Brief Note to Secretary Rubio

Qatar must be addressed

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, we watched your brief remarks in Jerusalem today, and thank you for underscoring the dangers of the Islamic Republic of Iran. However, what was never mentioned was the equally (if not even more) dangerous State of Qatar. While you spoke of the US-Israel relationship, the end of Hamas in Gaza, and peace in the region, Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan sat in Doha at the Al Jazeera Forum and mocked the US, Israel, and the world, stating:

“We have won, and there is no such thing as [Hamas] not being part of the Palestinian national project. Anyone who tries to replace Israel, we will treat them as Israel. The issues of weapons, leadership, and the resistance’s people are not up for discussion.”

In this battle, it became clear to us that there are neighbors who are key players that can be relied upon and from whom we can benefit: Iran, Turkey, [South] Africa — the resistance team. [Allah?} will restore what has suffered and will complete it. I tell you that we have an opportunity to expand this team and its main tool is its ability to slap Israel whenever it wants and with high efficiency. We proved that on October 7.”

This is to say nothing about the billions Islamist Qatar spends to influence education in the US, from K-12 to college.

Mr. Secretary, as long as Qatar feels the US will continue giving them a pass, the global battle against Islamic extremism — both physical and ideological — will continue. And, judging first by our colleges and universities, the US is currently losing the ideological one.