The Jewish Voice | JUNE 9, 2017

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Saudi Arabia to Qatar: End Your Support of Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas

In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, left, talks to Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince and Deputy Commander in Chief of the Emirates Armed Forces in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, June 2, 2017.

By: Fern Sidman

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n a unique strategic move, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen and Maldives cut diplomatic ties Monday with Qatar, accusing it of supporting terrorism. Qatar's Foreign Aff irs Ministry said the measures are "unjustified and are based on baseless and unfounded allegations." Last month, reports quoted Qatari leader Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Th ni as questioning U.S. hostility toward Iran and claiming that "tensions" between Qatar and the United States were escalating. Tho e reports were published on the Qatar News Agency website. For its part,

Qatar said it had been the victim of a "shameful cybercrime." Despite Doha's officia denial, media outlets in several Gulf countries reported the emir's comments as fact.

“During my recent trip to the Middle East I stated that there can no longer be funding of Radical Ideology. Leaders pointed to Qatar - look!� – Trump tweet Although Qatar claims the posted comments were false, the country has long been seen by its neighbors as supporting Islamists in the region - partic-

ularly the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist political group outlawed by both Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Bahrain recalled their ambassadors from Doha before in 2014 over its backing of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, a Brotherhood member. Eight months later, the envoys returned when Qatar forced a number of Brotherhood members to leave the country. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he does not expect Monday's actions to have an impact on the fight against terrorism in the region or globally. He urged all of the parties to address their disagreements. Tillerson said that if there's any role the U.S. can play "in terms of helping

them address those" issues, "we think it is important" that the Gulf Cooperation Council "remain unifie ." President Donald Trump has also jumped head first into the diplomatic spat between Qatar and the major Arab nations. In a series of three Twitter posts Tuesday, the president seemed to take credit for the Saudi-led move to isolate Qatar both diplomatically and economically. Referring to his speech in Riyadh last month, in which he called on Muslim leaders to take a stand against radical Islamist groups, he tweeted: “During my recent trip to the Middle East I stated that there can no longer be funding of Radical Ideology. Leaders pointed to Qatar - look!�

He followed that with two tweets that formed one message: "So good to see the Saudi Arabia visit with the King and 50 countries already paying off. They said they would take a hard line on funding..." "...extremism, and all reference was pointing to Qatar. Perhaps this will be the beginning of the end to the horror of terrorism!" The sanctions hit hard in Qatar, a peninsular country of 2.4 million people that imports almost 100 percent of its food. Th Doha government charged that the crisis is being fueled by “absolute

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