Tag: Qatar

Two B-52s were deployed to U.S. Central Command in Qatar in addition to the Patriot missile batteries in a further show of force as tensions rise with Iran.

While Hamas and the PA are half a billion dollar richer, Israel, with a growing budget deficit of more than 3% and counting, is licking its wounds.

Russia also played a key role.

The problem is that Hamas is not interested in diverting its efforts to positive channels, such as working to provide services to its population.

According to rumors, the new peace plan includes handing the new PA government—whether as a fully realized state or something less than that—the eastern part of Jerusalem to be turned into its future capital.

There's little doubt that an all-out Israeli pounding of the Gaza Strip would add a few seats to the Likud party.

“The Palestinian people would never be subject to blackmail by Israeli officials to promote electoral campaigning.”

At stake are millions of dollars in cash, training, and equipment, and the regular coordination between the PA, IDF and US security forces.

At this moment, it is still unclear when the third shipment of $15 million will be used to supplement salaries for government officials and employees in the Gaza Strip.

"The West Bank spans over 5,600 square kilometers and has mountains and valleys. I'm from there -- I know the landscape. It has everything necessary for guerrilla warfare."

Chairman of Habayit Hayehudi Knesset faction MK Shuli Mualem-Refaeli called on Netanyahu to appoint her party's chairman, Naftali Bennett, as defense minister.

Sources close to the defense minister said that since the last round of violence, he had been demanding "tough and decisive action against Hamas."

Three suitcases filled with $15 million in cash – were driven into Gaza from Israel via the Erez Crossing late Thursday personally by Qatar’s envoy, Mohammad al-Emadi.

The agreement is contingent upon continued “calm” at the border.

Israel is currently considering how to respond to the new demand and apparently has yet to formulate a position.

No decision has yet been made on whether to reinstate delivery of the fuel purchased by Qatar for Gaza.

“Our marches are not for the sake of solar (gasoline) or dollars. Our people have the right to live in dignity and end the blockade.”

KFC was smuggled into Gaza through tunnels, and the smugglers were charging a steep $27 for 12-piece bucket.

It's not known with whom the UN officials met with during their three-hour visit to the enclave.

The Anadolu report did not specify at which stage of the truce the release would be carried out, nor whether or not it would involve releasing Hamas terrorists who are behind bars in Israel.

One has to consider whether any energy project for Gaza makes sense, given the proclivity of the enclave's ruling Hamas terrorist organization for destroying infrastructure intended to improve residents' lives.

"The leadership is still waiting for Hamas to respond if it wants to implement the understandings that were signed or not, that is, either to assume full responsibility as a de facto authority or to hand over everything in Gaza," al-Ahmad said.

The same sources suggest Argentina, which hopes to host the 2030 World Cup, was reluctant to upset the Arab voting bloc inside FIFA.

Trump also “reiterated the commitment of the United States to Israel’s security.”

Last week, Qatar attended the Gaza Conference hosted by the White House, as did Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Israel.

Hamas didn't tell the workers, who went unpaid for five months,that the Qatari grant didn’t have anything to do with employees’ salaries.

"He is declaring war in the Middle East, he is declaring war against 1.5 billion Muslims; hundreds of millions of Christians . . ."

Today the Jordanian airbase is operating at “four to five times what the space was originally intended to support.”

"I now appreciate ... it is the influx of foreign, European Jews ... which has helped to cause great problems."

Nebenzya reminded both the US and Israel of Russia’s proposal to host a summit of Israeli and PA state leaders – which was, most likely, the point of the entire exercise.