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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Gulf leaders call on Trump to rein in Israel after Qatar emergency summit

Arab leaders wearing dishdashes sit in a room with their respective national flags behind them
Jasem Mohame al-Budaiwi, right, the secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council, led the summit in Doha. Photograph: Eissa Al Hammadi/UAE Presidential Court/Reuters

Gulf leaders meeting at an emergency summit in Qatar have called on the Trump administration to use its leverage to rein in Israel following the unprecedented Israeli attempt last Tuesday to assassinate Hamas negotiators in Doha.

Speaking after the meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the group’s secretary general, Jasem Mohamed al-Budaiwi, said: “We … expect our strategic partners in the United States to use their influence on Israel in order for it to stop this behaviour … they have leverage and influence on Israel, and it’s about time that this leverage and influence be used.”

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