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Qatari emir’s mother didn’t respond to Sara Netanyahu’s letter on Gaza hostages after aides warned her PM would exploit it
Barbara Bush (R), wife former president George Bush (4R), Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser al-Mesnad (2R) wife of Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani (C), and Qatar's First Deputy Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassem bin Jabr Al-Thani (L) attend the inauguration of a new building at the Texas A&M University in Doha 19 March 2007. AFP PHOTO/KHALED MOUFTAH (Photo by KHALED MOUFTAH / AFP)
Last year, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife Sara sent the mother of Qatari Emir Tamim, Moza bint Nasser, a letter ahead of the Ramadan holy month urging her to act to secure the release of the hostages in Gaza.
While Moza considered responding to the letter, she decided against it at the last minute after receiving counsel from advisers who warned her that the Israeli premier would exploit it for political purposes as he has done in the past, the Kan public broadcaster reveals, citing anonymous Gulf sources.
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