A snippet of a 2017 speech by Qatar’s emir has been falsely claimed online to show him threatening to stop supplying gas to the world should Israel not halt its current bombardment of Gaza.
“BREAKING: Qatar is threatening to create a global gas shortage in support of Palestine.
But the speech has been misrepresented and is unrelated to Israel’s October 2023 bombardment of Gaza.
It shows al-Thani delivering the opening speech at the Doha Forum in May 2017, where he spoke about the global refugee crisis and referred to Palestinians.
Al-Thani's 2017 speech has been misrepresented.
Persons:
Qatar’s, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad, Thani, Read
Organizations:
Facebook, Doha Forum, Qatari, Reuters, Thomson
Locations:
Israel, Gaza, Qatar, Palestine, Thani, al