Smotrich fires back at Qatar: ‘Terror-backing state’ that won’t be involved in Gaza post-war

In what appears to be an escalating feud between Israel and Qatar following Doha’s sharp criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich calls the Gulf state “a terror-supporting and terror-funding state.”

Retweeting the earlier post blasting Netanyahu by Majed Al Ansari, Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesman, Smotrich says Doha is “Hamas’s patron and is largely responsible for the massacre of Israeli citizens Hamas committed [on October 7].

“The West’s treatment of it is hypocritical and based on improper financial interests,” Smotrich continues. “The West can and should employ far stronger leverage and bring about the release of the hostages immediately.

“One thing is certain: Qatar won’t be involved in any way in managing Gaza in the day after the war.”