Qatar's role hostage negotiations. now it's playing key role than 1,000 miles the west. is close U.S. ally the regional power positioned both influence Hamas .
Palestine-Qatar relations refer foreign relations Qatar the State Palestine. State Palestine an embassy Doha, Qatar. [1] Munir Abdullah Ghannam the ambassador Palestine Qatar. [2] Mohamed Al-Emadi the ambassador Qatar Palestine. [3]
The tiny Gulf state's negotiators knew Israel Hamas yet agree when, how, ceasefire the swap begin, to sources Qatar, Palestinian Territories .
On Wednesday, Qatar brokered deal Israel, Hamas Egypt, coordination the United States, release foreign nationals critically injured Palestinian civilians Gaza .
Qatar the go-to mediator the Israel-Hamas war. Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, Qatari jet landed Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport an urgent task: save cease-fire deal Israel Gaza's Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool, File) ISABEL DEBRE. Updated 2:32 PM PDT, November 27, 2023.
And the Abraham Accords, normalized Israel's relations some Qatar's Gulf Arab neighbors, main Israeli diplomatic presence the region a trade office Doha .
In past, Qatar's connections Hamas granted influence status the Middle East beyond. Doha's backing Hamas bolstered public perception Qatar working the Palestinian cause, other Arab regimes—such Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates—that seen having abandoned Palestinians favor normalization Israel.
4 4 | . FILE - Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani reacts speaking the White House, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, Washington. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, channeled wider anger the Arab world Israel's unrelenting airstrikes siege the Gaza Strip the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry has killed 5,000 people far.
NPR's Leila Fadel talks Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani brokering cease-fire the Israel-Hamas war, an exchange hostages prisoners.
April 18, 2024. Qatar's prime minister said his government reviewing role a key mediator Israel Hamas criticism U.S. Israeli officials, have urged .
How Qatar at centre Israeli hostage talks. abduction Hamas over 200 hostages seized southern Israel 7 October propelled small, gas-rich Arab Gulf state Qatar .