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Former Mossad official tells JNS Israeli strikes on Hamas leaders in Doha are aimed at breaking the deadlock in hostage negotiations and sending a powerful signal to Qatar.
The Jewish state has to take the media war fueled by a trillion-dollar campaign by Qatar “much more seriously,” the philanthropist says.
“If success is not achieved this time in capturing Zionist soldiers,” Al-Sharq’s Jaber al-Harmi tweeted on Aug. 20, “then the second, third, and fourth attempts” will “add new rats to the tally.”
The Gulf state campaigns to name a school in Kyrgyzstan after Anas al-Sharif, a Hamas terrorist and “Al-Jazeera” journalist killed by the IDF.
An Israeli political source claimed Barnea traveled to Doha “on Mossad-related matters, not regarding the negotiations for a hostage deal.”
Hezbollah’s propaganda training of Hamas included how to counter the Israeli narrative, how to train social media influencers and how to train schoolchildren to produce their own content.
However, “there is one big obstacle and everyone knows what it is—Hamas. It is persisting in its refusal,” said Netanyahu.
“They play all sides, gaining from their roles as intermediaries. With Iran’s axis crumbling, Qatar and Turkey are moving into the vacuum.”
The recent IDF campaign in Syria may have damaged the prospects for an expansion of the Abraham Accords.
“We will now consider alternative options to bring the hostages home,” the U.S. Mideast envoy wrote.
Charles Small, of ISGAP, told JNS that it’s unfortunate that William Bennett is “on the payroll of an entity that’s affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood.”
Negotiations on a Gaza ceasefire and the release of hostages are continuing in Doha.
