Israeli FM Tzipi Livni has dropped plans to visit Qatar after learning that Hamas members would represent the Palestinian government at an international conference in Doha. The ministry said it had instead sent its deputy director for Middle East affairs, Yacov Hadas, to the conference on New or Restored Democracies instead.
"We have learnt that members of Hamas will represent the Palestinians at the international conference in Qatar, and Livni has therefore decided to cancel her visit there," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said. Livni would have been the most senior official to visit in a decade.
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