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Investigators suspect PM’s aides received money from Qatar in recent months — report
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Jonatan Urich, adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is seen before a press conference in Tel Aviv on October 4, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
Investigators probing ties between several of Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu’s aides and Qatar suspect that the Gulf emirate sent them hundreds of thousands of dollars in recent months, according to Channel 13 news.
The report says investigators were surprised by the size of the sums, which were transferred indirectly through various companies, including one owned by Jonatan Urich, a senior adviser to Netanyahu who has served as spokesman for the ruling Likud party.
In response, Urich’s lawyers says he “was not employed by Qatar,” which the network notes was never claimed in the report.
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