Azmi Bishara is a controversial Arab figure. He has been described as an Arab intellectual, political philosopher and author. He was a member of the Israeli legislature, the Knesset. In 2007, he left for Egypt fearing prosecution on allegations of contact with a foreign agent, delivery of information to the enemy and assistance to the enemy-Hizbullah - during the 2006 war between Israel and the pro-Iran militias. He then settled in Qatar where he established and chaired the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies. With generous help from the Qatari government, he helped in establishing the Al-Araby Al-Jadeed (The New Arab) media conglomerate, which includes a newspaper with online and print editions and an online-only English version, as well as a television station. He started to invite criticism from chief of the UAE police Dhahi al-Khalfan and some Egyptian newspapers They claimed that Bishara played a key role in driving a wedge between the leaders of Qatar and the Egyptian army and security and meddling in the internal affairs of other Arab countries. In fact, it is strongly believed among Arab Gulf press and political circles that Bishara was an Israeli Trojan horse who was behind normalization of relations between Qatar, which member of the Arab Cooperation Council, and Israel. These circles say that Bishara was an Israeli ploy and that the charges against him were a well-written play to help him find refuge in Qatar where he brokered visits by Israeli officials, mainly former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni who is famous for her statements about having sex with some Arab officials in her "mission to serve Israeli interests". After accomplishing his mission, and at the onset of the current crisis, Bishara announced that he would dedicate himself to writing, and subsequently he left Doha to London. In another attempt to be different, Qatar also opened its doors to leaders of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, including sheikh Yusef al-Qardawi. Both men were regular speakers at Al-Jazeera TV channel during what is called " the Arab Spring". Al-Qardawi is famous for his "fatwas", including the one in which he called for assassinating former Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi. However, Bishara was more clever than Al-Qardawi because he has sensed the forthcoming storm and abandoned the ship, while Al-Qardawi is still looking for a safe haven after his dismissal from the Organization of Muslim Scholars. In fact, Qatar, the tiny Gulf state, has imagined itself as a super power. On one hand, it has exploited the Palestinian cause to show that it was the only Arab country that is helping the Palestinian people in time of need. As part of this endeavor, it hosted "Hamas" leaders after their ousting from Jordan while continuing contacts with Israel and opening of an Israeli trade office in Doha. Al-Jazeera, in the meantime, was the first Arab media to open an office in Israel and conduct interviews with the Israeli officials under the pretext of objectivity. The GCC countries were displeased with these unilateral steps and they advised Qatar to reconsider its policies, but it didn't read the writing on the wall. Instead of admitting its mistakes, Qatar seems determined to pour fuels on the fire in the already tense situation in the Gulf. Observers believe that the worst is yet to come if Qatar, in an attempt to break out of the present siege, throws itself into the arms of Iran whose spiritual leader Khaminai threatened Saudi Arabia with a destructive "response" after accusing it of planning the recent attack against the Khomini tomb and the Iranian parliament. Bishara and Al-Qardawi became aware now that the Qatari people do not need them anymore and that their magic had backfired. However, the Qatari crisis has unveiled that vested interests and implementation of foreign agendas is stronger than nationalist sentiments. It has also revealed the suspicious role by Bishara and other mercenaries in prolonging the crisis. What is going on in the Gulf nowadays is an open game of international intelligence agencies. We are convinced that there are some individuals in Qatar who are a replica of the ISIS leader abu Bakr al-Baaghdadi. "The international coalition" claims that they are fighting the ISIS in Iraq and Syria, but they are doing nothing to restrain the many "Baghdadis" in Qatar. Is it another version of the game of nations that is going behind the scene?
