Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed accusations of alleged links between his government and Qatar , calling them a "big bluff", while appearing to defend Doha's funding for Gaza.
Benjamin Netanyahu did not mince words. The Israeli Prime Minister publicly designated Qatar as a "hostile state," while adopting a decidedly ambivalent stance: he simultaneously rejected allegations of links between his government and Doha, and seemed to justify the emirate's financial role in Gaza.
These statements come nearly a year after Israel criticized Qatar during ceasefire negotiations with Hamas . Qatar has played a mediating role in these talks for several years, notably by hosting representatives of the Palestinian Islamist movement on its territory.
The accusations against the Netanyahu government, which he dismissed as a "big bluff," concerned alleged ties between Israeli officials and the Gulf state . The coexistence of these accusations and the implicit defense of Qatari funding in Gaza illustrates the internal tensions within Israeli policy on this issue.
