“We held serious discussions. It’s a question of alternatives,” he said of the deal.
Benjamin Netanyahu(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFUpdated: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the decision to permit Qatar to pay the salaries of thousands of civil servants in Gaza "the right step" on Saturday night.Speaking to reporters as he set off for Paris to join World War I commemorations alongside other world leaders, Netanyahu said the deal with Qatar, approved for humanitarian reasons, was backed by both the military and his top-level political security cabinet.“We held serious discussions. It’s a question of alternatives,” he said of the deal. "These things were done, under certain conditions, in order to prevent a humanitarian crisis."