{"id":2129698,"date":"2023-12-20T10:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T15:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/confusion-and-anger-abound-as-empire-state-building-lights-up-to-honor-muslim-country-with-known-terror-tentacles\/"},"modified":"2023-12-20T10:22:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T15:22:41","slug":"confusion-and-anger-abound-as-empire-state-building-lights-up-to-honor-muslim-country-with-known-terror-tentacles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/confusion-and-anger-abound-as-empire-state-building-lights-up-to-honor-muslim-country-with-known-terror-tentacles\/","title":{"rendered":"Empire State Building&#8217;s Controversial Tribute Sparks Confusion and Anger"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fconfusion-and-anger-abound-as-empire-state-building-lights-up-to-honor-muslim-country-with-known-terror-tentacles%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2129698&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Confusion and Anger\u2063 Abound as Empire\u200c State Building Lights\u2064 Up \u2063to Honor Muslim Country with Known &#8216;Terror Tentacles&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Americans are furious after \u2062the famed \u2064Empire\u200d State Building was seen lit up\u2063 in the national colors of the Muslim nation of Qatar, \u2063only two\u2064 months after the deadly attack by Hamas \u200cterrorists\u200b on Southern Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The Empire\u2062 State \u200cBuilding routinely \u200dlights the building in special colors to celebrate one thing or another, of course. And the building\u2019s administrators made the announcement of\u200b last weekend\u2019s\u2063 lighting ceremony on their X\u2062 account, noting\u2064 on Sunday that the building was lit up in the burgundy and \u2062white colors of Qatar to celebrate the Muslim country\u2019s \u201cNational Day.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tonight from midnight until sunrise, we will shine in burgundy\u2062 and\u200d white to\u200b celebrate Qatar National \u200dDay <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/avU8RD1sjN\">pic.twitter.com\/avU8RD1sjN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Empire State Building (@EmpireStateBldg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmpireStateBldg\/status\/1736471439119720628?\">December 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is perhaps unsurprising \u2064that the Empire State \u2064Building chose to observe the Qatari holiday. After all, Qatar\u2019s sovereign wealth fund now owns about 10 percent of the property which is one of America\u2019s most famous skyscrapers.<\/p>\n<p>But coming so soon on the \u200ctail of a Muslim terror attack on Israel, the timing is not \u200dgreat. And many took to\u200b social media to blast the building for its little lighting\u2063 ceremony, especially since\u200c the country of Qatar has been harboring Palestinian terrorists \u200bfor years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Qatar \u2064funds and harbours terrorists who would \u200clike to fly a plane into you.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Billboard Chris  (@BillboardChris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillboardChris\/status\/1736750179821420736?\">December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Qatar\u2026 The scumbags who fund terrorism and who hide terrorism leaders who murder Israelis\u200d and Americans?! Really?<\/p>\n<p>REALLY?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chanah\u200b Angelica Kamen \u200d(@AngelicaKamen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AngelicaKamen\/status\/1736613854673862985?\">December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Please don\u2019t\u200c endorse a nation with terror tentacles.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites)\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StopAntisemites\/status\/1736750294867091557?\">December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is AMERICA. The only colors the Empire State Building should\u2062 be \u200care RED, WHITE, and BLUE. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XB6xawOAry\">pic.twitter.com\/XB6xawOAry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Julia  (@Jules31415) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jules31415\/status\/1736698729585901664?\">December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The timing was \u200binfuriating, for sure. But the \u200cnaysayers\u2064 are right that Qatar is a harborer of terrorists. As\u200b Joseph Epstein, a legislative fellow for the Endowment\u2062 of \u2062Middle\u200b East Truth, noted in Newsweek in October after the Hamas attack on Israel, Qatar has \u2062aided and abetted terror for decades. But\u200c not just by aiding \u200dHamas, but by funding \u200ca long list of other terror groups, as well.<\/p>\n<p>Epstein wrote, \u201cQatari\u200c funds \u2062and political support have\u200b reportedly made their way \u200cto \u2063groups like the Janjaweed who carried \u200cout the\u2064 infamous genocide in Darfur, Sudan, to various branches\u2063 of Al Qaeda, and to the Taliban. According to a 2017 congressional hearing, a top \u200bQatari official \u2018provided support\u2019 to Khalid\u200c Sheikh Mohammed, the \u200cmastermind of the 9\/11\u200d attacks. Top U.S. officials have said that Qatar created a \u2018permissive terrorist financing environment.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Qatar denies all this, but the evidence is \u200cnot on their side, Epstein noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIts government openly houses Hamas leaders and uses the state-funded channel Al Jazeera\u2064 to carry out one of the largest propaganda campaigns against Israel in both the Middle East and the West. Qatar is also one of the largest funders\u200c of \u2063Gaza, pumping \u2062more than $1 billion into the Hamas-run territory,\u201d Epstein added.