The statements were also published through Qatari official news agency QENA and included criticism from the Emir toward Egypt, the UAE, and Bahrain. Egypt, the UAE and Bahrain should reconsider their antagonistic stance against Qatar. In the early hours of Wednesday, Qatari authorities denied the veracity of these statements, claiming that the Qatari news website was hacked. The Qatari Foreign Affairs Ministry also indicated on its official Twitter account that the statements are false. This raised questions about the authenticity of the statements which, if proven correct, would lead to a political crisis in the Arab political arena, especially between Egypt and Qatar, whose bilateral relations have been unstable since 2013.

Source: Egypt Independent May 24, 2017 16:18 UTC