Steve Witkoff: “We had lost the confidence of the Qataris. And so Hamas went…”

“And by the way, Leslie, it had a metastasizing effect because the Qataris were critical to the negotiation, as were the Egyptians and the Turks. And We had lost the confidence of the Qataris. And so Hamas went underground and it was very, very difficult to get to them. And they were your link to Hamas? Absolutely. You were dealing through the Qataris to make your proposals to Hamas. And it became very, very evident as to how important and how critical that role was.” (13:22–13:31)

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