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Hamas leaders said looking at leaving Qatar amid growing pressure in hostage talks
2024-04-20
"Curley-toed slippers don’t fail me now!"
[IsraelTimes] Hamas’s political chiefs are exploring moving their base of operations out of Qatar, The Wall Street Journal reports, as the Gulf state is increasingly being pressed to prod the terror group in indirect hostage-for-truce negotiations with Israel.

Citing Arab officials, the report says Hamas has recently contacted two regional countries about having its leaders live there, one of which is Oman.

"The talks have already stalled again with barely any signs or prospects for them to resume any time soon, and distrust is rising between Hamas and the negotiators," an Arab mediator is quoted as saying by the newspaper.

Another Arab mediator warns "the possibility of the talks being upended entirely is very real," with the report saying Hamas leaders have faced threats of expulsion if they don’t agree to a hostage deal.
"They're dead, Jim"
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  Turkey is undependable. When the Muslim Brotherhood was expelled from Egypt by al-Sisi, it tried to re-form in Turkey. However, when many of its leaders understood they were being used they moved to Europe. As Erdogan becomes more and more unpopular it would not be wise for Hamas (an arm of the Muslim Brotherhood) to relocate there. Plus, there is the well-known fact that Turkey's intelligence services have been infiltrated by the CIA.
Posted by: Huputle+Cherelet4131   2024-04-20 11:03  

#3  ^ Yup. Yippy already hosts some, and MB honchos as well
Posted by: Frank G   2024-04-20 10:17  

#2  ^Turkey
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-04-20 09:30  

#1  Oman and Yemen are the only two places left in the Middle East. Oman knows that it will cut all ties with the West and with the Saudis and Emirates if it accepts Hamas. Thus, only Yemen is left, and who in hell wants to live in Yemen?
Posted by: Huputle+Cherelet4131   2024-04-20 09:15  

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