Qatargate: Third journalist summoned to give open testimony to police

3 April 2025, 12:32 pm

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After Israeli journalists Nir Dvori and Suleiman Maswadeh were summoned by police this morning to give open testimony in the ongoing Qatargate probe, Channel 13 reports that a third journalist, Israel Hayom’s political commentator Shirit Avitan Cohen, has also been summoned.

The three are not suspects in the case, and were instead summoned as individuals with knowledge of the events.

While taking testimony from journalists is a highly unusual move, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and State Attorney Amit Aisman have said that it is unavoidable due to the nature of the case, which is centered on close aides to the prime minister, who, among other things, are suspected of pushing pro-Qatar messaging to journalists.