Not all terrorist leaders, however, can be given the death penalty. Take Ismail Haniyeh, the chief of the organization, to whom Sinwar is subordinate. Haniyeh presently resides in Qatar, along with other senior Hamas figures; yet others reside in Turkey. I have seen many arguments that Jerusalem and Washington should demand that these countries expel them. But then they will only relocate elsewhere. Orde Kittrie and Steven Pelak have a better suggestion:
Publicly available evidence demonstrates that Hamas’s principal leaders, including those residing in Qatar and Turkey, are responsible for the ongoing hostage-taking of U.S. citizens in violation of U.S. law. President Biden, acting through the Justice Department, should immediately announce and pursue the prosecutions of culpable Hamas figures. He should demand that Doha and Ankara provisionally arrest and detain them to facilitate U.S. custody for criminal prosecution.
Qatar has for years hosted Hamas’s principal leader, Ismail Haniyeh, whom the U.S. has designated a “global terrorist” since January 31, 2018. Video reportedly shows Haniyeh, his deputy Saleh al-Arouri, and other Hamas officials monitoring and celebrating the October 7 massacre in Israel from the group’s offices in Doha.
Read more on The Hill: https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4319878-the-us-should-immediately-prosecute-culpable-hamas-leaders/