Those responsible for orchestrating the attacks “are operating in plain sight and within reach in the hands of our purported major non-NATO ally Qatar,” said Mark Wallace, a former U.S. representative to the United Nations and head of the New York-based United Against Nuclear Iran. “We should not hesitate to act militarily on Qatari soil to bring to justice Ismail Haniyeh and Hamas leadership,” Wallace said. Frances Townsend, a top counterterror adviser to George W. Bush and head of the non-profit Counter Extremism Project, also joined the call for action.

According to the Counter Extremism Project, the Muslim Brotherhood “has had a profound influence on the belief system that fuels al-Qaeda and ISIS. These groups share ideological underpinnings based on the writings of the late Brotherhood ideologue Sayyid Qutb.”

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: "Israel has carried out a strike targeting the leadership of Hamas in Qatar. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he ordered the strike. Qatar has condemned the incident as a 'cowardly Israeli attack'. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said the strike was a violation of Qatar's sovereignty."

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a private research institution critical of Qatar’s support for the Muslim Brotherhood, claims that one of the RAF Foundation’s cofounders was the above-mentioned al-Nuaimi. Other members, according to CEP, include Mohammed Jassim al-Sulaiti, whom the four Arab governments included in their terrorism list in 2017, identifying him as “an aide to Khalifa Muhammad Turki al-Subaiy,” whom the U.S. Treasury Department designated in 2008 “for providing financial and material support to al Qaida.”