Contrary to the way Qatar is portrayed, the emirate is not a neutral negotiator in the case of the Al-Aqsa Flood hostages. A blunder by its minister, Lolwah Al-Khater, who came to follow the negotiations in Tel Aviv, shows, on the contrary, that Doha exercises authority over Hamas. The new members of Israel’s war cabinet were surprised to discover that Qatar had taken part in Benjamin Netanyahu’s plot to attack Israel on October 7, 2023.