Prof. Kobi Michael:The interest of Qatar is not only that Hamas remains in power in the Gaza Strip, but that Hamas will eventually become the hegemonic factor in the entire Palestinian arena. They are serving Hamas’s agenda and helping Hamas pave the way towards taking over the Palestinian Authority.
This effort is strongly supported by Turkey, which along with Qatar, is one of the biggest patrons of the Muslim Brotherhood movement. Turkey echoes the Hamas narrative, but it adds more layers that are originally Turkish, citing President Erdoğan’s comparisons of Israel to Nazi Germany. There is a well-oiled machine here. Hamas is the driving factor. The amplifying factor is Qatar and Turkey. And then if we go up another level, we see that there is a cognitive effort of the entire axis of resistance led by Iran.
Published in JNS, August 12, 2025.
