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U.S. undermining Israel, Blinken inserts Qatar over Jerusalem’s objections

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken invites Qatar to participated in a meeting without Israel, to help build Gaza pier over Israeli objections.
– Official says a Qatari port in Gaza is a dream come true for Hamas.

By Itamar Eichner, Yuval Karni

 

The United States decided to bring Qatar in to participate in the construction and management of the temporary pier in Gaza, that will bring humanitarian aid into the Strip, despite Israel’s objections. “Qatari involvement in a port in Gaza would be a dream come true for Hamas and it is too bad that Israel missed the gravity of the situation in time to stop it,” according to an Israeli official. Continue Reading »

Qatari diplomat in Jerusalem says he secretly visited Israel 20 times since 2014

Qatari ambassador visiting Israel stresses how Qatar is not colluding with Hamas, saying, “If we were helping Hamas, do you think the Israelis would allow us to go in and out? They know we’re not helping Hamas.”

By Reuters and Israel Hayom Staff

 

Israel Qatar is helping Israel avoid another Gaza war by funneling relief money to impoverished Palestinians, with Washington’s blessing, a Qatari diplomat said on Thursday, in an effort to demonstrate Doha’s distance from Islamist Gaza rulers Hamas.

Qatari envoy Mohammed Al-Emadi interviewed in Jerusalem, on 22 Feb 2018 – Photo: Reuters

Since coming under an embargo last year, imposed by its U.S.-allied Continue Reading »

Israel sends 4 truckloads of cement to Gaza as Qatar begins rebuilding 1,000 homes

Qatari official begins project to rebuild 1,000 homes as part of their $1 billion aid pledge, saying little of the world’s $5.4 billion that was pledged, has reached Gaza.

 

A Qatari official visiting a Gaza neighborhood heavily bombed in last summer’s war with Israel said on Tuesday the Gulf Arab state had begun a project to rebuild 1,000 homes as part of a $1 billion aid pledge.

Trucks at the Kerem Shalom Crossing in Gaza [file]- Photo: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa-Reuters

Mohammad al-Amadi, head of the Qatari Committee to Rebuild Gaza, said that earlier in the day Israel had allowed four truckloads of cement into the Gaza Strip so that the planned construction of the dwellings could begin. Continue Reading »