Qatar International Ministry officers accuse prime minister of in search of to extend Israel’s battle on Gaza.
Qatar has criticised feedback from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu through which he claimed that the Palestinian group Hamas is financially depending on Doha.
In a speech earlier than American Jewish leaders on Sunday, Netanyahu stated strain needs to be utilized on Qatar, which performed a key position in mediating November’s truce and hostage-prisoner alternate between Israel and Hamas.
“Qatar can press Hamas as nobody else can. They host Hamas leaders. Hamas depends on them financially,” Netanyahu stated. “I urge you to press Qatar to press Hamas as a result of we wish our hostages launched.”
Qatari Ministry of International Affairs spokesman Majed Al-Ansari stated Doha “categorically rejects the empty accusations”.
“The Israeli Prime Minister’s current statements through which he calls on Qatar to strain Hamas into releasing the [Israeli] hostages are nothing however a brand new try by him to delay and extend the battle for causes which have turn out to be clear to everybody,” he wrote on X on Monday.
The Israeli prime minister’s current statements calling on Qatar to strain Hamas to launch the hostages are nothing however a brand new try to stall and extend the battle for causes which have turn out to be apparent to everybody.
The Israeli Prime Minister is aware of very effectively that Qatar has been…
— د. ماجد محمد الأنصاري Dr. Majed Al Ansari (@majedalansari) February 19, 2024
“We categorically reject the empty accusations made by the Israeli Prime Minister relating to Qatari efforts in reconstruction and humanitarian help to the Palestinian folks in Gaza, portraying them as funding Hamas, which he personally is aware of have been carried out in full coordination with Israel, the US, Egypt, the United Nations, and all involved events,” Al-Ansari stated.
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani stated over the weekend that negotiations over a possible ceasefire have been “not very promising”.
Sheikh Mohammed, who can also be international minister, stated on Saturday he couldn’t give particulars on the talks however, as with previous offers, there have been two parts: humanitarian circumstances in Gaza and the variety of Palestinian prisoners to be launched in alternate for the discharge of Israeli captives.
The USA, Qatar and Egypt have spent weeks making an attempt to dealer a halt to preventing in Gaza and launch of the captives, however there’s a large hole between Israel’s and Hamas’s calls for. Qatar stated on Saturday that the talks “haven’t been progressing as anticipated”.
Hamas has stated it is not going to launch the remaining hostages with out Israel ending the battle and withdrawing its forces from Gaza. It additionally calls for the discharge of a whole bunch of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, together with high fighters.
Netanyahu has publicly rejected the calls for and any state of affairs through which Hamas would rebuild its army and governing capabilities. He stated he despatched a delegation to ceasefire talks in Cairo final week at US President Joe Biden’s request however doesn’t see the purpose in sending a workforce once more.
In an interview with Israel’s Kan public broadcaster, Netanyahu’s nationwide safety adviser, Tzachi Hanegbi, stated army strain and sticking to a strict line in negotiations could lead on Hamas to drop its “absurd calls for”.
Netanyahu additionally opposes Palestinian statehood, which the US calls a key factor for normalisation of relations between Israel and regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia.
Beforehand in December, Israel pulled its Mossad negotiators from Qatar after an impasse in negotiations. Israel had accused Hamas of not fulfilling its facet of an settlement to increase the November truce in Gaza.
