Isranet Daily Briefing
Friday, April 4th 2025
SHABBAT READING Nehama Leibowitz: A Pioneering Orthodox Scholar and Teacher: Prof. Marc Zvi Brettler and Prof. Edward Breuer, The Torah.com, no date — Nehama Leibowitz (September 3, 1905 – April 12, 1997, 5 Nisan 5757) was one the most influential Jewish Bible scholars of the twentieth century, and certainly the first Orthodox woman Bible scholar […]
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Keren Setton / The Media Line Ynet News, Apr. 2, 2025 “Qatar understands that countries and people are looking to promote short-term interests, and that by helping them, it gains a foothold.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly left his trial on Monday to give testimony in the latest scandal involving his senior advisers and their […]
Jeremy Sharon Times of Israel, Apr. 3, 2025 “So what laws, then, could Urich and Feldstein have broken?” The Qatargate affair that has enveloped the Prime Minister’s Office in recent weeks has, in the last two days, roiled the airwaves and scandalized the news pages. Murky details have emerged of pro-Qatar lobbyists, spin doctors in […]
Jeremy Sharon and TOI staff Times of Israel, Apr. 3, 2025 “Unfortunately, the issue of leaks from the investigation is very damaging, and complicates it, and nothing has been done about this matter.” The Rishon Lezion Magistrates Court on Thursday extended the detention of the two key suspects in the Qatargate affair for another day […]
Matti Friedman The Free Press, Apr. 1, 2025 “Improving Qatari credibility in Israeli eyes would have the effect of doing the same where it really matters: in Washington.” Even those accustomed to the roiling wrestling ring that is Israeli politics can’t remember a week like the last one. Multiple aides to Israel’s own prime minister, […]
Wednesday, February 26th 2025 / Wednesday, February 26th 2025
“It is time for the new US administration to understand that Qatar is the problem, not the solution. That Qatar is permitted to serve as a mediator between Israel and Hamas is ridiculous since, in actuality, “Qatar is Hamas and Hamas is Qatar; Qatar Launched a War Against Israel By Means of Hamas; The Declaration of […]
Wednesday, February 26th 2025 / Tuesday, February 25th 2025
Hussein Aboubakr Mansour Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, Feb. 19, 2025 “Al Jazeera’s Arabic channel regularly lambasts the region’s monarchies and strongmen for failing to support the Palestinians, all while the Qatari monarchy itself cultivates cordial ties with Western powers like the United States, having thousands of American technocrats and professors on its generous […]
Joseph Puder JNS, Feb. 24, 2025 “The Qataris are playing a sinister, two-faced game with the Americans and Europeans. While investing in large American and European enterprises, they are also funding terror against Israel and the West.” Qatar is a small country of less than 5,000 square miles that yields enormous power due to its immense […]
Yoav Limor Israel Hayom, Feb. 14, 2025 “At some point, it appears, Qatar began investing in Israel as well. Presumably, it did so to buy influence and immunity for itself – sometimes in that order and sometimes in reverse.” The fact that Israel urged Qatar to increase aid to Gaza has been known for a […]
Khaled Abu Toameh Gatestone, Feb. 11, 2025 “Any Arab who hears American officials say that Qatar is America’s ally would burst into laughter.” US President Donald Trump’s recent statements regarding Qatar’s role in reaching the Israel-Hamas ceasefire-hostage deal surprised many, especially those who are familiar with the Gulf state’s longtime support for radical Islamist groups. […]
Monday, February 3rd 2025
Smadar Perry Ynet News, Jan. 20, 2025 “. . . anti-Israel propaganda continues to flow in Egypt with venom that could be described as lethal, while Al Jazeera’s inflammatory coverage enrages Qatari citizens.” As the Qatar-brokered hostage deal takes shape and three hostages have been reunited with their families, it’s hard to forget the “Gentleman […]
Michael Pregent The Hill, Jan. 22, 2025 “It’s time to put Doha on notice that they are jeopardizing their relationship with the U.S. by providing material support to designated terrorist groups.” An alliance with the U.S. — specifically, a Major Non-NATO alliance — was once the most highly coveted relationship a nation could earn, a sacrosanct pact […]
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