Tiny, rich, corrupt and corrupting (see the FIFA bribes)] Qatar has been a supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood, been a refuge for Hamas leaders, and the only Arab state, save for Syria under Assad, that has befriended the Islamic Republic of Iran. Because of its good relations with Hamas, and with many of Hamas’ leaders conveniently living in Doha, Qatar’s ruler, the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, was chosen to help mediate an agreement between Hamas and Israel that would lead to the current ceasefire and the innocents-for-criminals exchange between Israel and Hamas. For the part the Emir played in attaining this ceasefire and the hostages for-criminals swap — one that many supporters of Israel regard with great dismay — Qatar’s ambassador to the U.K. has suggested that his country’s ruler, the Emir, deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. The ambassador’s name, you should know, is Sheikh Abdullah Al-Thani, a close relative of the Emir, so it’s all in the family. More on his preposterous suggestion can be found here: “Qatar’s UK ambassador calls for Emir to receive Nobel Prize for ceasefire mediation,” Jerusalem Post, January
Qatar’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Thani, has called for the Emir of Qatar to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize following the successful mediation of a cease-fire and the second round of hostage releases by Hamas.
The agreement is only in its second week. It has many months to go, and many observers think it will not hold, because Hamas will use the pullback of the IDF from Gazan cities to regroup, rearm, and recruit new combatants. In fact, American intelligence believes that Hamas has already managed to enroll another 15,000 members, who will replace three-quarters of the 20,000 Hamas combatants whom the IDF says it has killed. Of course these new, quite young recruits lack the training, weapons, and battlefield experience of those whom they have replaced. They may turn out to be cannon fodder, akin to the tens of thousands of Hitler Youth members who were thrown into battle in the last months of the war to defend Berlin, and who were easily mowed down by the Allied forces.
The ambassador made the statement to The Jerusalem Post after the release of Israeli hostage Romi Gonen, whose mother, Meirav Leshem-Gonen, he had met last year in Berlin while serving as Qatar’s ambassador to Germany. “Wisdom triumphed over revenge, ending the longest conflict in modern history,” Sheikh Al-Thani declared. “Families of hostages and prisoners in Tel Aviv, Gaza, and the West Bank celebrated their reunion in a historic moment of unity.”…
“Ending the longest conflict in modern history”? What can Abdullah Al-Thani be thinking? The war in Gaza has gone on for only 15 months. The war in Afghanistan lasted for more than twenty years. The war in Iraq lasted for eight years. So did the war between Iran and Iraq. The war in Ukraine is entering its third year. Or has Sheikh Al-Thani forgotten about the longer war between Israel and the “Palestinians,” or more exactly, the war between Israel and the Arabs, that started on May 15, 1948 and has not yet ended, and of which the war in Gaza is merely one episode? It is doubtful, given the implacable refusal of Muslims to accept a permanent Jewish state in their midst, one built on land they believe must return to Muslim control, that that war ever will end. That Arab-Israeli war can be contained; just as deterrence worked to prevent an American-Soviet conflict during the Cold War, a militarily more powerful Israel — nuclear-armed — can deter its enemies. That could prevent a major war between Israel and the Arabs, but will not end the enmity of the Arabs.
Of course, Sheikh Abdullah al-Thani is not embarrassed to be calling for the Emir, his close relative — Qatar is largely owned, and ruled, by the Al-Thani family — to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
The ambassador highlighted the global effort behind the success, crediting world leaders and public opinion for upholding international law and humanitarian principles, which prevented the situation from spiraling into “darker times.” He described the cease-fire as the first step toward a lasting peace based on a two-state solution, stressing the importance of continued international support to achieve that goal….
My, my. Abdullah al-Thani thinks the situation has not “spiraled into darker times” because of this ceasefire which is all of two weeks old, and may fall apart at any minute, if the regrouped Hamas forces in northern Gaza renew their missile attacks on Israel, or if Hamas reveals after the second or third week that there no other hostages still alive. Then the rage in Israel will lead to another attack by the IDF on Hamas in Gaza. Al-Thani also describes as a given what is now almost certainly dead on arrival — that ballyhooed “two-state solution” that 75% of Israeli Jews now reject. And what evidence does Ambassador Al-Thani have that a “lasting peace” will ever be possible between Israel and the Muslim Arabs? Has he read the Qur’an and hadith? Does he know that any land once possessed by Muslims must belong to them forever? Does he know all this but hopes that in the gullible Western world, they will not find out until after Israel has been squeezed back within the indefensible 1949 armistice lines?
