Qatar Is Using Its Influence on European Soccer to Get Israel Banned

It started with a lunch involving Sarkozy; billions of dollars later...

NOTE: A shorter version of this essay was published in the Middle East Forum Observer.

On May 31, the French soccer club Paris Saint Germain (PSG) became European champion for the first time after dominating France for over a decade. This would have sounded absurd to a soccer fan in 2010. PSG owes its success to the commitment of then-President Nicolas S…