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Is Qatargate a scandal too far even for Benjamin Netanyahu? (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Obviously, things can quickly devolve on any story about Israel. Let's stick to Netanyahu's political situation.

On Monday, while Netanyahu was attending a hearing in his corruption case at the Tel Aviv district court, the prime minister was forced to interrupt his own testimony to respond to an urgent police summons after the arrest of two of his aides.

Jonatan Urich, one of Netanyahu’s most trusted advisers, and Eli Feldstein, hired as a spokesperson by the prime minister’s office shortly after the war broke out, are suspected of taking money from Qatar, funnelled via a US lobby group, in order to promote a positive image of the Gulf state in their briefings to journalists. Lawyers for both men have declined to comment on the allegations.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago

They're doing war crimes on camera and nobody is batting one eye, corruption is nothing compared to the rest