Qatari PM says told Israel to ‘engage in meaningful negotiations’
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, the Qatari prime minister, says the country had viewed the release of US-Israeli soldier Edan Alexander from Gaza “as a breakthrough” that would help put talks towards ending the war back on track.
“Unfortunately, the Israeli reaction to this was a mass bombing [of Gaza] the next day,” the Qatari leader said in an interview with CNN after an event in Qatar with US President Trump.
Sheikh Mohammed also noted that while Israel sent a delegation to Qatar for talks, “statements coming out of the Israeli government [were] that this delegation is coming to negotiate a hostage deal without ending the war”.
That “is basically sending the signal that we are not interested in negotiations”, he said. “This was a bad signal, and we have highlighted this concern to the Israelis.
“And we told them [the Israelis] that we need to engage in meaningful negotiations” that will see the return of all Israeli captives, end the war, and alleviate humanitarian suffering in the Palestinian enclave”, Sheikh Mohammed said.
Ben & Jerry’s cofounder removed from RFK Jr hearing for Gaza protest
Ben Cohen, one of the cofounders of the famed US ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s, was removed from a congressional committee hearing in Washington, DC, after he interrupted Health and Human Services Director Robert F Kennedy Jr.
Asked why he was being removed, Cohen said: “Congress kills poor kids in Gaza by buying bombs and pays for it by kicking kids off Medicaid in the US.”
You can see part of what happened in the video Cohen shared on X below.
I told Congress they're killing poor kids in Gaza by buying bombs, and they're paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US. This was the authorities' response. pic.twitter.com/uOf7xrzzWM
— Ben Cohen (@YoBenCohen) May 14, 2025
