Israel's Rafah attack set Hamas talks 'backward', Qatar says
Israel's military operation in Rafah has "set us backward" in negotiations with Hamas, mediator Qatar said on Tuesday, adding that talks are at "almost a stalemate".
"Unfortunately things didn't move in the right direction and right now we are on a status of almost a stalemate. Of course, what happened with Rafah has set us backward," Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani told the Qatar Economic Forum.
14 May 2024, 16:17
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Hamas was NEVER going to agree to anything unless it was 100% according their demands. So they kept playing the game that they were discussing an agreement, but everybody knew that nothing would come out of those talks.
Remember also that Qatar, for years, has been a paymaster for Hamas sending them millions each and every month for years and has never been a neutral go-between..
