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Israeli strike in Qatar shakes decades-long U.S. security pact with Gulf states
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Los Angeles Times
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC taken on Wednesday shows damage after an Israeli strike targeted a compound that hosted Hamas’ political leadership in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday.
Other Gulf leaders — even those harboring lingering reservations about Qatar and its regional policies — presented a united front on Qatar’s behalf.
But the feeling among many in the Gulf is that Israel is just as belligerent and destabilizing an actor as Iran.
“The Gulf states do not want to live in a region dominated by either Israel or Iran,” she added.
“You’re here as a security guarantor,” he said of the U.S. “We cannot be cash dispensers if we feel that our basic security is not guaranteed.”
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