Qatar is a new branch of Israel: Mansour

CAIRO – 14 December 2017: Retired Egyptian general Mahmoud Mansour, one of the founders of the Qatari intelligence bureau, said Wednesday: "the relation between Qatar and Israel has to be exposed."

In an interview with Tamer Amin on the Al-Hayat channel, Mansour said that what was said about Qatar’s regime having Zionist or Israeli or Jewish roots was confirmed over the last 20 years.

Speaking about Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser, chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), Mansour claimed that she has Judaized Arab people socially.

"Counting Qatar’s population today, you would find that the percentage of Arab people in Qatar is less than 40 percent," Mansour stated.

Describing former Qatari Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim as "a devil," Mansour said that bin Jassim was employed and paid by the U.S. Intelligence Community.

Mansour also charged Qatar of funding Israeli combatants with about $2 million dollars.
"Today, we are facing a new branch of Israel in the Eastern Arab World," Mansour added.

In an interview with Al-Arabiya in November, former Al-Qaeda organization member Ayman Dein described the Qatari policy as full of contradictions; supporting Islamist groups while establishing relations with Israel, and supporting Sunni groups while establishing relations with Iran.

On June 5, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed diplomatic ties with Qatar over accusations of sponsoring terrorist groups and interfering in other Arab nations’ internal affairs.