Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Monday at the INSS conference that in his next government he will declare Qatar an enemy state, calling it an 'antisemitic cancer' that funds Hamas and whose hands are stained with the blood of the October 7 victims, according to i24NEWS. Bennett also accused Qatar of building a global influence operation to eliminate Israel.
The remarks, reported by i24NEWS, are the latest in a series of sharp statements from former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) conference on Monday. As The Zioneer reported earlier, Bennett accused Qatar of funding Al Jazeera as part of a global influence operation (12:12) and claimed intelligence shows Qatar funded Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (12:13). In his latest comments, Bennett escalated his rhetoric, directly linking Qatar to the October 7 massacre and reiterating his pledge to designate the emirate an enemy state if he returns to power.
3 developments
- StrongBennett accuses Qatar of funding Al Jazeera in global influence campaign
- StrongQatar's US embassy condemns Bennett's remarks, accuses him of spreading false information
- DevelopingBennett: Netanyahu should declare Qatar an enemy state, questions connection to his office
- StrongMinister Miki Zohar backs declaring Qatar an enemy state
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