From: Haaretz March 9, 2025 After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned intoxicated from his trip to Washington, convinced he controls President Trump, the Qataris made their move.
It's impossible not to appreciate the Qataris' brilliant diplomatic move last week. All roads lead to Doha and bypass Netanyahu: Qatar's brilliant move on hostage talks
They're sick of Israel, a wrench in the works of their regional plan: Hamas is not? so they simply eliminated the middleman.
Qatar called up Trump's special envoy for hostage affairs, Adam Boehler, and offered a dream deal: Get your five American hostages, including Edan Alexander, who is alive, almost for free.
Who says you need Israel? Let US and Hamas talk to each other directly.
This move, first revealed by journalist Barak Ravid, nudged: 1. Netanyahu out of his complacency 2. and gave a serious push to the negotiations on the hostage deal's second stage.
Ravid's report presented Netanyahu as someone who doesn't matter in Washington ouch...
Ultimately, the US has its own objectives – and it will achieve them by any means: 1. freeing the hostages, 2. ending the war, 3. regional peace, 4. Saudi capital –
