No to dialogue but yes to hate speech

It will be interesting to look back at the turn of events during the last few days and see how utterly trivial arguments were employed to wreck a sincere and serious initiative to solve a serious crisis that has been threatening the Gulf region's stability.
Following the Kuwaiti Emir's visit to the US and his productive talks in Washington last week, President Donald Trump co-ordinated a telephone call between His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman. Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported that the conversation was productive and the two leaders agreed to start a dialogue. Minutes later, a Saudi statement was issued saying what QNA published “did not have any relevance to truth,” undermining any hope for a dialogue to end the stalemate. The next day, American publications like The New York Times and The Hill reported on the whole incident and supported the QNA statement that the call was arranged by President Trump as reported by the White House.
Now, Saudi Arabia is demanding “a clear statement explaining [Qatar’s] position,” a demand that has brought us back to square one.
Qatar has always welcomed a dialogue with the blockaders to reach a common ground that does not compromise states’ sovereignty. The call for dialogue has been offered repeatedly by HE the Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani.
In my opinion, the blockaders continue to waste opportunities to get out of the crisis in a face-saving way. The latest missed chance was the call co-ordinated by Trump.
During this period, the US President called the Gulf leaders twice and stressed on the importance of maintaining GCC unity. The US knows the importance of a united GCC to a stable region.
Looking at the way the new crisis took form gives the impression that the blockaders want to subvert any effort to end the crisis.
Another unnerving development of the last week was the disclosure by the Kuwaiti Emir that the blockaders had planned a military intervention against Qatar. This revelation shocked the whole world.
While the siege nations have failed to respond to Kuwaiti mediation, they have amplified the tone of their hate-speech. The New York Times has just accused Saudi official media of lying, referring to a false report that 'ISIS’ has declared solidarity with Qatar. Now their own people and others from around the world have started calling them unreliable liars on the social media.
I feel we are dealing with neither a political nor a philosophical problem, but a personal problem. We are dealing with a group of grudge-filled people, who want to erect a Berlin like wall that separates Gulf people, with scant respect to the grave consequences to the GCC and their allies. It is time for our allies to step in and put an end to the crisis within the framework of the Kuwaiti mediation.

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