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Hello and welcome to NewsHour. It's coming to you live from the BBC World Service studios in central London.

I'm Tim Franks. We're beginning with the news that the Emir of Qatar is absolutely seething.

At least it seems that way from what he's had to say today,

six days after Israel launched its aerial assault on his emirate

in an attempt to kill the leaders of Hamas based currently in the Qatari capital, Doha.

The emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani,

was speaking at what was billed

as an emergency summit of Arab and Muslim leaders

following that lethal Israeli airstrike.

If Israel wants to assassinate Hamas' political leadership, why is it negotiating with them?

And if it wants to negotiate, for the release of hostages, why is it assassinating everyone with whom it could negotiate?

And how are we supposed to receive in our country, Israeli delegations, for negotiations,

while those who sent those delegations are planning

to bomb this country. These questions don't expect answers, but rather explain why we say openly

that this aggression is truly vile, treacherous and cowardly, and it's impossible to deal with this level

of malice and betrayal. Well, the Amir may have said it's impossible to deal with this level of malice and betrayal.

Well, the Amir may have said it's impossible to deal with this level of malice and betrayal, but the question is what, if anything, those Arab countries, particularly the

Gulf Arab countries, can do or are willing to do now.

Mechran Kamrava is Professor of Government at Georgetown University in Qatar.

Will anything beyond this metaphorical table-thumping come out of this summit in Doha?

I don't think so. If there's anything tangible, it's a further delay in the normalization of

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