Let’s repeat: we are only two weeks into this shaky ceasefire. Hamas in the north is preparing to restart the war. It has 15,000 new recruits. It still has some weapons in hideouts and tunnels that the IDF has not yet uncovered. Praise for the Emir for his supposedly “pivotal role in ending the war” is premature. The ceasefire agreement is not a triumph of statecraft, but a dismal affair in which Israel was pressured to make a very bad deal. Let’s put it this way: Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani deserves the Nobel Peace Prize just as much as Yassir Arafat and Barack Obama. That is, not at all.
Walter Sieruk says
It’s very obvious that those insidious stealth jihadists gaining power and influence of those high positions institutions of “higher education” must, obviously , be accepting “gifts”, bribes, from persons from foreign oil rich countries.
Many universities and colleges across the United States and in the United Kingdom have been thoroughly infiltrated and influenced by the insidious stealth jihadists.
There may be little doubt that those stealth jihadists are backed and funded by oil rich Qatar .
Walter Sieruk says
Qatar supporting that Muslim terrorist organizations and it doesn’t stop with that insidious evil .Qatar has, the stealth jihad , has infiltrated and influenced many universities and colleges in the United Kingdom and across the United States.
So now those “institutions of higher education” have indoctrinated many young impressionable students to be very anti-Jewish , ant-Israel and even pro- Hamas.
Tim gallagher says
A Muslim getting a peace prize, what a load of bullshit that is. Ex Muslims like ibn warraq, ayan hirsi Ali deserve a peace prize for ditching murderously violent Islam, but a Muslim, it has to be some kind of bizarre joke
gravenimage says
Spot on, Tim.
Peter WF says
Search “Countries by sex ratio 2024”.
Note the data sources then go to the bottom of he list and ask yourself the question “Where are the missing female births”.
Peter Williamson says
Gaza has to be rebuilt as part of Israel populated by Israelis. All ‘Palestinians’ removed
Wellington says
The Nobel Peace Prize has become a farce and reminds me of what Mark Twain said when he was asked if he had received the French Legion of Honor. His reply was, “Yes, but few escape that distinction.”
gravenimage says
Yes–the Nobel Peace prize has become a sick joke. They include some real peacemakers, but also such ludicrous figures as Barak Obama, Al Gore, Mohamed El Baradei, Jimmy Carter, Yasser Arafat, and UN Peacefkeeping forces.
Anyone noticing a preponderance of iffy (or worse) Muslims and hard Leftist Democratic presidential nominees would not be wrong…
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I wonder whether Qatar can pay each member of the Nobel Committee the same amount as the prize money so that they award it to their Emir?
At any rate, that prize is pretty much discredited, w/ winners like Jimmy Carter, Yasser Arafat, Malala Yousafzai, Barack Obama and most recently, Mohammed Yunis, under whose regime Bangladesh has become the killing fields for Hindus, Buddhists and Christians. I really wouldn’t mind the Emir getting it: it can’t be more sullied than it already is
WPM says
George Soros get awarded the highest civilian America award by a sitting President (walking dead President Biden ) the President Medal of Freedom .A terror broker Emir Sheikh Tamin Bin Al Thani gets awarded the Nobel Prize for getting rich off of taking bribes being a shelter for terror leaders and a backer of world wide jihad .We do live in interesting times ,but seeing the list by Infidel of previous” winners ” of that prize maybe it is appropriate that he be added to that list of useful idiots like Carter ,America haters like Obama ,murderers ,terrorist ,jihadist and thieves.
gravenimage says
Thanks for mentioning Mohammed Yunis–how could I have forgotten this great Muslim “humanitarian”?
