The Qatari regime is paying a company run by former Clinton administration aide Jay Futlik to advise families of Israeli hostages, according to a report Wednesday. politiko. The fee is $40,000 a month, and customers are told not to criticize Qatar.
The shocking report shows that the parties to the Gaza conflict are trying to negotiate a deal to release some of the 136 hostages, living and dead, still held by Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist organization that started the war. It became clear while I was there.
Qatar has provided funding to Hamas in the past and provides shelter to its billionaire leaders, who enjoy a life of luxury in exile in Qatar’s capital Doha. It also runs Al Jazeera, a news organization that has delivered anti-Israel war propaganda into hundreds of millions of homes.
politiko report Futlik said his company was just one of several Qatari-funded organizations involved in advising hostages. The other is the Richardson Center for Global Engagement, which has received more than $1 million in funding from Qatar.
Politico reported:
Some families trying to free their loved ones held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip are being advised by individuals and organizations funded by Qatar… The main link between Hamas and Israel This is an unusual arrangement considering Qatar’s role as a mediator and the country’s position as follows: It is the home of Hamas’s political leadership.
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Futlik’s consulting firm, Third Circle, has been registered with FARA since 2019 to help arrange travel to Qatar for U.S. elected officials on behalf of the Qatari Embassy, according to a Justice Department filing. pays the company $40,000 a month.
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The Richardson Center for Global Engagement, a hostage negotiation group founded by the late New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, also receives significant funding from Qatar. The center’s deputy director, Mickey Bergman, is also a frequent advisor to many families and reportedly advised them not to criticize Qatar.
Funding from Qatar creates a strange conflict of interest, and Israel faces pressure from Hamas and its supporters on both sides of the table: not only the terrorist side, but also the hostage families that Israel seeks to represent in this conflict. It means that. I talk.
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