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'Correct a historical injustice': Yair Lapid to table Knesset bill branding Qatar as 'enemy state'

Lapid plans to table legislation defining Qatar as an enemy state, accusing it of acting against Israel’s security interests, including by funding terror groups, such as Hamas.

Opposition leader Yair Lapid speaking at the Knesset, Jerusalem, January 26, 2026.
 Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani attends a press conference, in Doha, Qatar, October 24, 2024.

Qatar says it will provide Lebanon with $430 million in financial support

 Eli Feldstein, who were arrested in the so-called Qatargate investigation seen at the District Court in Tel Aviv, on May 15, 2025.

Feldstein says 'Netanyahu erased concept of responsibility for October 7,' in first KAN interview

Qatari PM Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani sat down with Tucker Carlson at The Doha Forum

Qatari PM: Qatar’s ties with Hamas began at US request, always served peace efforts


Hamas says it received Israel's official response to its position over ceasefire

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Friday he saw fresh momentum in talks to end the war and return the remaining hostages.

 Israelis gather in Tel Aviv for the release of Gaza hostages on November 25, 2023

Qatar: 'UN Gaza resolution has no immediate impact on Doha ceasefire talks'

"We haven't seen any immediate effect on the talks. They are ongoing as they were before, as the (UN) decision was taking place," said Qatar foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Qatar Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari, right.

Qatar warns major Rafah operation would harm hostage talks

Barnea returned from Doha and immediately updated the war cabinet on a potential hostage deal in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

 A woman takes part in a protest demanding a hostage deal, in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 1, 2024

The ground is 'falling under our feet': How Israel views Hamas's actions

Col. (Res.) Moshe Elad, Orientalist and Lecturer, discusses Hamas's recent actions regarding negotiations for hostage negotiations, human shields, and the future of northern Gaza leadership.

 IDF soldiers clear a tunnel in the Gaza Strip

Qatar and Netanyahu trade barbs after hostage deal talks stall

“Qatar can press Hamas as no one else can. They host Hamas leaders. Hamas is dependent on them financially,” Netanyahu said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Qatar Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari, right.

Qatar: Humanitarian issue sticking point, Gaza talks not promising now

Talks involving officials from Qatar, Egypt, Israel and the United States have so far not yielded a deal for a pause in the fighting.

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken and Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani attend a news conference in Doha, earlier this month.

Thousands protest in favor of continued war to defeat Hamas

Alon Pel, who showed up with his family, told the Jerusalem Post “ I don’t feel too much energy. The government is going to achieve their goals and finish the war.”

Thousands protest in favor of continued war to defeat Hamas.

BDS movement lambasts Qatar for allowing Israeli to compete in international sport competition

The BDS movement claimed that the sports sector in Gaza is suffering “the ugliest of infringements and massacres,” including “the targeting of Palestinian athletes”

 Palestinians call to boycott Israeli products during a protest in support of the people of Gaza, as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 28, 2023.

Israeli fencer Yuval Freilich wins gold medal in Qatar, home to Hamas’s leadership

Freilich, 29, won the epee title in Doha while wearing a uniform with an Israeli flag and the message “Am Israel Chai” written on his shoulder.

 Israel's Yuval Shalom Freilich salutes during his bout against Ivan Trevejo from France in the table of 64 of the men's épée event in the 2013 World Fencing Championships 2013 at Syma Hall in Budapest, 8 August 2013.

Gaza hostages' families consulted by Qatari-funded entities - report

A consultant who worked as a special assistant in former President Bill Clinton's administration had

 Gaza hostage families protest on Ayalon highway on January 18, 2024