![]() ![]() Back in the late '90s, I think it was, Israel actually established the commercial affairs office in Doha. HELLYER: So Qatar has long-standing relations with the Israelis and Hamas in different capacities. ![]() SIMON: How does Qatar come to play such a central role in these exchanges? Hellyer is nonresident scholar in the Middle East Program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C., and joins us now. The deal required the work of several nations, including the United States, Egypt and Qatar, which notably also played a role in the U.S.-Iran prisoner exchange in September. A four-day cease-fire is underway in the Gaza Strip after a deal was struck between Israel and Hamas to allow for a prisoner exchange, with a number of Israeli hostages being freed in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons.
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