It’s recently been rumored that Qatar, the longtime headquarters of Hamas, is planning to expel the terrorist organization’s leader Khaled Meshal. Hamas denies it; but there’s little doubt that if Meshal were to leave, he would relocate to Turkey, which already provides Hamas with a base of operations and financial support. Moreover, the expulsion of Meshal would be a purely symbolic gesture, since other important Hamas figures would remain in Qatar. Jonathan Schanzer and David A. Weinberg explain:
Last month, Qatar and Turkey inaugurated a bilateral “Supreme Strategic Committee.” This was an agreement jointly to pursue aggressive foreign policies that the two countries have embraced separately for the better part of a decade. Hamas is undeniably a significant part of that joint agenda, which means that it matters little which Hamas headquarters Meshal ultimately chooses to call his home.
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