“We told the Israelis and Hamas that as long as they refuse to negotiate an agreement in good faith, the mediation cannot proceed (…); as a result, Hamas’s political office no longer serves its purpose,” the sources said. asked not to be identified.
Taste has informed Israel and Hamas that it is withdrawing from the mediation work that it has been pushing for a ceasefire in Gaza for more than a year, which is why it has informed the Palestinian group that its office in Doha “no longer serves the purpose” for which it was established, Qatari diplomatic sources told EFE on Saturday. .
“We told the Israelis and Hamas that as long as they refuse to negotiate an agreement in good faith, the mediation cannot proceed (…); as a result, Hamas’s political office no longer serves its purpose,” the sources said. asked not to be identified.
However, they have not clarified whether the political office that the Palestinian Islamist group has held in Doha for 12 years has already been closed.
A Hamas source in Cairo has denied reports circulating in US and Arab media that Qatari authorities have asked the Palestinian group’s political leaders to leave Doha due to the lack of progress in ceasefire talks in Gaza.
“What has been said about the Qataris delivering the message to Hamas leaders living there that they are not welcome is baseless,” the source told EFE.
Qatar has no political relations with Israel and has hosted Hamas’s political office in Doha since 2012, hosting several of the group’s political leaders, such as its former boss Khaled Mishal or the head of the negotiating team, Khalil al Haya.
Source: EITB
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