Why has Qatar faced hardly any consequences for supporting Hamas?

[All Along The Watchtower]

More so Israel has never had a better relationship with the rest of region than right now, with only Syria and Iran being hostile state actors.

there are suspicions that Assad covertly cooperates with Israel against Iranian-backed operatives

That doesn't make sense, Iran backed Assad during the Syrian Civil War. Iran is probably the only reason the Assad regime survived

Iran and Russia, quite possibly.

Well, if Assad doesn’t quite have an “understanding” with Israel on Iranian-backed militias in Syria, a country that supports Assad certainly does, mentioned by CumbrianLefty.

I'm still confused on what your saying? Israel doesn't currently have beef with Assad and was neautral in the Syrian Civil War. If anything, they were probably hoping he survived regardless how annyoing him being an Iranian ally is.

Why would Russia have an "understanding" with Israel concerning Iranian backed militra?

Russian Wagner forces are in Syria supporting Assad (as are Iranian-backed militias)  and yet Israel continues to bomb said Iranian-backed militias there and kill their leaders.

Russia and Iran are more rivals than allies—it’s mainly their shared hostility to the US that brings them together, but their interests otherwise diverge.

[Pres Mike]

More so Israel has never had a better relationship with the rest of region than right now, with only Syria and Iran being hostile state actors.

there are suspicions that Assad covertly cooperates with Israel against Iranian-backed operatives

That doesn't make sense, Iran backed Assad during the Syrian Civil War. Iran is probably the only reason the Assad regime survived

Iran and Russia, quite possibly.

Well, if Assad doesn’t quite have an “understanding” with Israel on Iranian-backed militias in Syria, a country that supports Assad certainly does, mentioned by CumbrianLefty.

I'm still confused on what your saying? Israel doesn't currently have beef with Assad and was neautral in the Syrian Civil War. If anything, they were probably hoping he survived regardless how annyoing him being an Iranian ally is.

Why would Russia have an "understanding" with Israel concerning Iranian backed militra?

Russian Wagner forces are in Syria supporting Assad (as are Iranian-backed militias)  and yet Israel continues to bomb said Iranian-backed militias there and kill their leaders.

Russia and Iran are more rivals than allies—it’s mainly their shared hostility to the US that brings them together, but their interests otherwise diverge.

I still don't get what your saying. Are you implying that Russia and Israel has an understanding that Russia looks the other way when Israel bombs Russia's allies? The Iranian proxies?

Because they don't. Why would Russia agree to that? Why make it harder to keep the Assad regime afloat?

Israel can bomb Russia's allies because Israel has nukes. Same reason the US can bomb North Vietnam despite being Russia's allies. Ukraine is now a US ally that Russia bombs everyday.

If a nation isn't under a secruity umberella like NATO or South Korea, a nuclear power can bomb whoever they like.

[TDAS04]

Funnily enough, among the Gulf monarchies it was Qatar along w/Oman who first established trade relations with Israel around 2000. The Qataris suspended them in 2008 because of Israeli military operations…in Gaza.

Oddly enough, the GCC member that has been the most consistently opposed to ties with Israel happens to be Kuwait. I find it somewhat interesting, considering the staunch backing Saddam had from the Palestinians when he invaded Kuwait. While Kuwait did get revenge against its own Palestinian population, it has remained firmly opposed to talking with Israel. Anyone know why that is?

[Lord Halifax]

Funnily enough, among the Gulf monarchies it was Qatar along w/Oman who first established trade relations with Israel around 2000. The Qataris suspended them in 2008 because of Israeli military operations…in Gaza.

Oddly enough, the GCC member that has been the most consistently opposed to ties with Israel happens to be Kuwait. I find it somewhat interesting, considering the staunch backing Saddam had from the Palestinians when he invaded Kuwait. While Kuwait did get revenge against its own Palestinian population, it has remained firmly opposed to talking with Israel. Anyone know why that is?

1) unlike the others Kuwait has semi-democratic institutions and the National Assembly actually wields significant power and can channel public opposition to normalization, and they have a relatively high degree of free speech and accept of informal political gatherings (diwaniyya) which means Kuwaiti civil society has been able to pressure the government against normalization.

2) despite the expulsion of most Palestinians after the Iraqi occupation they still have one of the Gulf’s largest Palestinian communities with around 80,000 Palestinian residents, which is well-integrated and influential.

3) their Emir is personally dedicated to Arab nationalism and Muslim solidarity, which seems to be for ideological reasons.