Qatari FM: Gulf normalization with Israel hurts unity, but it is their decision

Qatar’s foreign minister says Gulf nations’ normalization deals with Israel hurt efforts to achieve Palestinian statehood, but adds the decision is ultimately up to those countries.

“I think it’s better to have a united front to put the interests of the Palestinians to end the [Israeli] occupation,” Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani tells the online Global Security Forum, according to Reuters.

Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani at a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Doha, Qatar, January 13, 2019. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)

However, “it is up to them at the end of the day to decide what is best for their countries.”

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