Today, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Chief Executive Officer Ambassador Mark
D. Wallace and CEP President Frances F. Townsend call on the government of
Qatar to immediately clarify the travel status of Hamas leaders, Ismail
Haniyeh, the architect of the October 7 massacre in Israel, and his predecessor
Khaled Meshaal.





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CEP CALLS ON QATAR TO CLARIFY HAMAS LEADERS’ LOCATION


(New York, N.Y.) — Today, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Chief Executive
Officer Ambassador Mark D. Wallace and CEP President Frances F. Townsend call
on the government of Qatar to immediately clarify the travel status of Hamas
leaders, Ismail Haniyeh, the architect of the October 7 massacre in Israel, and
his predecessor Khaled Meshaal.



A statement from Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei indicated
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that he met with Haniyeh in Iran on November 5. Official Israeli sourcesclaimed

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on Thursday that the Hamas leader had travelled there on his private jet.



Ambassador Wallace and former U.S. Homeland Security Advisor Frances F.
Townsend stated:



“Qatar should have arrested Haniyeh and his associates on October 7. The idea
that Qatar has either allowed or compelled the perpetrator of the massacre to
leave in order to meet with his most fervent supporter in Iran is deplorable.
This is merely the latest in a long history of support for Hamas. No
responsible person, country, or business should associate with Qatar given this
longstanding support for terror and extremism.



If Qatar has forcibly expelled Haniyeh and Meshaal, that is unacceptable.
Expulsion simply means safe passage and ongoing safe harbor. If Qatar has
granted freedom of movement to Hamas leaders, especially a luxury visit to
Hamas sponsor Iran, it is no longer just a sponsor of terror—it is utterly
complicit.



Qatar
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already proven itself guilty of harboring of Hamas’s leadership, promoting its
activities, and proliferating its vile antisemitism:



Ismail Haniyeh <[link removed]>
planned andcelebrated
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the October 7 massacre from his office in Doha.



Former Hamas leader and Haniyeh’s predecessor, Khaled Meshaal
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the attacks from Qatar, where he lives in luxury and is still anactive member
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of the terrorist organization.



* Even as kidnapped Israelis were being taken to Gaza on October 7, Qatar’s
foreign ministryclaimed
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to “hold Israel solely responsible for the ongoing escalation [i.e. the
massacre of Israeli women and children by Hamas] due to its ongoing violations.
* On October 11, Haniyeh called for supporters around the world to join Hamas
in its barbaric violence. The Qatari government provided the platform for the
video address
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, which was aired on the Qatari-owned and controlled network, Al Jazeera.
* On October 14, Iran’s foreign minister met
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with Haniyeh in Qatar and congratulated him on his successful execution of
thousands of innocent Israelis.
* On October 16, the Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
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office or detain any senior Hamas figures.
* On October 19 while in Qatar, Meshaal called the massacre an “ingenious
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acknowledge any harm inflicted upon Israeli civilians.
* On October 31, Qatar hosted
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Haniyeh’s meeting with Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Foreign Minister of the
Islamic Republic of Iran, another major Hamas patron.


CEP called <[link removed]> on Qatar
to arrest Hamas leadership in 2017. Following the October 7 massacre, CEP has
called
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for a boycott of Qatari hotels worldwide; afreeze
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on Qatar’s considerable holdings in the United Kingdom; the NBA torefuse
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investment from Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, the Qatari Investment Authority
(QIA), and; afreeze
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on QIA assets.



Now, CEP calls on Qatar to immediately clarify Haniyeh’s whereabouts and
residency status and to face further isolation if it refuses to do so. If Qatar
continues to allow Haniyeh to move freely throughout the region as he carries
out his plans for the slaughter of civilian life, Qatar must necessarily face
severe economic and diplomatic isolation.



To read The Times’ report on CEP’s call to boycott Qatar’s London hotels, click
here
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To read The Wall Street Journal’s report on UANI and CEP’s previous call to
action, please clickhere
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To read The Telegraph’s report citing CEP’s Chief Executive Officer Mark
Wallace’s call for a Qatari asset freeze until it surrenders Hamas leadership
to the U.S. and/or Israel, please clickhere
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To read The Washington Post’s report citing CEP CEO Mark Wallace on Qatar’s
role in harboring Hamas, please clickhere
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To read CEP’s report, Qatar: Extremism and Terrorism, please click here
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To read CEP’s HARBORS Campaign Report on Qatar, please click here
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