It is surprising that the Israeli Prime Minister mentioned Pakistan twice while justifying the attack on Qatar.

It is surprising that the Israeli Prime Minister mentioned Pakistan twice while justifying the attack on Qatar.







A video message from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — posted on social media over the past few hours — is being widely discussed. He released the message on the occasion of the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the U.S., and used that context to justify Israel’s strike in Qatar.

In the roughly two-minute statement, Netanyahu also referred to Pakistan and Osama bin Laden.

Justifying the strike on Qatar, Netanyahu said that the United States had pursued Al Qaeda and killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. He warned Qatar and other countries not to shelter extremists, or Israel would continue to carry out such strikes abroad.

It should be recalled that Osama bin Laden was killed on 2 May 2011 in an operation carried out by U.S. Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Israel carried out an attack on Hamas senior leaders in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday.


What did Netanyahu say in his message?




In the video message released by the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office on 10 September, Netanyahu began by referring to 11 September: “Tomorrow is 11 September. We remember 11 September. On that day Islamist terrorists carried out the worst brutal attack on American soil since the founding of the United States.”

He went on: “We (Israel) also had our 11 September. We remember 7 October. On that day Islamist terrorists carried out the worst brutal act against Jews since the Holocaust.”

Continuing, the Israeli prime minister said: “What did the United States do after 11 September? It vowed to capture those terrorists responsible for this heinous crime, wherever they may be. Two weeks later the UN Security Council passed a resolution saying governments cannot shelter terrorists.”

Justifying Tuesday’s strike in Qatar, Netanyahu said: “Yesterday we acted on that principle. We did in Qatar what shelters terrorists, finances Hamas, and gives terrorist leaders magnificent palaces. Qatar gives them everything.”

Netanyahu further said: “So we did what the United States did — it pursued Al Qaeda terrorists in Afghanistan and then killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.”

Addressing the strong international reaction to the Qatar strike, the Israeli prime minister said: “Now many countries are condemning Israel. They should be ashamed. After the killing of Osama bin Laden by the United States, what did they do? Did they say ‘oh dear, Afghanistan or Pakistan has been wronged’? No — they applauded. These countries should stick to the same principles and praise Israel for upholding them.”

Netanyahu warned Qatar and other countries that harbor terrorists, saying: “I tell Qatar and all countries that shelter terrorists: either expel them or bring them to justice, because if you do not, we will.”

“A deplorable attempt to justify its crime”: Qatar

Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned Netanyahu’s comparison of the Doha strike to the U.S. pursuit of Al Qaeda, saying the Israeli prime minister’s statement was not only an attempt to justify Israel’s cowardly attack but also a shameful effort to justify future violations of state sovereignty.

The statement said Netanyahu is fully aware that Hamas’s office in Qatar is hosted as part of Qatar’s mediation efforts at the request of both the U.S. and Israel.

Qatar’s foreign ministry said that Netanyahu’s allegation that Qatar secretly sheltered a Hamas delegation is a deplorable attempt to justify a crime that the whole world has condemned.

The ministry added that Netanyahu tried to justify the Doha attack by comparing it to the U.S. pursuit of Al Qaeda after 9/11.

It also noted that Al Qaeda never had a negotiating delegation with whom the U.S. was seeking regional peace with international backing.

Qatar said that despite attempts to tarnish its reputation, it continues to act as a neutral international partner for regional and global security and stability.

The statement added that Qatar will take all necessary steps to defend its sovereignty and territory.


Pakistan is not Qatar, and Israel is not the U.S.





Netanyahu mentioned Pakistan twice in his message, prompting many social media users to comment.

User Mansoor Ahmed Qureshi wrote that Netanyahu is warning Qatar to “hand over the terrorists to us or we will act.” He added that it is surprising Netanyahu mentioned Pakistan twice while justifying the Doha strike.

Another user wrote, Pakistan is not Qatar and Israel is not the U.S.

One user commented that “it is not right to appropriate 9/11 and use it to justify a terroristic attack on another country. The Taliban are terrorists, but the U.S. negotiated with the Taliban in Qatar; the U.S. did not attack Taliban delegations in Qatar.