Why is no pressure placed on Hamas’ friends and hosts?

The fact that Qatar hosts Hamas leaders is no secret, but what no one talks about is why there is no pressure on Qatar to arrest the mass murderers that they host.

This question became more relevant after the massacre perpetrated by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and it is even more relevant now that Hamas still holds hostages that it kidnapped on that day.

Instead of arresting Hamas leaders, Qatar has been treating them as valued hosts and heads of state, acting as mediator between them and Israel in hostage negotiations as if Hamas was a legitimate party to negotiate with.

When common criminals hold hostages, the police are forced to negotiate with them to try to save the lives of the hostages, but when an opportunity is available to arrest or even kill the kidnappers, the police take that opportunity.

Qatar could easily arrest the Hamas mass murderers. I bet that negotiations with the Hamas members in Gaza would become more productive, but even if they don’t, it would be the right thing to do because, well, they are mass murderers.

The reason why Qatar does not do that may be explained by information that the Israeli Defense Forces uncovered in Gaza. As reported by the Times of Israel, “Documents seized in Gaza over the course of the war against Hamas and published by an Israeli TV channel Sunday night purport to shine a light on Qatar’s intensive collaboration with the terror group spanning a number of years, including attempts to thwart regional peace efforts by the US, marginalize Egyptian influence on Gaza, and bolster the roles of Turkey and Iran.”

But this does not explain why the United States, European countries, and others who claim to want the hostages freed and who claim to want Hamas removed from Gaza, do not pressure Qatar to do the right thing.

Not only is Qatar not arresting the Hamas leaders, and not only is no one pressuring them to do it, but Qatar even has the audacity to demand an apology from Israel because Israel finally decided to take the matter in their own hands and assassinate the mass murderers.

And what would Israel get in return for that apology? The most obvious and logical thing, arresting the mass murderers? No. Qatar would agree to mediate again in the negotiations between Israel and Hamas for the release of the hostages that have been held by the Hamas monsters in Gaza for 715 days already.

I am generally grateful to US president Donald Trump for supporting Israel against Hamas, Iran, and others, but even Trump seems to live in a parallel universe when it comes to Qatar. After the Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar, Trump said that Israel must be “very, very careful” about how it handles Qatar, and he called Qatar a “great ally.” A great ally?

If there was any fairness in international politics, Israel should not apologize to Qatar. Instead, Qatar should apologize to Israel and then should proceed to arrest the Hamas leaders. But clearly, fairness in international politics is a pipe dream, and we see that every day in the way the world treats Israel.

There are plenty of examples of that, but just to pick a relatively recent one, look at the fact that so many countries, including my own country Canada, are recognizing a Palestinian state while Palestinian terrorists still hold Israeli hostages. This is beyond revolting. If proof of widespread bias against Israel was needed, here it is. The world would not do this to any other country, especially an oil-rich country like Qatar. But for the Jewish state, it’s apparently fair game.

While there is no pressure on Qatar, there is plenty of pressure on Israel to end the Gaza war before Hamas is decimated. Yet we know that if Israel complies, there will be another Gaza war in a few years, and it will likely be even more deadly.

It’s as if world leaders wanted endless wars in Gaza, which is exactly the opposite of what they hypocritically say that they want.