Qatar, which is at the center of mediation in the war between Israel and Hamas, today welcomes the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for a meeting that, as sources in Doha emphasize with Adnkronos, will serve “to bring together the countries of the region to realign and see if there is room for a common position.” The heads of state and government of Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman and the United Arab Emirates will be guests of Emir Tamim bin Hamad after the preparatory meeting of foreign ministers Al Thani awaits in the emirate.
“Negotiations under the radar, but at a very high level”
Acting GCC President Qatar wants to discuss the “latest regional and international developments”, with a particular focus on the resumption of hostilities in Gaza following the end of the ceasefire last Friday, says GCC Secretary-General Yassim Mohamed Al Budaiwi. In Doha, negotiations continue “under the radar but at a very high level” even after the departure of the Mossad chiefs recalled by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the sources emphasize, according to which Qatar “has” released the hostages after the first phase “The bar has been raised even higher to strive for a longer-term solution.”
“The Qataris enjoy the trust of all major international actors and also representatives of Israel,” the sources note, despite the Prime Minister’s statements calling for thousands of Palestinian civilian casualties in the face of a public opinion that is “increasingly alarmed and suffering” over the international urged the community to “investigate the war crimes committed by the occupying forces in the Gaza Strip.” And although a senior Israeli Foreign Ministry official has said in recent days that he wants to “settle accounts” with Qatar once its role in negotiations over the release of the Gaza hostages is over.
However, in Doha, administering the Gaza Strip after the end of the war is not currently one of the priorities. Qatar considers it premature to talk about it because “we do not want to burn a solution” by favoring one option over the other, revealing names or hypotheses that risk losing credibility, while the prospect of a new structure for the Gaza Strip still exists seems distant.
Just like the story about the Hamas leaders based in Qatar that Israel would like to hunt down in order to eliminate them, this is also seen as a “false problem” in the emirate, as in every other country where they live . “Be careful not to fixate on a few people from a very large and diverse group, the problem – warn observers – is rather that of violent radicalism, the ideology of violent resistance” that underlies the October 7 attack “How defuse it.” An ideology that in Doha, as in other capitals of the Arab world, but also in the West, does not believe that it can be eradicated by military means.
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