Israel announced on September 9 a “precise strike” against the leadership of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in Doha, Qatar’s capital. Hamas said the Hamas negotiating delegation was discussing a latest ceasefire proposal by the United States when an airstrike took place.
The Israeli move has sparked strong international condemnation.After the incident, Prime Minister Netanyahu also accused Qatar of "hosting terrorists" and threatened to launch a new strike.
The RIA Novosti website recently published an analysis saying that Israel's attack has been acquiesced by the United States, so as long as countries in the Middle East still rely on the United States for security issues, it may become the next Doha. Countries in the Middle East should learn from it and seek diversification of security, instead of counting on a "protector".
On September 9th, in the north of Doha, smoke was everywhere at the scene of the attack.
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The peculiarity of this incident is that the attack differs significantly from the previous situation.Qatar is one of the key partners of the United States in the region, and Israel is bombing the territory of an important ally of its asylum seekers.
Just four months ago, U.S. President Donald Trump visited Doha and signed an agreement worth $1.2 trillion. Doha donated a $400 million Boeing 747 to Trump, which has begun to be converted into the Air Force One. U.S. main military base Udead in the Middle East is located near Doha. After Trump's trip to the Middle East in May, Qatar promised to invest $10 billion in upgrading the base. After Iran's nuclear facilities were previously bombed, Tehran also carried out retaliatory strikes on the base. That is, in three months, Qatar became a target of attacks by Iran and Israel.
After the Israeli attack on Doha, representatives of the White House finally decided to come forward to clarify.
White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt said: “The president immediately instructed Middle East Special Envoy Witkov to notify Qatar of the upcoming attack, and the instruction has been executed. Trump sees Qatar as an important ally and friend of the United States and deeply regrets the site of the attack.”
These statements well explain that the United States, either explicitly or implicitly, approved the attack.
Doha has both provided asylum to Hamas leaders as well as served as a mediator in negotiations with Israel, and the attacks occurred while discussing a possible ceasefire agreement, according to Hamas.
Gaza Strip (data map)
The report believes that Israel has obtained complete freedom of movement, and the living environment of Palestinians cannot be improved regardless of whether Hamas accepts the ceasefire agreement or not. Any exhortation on international law has been invalid-this system has degenerated to the sad situation of "obligation to notify an imminent attack".
For countries in the Middle East, as long as the region remains dependent on the United States on security issues, they could become the next Doha. Qatar’s neighbors in the Middle East should learn from this: Doha’s encounters prove that Washington has only one primary ally in the region, and other partners — even with trillions of dollars in investment and aircraft donations — can be targeted by bombing.
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