‘Diplomatic failure’: Lapid slams Netanyahu after Trump signs order vowing US will defend Qatar

2 October 2025, 9:37 pm

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Opposition Leader Yair Lapid slams Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the White House’s announcement that President Donald Trump signed an order vowing the United States will defend Qatar if attacked, following the failed Israeli attack targeting Hamas chiefs in Doha.

“This is a diplomatic failure of incomprehensible scale by Netanyahu’s government,” Lapid writes on X. “A failed attack in Doha, negligent behavior vis-a-vis the [US] administration and zero diplomatic vision lead to the collapse of Israel’s unique status in the US and diplomatic success that Qatar could not have dreamed of two years ago.”