Dr. Majed bin Mohammed al-Ansari, a senior Qatari government official, expressed his hope that President Trump will continue his efforts to bring peace to the Middle East during his upcoming meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Al-Ansari highlighted Trump's role in securing the ceasefire in Gaza and credited his administration's commitment to negotiations with advancing the peace process.
WASHINGTON — A senior official with the Qatar i government is speaking out in a Breitbart News exclusive interview, encouraging President Donald Trump to continue the push for peace in the Middle East just ahead of Trump’s Monday evening meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“We’ve gone through countless mediations throughout the years, between hostage exchanges, de-escalations, ending war,” Al-Ansari said. “We know the context very well, and we know how difficult the context is. To give you some color over the last couple of months, we’ve been working since the fall of the first cease-fire in 2023 under the concept that we need a sustainable pause which would allow us to work toward de-escalation in the region as a whole.
“I can tell you what we hope comes out of this meeting, which is that President Trump will convey to Prime Minister Netanyahu how he believes in the mediation process, he believes in bringing the hostages back home, and he believes that the negotiations should go forward,” Al-Ansari said. “We hope that upon returning to Israel that Prime Minister Netanyahu will immediately dispatch his negotiation team to Doha to begin the phase 2 talks with Steve Witkoff and the negotiations continue.
“Just like President Trump, His Highness is a man of his word and he is a dealmaker and he believes in being pragmatic and getting things done and this why he found a great partner in President Trump working together with him,” Al-Ansari said.
“When it comes to funding, I would point you to what Prime Minister Netanyahu himself has said in a recent Time Magazine interview,” Al-Ansari said. “He clearly stated that the funding was not by Qatar to Hamas—it was requested by the Israeli government and the reason was they wanted, the Israeli government, for there to be a civilian administration that was capable of sustaining the lives of people in Gaza and they have hope of bringing more peace and security there.
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