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Bennett says he’ll declare Qatar an enemy state: ‘A violent antisemitic cancer’
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Chairman of the “Together” party and former prime minister Naftali Bennett speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv, June 15, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
Speaking at a conference of the Institute for National Security Studies, Together party leader Naftali Bennett says that in the next government, he intends to declare Qatar an enemy state.
“Qatar is a violent antisemitic cancer that is spreading metastases to the West and even to the office of Israel’s prime minister, with the aim of destroying the State of Israel,” Bennett says.
He adds that through its Al Jazeera news network, it is running “a global influence operation aimed at eliminating Israel.”
Bennett adds that as prime minister, “I was exposed to intelligence indicating that they funded [Iran’s] Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.”
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