Campaign to boycott luxury London hotels over owner’s Hamas connections Billionaire hotelier Hamad bin Jassim was prime minister of the emirate when the terror group set up its headquarters there and has been seen publicly with its leader.

(Jewish News) Some of London’s most luxurious hotels — including the Connaught and Claridge’s — are the target of a boycott campaign due to their Qatari owner, who was prime minister of the emirate when Hamas moved its headquarters there.

Billionaire Hamad bin Jassim was prime minister and foreign minister of Qatar in 1999 when the terror group behind the 7 October massacres in southern Israel relocated from Jordan to Doha.

He has been photographed with Hamas’s leader, Ismail Haniyeh, and, together with the then-emir of Qatar, paid a state visit to Gaza in 2012.

Haniyeh is based in Doha, where he directs Hamas’ terror operations.

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