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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Netanyahu said to tell police he did not know of any connection between his two detained aides and Qatar
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From left: Jonatan Urich, Eli Feldstein, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Composite: Flash90)
In his testimony to police investigators probing the Qatargate case yesterday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he did not know of any connection between his advisers and either Qatar or any representatives of Qatar, Channel 12 reports.
Rishon LeZion Magistrate’s Court Judge Menahem Mizrahi, when lifting a gag order on the case earlier today and summing up key allegations, said both Feldstein and Urich allegedly had such connections.
The prime minister is not a suspect in the case, and was not questioned under caution.
In a video statement after giving his testimony yesterday, Netanyahu said investigators had no actual evidence against Urich and Feldstein, and claimed they were being “held hostage” in a political witch hunt.
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