Qatar, which vehemently denies the allegations, drew some apparent support from Turkey yesterday.
He later tweeted: "Perhaps this will be the beginning of the end to the horror of terrorism!"
Now the Qataris, at odds with their neighbors and under fire from President Donald Trump on Twitter, are anxiously waiting to see if that policy pays off.
Qatar denounced today that the ultimatum that was given by Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain to its citizens to leave those countries is a violation of human rights and requires UN intervention.
The state-run Kuwait News Agency reported Kuwaiti ruler Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah spoke with Qatar's emir Monday evening and urged him to give a chance to efforts that could ease tensions.
Just outside Doha sits al-Udeid airbase, which not only hosts thousands of USA troops but is the main regional hub for combat air operations the US-led coalition war against ISIS.
The comments lent credence to a view held by some analysts that Trump in his Middle East trip emboldened the Arab nations to take action even though Qatar is a USA ally and hosts a US military base.
On Wednesday, the UAE suggested it may put an embargo in place against Qatar. But Gulf Arab neighbours and Egypt have always been irked by its maverick stances and support for the Muslim Brotherhood, which they regard as a political enemy.
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Trump "knows that it's changing and that the USA has to be responsible for it and that's what we're going to do", Haley said. It will also help fulfil the Paris agreement reporting requirements so that the world can track the United States' progress.
Recently, six Arab countries including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, as well as the Western-recognised governments of Yemen and Libya, abruptly cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, after accusing it of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, Islamist political movement that allegedly supports pro-Iran militias, and funding terror activities.
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir delivers a statement after a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the State Department in Washington, February 8, 2016. "Nobody wants to hurt Qatar". "Qatar recently purchased about 20,000 tonnes of Russian milling wheat which according to my calculations has just arrived in past days or will arrive in coming days", one European grain trader said. "Leaders pointed to Qatar - look!", Trump tweeted.
President Donald Trump is bringing "reality to the situation" in the Middle East by backing a Saudi-led coalition's tough stance against neighboring Qatar, said Sadad al-Husseini, a former executive at Saudi Arabia's state oil company.
Energy-rich Qatar has long had strained ties with its neighbours but the move by Riyadh and its supporters raised fears of more volatility in the region.
Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani told Qatar-based Al Jazeera TV that Qatar will not retaliate, hoping Kuwait will help resolve the dispute. Among a barrage of other measures, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have halted all road, air and sea traffic to Qatar.
Although it is located in a volatile region of the world, its huge foreign currency reserves and comparatively small population mean arranging adequate new sources of food imports in an emergency is a possibility. Riyadh could be using this opportunity to curb dissent within the Sunni flock and get them to line up behind it. A day earlier, Trump discussed the crisis with King Salman of Saudi Arabia, which is leading the campaign against Qatar. Flight tracker websites showed Qatar Airways flights instead taking a circuitous route, mostly over Iran.
Qatar's stock market slid to its lowest close since January 2016 and the Qatari riyal came under pressure.
Meanwhile, the Philippines said it will temporarily suspend the deployment of Filipino workers to Qatar.
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