Qatar
The audio recording of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has enraged Qatari officials, threatening to throw hostage negotiations into further disarray.
There is no known connection between Sen. Bob Menendez’ latest indictment and that of the Republican strategists, but the three men face similar accusations.
Prosecutors allege the New Jersey senator was asked to pick out watches that cost as much as $24,000 in exchange for positive comments about Qatar.
The Israeli government has not been shy about its plans to conduct targeted killings of Hamas officials in other countries—but that requires taking some serious risks.
Israel has signaled it would be open to extending the ceasefire on a day-by-day basis, providing Hamas frees 10 hostages per day.
The truce will be the first en masse release of captives abducted in the Oct. 7 attacks.
For many scientists, doctors, and philosophers, Qatar’s hostility to many vulnerable groups makes it ill-suited to host a convention on ethical questions.