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Re: Qatar Houses Hamas Bosses-Talks to Swap Hamas Hostages For Palestinians in Israel
Qatar Houses Hamas Bosses - Time To Call Out Qatar?
How Tiny Qatar Hosts The Leaders of Hamas Without Consequences...
Qatar Leading Talks to Swap Hamas-Held Hostages For Palestinians in Israeli Jails
CBC 18 OCT 2023
In this picture released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, left, meets with Ismail Haniyeh, one of the leaders of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, in Doha, Qatar on Oct. 14, 2023
An analysis by Evan Dyer describes how the leaders of Hamas are nowhere near the current conflict.
On Oct. 7, as Hamas gunmen rampaged across southern Israel, a group of middle-aged men in a luxury suite in Doha, Qatar, gathered in front of a camera.
Hamas leaders, led by Ismail Haniyeh, recorded themselves showing surprise about the attacks from the news on a large-screen television, and then kneeling to give thanks to Allah for the success of the operation.
This episode served as a reminder that while civilians in Gaza die in the hundreds from aerial bombing and tens of thousands more are rendered homeless, Hamas's leaders exist above the fray in air-conditioned comfort 2,000 kilometres away as guests of Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.
But they are not the only guests of Qatar....
Just a few minutes' drive away from the hotels and villas housing Hamas leaders is Al Udaid Air Base, home to the U.S. military's Central Command. Washington's relationship with Qatar is so close that last year the White House officially designated the tiny emirate a "Major Non-NATO Ally" of the United States.
On Monday evening, according to the government of Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a phone conversation with Qatar's Emir Al-Thani.
Those who cover Canadian foreign relations have learned not to give much weight to Ottawa's anodyne readouts (descriptions of official calls), which often omit important information and are sometimes misleading. The account from the Qatari side is equally opaque.
Neither the Canadian government readout nor the Qatari one mention anyone raising the presence of Hamas' leadership in Qatar during the call.
CBC News asked the Prime Minister's Office if Trudeau had indeed spoken with the Emir without mentioning the issue of Hamas's presence in Qatar, but did not receive an answer.
An official in Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly's office told CBC News, "I can say that it has not been raised by the minister."
Qatar's embassy in Canada did respond, although it did not reveal details of the Trudeau-Thani conversation. The embassy told CBC News that Qatar condemns "all forms of targeting civilians" and that "killing innocent civilians, especially women and children, and practising the policy of collective punishment are unacceptable."
Qatar Leading Talks to Swap Hamas-Held Hostages
Qatari mediators have held urgent calls with Hamas officials to try to negotiate freedom for Israeli women and children seized by the militant group and held in Gaza in exchange for the release of 36 Palestinian women and children from Israel's prisons
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