Tag: Qatar
House Ed Committee to review Northwestern’s ties to ‘Al Jazeera’
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce has contacted the Coalition Against Antisemitism at Northwestern (CAAN) University for information about its academic alliance with the Qatar-based Al Jazeera news network, according to The Washington Free Beacon.
CAAN sent...
Israeli raid shuts down Al Jazeera’s Nazareth studio
Inspectors from Israel’s Communications Ministry on Thursday confiscated Al Jazeera television broadcast equipment during a raid on the stations’ studio in Nazareth.
The action comes at the directive of Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi to close the Qatari...
Blinken heading to Riyadh for talks with Abbas, Arab leaders
U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is scheduled to meet with Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas and Arab leaders this week on the sidelines of a World Economic Forum summit in Saudi Arabia, the...
Top Qatari official: No to negotiations with Israel
There can be no negotiations with Israel as the Jewish people are “slayers of prophets,” a top Qatari official told representatives at a recent Arab League summit, according to a translation of the speech...
Qatar ‘reevaluating’ position as mediator in hostage talks
Qatari Prime Minister Muhammad Al Thani announced on Wednesday that Doha is “reevaluating” its position as mediator between Israel and Hamas, citing “misuse of this mediation for narrow political interests.”
“Our position is being misused...
Qatari PM: Hostage-for-ceasefire talks at ‘sensitive stage’
The negotiations to forge a deal wherein Hamas would free hostages held in Gaza in return for a ceasefire and the release of terrorists held in Israeli prisons are at a delicate stage, Qatar’s...
Biden needs to ‘stop cowering to the radical left,’ says Florida senator
Qatar came in for condemnation on Thursday after a trip to Israel by a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services.
“I made clear to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when I met with him in...
J’lem urges mediators to get tough on Hamas in hostage talks
Israel expects mediators working to broker a ceasefire-for-hostages agreement with Hamas to put more pressure on the terrorist group, the Prime Minister’s Office said Tuesday following talks in Cairo.
In a statement on behalf of...
Israel agrees to free 800 Palestinian security prisoners for 40 hostages
As part of truce talks taking place in Doha, Qatar, Israeli officials have agreed to release between 700 to 800 Palestinian security prisoners in exchange for 40 Israeli hostages held by Hamas in the...
Mossad chief leads Israeli delegation to Doha for hostage talks
A high-level Israeli delegation was set to arrive in Qatar on Friday as part of ongoing negotiations to release the 134 remaining Israeli hostages being held by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip in...