...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
told Israel this morning that the Hamas
...a regional Iranian catspaw,...terror group has rejected Israel’s latest offer for a hostage deal that would see the release of Paleostinian security prisoners and a significant pause in fighting, the Kan public broadcaster reports, citing two sources with knowledge of the matter.
All three main television news channels cite officials saying Hamas has toughened its stance in the negotiations.
Kan cites unnamed Israeli officials as saying chances for a deal are not at zero and that other proposals are being worked on.
Meanwhile,
...back at the wreckage, Captain Poindexter wished he had thought to pack sun block...
Channel 12 news reports that Hamas has proposed a hostage deal that would end the war and include a ceasefire for 10-15 years. Notably, the terror group violated a similar previous agreement when it launched its October 7 onslaught.
Qatar ‘appalled’ by Netanyahu’s criticism, calls it ‘destructive’ to hostage deal efforts
How dare that uppity Jew call us out when we’re putting our thumb on the scales for the local branch of our beloved Muslim Brotherhood!
[IsraelTimes] Qatar’s foreign ministry chastises Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a report yesterday that said the premier had told families of hostages that Doha acting as the mediator between Israel and the Hamas terror group was “problematic.”“Qatar, from my point of view, is no different in essence than the United Nations… and the Red Cross, [Qatar] is even more problematic,” Channel 12 aired a recording of the premier saying, appearing to express disappointment with Washington for not applying more pressure on the Gulf state, which hosts Hamas leaders.
“I have no illusions about them. They have leverage [over Hamas]… Because [Qatar] funds them.”
Netanyahu says he got “very angry recently with the Americans” for renewing a deal to extend US military presence at a base in Qatar for another 10 years.
Majed Al Ansari, the spokesperson for Qatar’s foreign ministry, tweets that Doha is “appalled” by the reported remarks, adding that if confirmed, they “are irresponsible and destructive to the efforts to save innocent lives, but are not surprising.”
Smotrich fires back at Qatar: ‘Terror-backing state’ that won’t be involved in Gaza post-war
[IsraelTimes] In what appears to be an escalating feud between Israel and Qatar following Doha’s sharp criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich calls the Gulf state “a terror-supporting and terror-funding state.”
Retweeting the earlier post blasting Netanyahu by Majed Al Ansari, Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesman, Smotrich says Doha is “Hamas’s patron and is largely responsible for the massacre of Israeli citizens Hamas committed [on October 7].
“The West’s treatment of it is hypocritical and based on improper financial interests,” Smotrich continues. “The West can and should employ far stronger leverage and bring about the release of the hostages immediately.
“One thing is certain: Qatar won’t be involved in any way in managing Gaza in the day after the war.”