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Qatargate: Concerns raised over Benjamin Netanyahu's inner circle

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אפריל 7, 2025

During the morning news program last Friday on Kan Reshet Bet, MK Amit Halevi (Likud) was interviewed about what has come to be known as Qatargate.

The Qatar affair involves Qatar’s alleged employment of at least two members of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s inner circle in an advisory/public relations capacity, over which the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) opened an investigation at the beginning of last week on suspicions of serious irregularities and possible criminal transgressions.

Halevi stated that the only reason an investigation has been opened is because the prime minister is Benjamin Netanyahu, whom Ronen Bar, Shin Bet head until April 10, is determined (according to the Likud) to oust from power without elections. He added that if Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid were prime minister, or anyone else besides Netanyahu, no investigation would have been opened.

It should be noted that Netanyahu maintains there is nothing to investigate and that the two who have been detained and investigated – Yonatan Urich and Eli Feldstein – were being held under degrading conditions as hostages, terms that are used in connection with those taken hostage by Hamas on October 7.

I believe it is accurate to say there is more we don’t know than we do know about this rather bizarre affair, but both what Halevi said and what Netanyahu has claimed seem to be far removed from the reality.

(L to R): Eli Feldstein, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Yonatan Urich (illustration). (credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI/FLASH90, Canva, gettyimages, Noya Aronson, YEHOSHUA YOSEF/FLASH90)

Though until the Qatar affair broke out, Urich and Feldstein were both part of Netanyahu’s close entourage – Urich as Netanyahu’s main strategic advisor and part of the Likud’s new media network established towards the 2015 elections (which is referred to by the opposition as part of the Likud’s “poison machine”), and Feldstein as Netanyahu’s spokesperson for military affairs – neither has been on the payroll of the Prime Minister’s Office.

Feldstein was not on the payroll because he did not receive the required security clearance (the reason was never publicly revealed), and some form of payment was arranged for him through a Jewish lobbyist for Qatar in the US – Jay Footlik.

In the past, Urich was on the Likud payroll – especially during successive election campaigns – but he has always had some private clients as well and was engaged in recent years in public relations activities on behalf of Qatar. For example, before the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament held in Qatar, Urich collaborated with another former Netanyahu aide, Israel (Srulik) Einhorn, within the framework of the latter’s media agency, Perception.

Although no claims have been made to date that Urich or Feldstein caused any security damage to Israel, the irregular nature of their employment and activities – especially their apparently completely unregulated contacts with Qatar – raises further concern.

Israel-Qatar relations

Though Qatar is not considered an enemy state, Israel’s relations with it are complicated and ambivalent. On the one hand, Qatar is known to support the Muslim Brotherhood and various Muslim terrorist organizations, including Hamas. On the other hand, it has played a constructive role over the last year and a half in trying to attain a hostage deal between Hamas and Israel.

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Qatar is also known to invest vast sums of money in American universities and played a major financial role in the anti-Israel/antisemitic demonstrations at many American universities last year over the Israel-Hamas War.

But going back to what Halevi said in his interview last Friday, the reason why none of Lapid’s aides, nor those of previous prime ministers, were ever investigated on similar charges is not because the Shin Bet treats Netanyahu differently. It is because never before has there been any reason to suspect that such aides were in contact with states whose relations with Israel are as complicated as those between Qatar and Israel for financial remuneration or some other perks.

It should also be noted that the sort of twisted reality that appears to have existed in Netanyahu’s office with regard to Urich and Feldstein develops over time (assuming, of course, that we are talking of a democracy). Netanyahu has been in power now for 17 years overall.

Irregularities appear in Netanyahu's conduct

Already in his first term, 1996-99, certain irregularities started to appear in his formal conduct, connected at first to financial matters – for example, the Amedi affair, in which Netanyahu and his wife tried to make the state pay for various services they had received from the contractor Avner Amedi in their private capacities. Transgressions of the sort suspected to have occurred in Qatargate appeared only in Netanyahu’s sixth premiership, which began on December 29, 2022.

It should be noted that Lapid’s premiership lasted for only six months, and even if it had lasted longer, it is unlikely that it would have deteriorated to the levels of moral depravity and loss of normative values that the current government has done.

How history will judge the current government and its drifting away from the values and norms of a relatively well-functioning liberal democracy in the direction of an increasingly chaotic illiberal democracy, future generations will find out.

I do not think one can fully blame the right/religious nature of the government for the current situation. I believe that the fact that we have a prime minister whose personal political survivability is more important than what exactly is being done and how has led us to where we are today with regard to Qatargate and to other regrettable events.

