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Qatar says its priority is hostage talks, not political tiffs
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
A Qatari official tells NBC News that the Gulf emirate “would never jeopardize” negotiations about a hostage release due to “differences with individuals.”
The comments come after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s critical comments about Qatar were leaked to Israel’s Channel 12 earlier this week, which drew rebuke from Doha.
Amid ramped-up attacks on its role as mediator by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, the official tells NBC that Qatar’s efforts are “about saving lives of the hostages and of Palestinian civilians and not about politicians.”
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