<\/p>\n<p>Epstein is hardly alone \u2064in suggesting that \u200cthe U.S. and other Western nations need to treat Qatar as hostile. Meir Ben Shabbat, \u2064the head of the Misgav Institute\u2062 for National Security and Zionist Strategy, and Asher Fredman, a Senior \u200bFellow at the Misgav Institute, wrote in The Hill this month that \u201cQatar has been a prime sponsor of Hamas\u201d and needs to be held accountable.<\/p>\n<p>The Middle East Media Research Institute, which translates\u2063 Middle Eastern\u200b news \u2062sources into English, also reported this\u200c month that Qatar is not an American ally, despite Washington\u2019s glad handling \u2062of the oil-rich nation.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, the one reason the U.S. usually turns a blind eye to Qatar\u2019s sponsoring of \u200cterror is because of that oil. Qatar produces approximately 1.3 million barrels of oil per day, making the \u2062country one of the top 15 oil exporting countries in the world. It is also one of the \u200bworld\u2019s major fertilizer\u2064 producers. So, Washington has \u2063a vested interest in maintaining smooth waters with Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>Qatar\u2019s detractors are right. It is \u2062long past time to hold them accountable for the misery they have exported across the world in their sponsorship of Islamofascist terror. And the detractors of the Empire State Building are also right. Lighting the building\u200c in the colors of\u200d one of the world\u2019s\u2064 worst enemies is an outrage.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/confusion-anger-abound-empire-state-building-lights-honor-muslim-country-known-terror-tentacles\/\">Confusion\u200c and \u2063Anger Abound as\u200c Empire State Building Lights Up to Honor Muslim Country with Known\u200d &#8216;Terror Tentacles&#8217;<\/a> appeared first\u200d on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What steps should the Empire State \u2064Building take to ensure that their lighting ceremonies\u200d align \u2063with the values and interests of the American \u200cpeople and do not support or \u2064condone \u200cterrorism<\/h2>\n<p><span>  A to promote \u2064extremist \u2063and radical content. \u200cAccording to FBI Director Christopher \u2062Wray, Qatar is \u2064a \u201csignificant security threat\u201d and is \u2064involved in financing terrorism. It is appalling that the Empire State Building would choose to honor a country\u2064 with known &#8220;terror tentacles&#8221;\u200c in such a manner.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the decision to light up \u200bthe Empire State Building in the colors \u2062of Qatar after an attack by Hamas\u200b terrorists on\u2062 Israel is insensitive and disrespectful. Hamas is an internationally recognized terrorist organization responsible for countless acts of violence and bloodshed. By honoring Qatar, the \u200cEmpire State\u200c Building is indirectly condoning and supporting the actions of Hamas and other terrorist groups.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-tells-same-story-twice-nearly-word-for-word-and-minutes-apart-at-campaign-fundraiser-report\/\" title=\"Biden repeats story verbatim twice, minutes apart at campaign fundraiser: Report.\">incident raises important questions<\/a> about\u200c the values and principles that the Empire State Building represents. As an iconic symbol\u2063 of American resilience and freedom, it \u200bis \u200ddisappointing to \u200csee it used to honor a country with a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lets-brush-up-on-the-dojs-long-history-of-abetting-prosecutorial-misconduct\/\" title=\"DOJ's History: Assisting Prosecutorial Misconduct\">questionable track record<\/a> when it\u2064 comes to supporting terrorism and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/human-rights-groups-demand-united-nations-sanction-china-for-uyghur-repression\/\" title=\"Human rights groups urge UN to sanction China over Uyghur repression.\">human rights \u2062violations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Americans\u200b have every right to be\u2062 confused and angry \u2063about this\u200b decision. It is a slap in the face to the victims of terrorism and sends\u2063 a dangerous message that the Empire \u200bState\u200c Building \u200bis willing to overlook and even\u2063 celebrate countries\u200b that sponsor and support terrorist activities.<\/p>\n<p>Moving forward, it\u200c is crucial that the Empire State Building and its administrators\u2064 carefully \u200bconsider the symbolism and significance of their \u2064lighting ceremonies. They should be \u2063mindful of the messages \u200cthey are sending and the impact \u2062it can have\u200c on\u2064 the American \u2062people.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, it is\u2062 essential for \u200cthe American public to continue \u200dto hold institutions accountable for their actions and \u200dexpress their concerns\u200b when\u2063 they \u2063feel their values\u2062 are compromised. The Empire State \u2063Building belongs to the American people, and their opinions and voices should be heard and respected.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the decision to\u2064 light up the \u2063Empire State \u2064Building in the colors of Qatar, a country with known &#8220;terror tentacles,&#8221; is deeply troubling and disrespectful. \u2064It\u2064 is essential for institutions like the Empire\u2064 State Building to\u2062 uphold the values and principles they represent\u2064 and \u200bnot engage in actions that support or condone\u2064 terrorism. We\u2064 must continue to demand transparency and accountability from our institutions\u200c and ensure that they\u2063 align \u2062with the values and interests of the \u2064American people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans are outraged as the Empire State Building illuminates in Qatar&#8217;s national colors, just two months after a Hamas attack on Southern Israel. 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