EPAIsraeli Prime Has Benjamin Netanyahu has all Investigation Investigation Possible Links Between His Aides and Qatar A as a “Witch Hunt”, After He Gave Testimony to Police.
An Adviser and A former spokesman were arrested on Monday Over Alleged Payments From The Gulf State As part of the Probe, which has begic dubbed “Qatar-Gate”. They Have Denied Any WrongDoing.
Netanyahu, who has not been a suspent as a suspent, Accused the Police Of Holding The Two Men As “Hostages”, Adding: “There Is No Case.”
A Qatari Official Also Disseded The Probe A As “Smear Campaign” Against Qatar, which has been played a key role as a mediator between israel and hamas during the war in Gaza.
It comes as nanyahu faces protests in Israel’s His Policies, Including Israel’s Offensive Hamas Before the Release of All The Remaining Hostages, The Distribution of The Shin Bet Internal Security Agency, And The Advancement of A Controversial Plan to Overhaul The Judiciary.
On Monday, Israel’s Police Force Announced That Two Suspects Had Detained As Part Of An Investigation Into Ties Between the Prime Minister’s Office and Qatar. It provided No Further Details, Citizing A Court-Imposed Gag Order On The Case.
Israeli Media Reports Subsequently Identified Them AS Yonatan Urich, and Eli Feldstein, A former Spokesman’s Office, and Said There Foreign Agent, Money Laundering, Bribery, Fraud, And And And Breach of Trust.
Netanyahu Later Cut An Appearance At His Separate Trial on Corruption Charges, What He Denies, RECORDED TESTIMONY TO POLICE INVESTING THE CASE OF THE HIS OFFICE IN JERUSALEM.
After Being Questioned, Netanyahu Posted on Video online in What HeDemned Both The Arrest and The Wider Investigation.
“I Understood That It was Political Investigation But I didn’t realise How Political It was,” He said. “They Are Holding Jonathan Urich and Eli Feldstein as hostages, Making Their Lives Miserable Over Nothing.”
“There is no case, there is absolutely nothing, Just a political witch hunt, Nothing Else.”
The Prime Minister’s Likud Party Access the Attement General’s Office and The Shin Bet Chief’s “Fabricating” The Case and Attempting to “Terrorise Yonatan Urich to Extract Him False Testimony The Prime Minister Through Blackmail”.
On Tuesday, A Judge Lezion Magistrates’ Court Extended Urich and Feldstein’s Detention, saying there are “reasonsable suspicions” that required a thorough investigation. The Police Had Requested a Nine-Day Extension.
Judge Mizrahi Said In A Decision That Investigators Suspected That The Two Men Had Action to “Promote Qatar in A Positive Light” and “Spread Negative Messages” And IT Role AS Another Mediator in the Gaza Ceasefire Talks.
For This Purpose, A “Business and Economic Connection” Was Created A Used Firm Working for Qatar “Through The Mediation (Feldstein)” Through an Israeli Businessman.
Last Week, Israeli Media Published in Whike The Businessman Wedge saying That Had transferred funds to Feldstein Obral Q. Lobbyist Working for Qatar.
At The Time, Feldstein’s Lawyers Said The Payments Were “Feldstein Provices Feldstein’s Office, Not For Qatar”. They also Said Feldstein Was Aware of Any Connection Between The Businessman and Other Parties, Including Qatar. Ulrich’s Lawyers Said He Denied Involvement.
A Police Representative Town Judge Mizrahi On Uricha’s Passing Journalists Messages From A Source Linked to Qatar, which was presented as IF Came from Senior Israeli Ortical Officials.
Ulrich’s Legal Team, which includes Netanyahu’s Defense Amit Hadad, Said them Would Lift to the Gag Order On The Case to Expose “The Injustice St. Him”. The Judge Went On Approve The Request, Saying The Gag Order Had bee repeatedly violated.
A Qatari Official Told The Financial Times: “This is the First Time We Have a Smear Campaign by Those Want to Lange An End Conflict (The Gaza War) or the Remaining Hostages Returned to Their Families.”
Qatar has long championed the Palestinian Cause and Host Political Leaders of Hamas, which is a terrorist organisation by Israel, The UK, The US and other countries.
Between the 2018 and the Start of the Current War, which is triggered by Hamas’s 7 October 2023 on Israel, The Gulf State of the Hundreds of Millions of Millions of Aid Gaza.
Israeli Governments Allowed to Be Transferred to Pay The Wages of Civil Servants in Gaza’s Hamas-Run Government, Support The Poorest Families, and Found Fuel Delivers for The Territory’s Sole Power Plant. However, Critics Asserted That It was Helping Hamas to Stay in Power and Fund ITS Military Activities.
Since The War, Qatar has helped, with the US and Egypt, Broker Two Ceasefire and Hostage Release Deals Between Israel and Hamas.
The Most Recent Lasted 19 January and 18 March, when Israel Renewed ITS AIR AND GROUND CAMPAIGN, BLAMING HAMAS A New US proposal for Extension and The Release Of IT 59 Remaining Hostages. Hamas accused israel of violating the Original Deal.
Netanyahu Claimed The “Sole Purpose” Was The Distribution of the Distmission of the Domestic Security Agency, which has been participating in the probe, and topple a right-wing prime minister “.
The Government Fired Ronen Bar on 21 March, saying it in Him over The Ham Over the Hamas’s Deadly Attack on Israel 7 October 2023, What Triggered The War in Gaza.
Howver, the Supreme Court Suspended on 8 April in Resposition Political Parties And A Non-Governmental Organization, What Said Move Move Inappropriate Reasons and Constituted Of A Severe Conflict.
Bar Will Remain Post Until The Supreme Court Rules on The Petitions, Although The Court Permitted The Prime Minister to Interview Potential Replacements in The Meantime.
On Tuesday, Netanyahu’s Office Announced A Decision Made The Previous Day to Appoint Former Navy Commander Vice Adm Eli Sharvit As The Next Shin Bet Chief.
“The Prime Minister Thanked Vice Sharvit for His Willingness to Be Called To Be Informed Him That, After Further Consideration, He Intends To Examine Other Candidates,” A Statement Said.
That Decision Came After Likud Officials Criticised Sharvit’s participation in The 2023 Mass Protests Against The Judicial Overhaul.
US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham Also described Sharvit’s Appointment as “Problematic” to Respent Article Criticizing President Donald Trump’s Policies on Climate Change.
