Israel has tried to drag US into war on Iran for decades, says former Qatari PM

Israel has tried to drag US into war on Iran for decades, says former Qatari PM Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 05/11/2026 - 15:57 Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim tells Al Jazeera that Netanyahu is violently reshaping the region, and that Gulf can't rely indefinitely on US Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani in Cairo in May 2013 while serving as Qatari Premier and Foreign Minister (AFP/Gianluigi Guercia) Off A former Qatari prime minister has said that the war on Iran is part of decades-long Israeli efforts to violently reshape the region, and that a unified “Gulf Nato” must be urgently established. Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, who is also the former Qatari foreign minister, made the comments in a wide-ranging interview on Al Jazeera’s Al Muqabala programme. “We are witnessing a major restructuring of the region,” Sheikh Hamad said.