Repeated fall – Hamad bin Jassim provoked Qatari Emir’s anger
Over the past few days, former Qatari Prime Minister Hamad Bin Jassim, has caused a wide controversy in his country and abroad, following his statements, which are considered “repeated drops”, in his interview with the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Qabas, which provoked the wrath of the Emir of Qatar, Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani.
Hamad Bin Jassim irritate Tamim Bin Hamad
After days of huge controversy over Hamad bin Jassim’s interview with the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Qabas, the former Qatari Prime Minister came out, expressing regret over his shocking statements to the talk, claiming that parts of the interview were not presented by al-Qabas, which raised questions about the reprimand he received from the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.
Informed sources revealed that Bin Jassim’s statements raised the ire of the Emir of Qatar, following the controversy it caused, by revealing a frightening aspect of the secrets of the Qatari regime and the Al-Hamdayn organization, and the relationship with the Brotherhood, which caused tensions within the regime.
The sources added that Tamim Bin Hamad had ordered Hamad Bin Jassim to apologize and retract these statements in an attempt to repair the internal rift that the country has witnessed since.
Bin Jassim disavows his fall
Therefore, Hamad bin Jassim, today, Sunday, has disavowed his statements, or at least says that there are omitted parts that harmed the meaning. At the same time, Al-Qabas cleared her of any guilt and requested an excuse for her. He expressed his regret to the viewers that some episodes were not broadcast in full for reasons he refused to mention.
In his remarks, the former Qatari prime minister said: “After the broadcasting of my episodes with Al-Qabas has been completed, I would like to thank those who took up this work in Al-Qabas for their cooperation and efforts. I would also like to express my regret and understanding for their position because they were unable to produce the full episodes for reasons that need not be mentioned”.
He continued: “Although there was an explicit agreement with Al-Qabas that the episodes would be aired in full without any deletion, which encouraged me and made me agree to talk to them, clips from more than 15 episodes were deleted”.
Fabricated facts and the Muslim Brotherhood crisis
The former Qatari prime minister said: “I would also like to mention some of the confusion that occurred in some of the episodes, including when talking about the subject of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is a follower of Sheik Mohammed bin Abdulwahab and their relationship with King Abdul Aziz, as I said. What is true, is that Sheik Mohammed bin Abdulwahab had a relationship first with Imam Mohammed Ibn Saoud”.
One of the incidents in which Bin Jassim was involved was telling the story of events that took place with people, while the truth is that other people were responsible at the time. This torpedoed his false stories. I would also like to refer to what I said about my meeting at the United Nations with the Syrian Foreign Minister, Farouk al-Sharaa, as I mentioned, and the right thing is with Walid al-Mouallem.
False novels
Hamad bin Jassim also pointed to a historical correction to some of the things he said, when he mentioned that the last US Secretary of State under President George H.W. Bush was George Schultz, and the right one is Lawrence Eagleburger who took office for only one year, 1992-1993, as well as the British Prime Minister who succeeded Gordon Brown is David Cameron.
He added that he had been “confused by the Islamic Summit Conference held in Doha in 2000 and the Arab Summit Conference held in 2003”.
It is noteworthy that the historical errors in which Hamad bin Jassim made many of his statements, which make them false tales of historical facts, which he condemns historically. As a result, he received wide criticism, as well as of facts and dates, and exposed the lies of his novels.
Black box lies
Al-Qabas conducted a series of meetings with the Qatari Prime Minister and former Minister of Foreign Affairs through the Black Box program, during which he talked about the foreign policy of the State of Qatar, in addition to a number of Arab, regional and international issues, especially the Muslim Brotherhood.
The statements of the former Qatari prime minister indicated that the Brotherhood had become a pariah group, and they were no longer his allies. Observers interpreted bin Jassim’s remarks at the time as Qatar’s efforts to remove obstacles to its rapprochement with Gulf and Arab countries.
In an interview on the Al-Qabas platform in early March, Hamad bin Jassim described the administration of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi as being fit to run a shop – any shop – and not to run a state.
Bin Jassim revealed in an interview that Doha hosted a meeting between Morsi aides and representatives of the Egyptian administration during his time with representatives of the American administration, in order to bring the two parties closer. Washington wanted to know the trends of the Egyptian regime and its economic policies.
The former Qatari prime minister said: “I came out of the meeting in shock, and the level of Morsi’s group was not up to the debate at the time”, they were “poor people who are good for running a shop, not for the state”.
