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‘Qatargate’: Explaining the scandal that has Netanyahu panicked

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JL;DR SUMMARY Mounting evidence suggests close aides to Prime Minister Netanyahu were possibly involved with Qatari interests, amidst allegations of Qatar's financial support to Hamas prior to and during the October 7 attacks on Israel. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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HamasNetanyahuIsraeli PoliticsInvestigationQatarCorruptionInternational RelationsSecurityMedia InfluenceQatargate

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Hello, and welcome to the Haaretz podcast. I'm Alison Kaplan-Summer in Tel Aviv."
Israel
"Like the original Watergate, the story emerges piece by piece as various Israeli reporters dig deep and follow the Qatari money."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"We had a financial crisis in Gaza, Hamas was in trouble, there was no electricity, a problem with food supplies, and the leader in Gaza, Sinoir, decided to distract from the crisis with violent demonstrations."
Qatar
"And part of the reason, right, that it's believed in Netanyahu, does not want a complete official investigation of the failures leading up to October 7th, is that, among other things, it's going to show how Israel helped facilitate the funding of the terrorists who attacked us on October 7th."
Egypt
"The Shin Bet most of the time said that they want Egypt to help with the situation in Gaza, while the Mossad said, let's do it with Qatar."
Germany
"And he passes information, a classified document, a really high classified document to a German journalist."
Serbia
"It's been known that he works internationally. It's been known. Uh, most famous, uh, client is, uh, uh, the Serbian president."

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