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Sources tell Haaretz that Qatar has reentered the picture after withdrawing as a mediator, while Hamas says 'intensive efforts' underway for a two-month cease-fire during which hostages will be released in steps and Palestinian Authority will assume control of Rafah crossing

After Haaretz reported that the prime minister's advisors Yonatan Urich and Srulik Einhorn had built a campaign in 2022 to improve Qatar's image, MK Gilad Kariv wrote to Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, urging her to examine if Netanyahu and his advisors' ties with Qatar violate 'Israeli law on combatting terror and government ethics'

Qatar said that both Israel and Hamas are not acting in good faith, adding that it would renew its mediation efforts 'when the parties show their willingness to end the brutal war and the ongoing suffering of civilians' in Gaza

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The United States informed Qatar that it no longer finds the presence of Hamas's leadership in the country acceptable, prompting Doha to demand that the organization's leaders depart, according to a report from Reuters. According to the report, citing a senior government source, the decision was made following Hamas leadership's firm rejection of a partial […]

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Rallies calling for a deal that would release the hostages held in Gaza are being held in various locations across Israel, ahead of a Qatar summit on Sunday where negotiations will renew. Haifa will not see a protest for the fifth consecutive week due to Home Front Command restrictions

There is little Qatar can do as mediator if both Israel and Hamas remain defiantly reluctant to strike a cease-fire deal – there is one critical reason why Doha won't walk away

By treating Qatar as an enemy state which controls Hamas, Israel is adopting a linear and simplistic approach – and forcing Doha into a contrarian position

'The hostages are evidence of the greatest security, social, moral, and religious failure in the history of the State of Israel' the relative of one hostage said as demonstrators urged Israeli negotiators not to return from Qatar without a deal

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According to a report in Walla, he told a conference in Miami that Qatar is the 'second-biggest financiers of terrorism in the world after Iran,' and claimed that they fund anti-Israel campus protests. A Qatari official dismissed the claims as 'nonsense' and said it could 'complicate' hostage talks

Foreign diplomats say that Wednesday's meeting in Qatar with Mossad chief David Barnea will be 'critically important,' since the mediators are waiting to hear whether Israel has any practical proposals for bridging the gaps with Hamas, in light of Netanyahu's 'red lines' document

Negotiations for a cease-fire and hostage deal are ongoing, but Israeli sources are pessimistic about the progress, saying that Hamas has little interest in a deal right now. Qatar is trying to leverage Hamas into giving up its furthest reaching demands in the hope that a deal can be reached

Expelling the leaders of Hamas from their cozy haven in Qatar could be a harsh personal punishment, but it's unlikely to have an impact on Sinwar in Gaza. If there's real leverage on him, it lies in an alternative government and not in the 'sheltered housing' that Haniyeh enjoys in Qatar

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Two Hamas leaders said a Wall Street Journal report that the group's political leaders are considering leaving Qatar, while Hamas said it wants to strengthen ties with Turkey, including the direct receipt of aid

In what appears to be a coordinated effort, three separate attacks from U.S. lawmakers have blamed Qatar for a lack of progress on hostage talks and a temporary cease-fire in Gaza. But that is a blatantly unfair assessment, even if a convenient one for Benjamin Netanyahu