What Did Qatar Know about the Hamas Attacks, and When Did It Know It?
The emirate’s dangerous double game.
January 12, 2024
A winnable war and an unwinnable peace.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken came to Israel, where he met with Prime Minister Netanyahu and emphasized, inter alia, the importance of establishing a Palestinian state. Such an outcome would presumably involve delivering Gaza into the hands of the Palestinian Authority (PA), whose president, Mahmoud Abbas, received a visit from Blinken the following day. But could such an outcome be compatible with Israel’s goal of preventing further attacks by Hamas? Michael Mandelbaum looks at this question:
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