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-The statement on the internet that Qatar publicly threatens to stop supplying natural gas to the world is misleading. The relevant video is sourced from the speech delivered by Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar (Head of State), at the opening ceremony of the 14th Doha Forum in May 2017. Tamim did not mention anything related to the "cut-off of natural gas supply" in his speech.
Event Background
The new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict is still ongoing. Recently, a video of Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the current head of state of Qatar, delivering a speech was uploaded on social media platforms. According to the statement, Tamim publicly threatened Israel in the video that if the bombing of Gaza is not stopped, Qatar's natural gas supply to the world will be stopped.
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Qatar is one of the world's major exporters of liquefied natural gas. In April this year, the Natural Gas Exporting Countries Forum, headquartered in Doha, Qatar, released a report. The report shows that in 2022, Qatar's liquefied natural gas exports reached 80 million tons, making it the world's largest exporter of liquefied natural gas.
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The online video has been edited for only 7 seconds. After verification, Tamim did not mention any content related to the cut off of natural gas supply in this 7-second video. In the video, Tamim said in Arabic, "Therefore, it can be accurately said that the Palestinian issue was initially a problem of a nation being expelled from its land and homeland（ ولهذا يصحّ القول أن قضيّة فلسطين بدأت بوصفها قضيّة شعب اقتلع من أرضه وشرد من وطنه）”
At the bottom of the video screen, there is a section of Arabic marked with red background and white characters. OCR text recognition and keyword search can be found in an article published by Al Jazeera on May 14, 2017, titled "The Emir of Qatar Calls for the World to Solve the Refugee Crisis".
A screenshot of the article title released by Al Jazeera on May 14, 2017.
This article uses a data image with similar visual elements to online videos. To search for this image, you can find a 43 second video on Al Jazeera's YouTube channel. The video was also released on May 14, 2017, and the content from the 27th to 33rd seconds of the video is completely consistent with the online video.
A screenshot of a video posted by Al Jazeera on the YouTube channel. The content from the 27th to 33rd seconds of the video is completely consistent with the online video.
Based on the above article and video content, it can be understood that the online video is from Tamim's speech delivered at the opening ceremony of the 14th Doha Forum in May 2017, with the theme of "Development, Stability, and Refugee Issues".
The website of the PCOC organization with official background in Qatar has published the complete content of Tamim's speech. The part that appears in the online video is in the fourth paragraph of his speech. Tamim mentioned in this section that the refugee crisis is the result of a series of regional conflicts and a combination of factors based on race, ethnicity, denomination, and other backgrounds, some of which can be traced back decades, such as the "Nakba" disaster that occurred in 1948. Tamim believes that "the Palestinian issue was initially a problem of a nation being driven out of its land and leaving its homeland.
The website of the Qatar Conference organization published the complete content of Tamim's speech.
The annotation section is the content mentioned by Tamim in the online video.
Throughout Tamim's speech, there was no mention of anything related to the "cut-off of liquefied natural gas supply". It can also be inferred from the timing of the relevant video that the speech is not related to the recent Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Using Arabic to search for relevant content, reliable sources cannot be found.
In summary, the online rumor that "Qatar publicly threatens to stop supplying natural gas to the world" is unfounded. The relevant video is sourced from Tamim Al Thani's speech delivered at the opening ceremony of the 14th Doha Forum in May 2017, in which Tamim did not mention any content related to the "cut off of natural gas supply".