The White House drafted the text of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's apology to Qatar last week, according to a report by the American website Politico citing three sources familiar with the details of the conversation. The sources noted that U.S. President Donald Trump instructed Netanyahu to call Qatar's Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Thani directly from the Oval Office last week and read to him an apology text pre-written by the White House in collaboration with Qatari representatives. The report also stated that Ali Al-Thawadi, a senior Qatari diplomat with ministerial authority who was present during the call, served as a key coordinator for Doha and was in the room to ensure Netanyahu "did not publicly deviate" from the version formulated by the White House.