Antony Blinken rejects report he postponed Qatar's October 7 hostage mediation - The Jerusalem Post
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Former U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken flatly denied claims attributed to him by Haaretz that he asked Qatar to delay mediation efforts between Hamas and Israel following October 7. Blinken called the allegations in the report "complete fiction."
Former secretary of stateAntony Blinkenoutright denied on Wednesday that he told Qatar to wait to broker a deal between Hamas and Israel, as was attributed to him in a TuesdayHaaretzarticle.
"For the record, this is false. Complete fiction," he wrote in a post on X/Twitter with a screenshot of his quote.
Haaretzreportedon Tuesday that UAE President Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Hamas was planning a major operation against Israel days before the October 7 massacre.
Since then, Netanyahu has denied the report and has threatened to sue the left-leaning Israeli daily.
Laterin the report,Haaretzclaimed that Blinken spoke withQatari Emir Sheik Tamim bin Hamad Al Thanion the evening of October 7. The Qatari emir reportedly told Blinken thathe had offered to negotiate a quick deal.
“There are hundreds of hostages in Gaza, and among them, in my estimation, dozens of civilians. They need to be released now. I offered the Israelis to mediate a quick deal for their release, but they are not interested,” said the emir.
The article says Blinken responded, “Let’s wait,” and added, “I will speak with Netanyahu personally.”
The former secretary of state also reportedly told the Qatari emir he would travel to Israel within three days of the conversation.
“Right now, the situation is complex,” Blinken said, as quoted byHaaretz. “Israel is still under attack, and there’s no one to talk to. We will wait three days.”
Notably, the UAE did warn senior US and Israeli officials that Israeli actions and rhetoric were “putting regional stability at risk” in the period leading up to the October 7 massacre.
Also on Wednesday,two sources familiarwith the details toldThe Jerusalem Postthat the Biden administration was unaware of any specific warning from the UAE before October 7 that Hamas was planning a major terror attack.
Amichai Stein and Shir Perets contributed to this report.
The one email that makes sense of the Middle East. Iran, the Gulf, Syria, Turkey, and whatever moved that day, from The Jerusalem Post, every evening.
"For the record, this is false. Complete fiction," he wrote in a post on X/Twitter with a screenshot of his quote.
Haaretzreportedon Tuesday that UAE President Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Hamas was planning a major operation against Israel days before the October 7 massacre.
Since then, Netanyahu has denied the report and has threatened to sue the left-leaning Israeli daily.
Laterin the report,Haaretzclaimed that Blinken spoke withQatari Emir Sheik Tamim bin Hamad Al Thanion the evening of October 7. The Qatari emir reportedly told Blinken thathe had offered to negotiate a quick deal.
“There are hundreds of hostages in Gaza, and among them, in my estimation, dozens of civilians. They need to be released now. I offered the Israelis to mediate a quick deal for their release, but they are not interested,” said the emir.
The article says Blinken responded, “Let’s wait,” and added, “I will speak with Netanyahu personally.”
The former secretary of state also reportedly told the Qatari emir he would travel to Israel within three days of the conversation.
“Right now, the situation is complex,” Blinken said, as quoted byHaaretz. “Israel is still under attack, and there’s no one to talk to. We will wait three days.”
Notably, the UAE did warn senior US and Israeli officials that Israeli actions and rhetoric were “putting regional stability at risk” in the period leading up to the October 7 massacre.
Also on Wednesday,two sources familiarwith the details toldThe Jerusalem Postthat the Biden administration was unaware of any specific warning from the UAE before October 7 that Hamas was planning a major terror attack.
Amichai Stein and Shir Perets contributed to this report.
The one email that makes sense of the Middle East. Iran, the Gulf, Syria, Turkey, and whatever moved that day, from The Jerusalem Post, every evening.
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