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Qatar is a Middle East emirate located along the Persian Gulf, bordering Saudi Arabia. 

This wealthy kingdom is governed by the House of Thani and is a major regional power with considerable influence in both regional and global affairs. 

Aside from its wealth in the energy industry, Qatar has also been very successful in business and overseas investments, with the country being the largest property owner in London, among other notable achievements. It is also famous for its global media conglomerate, Al Jazeera, based in the Qatari capital city of Doha.

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 Demonstrators attend a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Amman, Jordan May 10, 2024.

Wanted: A new home base for Hamas

By Elias Zananiri/The Media Line
 Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani makes statements to the media with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in Doha, Qatar, October 13, 2023.

Talks over Gaza ceasefire at stalemate after Rafah operation, Qatar PM says

By REUTERS
 Displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, shelter at a tent camp, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza Strip May 11, 2024.

Egypt, Qatar reject Israeli proposal to control civil administration in post-war Gaza

 TRUCKS at the Erez crossing are on their way to bring humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, this week. Hamas has blown up humanitarian supply infrastructures that Israel facilitated, and instead spent hundreds of millions of dollars in aid on military attack infrastructures, the writer asserts.

Defiant independence: Israel must show resolve against international emasculation

 AL JAZEERA headquarters in Doha, Qatar: The suit that Al Jazeera has filed at the ICC could shine an embarrassing spotlight on the network itself, says the writer.

Qatar and Al Jazeera are serving Hamas

By David Ben-Basat
 Yifat Calderon, cousin of Ofer Calderon, who is being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, and supporters in front of the US Embassy branch in Tel Aviv. "Entry into Rafah is a death sentence for the hostages. The government is sacrificing the hostages. We will not allow it to bury the deal."

What is Qatar's role in hostage negotiations?

 Equipment seized in Al Jazeera office in Nazareth

Al Jazeera Nazareth branch continues broadcasts after national ban, gets shut down

 PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATORS rally outside the Israel Embassy in Washington, last Saturday. The AJC surveys reflect the impact of the October 7 Hamas attack in Israel, and immediate surge in antisemitism across the US, the writer notes.

How to deal with antisemitic campus takeovers

By MARK LAVIE/THE MEDIA LINE
 Palestinians react after Hamas accepted a ceasefire proposal from Egypt and Qatar, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 6, 2024.

US and Qatar are pressing Hamas and Israel on making a deal

 Photos of Mosab Hassan Yousef.

Son of Hamas founder: Hamas ceasefire proposal is a trap

 Al Jazeera presenter Abdelkader Aiad works during a live newscast at a studio, in Doha, Qatar, May 5, 2024.

Al Jazeera’s Jerusalem bureau chief on shutting site in Israel: 'There are no security reasons'

By KEREN SETTON/THE MEDIA LINE
 A man walks near an Al Jazeera building in Doha, Qatar, May 5, 2024.

Shuttering Al Jazeera: More symbolic than anything

 An employee working inside the office of Qatar-based Al-Jazeera network in Jerusalem

Al-Jazeera’s Holocaust legacy: Justification alongside outright denial

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the UN General Assembly in New York City, on Friday.

Claim Netanyahu sabotaged hostage talks is a complete lie — PMO

 Director of the Central Intelligence Agency William Burns testifies at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats to American security, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 11, 2024.

CIA chief heads to Qatar, Israel to salvage Gaza hostage deal

 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sits with his delegation, in Cairo, Egypt, Februray 6, 2024.

Cairo talks continue but hopes for Gaza ceasefire appear slim

By REUTERS
 The logo of Qatar-based Al-Jazeera network is seen in one of their offices in Jerusalem

Following closure: Al Jazeera calls for legal response, Israel police raid Jerusalem office

Israel Police raid the Al Jazeera offices in east Jerusalem on May 5, 2024

Israel-Hamas war day 212: What's going on in Gaza?