{"id":192,"date":"2026-03-18T20:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T00:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/draftidf.co.il\/news\/?p=192"},"modified":"2026-03-18T20:55:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T00:55:31","slug":"macron-trump-qatar-emir-urge-moratorium-on-gas-facility-strikes-in-iran-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draftidf.co.il\/news\/macron-trump-qatar-emir-urge-moratorium-on-gas-facility-strikes-in-iran-qatar\/192\/","title":{"rendered":"Macron, Trump, Qatar Emir Urge Moratorium on Gas Facility Strikes in Iran, Qatar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Paris \u2014 French President Emmanuel Macron said he spoke with the Emir of Qatar and U.S. President Donald Trump after strikes hit gas production facilities in Iran and Qatar today, and urged an immediate moratorium on strikes. \u201cIt is in our common interest to implement, without delay, a moratorium on strikes,\u201d Macron said in remarks posted by Open Source Intel in a tweet dated March 18, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">France President Emmanuel Macron:<br><br>I have just spoken with the Emir of Qatar and President Trump following the strikes that hit gas production facilities in Iran and Qatar today.<br>                  <br>It is in our common interest to implement, without delay, a moratorium on strikes\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yBpfMTtrsf\">pic.twitter.com\/yBpfMTtrsf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Open Source Intel (@Osint613) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Osint613\/status\/2034414304859226453?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","resize-featured-image"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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