Opposition chief MK Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) met with Qatari officers in secret for a “restricted assembly,” based on a Monday assertion by the MK’s crew.
The encounter occurred on January 12, 2025, on the identical day as one other assembly between the Qatari officers, Lapid’s crew, and the representatives of the Gaza hostages’ households to debate the hostage scenario.
“Lapid and his crew sat with the Qatari consultant for a dialogue that handled the problem of the hostages, after which the households of the hostages joined them,” stated an announcement by Lapid’s workplace.
“I didn’t have ‘conferences with Qatar’, there was one single assembly along with hostage households, which in fact we reported on within the media,” Lapid added in an announcement shared on X.
He additionally accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “receiving hundreds of thousands from Qatar, holding secret conferences with their officers throughout the conflict, and transferring hundreds of thousands of {dollars} to Hamas’s navy wing each month.”
“For years now, the State of Qatar has been appearing in a scientific and ongoing method towards the safety and political pursuits of the State of Israel, whereas supporting and financing terrorist organizations combating Israel, foremost amongst them the Hamas terror group,” he wrote on X.
“Ought to the legislation cross, it should assist us advance related laws along with the Republican and Democratic events in the USA Congress,” he added.
