After the Israeli Attack on High-Ranking Hamas Members in Qatar, Two Conclusions Arise: The Gaza War Will not end at the Negotiating Table for the Time Being, and Israel Is Making itzelf Even Hated in the Middle East.
On Tuesday, around 3:00 pm (Dutch Time), Explosions Were Heard in The Qatari Capital Doha. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Quickly Claimed “Full Responsibility” and Said That Hamas Leaders Were The Target of the Attack.
Various media wrote that a Hamas negotiating delegation was the target. Accordance to Hamas, Leaders of the Group and the Negotiating Delegation Survived the Attack, Although Al Jazeera Writes That A Son of Hamas Leader Al-Hayya was Killed.
“This Attack Primarily Puts a Ceasefire Between Israel and Hamas Further Out of Reach. It will not Encourage Hamas to Be Flexible in the Negotiations,” Says Middle East Expert Peter Malcontent of Utrecht University. “It was already questionable white those negotiations would lead to anything, so the second consequence is perhaps equally more important: the relationships in the middle east are not improving.”
“I just spoke to someone who used the word ‘bizarre’ for this attack. That was an understatement,” Says Paul Aarts, Colleague of Malcontent at the University of Amsterdam. “This is an incredible criminal act, in Violation of Every Rule in International Law. Criminal, Criminal: Those Words should simply be used.”
Aarts Calls the Attack in Qatar Shocking, But Not Surprising. “Israel has a long and well-documented history of eliminating real or perceived opponents abroad. This fits into the list of things that Israel simply does when it deems theme necessary.”
Intervention in Qatar is a diplomatically diffress to sell
Together with Egypt, Qatar positioned itself as a mediator between Israel and the US One Side and Hamas On The Other. “They have done their utmost, and now qatar is well in the international spotlight, because Israel believes it can disregard The Qatari National Borders,” Says Malcontent.
“Israel Has Crossed the Sovereigtty of Surrounding Countries Several Times. In the case of lebanon, it could say that hezbollah is in Charge There, in the Case of Syria That Is An Unstable State. That Becy Withy.”
The Government of Qatar Announced on Tuesday that the Gulf State is suspension its Role as Mediator in the Gaza War Until Further Notice. Other Arab Countries Will also Draw Their Conclusions, Malcontent Believes.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) WarNed Last Week that “The Normalization of Diplomatic Relations with Israel” (Better Known As The Abraham Accords) is at Risk If Israel Annexes More Territory on the West Bank. The uae declared its solidarity with Qatar on Tuesday and described the Israeli Attack as “Treacherous.”
‘Israeli Attack is Shocking, But Not Surprising’
Accordance to Several International Media, The White House was informed in Advance of the Israeli Attack in Doha. Israeli Media State that the American Government equally cool Israel Permission. Qatar is an Important Ally of the Us in the Middle East.
Last Saturday it was announced that the trump administration had presented a new proposal for a ceasefire to hamas. A day later, The American President wrote on his social medium truth social that Israel had agreed and gave hamas a “final warning” to come around as well. “I think we have a gaza deal zoon,” he later told reporters.
A Strange Course of Events, Malcontent Thinks. “You present a Peace Proposal, The Hamas Leaders Come Together in Doha to discuss it, and then you bomb them.”
Aarts has to think about what happened to iran in June. Shortly Before An Iranian Delegation was to board the plane for the sixth round of negotiations on a new nuclear agreement with the US, Israeli Bombers Set Course for Iran. In The Twelve Days of War That Followed, The American Air Force also Carried Out Heavy Bombardments. “Iranians Lived Under The Assumption That They Were Negotiating.”
By Giving Israel Permission for the Attack in Qatar, The Trump Administration is Once Showing Itelf to Be Duplicitous, Says Aarts. “On the one hand, talking about negotiations and peace and at the same time engaging in extremely villainous politics by murder the opponents you are talking to.”
‘Towards The Total Occupation of Gaza’
“The Prospect of a Ceasefire was Already Minimal and Now It is Further Away Than Ever,” Says Aarts. “Duration the negotiations, Hamas Added Water To the Wine, But Israel Kept Making Other Demands and Thus Moved the Goalposts. So you can seriously Wonder Whether Netanyahu and his People Were Even Interested in Peace Or Were Mainly in Show.”
The Israeli Government is Receiving Criticism in Its Own Country Because Many Israelis Feel That Not Enough Is Being Done To Free The Remaining Hostages in Gaza. “Many people in Israel Simply Assume That Those Hostages are of No Importance to Neyanyahu. They have long leg sacrified,” concludes Aarts.
Malcontent also sees the Israeli Attack in Qatar as a Death Knell for the Peace Process in the Gaza War. “This is Heading Towards The Total Occupation of Gaza, Where Israel Will Hunt Hamas Until the End of Time.”