The opprobrium of Qatar and other Arab states juxtaposes sharply with the reaction of Doha and those states flocking to the emergency summit after Iran launched several missiles at Qatar’s Al-Udeid Air Base on June 23, 2025. That attack met largely with silence or perhaps a few pro forma denunciations, but none of the vitriol.

A senior Turkish official, speaking on condition of anonymity, summed up Ankara’s reaction: “The attack in Qatar showed that the Israeli government is ready to do anything.”

This shift in the global paradigm of accountability, born from Israel's action in Doha, must now be applied with far greater force to a far more significant enabler of terrorism: Turkey. Opinion.

Turkey has condemned Israel's strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar, calling it "vile. " The Foreign Ministry in Ankara said the targeted attack on Hamas' negotiating delegation during ongoing ceasefire "demonstrates that Israel aims to continue the war,

FILE - Khalil al-Hayya, a high-ranking Hamas official who has represented the Palestinian militant group in negotiations for a cease-fire and hostage exchange deal, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)