Research reveals Arab state sponsorship fueled Hamas terror, proving Israel faces state-backed jihad, not resistance.
A groundbreaking study by Jonathan D. Halevi, a retired lieutenant colonel, has laid bare Qatar’s central role in nurturing Hamas into a genocidal jihadist force—shattering the myth of Doha as a neutral mediator.
Published by the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, the research concludes that Qatar systematically empowered Hamas through political sanctuary, sustained financial pipelines, and ideological reinforcement rooted in Muslim Brotherhood extremism. Far from humanitarian concern, this backing enabled Hamas to evolve into a heavily armed, disciplined terror army capable of executing the October 7, 2023 massacre.
According to the documents and testimonies analyzed, Qatari support accelerated Hamas’s military development on an unprecedented scale. Billions in aid and political protection facilitated the construction of a vast underground tunnel empire, the creation of a domestic weapons industry, and the training of thousands of fighters. These efforts culminated in a coordinated offensive doctrine implemented with devastating effect against Israeli civilians.
The research reveals that the October 7 assault was not improvised. Its foundations were laid years earlier under a strategic framework known as the “End of Days Assurance System”—a plan combining military terror, psychological warfare, and an explicitly genocidal ideology aimed at dismantling the State of Israel.
Halevi further documents that Hamas leadership viewed Qatar as a preferred and trusted partner. Senior Hamas officials met in Doha more than a decade ago to discuss a so-called “Liberation Strategy,” openly dedicated to Israel’s destruction and its replacement with an Islamist entity. Clerical networks hosted and funded by Qatar sanctified mass murder, granting religious legitimacy to violence against Jews.
“Qatar carefully cultivated an international image as a humanitarian broker,” Halevi explained, “but in practice it provided Hamas with the political, economic, and ideological ecosystem necessary to plan and execute one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Israel’s history.”
The study calls on the international community to reassess its relationship with Qatar and end the dangerous fiction that the Gulf state is an honest intermediary in the Palestinian arena. Treating Qatar as neutral, Halevi warns, only emboldens terror networks and undermines regional and global security.
Ignoring the Arab state infrastructure that enabled October 7, he concluded, places not only Israel but the wider world at risk. Combating terrorism requires more than condemnations—it demands accountability for the states that finance, shelter, and legitimize jihad.
