Cairo – A senior Fatah official is quoted by the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat as saying that the Qatari government threatened to expel the Hamas political bureau chief, Khaled Mashaal, if the Palestinian Islamist group agreed to the Egyptian cease-fire proposal.
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Mashaal, who is based in Qatar, has been blamed by Israeli officials in recent days for sabotaging a long-term truce along the Gaza front by repeatedly making new demands that Jerusalem is unwilling to meet.
The Fatah official told Al-Hayat that Hamas has insisted that Qatar be given a seat at the negotiating table in Cairo. According to the official, Hamas wants either the Qatari foreign minister or the head of intelligence to be permitted to take part in the discussions.
Egypt has adamantly refused to permit Qatar to participate in the cease-fire talks, according to the report. Cairo wants a Qatari apology for the government’s policies toward Egypt since the military coup against the Muslim Brotherhood brought Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to power.
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It is time for the USA to put pressure on Qatar,which is trying to become the next IRAN
The entire mid-East (Turkey to the North, Saudi Arabia to the South, Israel and Egypt to the West, and Iran to the East – perhaps including Pakistan) is going up in flames. The US and Europe as well as other major countries are picking sides. And these proxies are fighting their battles in Israel, Syria and Iraq. Who has a large enough fire hose to put it out when you have to drench the region, not just the local hot spots.
How can a country that nobody even knows how to pronounce its name, expect to be taken seriously…
Egypt is correct. Qatari are terrrorists, do not want any peace anywhere as there government will be overthrown.
Not too long ago, people had a hard time figuring out why the war of Gog and Magog would be fought in the Middle East.
Qatar is our friend and Hamas is a humanitarian organization.
Obama Care is great because you can keep your doctor and keep your plan period.
It’s about time Israel signs a resolution with Gaza now unconditionally !
You have to pass it to know what’s in it!.
next time ……….VOTE REPUBLICAN
Why isn’t the US not cutting off all flights to & from this extrimest country.