The Gulf state of Qatar is reportedly seeking to meet with the heads of leading American Jewish organizations as part of the emirate’s efforts to improve its standing among US Jewry.
The offer for American Jewish leaders to meet with the emir and crown prince of Qatar, which was reported Wednesday by the Haaretz daily, was made ahead of the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week.
Qatar’s invitation to sit down with the heads of US Jewish groups comes shortly after the country hired a Washington DC public relations shop headed by a Republican strategist with experience working with American Jewish organizations.
Nick Muzin, whose firm Stonington Strategies will receive $50,000 a month for its work on behalf of Qatar, said improved ties between US Jews and the emirate is in the Jewish community’s “best interest.”
“Engagement with Qatar can only be in the best interests of the United States and the Jewish community, as we cannot allow Qatar to be ostracized by its neighbors and pushed into Iran’s sphere of influence,” Muzin was quoted as saying by O’Dwyer’s, a PR news site.
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