After the Israeli attack, Qatar was once again hit by the catastrophe. A Qatar delegation travelling to Gaza for the ceasefire negotiations suffered a car accident that killed three people and wounded three others.
Qatar delegation car crash kills 3 injured
At present, the cause of this car accident is still under investigation, and there is no final conclusion on whether it is an accident or man-made. But after the news came out, most public opinion pointed the finger at Israel, believing that this was by no means an ordinary traffic accident.
This assumption is unreasonable, on the one hand. The timing of the car accident was extremely sensitive, just one day before the Gaza "Peace Summit",The summit is jointly organized by the United States and Egypt, and leaders of more than 20 countries, including United Nations Secretary-General Guterres, will attend. As a result, at the critical moment, the Qatar mediation delegation "had an accident."
On the other hand, something similar is not the first time. On September 9 this year, Qatar's representative office in Gaza was bombed, which was also a crucial period for ceasefire negotiations, Israel claimed that the target was a Hamas commander, but the bombing site happened to be near the Qatar diplomatic mission.
We all know that Qatar has a very special role in this conflict, it is both a member of the Arab state camp and has subtle diplomatic ties with the United States and Israel, and more importantly, it is the hiding place of important Hamas officials. Qatar is currently the only mediator in the Middle East that can freely shuttle between Israel, Hamas and the United States.
Israeli right-wing opposition to ceasefire
Israel has signed a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. Far-right forces in Israel have been strongly opposed to a ceasefire.They believe that any ceasefire is condoning Hamas and a symbol of "national weakness." Although the United States verbally supports peace, it has not actually exerted real pressure on Israel.
Under such circumstances, Qatar, which has been actively promoting negotiations, has undoubtedly become a "thorn in the side" of Israeli right-wingers. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that this is a "threatening signal" sent by Israel's right-wing forces to Qatar: Anyone who wants to push for a ceasefire and oppose Israel will pay a price.
Of course, Whether the incident is related to Israel has not yet been concludedBut it can be assured that the Middle East is very unsafe, especially for Iran.
Immediately after the incident, the Iranian side issued a statement saying: Foreign Minister Abbas Alagji and President Masoud Pesetskyyan will not attend the Sham Sheikh Peace Summit.“Iran cannot sit with the forces that attack the Iranian people and continue to threaten and sanction us.”
The reason is understandable, but from the time of its release, it’s not hard to guess what the real consideration of Iran’s decision is: Safe.
Iranian Foreign Minister Rejects Participation in Gaza Peace Summit
Israel's intelligence and infiltration capabilities are well known, and Iran itself is one of the "victims". In the past year, many scientists, military officers and diplomats in Iran have been suspected of being assassinated by Israeli intelligence agencies. Now the car accident of the Qatari delegation has once again made Iranian senior officials realize: Once you step out of the country and expose the journey, you may become the next "target".
For the United States, The Gaza Peace Summit was for peace, rather than a well-planned political performance.Trump hopes to demonstrate his ability to "lead Middle East peace" through the Sharm el-Sheikh meeting and consolidate U.S. influence in the Middle East.
Egyptian President Sisi hopes to take this opportunity to demonstrate his leadership in the Arab world. However, with the accident of the Qatar delegation and Iran withdrawing from the meeting, the most critical balancing force was lost before the summit even started.
Without Qatar, negotiations lack intermediaries; without Iran, a ceasefire is a unilateral statement.For the United States, this meeting is just a "self-talk" at best, and the change in the actual situation is almost zero.
The situation in Qatar has made the world clear again. Peace in the Middle East cannot be achieved by one meeting or a few handshakes, true peace requires a sense of security and trust from all sides.。When someone uses "assassination" to create fear and attack negotiators, this trust is completely destroyed.
Per only when the Middle East no longer dares to use its lives to “negotiate” easily, will this war-torn land truly see the dawn of peace.