Recent allegations that a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was paid by Qatar to plant friendly articles in Israeli media is “complete fake news and a transparent attempt at mind-engineering,” says Netanyahu’s office.
“Just as the ugly lie about the submarines sank into the sea, so too will the vile lie about Qatar,” the PMO says, referring to Case 3000, in which Israel’s state prosecutor declined to open a criminal investigation into the prime minister over allegations of corruption in the purchase of German submarines.
Netanyahu’s former spokesman Eli Feldstein, who has been charged with harming national security in a case involving the theft and leaking of classified IDF documents, was paid by Doha to feed top Israeli journalists pro-Qatar stories, Hebrew media reported Thursday, as the premier’s critics demanded a probe of alleged Qatari influence in the Prime Minister’s Office.
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