by Reuters, Jerusalem Post Staff
Israel often brings its crises to other countries and tries to evade taking responsibility for the "horrifying massacres it committed in Gaza," Sharaa told the crowds.
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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa accused Israel of exploiting October 7 and its security concerns at the Doha Forum in Qatar on Saturday.
"Israel has become a country that is in a fight against ghosts," Sharaa said, claiming that Israelis use "their security concerns, and they take October 7 and extrapolate it to everything happening around them."
Israel often brings its crises to other countries and tries to evade taking responsibility for the "horrifying massacres it committed in Gaza," Sharaa told the crowds.
Since Sharaa ousted Bashar Assad's regime, he told the forum that he has sent a "positive message regarding regional peace and stability," adding that his regime does not seek conflict, including with Israel, however "in return Israel has met us with extreme violence, and Syria has suffered massive violations of its air space and we’ve been victim of over 1000 air strikes, and over 400 incursions."
These statements come as Syrian minorities, and international agencies, including the UN, have accused his regime forces of targeting ethnic minorities, including the Druze in Sweida, and the Alawites in Latakia.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said at the forum that Gaza's international stabilization force should deploy along the Yellow Line, marking IDF-controlled territory in Gaza to verify the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in the Strip.
Fidan's Norwegian counterpart said that the force and the Board of Peace must be put in place this month, adding that the current ceasefire was "fragile and cannot hold for many more weeks in its current phase," while at the same forum.
He said the international stabilization force needed to function as a peacekeeping force.
Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said at the forum that negotiations on consolidating the US-backed truce in the war in Gaza are at a "critical" moment.
Mediators are working to force the next phase of ceasefire forward, the Qatari prime minister, whose country has been a key mediator in the war, said during a panel at the Doha Forum conference in Qatar.
"We are at a critical moment. It's not yet there. So what we have just done is a pause," al-Thani said, referring to violence subsiding after the Gaza truce took effect nearly a month ago.
"We cannot consider it yet a ceasefire. A ceasefire cannot be completed unless there is a full withdrawal of the Israeli forces - (until) there is stability back in Gaza, people can go in and out - which is not the case today."
International force would use 'all necessary measures' to demilitarize Gaza
The international force would "use all necessary measures" to demilitarize Gaza, protect civilians and aid deliveries, secure Gaza's borders, and support a newly trained Palestinian police force, according to a drafted UN Security Council resolution proposed by Washington.US President Donald Trump is expected to announce Gaza's "Board of Peace" and the transition to the second phase of the US-backed Gaza deal in the next three weeks, Axios reported on Thursday, citing two US officials and a Western source familiar with the details.
Organizers say the Doha Forum is a neutral platform intended to promote dialogue on issues ranging from conflict resolution to economic inequality.
This year’s theme, “Justice in Action: Beyond Promises to Progress,” is aimed at moving from rhetoric to concrete policies, with sessions on Gaza, Sudan, Yemen, and broader North–South divides.
Right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson and his media partner, Daily Caller co-founder Neil Patel, are participating in this year’s forum.
For many in Israel and the Jewish world, however, the optics of prominent Western conservatives attending an event hosted by a state that has supported Hamas are deeply uncomfortable, especially in the wake of the October 7 massacre and the ongoing war in Gaza.
Mediaite reported that US Senator Ted Cruz, another strong supporter of Israel, mocked Carlson’s participation with the hashtag “#QatarFirst,” while Florida-based activist Laura Loomer again accused Qatar of bankrolling what she calls “pro-Islamist” narratives in the American right.
This is a developing story.
Reuters, Jerusalem Post Staff
Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-879383
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