Leaders gather for Arab-Islamic summit in Qatar after Israel’s Doha attack

Qatar seeks a corporate effect to Israel, which has attacked respective different countries arsenic it pummels Gaza.

Leaders from crossed the portion are gathering successful the Qatari superior to sermon a ceremonial effect to Israel’s strikes connected Doha past week, which it said targeted Hamas enactment and reverberated done the Middle East and beyond.

Israel launched the missiles arsenic Hamas members gathered successful their Doha bureau to sermon a woody projected by United States President Donald Trump to extremity Israel’s two-year genocidal warfare connected Gaza.

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The onslaught came hours aft Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar claimed Israel had accepted the Trump proposal, which would merchandise each 48 captives held by Hamas successful Gaza successful speech for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel and a ceasefire.

Israel killed 5 Hamas members and a Qatari information authoritative successful the attack, though it did not termination the Hamas enactment it said it was targeting.

The United Nations Security Council unanimously condemned the onslaught connected Thursday.

How is Qatar responding?

Qatar has invited leaders from Arab and Islamic countries for meetings that volition culminate successful the exigency Arab-Islamic acme connected Monday.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Majed bin Mohammed al-Ansari told Qatar News Agency (QNA) that “the acme volition sermon a draught solution connected the Israeli attack” that signifies different lawsuit of “state coercion practised by Israel”.

A gathering of overseas ministers connected Sunday volition enactment connected the draft, which is expected to adhd to the international chorus of condemnation for the Israeli attack.

Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, who met Trump successful New York connected Friday, said Qatar volition pursue a corporate response to the attack, which has enactment the full portion astatine risk.

Qatar has agelong had a mediation role, moving to extremity Israel’s warfare connected Gaza and make determination unity.

In the meetings connected Sunday and Monday, it volition leverage pro-Palestinian sentiment and absorption to Israel’s attacks that person been expressed crossed the region.

Who is attending?

Leaders from the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the 22-member Arab League volition attend.

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian is confirmed to attend, arsenic are Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

On Saturday, Iran’s information main Ali Larijani issued what helium called a “warning to Islamic governments” and said they indispensable “form a ‘joint operations room’ against the madness” of Israel alternatively of resorting to specified statements.

The afloat database of dignitaries successful attendance connected Monday is yet to beryllium confirmed.

What tin travel retired of the summit?

At the summit, a powerfully worded connection against Israel is guaranteed.

The leaders volition sermon imaginable ways they could instrumentality enactment to code Israeli aggression crossed the region.

Israel has besides bombed Iran, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen arsenic its genocidal warfare connected Gaza and subject raids connected the occupied West Bank proceed relentlessly.

The consciousness of information enjoyed by Qatar and neighbouring states has been shattered, which could punctual them to question caller information oregon defence arrangements with the US that spell beyond buying arms.

There are governmental considerations astatine play, however, particularly with Washington inactive offering ironclad enactment to Israel contempt increasing planetary frustration.

As ministers and leaders arrived successful Doha connected Sunday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio travelled to Israel to conscionable Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and different apical leaders. Among different things, they are apt to sermon plans to annex ample parts of the West Bank.

That program has been described by the United Arab Emirates, a subordinate of the US-sponsored Abraham Accords to normalise ties with Israel, arsenic a “red line” that would undermine the agreement.

Saudi Arabia and different determination states being eyed by Israel and the US arsenic aboriginal members of the Accords are seen by analysts to beryllium the furthest they person been for years from normalising relations with Israel.

Among the tools that states person astatine their disposal to respond to rogue aggression are acts similar downgrading diplomatic ties.

Arab states similar Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE besides person immense fiscal capabilities astatine their disposal arsenic leverage, arsenic good arsenic ample sovereign wealthiness funds with planetary investments that could enforce curbs connected Israel, including commercialized limitations.

Qatar has said portion of its effect volition beryllium legal, including done pursuing Israeli violations of planetary law.