Qatar

Ismail Haniyeh and the rest of the gang are expected to return only after Qatar closes its doors again.

"The October 7 lesson is that retreat brings terror. The October 8 lesson is that the Palestinian Authority = Hamas, with the same motivations, only with less capabilities. "Kfar Saba will not be Kfar Gaza."

While the US pressures Qatar to expel Hamas leaders from its territory, Doha is instead trying to leverage its mediation to secure the terror groups’ future in the Gulf state.

Qatar was also unaware of any breakthroughs.

The Israeli delegation led by Mossad director David Barnea returned home Tuesday from the talks empty-handed, with Hamas not budging on any of its demands.

'Just because the situation is ugly, and the wars are ugly, it's not our fault.'

Gulf states such as Hamas's patron, Qatar, may be seeking to redeem Israeli land with their enormous cash reserves.

Security personnel are on their highest level in France; the terror threat is rising globally too.

Israel must approve individuals receiving aid to ensure that money goes to the poor and not to Hamas.

The level of information-sharing between Doha and Tehran should raise eyebrows in Washington.

Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashaal and Fatah and PA leader Mahmoud Abbas are set to meet Thursday in Qatar.

8,000 Arabs in Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, Yemen and the Palestinian Authority-controlled areas in Judea and Samaria were surveyed.

Egypt banned the pro-Muslim Brotherhood Al Jazeera's affiliate in Egypt and arrested journalists and former politicians. In response, the Muslim Brotherhood called for increased street protests for Friday, August 30.

The largest US air base in the Middle East, where all the US-led strikes against ISIS originate, with 8,000 US military personnel, is in Qatar.

Qatar hosts the Hamas political leadership, who famously stay in five-star hotels in the capital Doha.

Qatari envoy to Gaza Mohammad al-Emadi is reportedly planning to hand out cash to needy Arab families in Gaza again, according to reports late...

Biden: "None of the funds that have now gone to Qatar have actually been spent or accessed by Iran in any way,"

Someone at the news agency apparently had second thoughts and quickly deleted the tweet, but not quick enough.

It turns out Hamas is worried about bad press from the obvious comparisons to ISIS.

Israel has already begun to implement the understandings with Hamas by extending the Gaza fishing zone to 15 nautical miles last Friday and opening the border crossings.

It should be noted that on Thursday, only a few days after the PR deal with Qatar was announced, President Donald Trump said he would be willing to mediate between Qatar and its Arab foes.

Instead, Patricia Hermanns, the ambassador of the Bahamas, was appointed to the post.

"The closure of the Al Jazeera network in Israel comes after the presentation of evidence that it assists the enemy."

Hamas employs about 50,000 civil servants of varying ranks in Gaza, including teachers and doctors.

The PA has refused to accept tax funds collected by Israel for the PA.

On Sunday, a bundle of balloons with an attached suspicious package was discovered in Moshav Tidhar near Ofakim in southern Israel.

For years, Qatar has been providing local Gaza families with stipends of $100 per month.

Former Defense Minister Benny Gantz served as chairman of the information-gathering and analysis company while it tried to negotiate a deal with Qatar.

And that may be the true benefit of the Abraham Accord, and why President Donald Trump who pushed for it may deserve the Nobel Peace prize for real.

This week, Al-Emadi visited the enclave to supervise the donation of 22 fire trucks and other emergency vehicles.