Letter

In response to Israel leaps over red lines in attack on Qatari capital Doha

A New York minute

Qatar is ostensibly a trusted US ally. It hosts the Udeid Air Base, the forward headquarters of US Central Command and headquarters of the USAF Central Command. You would think this gave it some protection when hosting a peace conference, a conference proposed by the US. Clearly this is not so, as the recent attack on Hamas delegates to that peace conference proved.

I hope the sycophants in Canberra realise the extent of the Faustian bargain they have made with the twined Zionist regimes in Washington and Tel Aviv. The message from Qatar is crystal clear. Deviate from the imposed narrative, or perhaps just because they can, and they will throw you under the bus in a New York minute. West Asia may not currently loom large on our foreign relations’ horizon, but China does.

— Hal Duell from Alice Springs