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Lieberman reveals Bibi sent Mossad head to Qatar to pay off Hamas

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Published: 25 February 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Yisrael Beytenu leader turns up heat, alleges PM is running in election only to get a good plea deal; Gantz party urges AG to launch probe into PM’s stock dealings with cousin

Lieberman: Netanyahu sent Mossad head, general to Qatar, ‘begged’ it to pay Hamas (Times of Israel)
Yisrael Beytenu party leader says the pair were sent by PM two weeks ago to convince Doha not to end its money transfers to the Gaza-based terror group

Mossad chief visited Doha, urged Qataris to continue Gaza financial aid (Haaretz)
Early February visit disclosed by Avigdor Lieberman, who says Mossad chief and Israeli military commander were sent on the mission by Netanyahu

PM running in election only to get a good plea deal, Lieberman claims (Times of Israel)
Likud, meanwhile, asserts Yisrael Beytenu in cahoots with Joint List; Blue and White calls on AG to launch probe into Netanyahu’s stock dealings with cousin

Qatar says to increase Gaza aid by US$15 million to help 120,000 families (Haaretz)
Move follows a list of alleviating measures Hamas has obtained from Israel recently, mediated by Egyptian intelligence officials

Netanyahu honeymoons with Hamas, expects quiet in return (Al-Monitor)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has quietly made a number of significant concessions to Hamas to buy some quiet until the March 2 elections in Israel

Photo: Head of the Mossad Yossi Cohen speaks at a cyber conference at Tel Aviv University on June 24 (Flash90)
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