Why West Asian Powers are Losing Patience with Israel | Vantage with Palki Sharma

So tensions are rising, it's a concern for countries around the world, but even more so in West Asia. Many of them are caught in a bind. They cannot support Israel. They can't support Iran, but they also want peace. Tonight we will see where each of these players is. Starting with Qatar, most of the Hamas leaders live in Qatar. In the capital Doha, they receive a lot of money from the government, so Qatar plays the role of mediator. They negotiate between Israel and Hamas and remember that they had some success. Both parties agreed to a brief pause. fighting, Hamas also freed some hostages, but permanent SE fire has not been achieved and now Qatar may have had enough.

They say their mediation is being abused, so they will reassess their role in the peace talks. Unfortunately, I mean, we've seen. that there has been an abuse of this mediation and an abuse of this mediation in favor of narrow political interests, this means that the state of Qatar has called for a thorough evaluation of this role. Who is K talking about could it be Israel or the US Benin Netanyahu? he has accused Q of financing terrorism. He also threatened to close his state-funded Al Jazer news channel. Even in the US there has been some in Congress saying that Qatar is not tough on Hamas, they are not applying enough pressure, so it seems that Doha has had enough They will reassess its role in the talks, but if Doha leaves March, who's left, Egypt is still at the table, they have normal diplomatic relations with Israel, but they don't have much influence over Hamas, not like Qatar, then you have Turkey.

The Turkish Foreign Minister visited Doha on Wednesday, held talks with Hamas leaders and this Saturday the head of Hamas will travel to Turkey and later meet with President Erdogan, so Anar has Cloud, he can exert some pressure about Hamas, although Erdogan has only one problem. You cannot use that influence that is calling the Israeli Prime Minister bloodthirsty. That is not the language of a negotiator. The main person responsible for the tension is Netanyahu and his bloodthirsty administration. We believe that any statement that does not recognize this truth will not be useful for efforts to reduce The tension, so who's gone?

Jordan is a candidate, they have normal relations with Israel, they also have a large Palestinian population, but their government is under pressure and why? Because Jordan indirectly helped Israel, several Iranian drones and missiles had flown over. Jordanian airspace so its army closed them. Jordan shut down Iranian drones headed to Israel. The government says it was self-defense, but people don't believe it. There are massive anti-government protests. People say Jordan is betraying the Muslims of Gaza. The government is under pressure there, they cannot afford to be seen as pro-Israel, which brings us to the Gulf States. Two of them recognize Israel.

Bahin and the United Arab Emirates. The king of Bahrain is on a regional tour. He has visited Egypt and Jordan. He has called for an immediate ceasefire. In Gaza we have discussed a number of issues of priority and importance to strengthen joint Arab work, especially with regard to the implementation of the ceasefire resolution in Gaza and the delivery of humanitarian aid. Bahin is a key ally of Saudi Arabia. They do very little without the support of Riyadh. So is the kingdom looking to play a more prominent role? There are no indications yet. Riyadh's main goal is to reduce tension to ensure that Israel and Iran do not go to war.

We saw it last weekend. Reports say that Saudi Arabia shared intelligence about the Iran attack, they basically helped. Israel against Iran, but reports also say that they closed their airspace to Israel and the United States and this is very important. Israel and the United States could have used Saudi airspace to intercept Iranian drones, but Riyadh said no, apparently the United Arab Emirates did the same, yes to intelligence sharing. not to open airspace so that the Gulf's message is clear: we will help prevent escalation, but we have our own red lines and you can see why Iran's proxies are camping in Yemen, just south of Saudi Arabia, already They attacked the Saudi refinery, so Riyadh.

He doesn't want to repeat himself and, honestly, it makes sense. Saudi Arabia and Iran normalized relations just last year. Why would they risk that for Israel? And that is, in fact, what they think throughout Western Asia. Everyone wants stability. Everyone wants de-escalation, but not in The cost of being pro-Israel and Netanyahu must realize that Muslim nations may recognize Israel as a geopolitical reality as a fact of life in West Asia, but they will never embrace Israel, a unless there is a Palestinian state, so Netanyahu should not exaggerate. We must remember why Muslim nations are doing what they are doing.

Qatar is not mediating out of love for Israel. Jordan is not shooting down drones at Goodwill's initiative and Saudi Arabia is not sharing intelligence to protect Israel. They are doing it for regional stability to protect their own. own peoples and economies of the war. Israel would do well to understand that