Report: Israel Launched, Then Abandoned, Campaign to Isolate Qatar
Al Jazeera reports that Israel began building a global campaign to pressure and isolate Qatar in the days following October 7, before the effort was scrapped.

Al Jazeera has reported that Israel initiated an international campaign aimed at pressuring and isolating Qatar in the days following the October 7 attacks.
According to the report, the campaign was later scrapped, though the outlet did not specify the exact timeline or the reasons behind its cancellation.
The report did not provide additional details on the scope of the campaign, the countries or institutions it targeted, or the officials involved in its planning and eventual abandonment.
Qatar has played a prominent mediating role in negotiations between Israel and Hamas since the outbreak of the conflict following the October 7 attacks. It was not immediately clear how the alleged campaign against Qatar related to that mediating role.
Al Jazeera's report did not include a response from Israeli officials, and no official confirmation of the campaign's existence or its cancellation was cited in the source material.
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- Israel started an anti-Qatar campaign, then scrapped it — Al Jazeera — All
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