Saturday, October 20, 2012

Emir of Qatar to Gaza

By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:

Gaza is getting a very important guest. That is, at least according to MAAN an official Palestinian news agency.

MAAN quotes Egyptian sources as saying that they have been informed that next week the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, will visit Gaza.

The Emir will visit with family and be accompanied by a large delegation.

All this comes after an announcement last week that the Emir will be giving Gaza $250 million dollars to help rebuild the infrastructure of Gaza.

This is the first visit of any Arab head of state to Gaza since Hamas took over in a coup in January of 2007.
Gaza is controlled by Hamas and many moderate Arab leaders have a strange and uncomfortable relationship with them. On the one hand they want to help Hamas, especially by side with Hamas against Israel. But on the other hand they do not want to support Hamas against the Palestinian Authority which is more mainstream.

Micah@MicahHaleprn.com 

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