Doha: An emergency Arab-Islamic summit is being held in Qatar, Doha today, Monday, to discuss a collective response to last week’s unprecedented ‘Israeli’ attack targeting Hamas officials inside Qatar.
The summit follows widespread international condemnation of the strike, which hit a country that has long acted as a mediator and largely stayed outside direct regional conflicts.
On Sunday, foreign ministers from Arab and Islamic countries met in Doha to prepare a draft statement for the leaders’ summit.
According to the draft, participating nations will declare that “the brutal Israeli aggression on the sister state of Qatar, and the continuation of aggressive Israeli practices… undermine the chances of achieving peace and peaceful coexistence in the region and threaten all that has been achieved on the path to establishing normal relations with Israel, including existing and future agreements.”
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The draft also emphasizes “affirming the concept of collective security and common destiny… and the necessity of aligning and confronting common challenges and threats.”
The summit comes at a critical moment for Qatar, which has played a key role in mediating between ‘Israel’ and Hamas.
While Doha has hosted multiple rounds of indirect negotiations, efforts have so far failed to produce a permanent ceasefire, with only two short truces achieved.