Incidentally, it is not clear whether Netanyahu was aware in real time of his aides’ sideshow with Qatar. His quick response last Tuesday with regard to the investigations involving Urich and Feldstein – just before leaving for an official visit to Hungary, followed by a brief visit in Washington – appeared to be driven more by concern that one or both might turn state’s witness against him than by the case itself.

In his evidence, Netanyahu denied any knowledge of contacts between the two and Qatar.

Today Netanyahu will be meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington about the unexpected 17% customs duties imposed on Israeli exports to the US within the framework of the latter’s universal trade war. Let us wish him good luck in his endeavor to reverse the decree.

Over the years the writer has written both journalistic and academic articles and several books on a large variety of subjects, including international relations, Zionism, Israeli politics, and parliamentarism. In the years 1994-2010, she worked in the Knesset library and the Knesset Research and Information Center.

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Hotel Delisi, Tbilisi City, Georgia of the "Ana Chuchulashvili" the thief The worst hotel in the world, it's dangerous, don't go near it! This is not a hotel! It's an old, dirty house, there are cockroaches and insects in the room, Hotel Delisi, Tbilisi City, Georgia – The manager of the place is a fraud and a former drug addict named "Ana Chuchulashvili"

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Hotel Delisi, Tbilisi City, Georgia of the "Ana Chuchulashvili" the thief
The worst hotel in the world, it's dangerous, don't go near it! This is not a hotel! It's an old, dirty house, there are cockroaches and insects in the room, Hotel Delisi, Tbilisi City, Georgia – The manager of the place is a fraud and a former drug addict named "Ana Chuchulashvili" the name of here company is : Ltd Alpaka
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Located at: Nucubidze St N57, Tbilisi, Georgia/Nucubidze Street 57, 0177 it smells terrible, The walls in the room are peeling, I took pictures, there is mold and dampness throughout the room the beds are really uncomfortable, like in a pre-trial detention center, your whole back hurts when you sleep on them and they almost break because they are so thin! the WI FI doesn't work at all, The room was very dirty and filthy, and when you ask her to move you to a room she says everything is taken, even though all the rooms are empty and open! I arrived at this horrible place, this horrible house, at 1:00 AM, after two hours of sleeplessness, I asked for my money back, a blonde girl of about 50 years old named “Anna” told me that she wanted the money in cash right away, otherwise she would not let me out of the hotel, she told me that I would not be able to sleep in their bed, at 3 AM I went to look for an ATM to withdraw money, because I could not find one, after searching for a whole hour, in the Tbilisi cold, I returned to her at midnight to look for an ATM, but she did not give me my suitcase and passport, so I came back the next day and gave me the money in cash, she did not give me an invoice either, do not come near! They are deceiving the public, booking and all hotel websites! This is not a hotel, it is a very dirty, old house and it smells very bad. Search on youtube "never go there – Hotel Delisi, Tbilisi City Georgia of Ana Chuchulashvili the house hotel from hell" , don't go " to “Hotel Delisi” on YouTube or "Hotel Delisi, Tbilisi City, Georgia " or"HOTEL DELISI (Tiflis, Gürcistan) – Otel Yorumları ve Fiyat" He was caught on tape speaking badly and illegally taking a passport and suitcase.
That she took the suitcase by force, she also stole 3 expensive shirts from me for a total of 250 GEL, I demand compensation of 128 GEL for the two hours of hell I suffered there + 250 GEL for the shirts she stole from me
I have videos where she only wants money in cash so she doesn't pay taxes and doesn't agree that I pay her with a credit card, and she also doesn't want to give me my suitcase and passport.

