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Qatar has demanded that Hamas leave the country, is quitting mediation role — maybe
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Diplomat says Qatar quitting Gaza mediation role, confirms Hamas to be booted from Doha
[IsraelTimes] Source seems to deny decision followed US pressure, telling ToI it was due to repeated demonstrations by both Israel and Hamas that they weren’t interested in good faith talks
Qatar
...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...
has decided to end its role as mediator between Israel and Hamas
 ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
amid long-stalled negotiations for a Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response ...
ceasefire and hostage release deal, a diplomat familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel on Saturday.
The diplomat, who is not American, also confirmed Friday’s revelation by the US that Doha told Hamas officials late last month to leave the country, but appeared to deny that the decision was taken in connection with a request from the Biden administration.
The diplomat said Qatar made the decision on its own, determining that it could not continue mediating between Israel and Hamas if neither side was willing to negotiate in good faith. And if it is no longer mediating, there is no purpose for Qatar to allow Hamas to maintain its offices in the country, the diplomat said.
The diplomat lamented that the long-foundering ceasefire and hostage release negotiations "became more about politics and elections" for both Israel and Hamas, as opposed to a "serious attempt to secure peace." The diplomat claimed both sides backed out of commitments they had made throughout the negotiations and were only engaged in them for the purpose of "political optics."
Earlier this week, former defense minister Yoav Gallant suggested to the families of hostages held in Gaza that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has kept the war going for political reasons, not security ones, preventing a ceasefire and hostage release deal.
The diplomat said that once the decision was made by Qatar to cease its mediating role and to kick Hamas officials out of the country, it first informed the other mediators — the US and Egypt — and then told Hamas and Israel. The notification was provided at the end of October.
No timeline was given for when Hamas will leave Doha, but it is not something that can happen overnight, the diplomat indicated.
The diplomat stressed that Qatar’s decision isn’t necessarily permanent and could be reversed if both sides demonstrate a sincere willingness to negotiate in good faith.
This is what happened in April, when Qatar quietly pushed Hamas out of the country, the diplomat says. The terror group’s leaders went to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...
, but the US and Israel asked Doha to bring them back in order to resume talks, after attempts to do so with Hamas in Ankara did not succeed.
Indeed, two government officials revealed that sequence of events to The Times of Israel in May.
The diplomat speculated that after Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh
...became Prime Minister of Gaza after the legislative elections of 2006 which Hamas won. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah-Hamas festivities, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continues as the PM of Gazoo while Abbas maintains a separate PM in the West Bank...
’s liquidation in Tehran, Hamas officials will once again head to Turkey. This could place Ankara in a difficult position, though, as the Biden administration made clear Friday that it doesn’t want its allies hosting the terror group.
An Israeli official in Netanyahu’s office issued a statement to news hounds welcoming Qatar’s decision, saying that no country should host the terror group.
The Israeli official asserted that Donald Trump
...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party...
’s election victory this week also contributed to the decision, suggesting that the Republican president-elect would not have supported Hamas’s continued presence in Doha.
At the same time, a senior Hamas official contradicted the diplomat and US officials, telling news hounds on condition of anonymity that the terror group had not received any directive from Qatar to leave the country.
| Interesting. No doubt at some point we’ll find out what is actually true, and what is the fertile Arab imagination.. |
Qatar has hosted Hamas officials in Doha since 2012 when the terror group moved its headquarters out of Damascus amid the Syrian civil war. Successive US administrations from both parties urged Qatar to serve as a conduit to the terror group.
Following Hamas’s October 7 onslaught, the US informed Qatar that Doha would not be able to maintain "business as usual" with the terror group. However,
denial ain't just a river in Egypt...
the administration held off on asking the Gulf state to shutter the Hamas office, viewing the communication channel with the group to be as critical as ever in brokering a ceasefire and hostage release deal.
Those talks yielded a week-long deal last November, but they have failed to secure a permanent ceasefire or the release of the remaining 101 hostages.
A US official told The Times of Israel on Friday that Hamas’s execution of American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin along with five other captives in late August, and subsequent rejection of more ceasefire proposals, are what led the administration to change its approach regarding the terror group’s continued presence in Doha, deeming it "no longer viable or acceptable."
The US decision also coincided with its unsealing of indictments against Hamas officials, including one of its top leaders Khaled Meshaal, who is known to reside in Doha, the US official said.
"After rejecting repeated proposals to release hostages, its leaders should no longer be welcome in the capitals of any American partner," a second senior administration official told The Times of Israel.
The official said Hamas showed no signs of budging from "unrealistic positions" in the negotiations, maintaining conditions that would have effectively ensured its ability to remain in power in Gaza — "something the US and Israel will never accept."
Two weeks ago, the US asked Qatar to kick out Hamas, the US official said, adding that Doha agreed and gave the notice around October 28.
Details regarding when the expulsion of Hamas officials will actually take place and where they will be ordered to go are still being worked out, the US official added.
The official stressed that the administration is continuing to pursue a number of initiatives aimed at securing a hostage deal before the end of US President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. I'm not working for you. Don't be such a horse's ass. ...
’s term and believes that the combination of Hamas’s expulsion from Qatar, US sanctions and other tools at Washington’s disposal could succeed in coaxing the terror group to come down from its demands.
The US official stressed that Doha has played an "invaluable role" as a mediator throughout the conflict. It’s unclear what role Qatar will be able to play moving forward, once it no longer hosts Hamas leaders.
Qatar has come under fire from Congressional Republicans who have been less praiseworthy of Doha’s role in the conflict and argued that the Gulf emirate could have placed more pressure on Hamas to secure a deal.
The Biden administration has repeatedly pushed back against this criticism and has relied on Qatar as a mediator in several other conflicts in addition to the one in Gaza.
Egypt is likely to continue playing a mediating role, given the contacts that it maintains with Hamas leaders in bordering Gaza.
Qatari media report denies Hamas ordered to leave Doha; officials tell ToI report false
[IsraelTimes] Hamas has not been informed they are unwelcome in Doha, the Qatari Al-Araby news outlet reports, citing informed sources.
Al-Araby says that information reported by media outlets, including The Times of Israel, is inaccurate.
However, an Arab official tells The Times of Israel that the Al-Araby report is false, calling it a “smokescreen” put on by sources who do not support the decision to oust Hamas.
Senior Biden administration officials told The Times of Israel overnight that Qatar informed Hamas over a week ago that it must close its diplomatic office in Doha.
Qatar has hosted Hamas officials in Doha since 2012, when the terror group moved its headquarters out of Damascus amid the Syrian civil war and after successive US administrations from both parties urged Qatar to serve as a conduit to the terror group.
Following Hamas’s October 7 onslaught, the US informed Qatar that Doha would not be able to maintain “business as usual” with the terror group. However, the administration held off on asking the Gulf state to shutter the Hamas office, viewing the communication channel with Hamas to be as critical as ever in brokering a ceasefire and hostage release deal.
A US official told The Times of Israel that Hamas’s execution of American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin along with five other captives in late August and subsequent rejection of more ceasefire proposals are what led the administration to change its approach regarding the terror group’s continued presence in Doha, deeming it “no longer viable or acceptable.”
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