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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 591

Qatargate

Activists hold a sign reading, 'Qatargate, corruption, treason, recusal now,' in protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, outside the Tel Aviv District Court where his criminal trial is taking place, March 24, 2025. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)
May 19, 2025, 10:49 pm
Alleged pro-Qatar influence campaign by PM’s aides continued after Oct. 7 – report
Fake news sites and online avatars sang Doha’s praises in dozens of posts, articles since outbreak of Israel-Hamas war, Haaretz reports, tying posts to Netanyahu aide’s PR firm
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani announces a Gaza hostage release and ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, at a press conference on January 15, 2025. (KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)
May 18, 2025, 8:08 pm
Coalition backs bill to label Qatar ‘terror-supporting,’ amid hostage talks in Doha
Legislation would bar Gulf state from serving as mediator in talks between Israel and third parties — but allows government to make exceptions
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Jonatan Urich, who was arrested in the so-called Qatargate investigation, arrives for a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, May 9, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
May 12, 2025, 7:52 pm
Court orders Qatargate suspect Urich released to 10 days’ house arrest
Judge indicates he believes the top Netanyahu aide will not be charged
By Jeremy Sharon
Aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Qatargate suspect Jonatan Urich arrives for a Supreme Court hearing on his appeal against his remand in custody, in Jerusalem, May 9, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 10, 2025, 12:38 pm
Report: Netanyahu aide Urich received payments from Qatar after war broke out
Channel 13 report says police hold documents, text messages and bank data linking Jonatan Urich to Doha from period when Israel was weighing Qatari offers to mediate for hostages
By ToI Staff
Jonatan Urich, who was arrested in the so-called Qatargate investigation, arrives for a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, May 9, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
May 9, 2025, 7:14 pm
Netanyahu aide to remain in custody until Monday after Supreme Court rejects appeal
Appealing arrest, Jonatan Urich’s lawyers appear to admit he worked for Qatar, assert it’s not an enemy state; suspect applauded by supporters as he arrives at hearing
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Files of documents photographed at a hearing in the Rishon Lezion Magistrates Court for extending the detention of suspects Jonatan Urich and Eli Feldstein who were arrested in connection with the co-called Qatar-gate scandal, April 1, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 9, 2025, 8:43 am
Two former Mossad officials suspected of working with Qatari intelligence — reports
Key Qatargate suspect and Netanyahu aide Jonatan Urich to be kept in custody until Monday after court overrules judge’s refusal to extend his detention
By Jeremy Sharon
L: Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani in Doha on April 27, 2025. (Karim JAAFAR / AFP); R: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on April 23, 2025. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
April 27, 2025, 7:06 pm
Arab source: To shield Netanyahu, Israel leaking false claim Qatar sabotaged talks
Non-Qatari official says PM’s demands have made reaching an agreement with Hamas nearly impossible, amid Israeli reports Doha encouraged terror group’s intransigence
By Jacob Magid, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
(L) Jonatan Urich, adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tel Aviv on October 3, 2022 (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90/ File) and (R) Eli Feldstein arrive for a court hearing at the Tel Aviv District Court on March 11, 2025. (Yehoshua Yosef/ Flash90)
April 26, 2025, 3:08 pm
Report: Court extended PM aides’ remand after seeing Qatargate-linked financial docs
Judge who overturned release order for Urich and Feldstein said to have been shown receipts, bank account information related to alleged PR campaign for Hamas-backing Gulf state
By ToI Staff
Eli Feldstein (left,) a former spokesman in the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Kan screenshot, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law); Likud spokesman Jonatan Urich speaks at a Central Elections Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 3, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 24, 2025, 11:34 pm
Court extends Qatargate suspects’ house arrest by 2 weeks upon seeing new evidence
Judge, shown confidential documents, overrules earlier order to release PM’s aides, who report says presented ‘talking points’ from pro-Qatar lobbyist as if they were Israel’s official stance
By ToI Staff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the opening ceremony of the Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
April 24, 2025, 5:17 pm
PM granted extension to respond to claims he improperly pressured Shin Bet chief
Netanyahu given until Sunday to file affidavit to High Court on Ronen Bar firing, day after leveling fresh attack against security agency on eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
(L) Jonatan Urich, adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tel Aviv on October 3, 2022 (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90/ File) and (R) Eli Feldstein arrive for a court hearing at the Tel Aviv District Court on March 11, 2025. (Yehoshua Yosef/ Flash90)
April 22, 2025, 8:40 pm
Court orders Netanyahu aides released from house arrest in Qatargate case
Judge rejects police request that Jonatan Urich and Eli Feldstein be held for a further 21 days, but grants 48 hours for cops to appeal their release
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
(L) Jonatan Urich, adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tel Aviv on October 3, 2022 (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90/ File) and (R) Eli Feldstein arrive for a court hearing at the Tel Aviv District Court on March 11, 2025. (Yehoshua Yosef/ Flash90)
April 22, 2025, 2:39 pm
Police seek to extend house arrest of PM’s aides in Qatargate, leaked docs scandals
Cops ask court for 21 more days for Jonatan Urich and Eli Feldstein; Urich suspected of obstructing investigation into ties with Qatar, deemed threat to state security
By ToI Staff
Likud spokesman Jonatan Urich at a joint press conference by Prime Minister Benjamin Netayahu and Zehut party chairman Moshe Feiglin at Kfar Hamacabiah in Ramat Gan, on August 29, 2019. (Flash90)
April 21, 2025, 5:06 pm
Netanyahu aide and Qatargate suspect Jonatan Urich has no security clearance – report
Longtime senior adviser said to have halted his application rather than take polygraph test; PM’s Office dismisses account as fake news that ‘provides grounds for defamation lawsuit’
By Sam Sokol
Sylvia Cunio, mother of hostages David and Ariel Cunio, at the Gaza border near Kibbutz Nir Oz on April 20, 2025, calling for her sons and the other hostages to be freed in one phase. (Credit Tanya Zion-Waldoks/Israeli Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
April 20, 2025, 3:48 pm
Daily Briefing April 20: Day 562 – Hostages’ families in anguish as PM says no deal
Times of Israel editor David Horovitz discusses Netanyahu’s TV statement, the progress of US-Iran nuclear talks, and the latest on Qatargate
By Jessica Steinberg and David Horovitz
Eli Feldstein, a spokesman in the Prime Minister's Office accused of leaking stolen IDF intelligence classified documents, arrives for a court hearing at the District Court in Tel Aviv, January 14, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
April 20, 2025, 5:07 am
In public spat, lawyers for Qatargate suspect accuse Netanyahu spokesman of ‘hysteria’
Premier’s spokesperson claims Eli Feldstein didn’t work for PM’s office for months before scandal erupted; suspect’s attorneys say there’s ‘mountains’ of proof he did
By ToI Staff
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