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სასტუმრო დელისი, ქალაქი თბილისი, საქართველო, ქურდის „ანა ჭუჭულაშვილის“
მსოფლიოში ყველაზე ცუდი სასტუმრო, საშიშია, ახლოს არ მიხვიდეთ! ეს სასტუმრო არ არის! ეს ძველი, ჭუჭყიანი სახლია, ოთახში ტარაკნები და მწერებია, სასტუმრო დელისი, ქალაქი თბილისი, საქართველო – ადგილის მენეჯერი თაღლითი და ყოფილი ნარკომანია, სახელად „ანა ჭუჭულაშვილი“, კომპანიის სახელია: შპს ალპაკა
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მდებარეობს: ნუცუბიძის ქ. N57, თბილისი, საქართველო/ნუცუბიძის ქუჩა 57, 0177, საშინელი სუნი აქვს, ოთახში კედლები აქერცლილია, სურათები გადავიღე, ოთახში ობი და ნესტია, საწოლები ნამდვილად არაკომფორტულია, როგორც წინასწარი დაკავების იზოლატორში, მთელი ზურგი გტკივა, როცა მათზე იძინებ და კინაღამ იმსხვრევა, რადგან ძალიან თხელია! Wi-Fi საერთოდ არ მუშაობს, ოთახი ძალიან ჭუჭყიანი და უწმაწურია და როცა ოთახში გადაყვანას სთხოვ, მიპასუხებს, რომ ყველაფერი დაკავებულია, მიუხედავად იმისა, რომ ყველა ოთახი ცარიელი და ღიაა! ამ საშინელ ადგილას, ამ საშინელ სახლში, ღამის 1:00 საათზე მივედი, ორსაათიანი უძილობის შემდეგ, ფულის დაბრუნება ვთხოვე, დაახლოებით 50 წლის ქერა გოგონამ, სახელად „ანამ“, მითხრა, რომ ფული ნაღდი ფულით უნდოდა, თორემ სასტუმროდან არ გამიშვებდა, მითხრა, რომ მათ საწოლში ვერ დავიძინებდი, დილის 3 საათზე ბანკომატის მოსაძებნად წავედი ფულის გასატანად, რადგან ვერ ვიპოვე, მთელი საათის ძებნის შემდეგ, თბილისურ სიცივეში, შუაღამისას დავბრუნდი მასთან ბანკომატის მოსაძებნად, მაგრამ ჩემოდანი და პასპორტი არ მომცა, ამიტომ მეორე დღეს დავბრუნდი და ფული ნაღდი ფულით მომცა, ინვოისიც არ მომცა, ახლოს არ მოხვიდეთ! ისინი ატყუებენ საზოგადოებას, დაჯავშნის და ყველა სასტუმროს ვებსაიტს! ეს სასტუმრო არ არის, ეს ძალიან ჭუჭყიანი, ძველი სახლია და ძალიან ცუდი სუნი ასდის. YouTube-ზე მოძებნეთ "Hotel Delisi, Tbilisi City, Georgia – The worse hotel in the world" , არ წახვიდეთ "Hotel Delisi"-ში YouTube-ზე ან "Hotel Delisi, Tbilisi City, Georgia" ან "HOTEL DELISI (Tiflis, Gürcistan) – Otel Yorumları ve Fiyat". ის ვიდეოჩანაწერში მოხვდა, სადაც ცუდად საუბრობდა და უკანონოდ იღებდა პასპორტს და ჩემოდანს.
მან ჩემოდანი ძალით წამართვა, ასევე მომპარა 3 ძვირადღირებული პერანგი სულ 250 ლარად, მე ვითხოვ 128 ლარის კომპენსაციას იმ ორსაათიანი ჯოჯოხეთისთვის, რომელიც იქ ვიტანჯე + 250 ლარი იმ პერანგებისთვის, რომლებიც მომპარა.
მე მაქვს ვიდეოები, სადაც ის მხოლოდ ნაღდი ფულით ითხოვს ფულს, ამიტომ არ იხდის გადასახადებს და არ ეთანხმება, რომ საკრედიტო ბარათით გადავუხადო, ასევე არ სურს ჩემოდნის და პასპორტის მოცემა.

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אוגוסט 26, 2025

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"ב-7.10 נחטפה כל המשפחה שלי, אני, בעלי דוד, ושתי בנותינו אמה ויולי, אז בנות 3 בלבד", פתחה את נאומה שרון, אשתו של דוד קוניו החטוף בעזה. "דוד בעלי, אהבת חיי, והאבא של הבנות שלי, עדיין שם. התאומות ואני חזרנו ביום החמישים ושתיים. אמה ויולי שלנו חגגו חמש, בלי אבא שלהן. בשבוע הבא הן ילכו לגן חובה, והן יודעות שאבא לא יהיה איתן ביום הזה. הן יודעות שאבא שלהן שם. לפני כמה ימים, כשהשכבתי אותן לישון הן שאלו אותי 'אמא, את בטוחה שאבא יחזור?'".

"יש הצעה לעיסקה על השולחן, שחמאס כבר אמר לה כן", המשיכה. "האמריקנים רוצים שהחטופים יחזרו. הרמטכ"ל אומר שחייבים ללכת עכשיו לעיסקה. העם, אתם, כל אחד מכם, כאן בככר, במהלך היום בצמתים, בכל מקום, במספרים אדירים, כולם צועקים איתנו, כולם רוצים את החטופים בבית. אז למה אני לא יכולה להגיד לבנות שלי שאני בטוחה שאבא שלהן יחזור?"

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Donald Trump: US seeking death penalty in Washington DC homocides

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Donald Trump: US seeking death penalty in Washington DC homocides | The Jerusalem Post

The US government will start seeking the death penalty in Washington, DC, for homicide cases.

US President Donald Trump, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, August 6, 2025.

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