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Qatari envoy Mohammed Al-Emadi (C) leaves a press conference at the Dar al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, on February 19, 2018. Hospital workers tried to approach Al-Emadi as he left, but were pushed back by Hamas policemen. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Abed)
February 19, 2018, 10:09 pm
Protesters throw shoes, rip flags during visit to Gaza by Qatar envoy
Hospital workers upset over unpaid salaries try to approach Qatari diplomat, but are pushed backed by Hamas policemen
By Khaled Abu Toameh
A Palestinian Hamas member stands guard in front of a poster of Qatar's Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, left, and former Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, during a press conference with Matthias Schmale, UNRWA's director in Gaza, and the Qatari envoy, Mohammed Al-Emadi, at the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza, on February 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
February 19, 2018, 7:31 pm
Qatari envoy says both Israel, Hamas want calm
Amid flareup on southern border, Gulf official in Strip says neither side wants 'a confrontation that could ignite the entire region'
By AP
A Palestinian woman sits with a child after receiving food supplies from the United Nations' offices at the United Nations' offices in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, February 11, 2018. (AFP/Said Khatib)
February 15, 2018, 11:55 pm
As Gaza Strip deteriorates, Israel turns to world for help
Common goal of relieving crisis unites Jewish state and Qatar, but international donors are hesitant to put money into political, diplomatic, security, and economic quagmire
By Josef Federman
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani attends the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit at Bayan palace in Kuwait City on December 5, 2017. (GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP/Getty Images)
February 14, 2018, 2:53 am
Why are Jewish leaders fighting about Qatar? Here’s a scorecard
In recent weeks, some high-profile Jews have visited the emirate at its rulers' invitation, while others have criticized them. A look at the reasons for the latest internal brawl
By Ron Kampeas
Palestinian children hold bread patties during a protest against aid cuts, outside the United Nations' offices in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on January 28, 2018. (SAID KHATIB/AFP)
February 10, 2018, 12:56 am
UN agency for Palestinian refugees fundraises after US cuts
President Trump said last month that the Palestinians must return to peace talks in order to receive American aid money
By Edith M. Lederer
US Special Envoy Jason Greenblatt attends a press conference regarding the water agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority on July 13, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 9, 2018, 11:44 pm
Trump envoy says Israel-Qatar partnership can ‘bring relief’ to Gaza
Top Doha official revealed 'good' relationship with IDF liaison after the emirate pledged $9 million towards failing Palestinian territory
By AP and TOI staff
Mohammed Al-Emadi (YouTube screenshot)
February 9, 2018, 10:18 am
Qatar working closely with Israel to channel aid to Gaza, says Doha official
Head of Gulf state's Gaza reconstruction committee speaks of 'good' relationship with Israeli military liason after kingdom pledges $9 million to help enclave
By AP and TOI staff
An employee of the Palestinian health ministry checks the Beit Hanoun hospital in the northern Gaza Strip after it stopped its services on January 29, 2018, after it ran out of fuel. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
February 8, 2018, 1:33 pm
UAE donates $2 million to prevent shutdown of Gaza’s hospitals
Infusion should be enough to keep critical medical services in the Strip running for at least a few months
By Dov Lieber
Communications Minister Ayoub Kara speaks at a Likud party event in Lod on December 31, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 4, 2018, 2:55 pm
Minister claims mystery ‘prince of Bahrain’ is visiting Israel
Ayoub Kara says he discussed ties with the tiny Gulf nation during meeting in Tel Aviv, but Foreign Ministry says it has no knowledge of the royal visit
By Raoul Wootliff
Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) president Morton A. Klein (Joseph Savetsky/courtesy of ZOA)
January 30, 2018, 8:02 pm
Head of US Jewish group secretly visited Qatar
Zionist Organization of America's Morton Klein the latest pro-Israel figure to travel to Gulf state
By JTA
In this file photo from May 14, 2010, a Qatari woman walks in front of the city skyline in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
January 27, 2018, 3:36 pm
Do you really think I would sell out Israel?
Critics of my visit to Qatar should stop dishing out personal insults and support a fact-finding commission
By Alan M. Dershowitz
An Emirati man next to the Bather, also called Venus statue by Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain, 1710-1795, at the Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
January 23, 2018, 2:41 am
Abu Dhabi’s Louvre leaves Qatar off the map
UAE museum says it has replaced exhibit of Arabian Peninsula that omitted neighbor embroiled in a months-long diplomatic dispute with other Gulf nations
By AFP
Emirates passenger planes at Dubai airport in United Arab Emirates, on May 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
January 22, 2018, 8:23 pm
US tightens rules on Middle East air cargo after 2017 Australia bomb plot
TSA says new measures due to 'intent by terrorist groups to attack aviation' via planes departing Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE
By AFP
In this March 22, 2017, photo, an Emirates plane taxis to a gate at Dubai International Airport at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Adam Schreck, File)
January 15, 2018, 2:01 pm
UAE says Qatar fighter jets intercepted civilian flight; Doha denies it
Abu Dhabi claims commercial airliner was obstructed in international airspace; Qatari government says it's 'completely untrue'
By Jon Gambrell
Qatar's Defense Minister Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah (R) signs an agreement with his British counterpart Gavin Williamson to buy 24 Typhoon fighters from the UK, in the capital Doha on December 10, 2017. (AFP Photo/Stringer)
December 11, 2017, 1:30 am
Qatar signs $8 billion deal to buy 24 Typhoon fighters from UK
In 2nd major defense agreement this week, Doha makes biggest order for Eurofighter jets in a decade to 'support stability in the region and deliver security at home'
By David Harding
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