Over the years Qatar has hosted political offices for various groups the West regards as terrorist organisations: including Hamas, the Afghan Taliban, and Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood.
Hamas's barbaric attack on southern Israel and the coming ground offensive in Gaza has upended relations in other strategically vital parts of the Middle East - the oil rich kingdoms of the Gulf. But it's the tiny Gulf state of Qatar that may end up playing an outsized role in negotiating a way out of this latest bloody quagmire.
Its ambitious foreign policy plays all sides and gives this small nation a seat at the table on the world's most important geopolitical issues. The Israel-Hamas war is no exception. Still, it's complicated. Qatar has supported Hamas. In 2012, Qatar's previous emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani, became the first Arab leader in years to visit the besieged Gaza Strip, travelling there with his wife Sheikha Mozah.
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