Qatar and Hamas conspired against Trump peace plan

 Senior Hamas officials conspired with the Qatari government to sabotage President Donald Trump’s “Deal of the Century.”

The Trump proposal would have secured a long-term truce between Israel and the Palestinians, as well as ushered in normalization between Israel and other Arab countries.

Hamas documents discovered by IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip revealed that Qatari officials met with Hamas representatives in June 2019, with the discussions in the “emergency” sessions focused on ensuring that Trump’s plan would not come to fruition, Hebrew-language outlet Channel 12 reported.

Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani spoke with Hamas leaders in Doha, including Hamas politburo head Khaled Mashaal.

After Al Thani expressed concerns that Saudi Arabia would agree to normalize relations with Israel, Mashaal replied that “we need to cooperate in order to resist the ‘Deal of the Century and thwart it.”

The Deal of the Century, which was formally titled “Peace to Prosperity: A Vision to Improve the Lives of the Palestinian and Israeli People,” included a framework for a two-state solution.

The deal would have granted the Palestinians some 70 percent of the territory of Judea and Samaria, excluding Jewish communities in the region, along with portions of the Negev desert.

The proposal also included generous financial support from the U.S., via billions of dollars in investment in a newly-founded independent Palestinian state.

In December 2019, then-Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh praised Al Thani for Qatar’s ongoing funding for the terror group.

“The Qatari grants are Hamas’s main artery,” Haniyeh reportedly told the Qatari leader.

Since the outbreak of the October 7th war, Qatar has claimed to be a neutral mediator in ongoing discussions aimed at securing a ceasefire and the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza.