With the extraordinary fortune of Qatar, an emirate tightly ruled by an absolutist monarchy that knows how to "oil" the Western media machine, Hamas is setting in motion a series of schemes that the media report on without hesitation or investigation, all with the aim of putting pressure on Israel.

Beatriz W. de Rittigstein

Thus, at the end of July, a fully coordinated propaganda campaign emerged seeking to uncover an imaginary famine in Gaza: numerous media outlets published photos of starving children as proof. All of these images were a complete lie; some of these children suffered from congenital diseases, and other images were from Syria, Sudan, or Yemen.

It was a successful promotional effort that the media fell for, although it was strange that no malnourished adults, bone-deep from lack of food, were seen; on the contrary, many videos from Gaza show overweight men.

Ironically, the only ones who are malnourished are the Jewish kidnapped in the clutches of Hamas, as we saw in the videos the terrorists recorded of Rom Braslavski and Evyatar David, with the aim of interfering in Israeli social events.

The New York Times acknowledged that the photo of the Gazan child published on its front page did not reflect reality: the child had a pre-existing illness; the correction was made on a secondary account, with much less reach than the original publication. The text was also misleading, as it claimed to be unaware of the child's illness, but the truth is that, in the interview, the mother stated that the child was born that way. This publication by the New York newspaper was not only motivated by antisemitic intentions, seeking to generate resentment against Israelis and Jews, but it was also immoral, as it took advantage of a family tragedy.

Despite all this evidence about the famine fiction, there are media such as El País from Spain or the with the BBC British, to name just two, where the non-existent famine is insisted upon daily. However, the German newspaper BILD A report revealed a photographer staging images depicting "the famine in Gaza." The photographer is Anas Zayed Fteiha, who works for the Turkish state news agency Anadolu Agency and stages scenes to reinforce pro-Hamas narratives. Reports indicate that Fteiha captured and disseminated images showing women and children supposedly waiting for food, holding empty pots. Wider shots and other angles reveal a deliberate act; those present were brought to the scene and set up the scene.

At the beginning of this week, a new hate campaign unfolded. An Israeli attack in Gaza City eliminated a Palestinian journalist from the Qatari network. Al JazeeraAnas al-Sharif. The Israel Defense Forces released documents confiscated from the Hamas terrorist group indicating that al-Sharif was the commander of a terrorist cell planning rocket attacks against Israeli civilians. The documents include membership lists, terrorist training lists, and salary records—reams of documents proving al-Sharif's affiliation with Hamas's military wing, including his position and commitments. In addition, the IDF shared photos that unequivocally link him to the terrorist group's leader, Yahya Sinwar. Apparently, Al Jazeera concealed his involvement in terrorist activities.

In the face of overwhelming evidence, it is time for democratic countries and certain international organizations to act responsibly, demanding moderation and decency from the Qatari monarchy in the face of the numerous and irrefutable evidence demonstrating its very damaging support and financing of nefarious radical Islamist terrorist groups.