The Trump Administration Must Demand More Effort from Qatar toward Releasing Hostages
Time for a reset.
December 27, 2024
Time for a reset.
In the past ten days, there have been renewed reports of possible progress in hostage negotiations, which are once again being brokered by Qatar. According to the most recent news, Hamas is still refusing to provide a list of which hostages are alive, which implies something about the seriousness with which it takes negotiations. There is nonetheless some reason to hope that the Trump administration will exert greater pressure on Hamas and its enablers. One of the new administration’s priorities in this regard should be rethinking the alliance with Doha. Natalie Ecanow explains how:
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