Choosing allies over enemies

Evelyn Gordon reports that Israel has chosen an ally (Egypt) over an enemy (Qatar) and has refused a Qatari offer to allow Israel to reopen its trade mission in Doha in exchange for allowing Qatar to break the Gaza 'blockade' now being energetically enforced by Egypt. In fact, Israel declined the offer twice.Qatar opened trade relations with Israel in 1996, then severed them during Israel’s war