American pressure on Qatar to expel Hamas resistance leaders from Doha
According to the report of Khobarzai Mehr, an American official told Qatar’s “Al-Sharq” newspaper: “After the Hamas movement rejected the American offer to release the Israeli hostages, we informed Qatar that the presence of Hamas leaders in Doha is no longer acceptable.
This official, who asked not to be named, repeated the claim of the American authorities regarding the Hamas resistance movement and claimed: It is no longer appropriate for the leaders of Hamas to be in the capital of any of the allies. America should be accepted and welcomed, and we informed Qatar about this issue weeks ago after Hamas rejected our last offer to release the hostages.
This American official added: Qatar has played an substitute role to mediate in the case of hostages. As Doha played a key role in securing the release of about 200 hostages last year.
This American official said once again: But in the shadow of Hamas’ repeated opposition to the release of Israeli hostages, even if this number is small, especially in the recent Cairo meeting, when Hamas Once again, he did not accept the offer to release the hostages, this issue has made their continued presence in Doha unacceptable.
Sources told Al-Sharq newspaper that 10 days ago, Qatar forwarded the US request to expel Hamas leaders to this movement.
These sources announced that the American government had intensive talks with Qatar at the right time to close the political office of the Hamas movement.
The sources said that last week, after Hamas rejected the latest American offer to release the Israeli hostages, Washington told Doha that now is the time (Hamas leaders from Doha) has arrived.
