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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 585

US-Qatar relations

US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on his way to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
May 13, 2025, 5:26 am
Trump starts Mideast trip with crush of problems, outsized certainty he has the answers
While president intends to press Gulf leaders to pour funds into US economy, they’ll likely press him on how US will address Gaza war, Iran nuclear program and India-Pakistan tensions
By AAMER MADHANI and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
US President Donald Trump welcomes Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the White House, July 9, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
May 12, 2025, 5:09 am
Trump defends prospect of Qatar potentially gifting him a plane to use as Air Force One
After report says Doha is planning to hand US president luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet on his upcoming visit, administration officials said preparing to legally defend move
By Zeke Miller and Will Weissert
Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organization and the US president's son, looks over the proposed plan ahead of the signing ceremony with Qatar's Diar and Dar Global in Doha on April 30, 2025. (Karim Jaafar/AFP)
May 1, 2025, 3:42 am
Trump Organization inks Doha golf resort deal that includes firm owned by Qatar
US president’s son Eric insists the agreement is with a Saudi company, despite issuing statement touting ‘this exceptional collaboration’ with the government-owned Qatari Diar
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US Vice President JD Vance (L) listens as Secretary of Energy Chris Wright speaks at the US military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on March 28, 2025. (Jim Watson/Pool/AFP)
April 8, 2025, 8:58 pm
Trump’s energy chief to visit UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia on 2-week Mideast trip
Sources say Chris Wright will push for increased oil supply and lay groundwork for president to visit region in May
By timothy gardner
US special envoy to the Mideast Steve Witkoff is interviewed on Tucker Carlson's podcast on March 21, 2025. (Screen capture/X)
March 22, 2025, 12:44 pm
Witkoff: Hamas isn’t ideologically intractable, Gaza conflict can end through dialogue
In candid podcast interview, top Trump aide indicates renewed IDF strikes may be necessary after Hamas intransigence, says PM ‘going up against Israeli public opinion that wants hostages back’
By Jacob Magid
File: Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Majed Al Ansari, speaking to Reuters after Qatar helped mediate a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, in Doha, Qatar, January 20, 2025. (Reuters/Imad Creidi)
March 3, 2025, 1:12 pm
As Israel, US align on new hostage proposal, Qatar urges sticking to existing framework
In rare interview with Israeli media, top Qatari official tells ToI that it’s up to Palestinians to decide on Gaza postwar role for Hamas, even as calls for ousting terror group grow
By Jacob Magid
Demonstrators raise placards during a protest calling for action to secure the release of Israelis held hostage in Gaza since the October 2023, in Tel Aviv on January 14, 2025. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
January 23, 2025, 1:52 am
How ‘the stars aligned’ after over a year to reach a hostage release-ceasefire deal
Damage to Hezbollah, Sinwar’s killing pressured Hamas, officials say, while Trump’s ‘hell to pay’ threat gave new momentum; Qataris credit partnership between Biden, Trump advisers
By AP and ToI Staff
Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani announces a Gaza hostage release and ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, at a press conference on January 15, 2025. (KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)
January 16, 2025, 10:16 pm
How Qatar gambled on mediating a Gaza truce, and won
Despite an earlier withdrawal from mediation, Doha secures the deal, as it walks a tightrope between US interests, its relationship with Hamas and contacts with Israel
By Callum PATON
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, and ministers of his government, right, meet with Hamas delegation led by Ismail Haniyeh, in Istanbul, Turkey, April 20, 2024. (Turkish Presidency via AP)
November 18, 2024, 2:11 am
Hamas officials booted by Qatar last week, now hosted in Turkey, diplomat says
Ankara, where many politburo members already live with their families, is a logical landing spot after Doha pulled out of talks, but Turkey risks running afoul of Biden administration
By Jacob Magid
From L to R: Senior Hamas official Zaher Jabarin, the chairman of the group's consultative council Mohammed Ismail Darwish, known as Abu Omar Hassan, and the Palestinian movement's senior official Khaled Mashaal receive condolences during the funeral of the Palestinian movement's political leader Ismail Haniyeh in the Qatari capital Doha on August 2, 2024. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
November 9, 2024, 6:29 pm
Diplomat says Qatar quitting Gaza mediation role, Hamas to be booted from country
Doha later says reports on decision to close Hamas office are ‘inaccurate,’ without elaborating; Israel says no country should host Hamas officials
By Jacob Magid
Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (L), ruler of Qatar since 2013, in a meeting with Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh (R) and Khaled Mashal in Doha, October 17, 2016 (Qatar government handout)
November 9, 2024, 3:47 am
At US behest, Qatar has ordered Hamas to leave Doha — Biden officials
Washington concluded terror group’s presence in Qatar no longer beneficial after execution of US hostage, subsequent rejections of ceasefire proposals; Doha agreed and told Hamas
By Jacob Magid
Relatives of Israeli hostages held by Hamas and their supporters protest for the return of the captives from the Gaza Strip, outside Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, August 7, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 9, 2024, 3:38 am
Israel: Negotiators to fly out next week to finalize framework of hostage deal
Netanyahu’s office announces delegation to attend August 15 talks after US, Egypt, Qatar urge Israel and Hamas to conclude Gaza ceasefire deal ‘without further delay’; Hamas silent
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani gives a joint press conference with the visiting US secretary of state in Doha on June 12, 2024. (Ibraheem Al-Omari/Pool/AFP)
June 19, 2024, 4:00 am
Qatari PM meets Haniyeh to push ceasefire as US blames ‘psychopath’ Sinwar for deadlock
Source says main stumbling block remains Hamas’s demand for Gaza war to end in first phase and Israel’s insistence that all hostages are freed before fighting stops
By Jacob Magid
File - Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (R) in a meeting with Hamas politburo leader Ismail Haniyeh in Doha, Qatar, December 16, 2019 (from the Facebook page of Al Jazeera Palestine)
April 8, 2024, 11:36 am
Intel report: Qatar’s funding, policies led directly to Oct. 7; it shouldn’t be key mediator
Report by intelligence veterans on behalf of lawyers for Hamas victims’ families says US has long known the scale of Doha’s malign activities, harm to US and allies’ interests, yet still fails to act
By David Horovitz
Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (L), ruler of Qatar since 2013, in a meeting with Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh (R) and Khaled Mashal in Doha, October 17, 2016 (Qatar government handout)
March 14, 2024, 3:02 pm
Qatar emir proposed expelling Hamas officials in meet with Blinken days after Oct. 7
US diplomat told Thani that Doha should use its sway with terror group to free hostages in short term, but it wouldn’t be ‘business as usual’ for Hamas after war, officials tell ToI
By Jacob Magid
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