Qatar has made a big-time decision to kick-out Hamas from its borders (a move that shocked many mid-east watchers). The country told the group about a week ago that its welcome was done: this came right after US officials pushed for action
The terror group had been living in Qatar since 012 as part of a US-backed deal but things changed fast after some recent events. Khaled Meshaal and other Hamas big-shots got real comfy there – now they gotta find new homes
The US got real mad after Hamas said no to peace-talks and hostage deals: their position was way off-base. A top-level US person told media that Hamas leaders shouldnt get to hang in Americaʼs friend-countries anymore. The killing of prisoners in late summer made things worse
Here are places where Hamas might end up next:
- Turkey
- Iran
- Oman
- Lebanon
- Algeria
Some GOP senators wrote to Antony Blinken asking to grab Hamas money and people in Qatar. Things got extra-hard for Hamas after their main guy Yahya Sinwar got taken out last month; now theyʼre stuck picking new leaders but most top folks are dead
Khalil al-Hayya whos been talking about stopping fights and Moussa Abu Marzouk who started the whole thing – both living in Qatar right now dont know where to go. Qatar hasnt said anything official about kicking them out yet; but its been real busy trying to make peace deals happen that just dont work