Qatar is at the center of a battle for hearts and minds

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The winds didn’t just blow hot when Donald J. Trump recently touched down in Qatar on the first visit ever to the Gulf state by a sitting US president, which generated deals worth US$s1.2 trillion.

They also blew cold, chilled by a long-standing, Israel-inspired campaign aimed to sully Qatar’s reputation.