Israel-Qatar relations

A Palestinian Hamas government employee signs to receive 60 percent of their long-overdue salary while others wait in the queue, at the main Gaza Post Office, in Gaza City, Friday, November 9, 2018. (AP/Adel Hana)

November 11, 2018, 1:04 am

En route to Paris, Netanyahu defends Qatari cash shipments into Gaza

PM says he’ll do what’s needed to bring calm, ease humanitarian crisis in Strip; denies link to submarine graft case; insists French put kibosh on bilateral meeting with Putin

By Raphael Ahren

Egyptian trucks carrying fuel enter Gaza's power plant in Nusseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

October 6, 2018, 12:02 pm

Qatar said providing fuel funds to Gaza via Israel, overriding PA objections

According to report in Lebanese daily, Jerusalem has also okayed entry permits for 5,000 Gazan merchants in effort to alleviate border tensions

By TOI staff

A Palestinian woman holding her national flag looks at clashes with Israeli forces near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel east of Gaza City on May 14, 2018 (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

September 21, 2018, 4:04 am

Qatar pushed Gaza deal before May violence, but its proposal never reached PM

Israel’s former ambassador to UNESCO says ‘signs were very clear there was an opportunity here,’ but Netanyahu’s office did not accept the Qatari letter for procedural reasons

By TOI staff

Qatar's Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani speaks during a luncheon hosted by the Arab Center of Washington, DC on June 29, 2017. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

August 22, 2018, 5:12 pm

Liberman met with Qatar foreign minister on sidelines of Gaza talks — report

Senior Israeli official says Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani secretly flew to Cyprus in June to meet defense minister; two believed to have discussed long-term Gaza truce

By Michael Bachner and TOI staff

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, on April 11, 2018. (Yoav Ari Dudkevitc/Flash90)

August 17, 2018, 8:25 am

Liberman said to have met secretly with Qatari rep over Gaza

Defense minster reportedly flew to Cyprus to discuss Strip’s humanitarian crisis and the return of captive Israeli civilians and fallen soldiers held by Hamas

By TOI staff

July 8, 2018, 8:03 pm

Qatari mediator: Hamas will only return IDF bodies in prisoner swap

Muhammad al-Amadi dismisses reported Israeli offer to open a seaport for Gaza in Cyprus in exchange for remains of Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul

By TOI staff

Young men ride a cart pulled by a donkey during confrontation between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli troops east of Gaza City, along the border between the Gaza strip and Israel, on June 29, 2018.
(AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)

July 2, 2018, 1:06 am

Qatari diplomat confirms indirect Israel-Hamas talks on Gaza

Muhammad al-Amadi says Doha is insisting blockade be lifted as part of any solution for enclave

By TOI staff

Regional Cooperation Minister Tzachi Hanegbi speaks at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, at the Inbal Hotel in Jerusalem, on February 19, 2018 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

March 16, 2018, 9:50 pm

Israeli minister: Qatar making true effort to stop Gaza aid from boosting Hamas

Tzachi Hanegbi confirms meeting with Doha envoy last month, says Gulf state’s overtures may be tied to recent diplomatic pressure

By TOI staff

Qatar's ambassador to Gaza Mohammed al-Emadi speaks during a press conference with UN Special Coordinator for the United Nations for the peace process in the Middle East, in Gaza City, on July 11, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)

February 22, 2018, 8:54 pm

Qatari envoy calls for emergency aid to Gaza

Doha’s point man for Gaza urges Israel to pressure Egypt to open its border with coastal enclave, to allow people to travel in and out

By AP and TOI staff

Israel's national youth handball team (blue) competes in the 2016 European championships. (Screen capture/YouTube)

February 22, 2018, 4:23 pm

Israeli youth handball teams in Qatar spark social media outcry

Opening ceremony will not feature Israeli flag, but there’s no question of Jerusalem not participating among more than 20 nations who sent teams to Doha

By David Harding

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

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

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

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