Middle East leaders gathered in Qatar sought ideas for what happens after the Gaza invasion, but remained firmly opposed to putting their own troops or international forces into the ravaged territory, AFP reports.
“No one from the region will accept… to put boots on the ground [following after] an Israeli tank. This is unacceptable,” said Qatari premier Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. But he also opposed any international force in Gaza under current conditions.
“We shouldn’t always talk about the Palestinians as if they need some guardian,” he said.
The Palestinians were represented by the Palestinian Authority. Despite their rivalry, PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said Hamas could not be eradicated, calling the group “an integral part of the Palestinian political mosaic.”
Jordan’s Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh warned that failure to deal with “the day after” the conflict would mean “uglier scenes in a year or two”.
