Reconciliation between Qatar and Its Gulf Neighbors Is Possible, but Would It Be Good for Israel?
A mixed bag.
December 17, 2019
Reconciliation between Qatar and Its Gulf Neighbors Is Possible, but Would It Be Good for Israel?
A mixed bag.
In 2017, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and seven other Muslim countries imposed an embargo on Qatar, angered by its support for the Muslim Brotherhood and its unwillingness to close ranks in opposing Iranian expansionism. Yet last month the Saudi king hosted the Qatari prime minister in Riyadh. Joshua Krasna notes this as but one of many signals that both sides are interested in easing tensions, and discusses what such a thaw might imply for the Jewish state:
December 17, 2019
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