquiry and Analysis No. 1838: Qatar Incites Renewal Of Arab Spring, Hopes For Fall Of 'Tyrannical' Arab Regimes, Especially Egyptian Regime, May 16, 2025.
2. How Qatar Spent Billions to Gain Influence in the U.S.: The tiny Gulf state has showered money on U.S. military and universities, giving it outsize geopolitical clout, Wall Street Journal, May 15, 2025.
3. Conservative Media Targeted by Qatari Foreign Influence Operations, Washington Examiner, May 17, 2025.
4. Owner of Trump's Qatari Air Force One Linked to Bob Menendez Corruption Scandal, Washington Free Beacon, May 19, 2025.
5. Trump Must Reject Qatar's Dubious 'Flying Palace' Offer, Con Coughlin, Gatestone Institute, May 18, 2025.
6. Mark R. Levin on X: "Must read! The 9/11 mastermind was a Qatar employee, housed and protected by Qatar, and escaped capture by the FBI when he was tipped off by Qatar and provided with a fake passport by Qatar." @marklevinshow, May 18, 2025.
7. Watchdogs Sue US Government Over Qatar'\'s Billions In University Funding: Watchdog groups are suing the US government to uncover Qatar's multibillion-dollar funding of top universities, raising concerns over foreign influence in academia, Jerusalem Post, February 3, 2025.
* Yigal Carmon is Founder and President of MEMRI.
