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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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  Hamas said in a statement on Monday that it had accepted a Gaza ceasefire proposal from Egypt and Qatar. The Islamist faction said in a statement that its chief, Ismail Haniyeh, had informed Qatar's prime minister and Egypt's intelligence chief of its acceptance of their proposal. Earlier on Monday, US President Joe Biden pressed […]

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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

  Stalled talks aimed at securing the release of the 134 Israeli hostages still held by the Hamas terror organization in the Gaza Strip are expected to resume in Qatar as soon as Sunday, according to Egyptian officials. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram The negotiations would mark the first time both Israeli […]

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The emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, has transformed his tiny emirate into an international powerhouse. His British education comes in handy in the West when he's not busy reconciling with his Gulf neighbors and financing Hamas

  Israel said "significant gaps" remain after ceasefire talks Sunday with the United States, Qatar, and Egypt but called them constructive and said they would continue in the week ahead, a tentative sign of progress on a potential agreement that could see Israel pause military operations against Hamas in exchange for the release of remaining […]

  Qatar said on Wednesday it was "appalled" by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's alleged remarks on its mediation role in the Gaza war after he called the Gulf state "problematic" in a leaked recording. "We are appalled by the alleged remarks attributed to the Israeli Prime Minister in various media reports about Qatar's mediation role," […]

The Qataris funded Hamas for years, harbored its leaders and legitimized it as a political power. But everything it did was done with full Israeli consent and encouragement. Now, as Qatar is a sort of 'swing state' in Middle Eastern politics, its critics better acknowledge that it will have a key role in a reconfigured region