85 m. ago Israel has replaced Iran as the biggest security threat to the Gulf states | Sanam Vakil

As the US waits on the sidelines, Israel’s actions – as evidenced by the attack on Doha – are becoming increasingly audaciousSanam Vakil is director of Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa programmeIsrael’s assassination of Hamas negotiators in Doha this week has crossed a line that even its closest Arab partners cannot ignore. Israel has long justified pre-emptive and extraterritorial strikes as necessary for its security. Over the course of two years, in response to the 7 October attacks by Hamas, it has struck at six countries in the region (including Palestine), seeking to eradicate all threats to its security. But hitting the capital of Qatar, a wealthy Gulf monarchy, a security partner and non-Nato ally of the US, and the site of painstaking negotiations between Israel and Hamas at the behest of Washington, is not simply another targeted killing. It represents a fundamental shift where Arab states no longer see Iran as the only principal destabiliser of the region. Tod...

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32 h. ago ‘Very unhappy’ Trump claims he tried to warn Qatar of impending Israeli attack that killed six in Doha: Latest

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