Partially accepting police appeal, court extends Qatargate suspect Urich’s remand until Monday and releases Feldstein to house arrest

4 April 2025, 6:20 pm

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Likud media adviser Jonatan Urich arrives at a conference organized by Makor Rishon and the Israeli Democracy Institute at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, November 11, 2019. (Noam Revkin/ File)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top adviser Jonatan Urich”s remand has been extended until Monday, while former spokesperson Eli Feldstein has been released to house arrest. The two are the key suspects in the so-called Qatargate probe.

The decisions by the Lod District Court amount to a partial acceptance of the police’s requests to extend both Urich and Feldstein’s remand amid the ongoing investigation into their allegedly illicit ties to Qatar.

Police had appealed an earlier decision by the Petah Tikva Magistrate’s Court to release the two Netanyahu aides to a two-week house arrest.

The Lod District Court Judge has also barred Urich and Feldstein from contacting anyone involved in the Qatargate probe — including Netanyahu — for 60 days. The two are also banned from leaving the country for 80 days.