Wikileaks: Salam Fayyad to US: "I suggest you make life very difficult for the Qataris!"

"S E C R E T  JERUSALEM 001719 
SUBJECT: (S) FAYYAD ASKS U/S LEVEY FOR HELP WITH QATAR AND  TRADE-BASED MONEY LAUNDERING 
 ...  Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister  Salam Fayyad told Under Secretary of Treasury Stuart Levey  that  "Qatar is willfully bad"...   that he was extremely worried about Qatar and its continued  support for HAMAS and other Islamist organizations in the  West Bank and Gaza.  ""Qatar is a very lousy country, in every  possible way,"" he said, claiming that they provide ""more  support to fundamentalists than Kuwait or Saudi Arabia.""  Fayyad said that there was lots of money coming into the  region from Qatar.  Qatar's support for these organizations  ""on camera in the Security Council"" (a reference to Qatar's  recent sponsorship of a Council statement that Ramallah saw  as one-sided) should, he suggested, be a strong indication of  where their financial support is going.  He added that Qatar  is using charitable organizations to move funds to Gaza.  ""Qatar is willfully bad on money,"" Fayyad said, and he  encouraged the USG ""to make life difficult for Qatari banks  in the U.S."" ..."