Overview
- Carlson announced the planned purchase during a Doha Forum interview and said he has never taken Qatari money, calling the move a statement of independence.
- He conducted the onstage interview with Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, releasing the video Sunday after criticism from U.S. lawmakers.
- Al Thani said Qatar allowed a Hamas office at U.S.–Israeli request to facilitate cease-fires, hostage negotiations and humanitarian access.
- He said Qatar’s funding for Gaza was humanitarian and transparent with U.S. and Israeli coordination, rejecting claims that Doha finances Hamas.
- He ruled out paying for Gaza’s reconstruction and called Israel’s October strike on Doha mediation facilities unprecedented, saying President Trump expressed private frustration over the attack.