With Apparent Exception of Hamas, Thursday’s Summit Is Seen as Key to Mideast Peace 

As the Iranian Islamic Republic ratchets up the rhetoric threatening a ‘painful,’ multi-pronged attack against Israel, the Thursday summit is now emerging as an opportunity to lower regional tensions. Even Tehran is jumping on the bandwagon.

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A view of Israel's Philadelphi corridor between the Gaza Strip and Egypt's Sinai Desert, August 2005. IDF via Getty Images)

Thursday is emerging as a fateful day for the Mideast, as America, Arab countries, and European allies — and now Iran — are highlighting the benefits of a Doha summit to end the Gaza war. Then again, the party that, with Iran, launched the longest Mideast war of the century, Hamas, seems uninterested. 

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