Correction, May 17, 2:20 p.m.: The story was edited to reflect that Cohen solicited Qatar Investments, a division of Qatar Investment Authority, and not the government itself. Michael Cohen, President Trump’s personal attorney, solicited a payment of at least $1 million from Qatar Investment Authority in late 2016, in exchange for access to and advice…
The Zionist Organization of America took credit on Tuesday for convincing the Al Jazeera network to drop a series about American pro-Israel advocacy groups, which the ZOA deemed to be a “viciously anti-Semitic” project, The Times Of Israel reported. Morton Klein, the organization’s president, reportedly met with Qatar’s emir and the Doha-based network’s officials in…
Updated March 27 A prominent Republican fundraiser has sued the country of Qatar and a lobbyist for that country for allegedly hacking into his emails and distributing its contents to journalists. Elliott Broidy, a top donor to both the Trump election campaign and the Republican Jewish Coalition, alleged in his lawsuit that the Gulf kingdom…
During my eight years teaching at Georgetown University’s branch in Doha, Qatar, my wife Ann and I tried to hold a Seder in our home on Passover. While not banned, Passover was not exactly a cause for public celebration in the Wahhabi Arab Gulf state, with many, many Muslims and very, very few Jews. I…
Jared Kushner’s family’s business, Kushner Companies, acknowledged Sunday that Kushner’s father met with Qatari officials to seek financing three months after Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Washington Post reported. Charles Kushner said that he turned down financing from Qatari’s finance minister because it may have presented a conflict of interest for Jared Kushner, an aide to…
Officials from Qatar acquired what they said was evidence of illicit influence by the United Arab Emirates on Jared Kushner and other White House figures, but did not share it with special counsel Robert Mueller in order to maintain diplomatic ties, NBC News reported Monday. Qatar believes that secret meetings between Kushner and leaders from…
Some surprising news emerged on the heels of the annual shebang of America’s largest Israel lobbying group. On the final day of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s policy conference, news broke that an undercover Al Jazeera documentary — about the very topic of Jewish advocacy for Israel — might lead to espionage charges against…
You never know who you’re going to spot at the Doha Four Seasons in Qatar. So I was only somewhat surprised when I found myself standing next to Harvard law Professor Alan Dershowitz in the omelet line last Saturday. It was a fortuitous meeting. Dershowitz had recently played a small role in an episode that…
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