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Couldn’t the Qataris just bribe the Nobel committee into awarding their Emir the prize, maybe w/ each of the judges getting an equivalent of the prize money? It’s not like this prize hasn’t been sullied. Hugh pointed out Arafat and Obama: I’d toss in Malala Yousafzai, Shirin Ebadi and most recently Mohammed Yunis, who has been overseeing the genocide of Hindus, Buddhists and Christians in Bangladesh
The Emir could well get it, but it wouldn’t enhance his reputation, given some of the earlier recipients of the prize
Billy says
Qatar, Turkey, Iran, and the 50+ Islamic Countries are Terrorist States against ALL Non-Muslims as taught in Islam’s Quran. Like a Foreign Terrorist Organization(FTO) as designated by the USA Secretary of State, Islam is a MUSLIM TERRORIST ORGANIZATION against all Non-Muslims as taught in the Quran(Quran 2:216; 4:95; 8:12,39,74; 9:5,29,41,49; 88,111,123;49:15 and more). More specifically, Islam is a Muslim Terrorist Ideology and Criminal Organization of discrimination, segregation, supremacy, genocide, polygamy, deceit, hatred, incitement, sedition, rape, terrorism, and violence against all Non-Muslims as taught in the Quran. Fundamentally, Islam is a Terrorist Criminal Enterprise. The FRUIT of Islam is continual WAR, terrorism, discrimination, and violence against all Non-Muslims; this FACT must be taught and broadcast to the general public to prohibit Islam, its Mosques, and its Schools. Also, Islam is an Antichrist System terrorizing Israel, Christians, and Non-Muslims. Plus, there is NO EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW in Islam or in Islamic Law(Quran 98:6-7; 9:29 and more). In Sahih Bukhari(V6,B60,N80), Abu Huraira narrates, “‘You(Muslims) are the best of peoples ever raised for mankind.’ means, the best of peoples for the people, as you bring them[Non-Muslims] with chains on their necks till they embrace Islam[see Quran 3:110].” See also Quran 3:22,151; 69:30-32; 98:6.
Non-Muslims CANNOT have peace with Islam and its Muslims because Islam and its murderous god, Allah, demand a continuous, Muslim war against unbelievers where Non-Muslims are CRIMINALS under Islam as Allah in Qur’an 8:39 says, “And engage in war with them[Non-Muslims] until there will not be sedition and the religion will be completely to Allah…” HENCE, NON-MUSLIMS MUST MAKE ISLAM, ITS MOSQUES, ITS SCHOOLS, ITS ORGANIZATIONS, ETC. ILLEGAL UNDER THE LAW. Similarly, Islam and its many Organizations must be identified and publicly declared to be MUSLIM TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS for their funding, teaching, and support of terrorism, violence, and discrimination against Non-Muslims(eg. Quran 9:5,29,111 and more).
Islam promotes a terroristic, Muslim war against unbelievers when Allah in Qur’an 49:15 says, “Surely the believers are only those who believed in Allah and his messenger. They do not doubt, and they performed JIHAD with THEIR MONEY AND THEIR LIVES for the sake of Allah. Those are the truthful.”
Deceitful Allah promises Heavenly Paradise to Muslims for acts of Muslim killing in a terrorist war against Non-Muslims and hypocrites when Quran 9:111 says, “Surely Allah has purchased from the believers[Muslims] their souls and their money so that they may have the garden[Heavenly Paradise]. They engage in war for the sake of Allah, so they kill and are killed…”
Bexarkat says
When the Nobel committee selected Obama because he was “special” for the peace prize, they lost all credibility.
gravenimage says
This was a low point–but I think they lost it before that when awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Jihad terrorist Yasser Arafat.
Wellington says
Agreed, gravenimage. Arafat getting the Nobel Peace Prize was obscene. This is one prize that needs to be done away with.
James Lincoln says
The “Nobel Peace Prize” has now become meaningless.
somehistory says
jimmy carter got one and so did bo. It’s worse than meaningless, James, imo.
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
Muslim-Peace. What an oxymoron!
gravenimage says
Qatar’s Emir ‘Should Be Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize’?
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Why? For giving Hamas bigwigs sanctuary? For having the death penalty for apostacy? For using slave labor to build soccer stadiums? For convicting rape victims to prison? For winking at sex trafficking? So many choices…