Joel Gehrke is foreign affairs reporter for the Washington Examiner, with an emphasis on U.S. competition with China and Russia, Middle East policy following the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement, and the crisis in Venezuela. Previously, he covered domestic politics for National Review Online.
Flanked by the relatives of hostages seized by Hamas during the Iran-backed terrorist group’s Oct. 7 attack, Israel’s top diplomat put a harsh spotlight on a different regional power player: Qatar.
As Cohen leaned on the Qataris, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s team took a more collegial approach. The pretense of placidity in Gaza contributed to the hope that Israel and much of the Sunni Muslim world, the Saudi Arabians chief among them, might sidestep the long-festering Israeli-Palestinian conflict in order to coordinate against threats from Iran that appeared to loom larger than Hamas. U.S. officials in recent years have worked to broker a series of so-called Abraham Accords between Israel and key Muslim-majority states, beginning with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
“I would be shocked if we did not see Hamas operatives wind up dead on Qatari soil and Turkish soil in the not-too-distant future,” Schanzer said. “I would be shocked if there isn't more fallout after that.” Cohen, the Israeli foreign minister, thinks that they can foil Iran’s aim to"harm the peace and normalization process” after the end of the carnage.
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