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Posted on 01/02/2026 9:04:19 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett claimed on Tuesday that the suspects in the Qatargate scandal deserve a life sentence for having “maliciously sabotaged” Israel’s ties with Egypt while promoting the image of Qatar, which Bennett branded an “enemy.”
The comments, made in a social media video, were Bennett’s latest volley of harsh rhetoric about the scandal, in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s senior aide Jonathan Urich and former spokesperson Eli Feldstein are accused of working as paid lobbyists on behalf of Doha while in the premier’s employ.
In a subsequent post, Bennett shared the text of the law in question, which says that those who conspire against an ally are liable for seven years in prison. But in certain cases where the offense is compounded by intent to harm ties, the defendant can be sent to prison for life.
Whether the Qatargate offenses would qualify for that punishment is unclear, per the text of the law. On Sunday, i24 News reported that correspondence between the suspects showed that they had shared fabricated information attributed to “senior security officials” and “senior American officials” that played up Qatar’s role in negotiations with Hamas while attempting to sideline Egypt, another mediator of ceasefire talks in the Gaza war.
“A person who intentionally sabotages Israel’s relations with another state is liable for life imprisonment,” Bennett says in the video. “This is exactly what Netanyahu’s people did when they maliciously sabotaged our relations with Egypt.”
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- He is a former Netanyahu ally, who once served as his chief of staff and later as the minister of several government agencies under Netanyahu.
- Despite opposing Netanyahu, Bennett is, too, a staunch conservative and has strong views against Palestinian statehood.
- A former tech entrepreneur who co-founded the anti-fraud company Cyota and was CEO of the Israeli cloud computing service Soluto.
- Spectrum News
Bennett is a pathetic little man. He has nothing on Bibi.
Israelis will decide and they already voted for him once. It’s a shame Bennett had to be PM when Biden was President here.
In the Trump admin: it’s open secret that Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff prefer him to Bibi.
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/01/01/netanyahu-or-bennett-the-quiet-battle-inside-the-white-house/
Spare me, if Netanyahu and Bennett were staunch conservatives and bent on imprisoning Jews for life, they'd already have figured a way to lock up deserving liberal Chuck U Schumer in an Israeli prison for life.
Bennett is just a backstabbing sleazeball.
Politics in Israel is more inflammatory and Lawfare prone then here. Its said Israeli Leftis taught our Ratlanders Lawfare. I pay no attention to what’s reported from there. I just watch for the results.
I believe you.
So the Netanyahu-Qatar connection is totally moot fake news? Don’t think so. And the reason why the story won’t go away is because of Israeli public outcry…Many Israelis blame Netanyahu for Oct 7.
Which flavor of Israeli politics making the outcry and who is reporting and who benefits? Again I’ll just pay attention to the results. You can insert your preconceived notions and draw the conclusions you want to see.
Israel is Bibi's world for the immediate future, and Bennett is just living in it.
Let Israelis decide.
Mass postings on FR are not going to influence the outcome.
‘if Netanyahu and Bennett were staunch conservatives and bent on imprisoning Jews for life, they’d already have figured a way to lock up deserving liberal Chuck U Schumer in an Israeli prison for life’
Along with Schwartz Gyorgy.
posting on FR has to do with undoing the false dichotomy within MAGA right now about either having to be “pro-Israel” or “anti-Semite.”
You can be against the current leadership of Israel and still be pro-Israel.
A tip of the Kapo to you!
Ex-Hostages, Oct. 7 Families Demand Probe Whether Netanyahu Knew His Aides Worked for Qatar
It'd be a way for Israel to do something for America.
“Many Israelis blame Netanyahu for Oct 7.”
Bibi is corrupt, imo. He NEVER comes clean.
Israel deserves so much better.
“Bennett is running to be PM again this year.”
As I was reading the article, I figured that an election must be in the works. That’s election year rhetoric.
Israel deserves so much better.
It’s a red flag when anyone wants to hold onto power indefinitely.
more propaganda .... Both sides. Impossible to determine the bottom line from press broadsides. I just watch the results.
Lock em up!
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