Qatar and Israel

Yair Lapid held undisclosed meetings with Qatari officials to discuss Gaza hostages situation

The encounter happened on January 12, 2025, on the same day as another meeting between the Qatari officials, Lapid's team, and the representatives of the Gaza hostages' families.

Opposition head Yair Lapid and Yesh Atid MKs arrive for a court hearing at the Supreme Court on a petition against the transfer of funds to ultra-Orthodox educational institutions, January 8, 2026
Opposition leader Yair Lapid speaking at the Knesset, Jerusalem, January 26, 2026.

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

 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

PROTESTORS DRESSED as Qatari sheikhs in Carmel Shuk, December 26, 2025.

'Qatari sheikhs' in Carmel Shuk protest Netanyahu, Qatargate


Why is Alan Dershowitz defending Qatar?

If the Qataris are so worried about their reputation they would be better advised to stop supporting terrorism and sever ties with Iran.

People look at an artwork depicting Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani during a Winter Festival in Doha earlier this month.

Israel, sports and the Gulf: Is Mike Pence keeping score?

The president now understands that the blockade is counter-productive to the cause of peace and stability, and should be ended as soon as possible, with Qatar embraced by all members of the GCC.

Dudi Sela/ Courtesy of the Israeli Tennis Association

How much money is Qatar spending on a facelift for Gaza?

Inside the quiet Qatari transformation of former Israeli settlements into snazzy new apartments for Gazans

Hamas official Ismail Haniyeh (R) and the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani arrive at a cornerstone laying ceremony in the southern Gaza Strip

Kidnapped soldier's brother: Jewish groups legitimizing Qatar harm his freedom

This love affair must come to an end. As the brother of a man kidnapped and still held with Qatari funding, I demand that the Emirate’s overtures be rejected.

Family members of abducted soldier Oron Shaul demand his return in front of the Prime Minister’s Residence on Sunday

While Saudi Arabia calls Khameini ‘Hitler,’ some New York Jews are seduced by Iran’s ally Qatar

I know what you’re thinking: no responsible Jewish leader would be part of this effort.

Hamas official Ismail Haniyeh (R) and the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani arrive at a cornerstone laying ceremony in the southern Gaza Strip

Top US Jewish leader bargains with Qatar for lives of missing Israelis in Gaza

Malcolm Hoenlein, who is close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has long maintained covert contacts with Arab and Muslim countries.

Malcolm Hoenlein

Time for Trump to hold Qatar accountable for funding terrorism

In March 2014, a senior US Treasury Department official called Qatar a “permissive jurisdiction” for illicit financing of terrorist groups in Syria, including ISIS and the al-Nusra Front.

PALESTINIANS TAKE part in a rally in support of Qatar, inside Qatari-funded construction project ‘Hamad City’, in the southern Gaza Strip, in June

Time to rethink the US relationship with Qatar

The time for a readjustment in the US-Qatari bilateral relationship is now.

QATARI AND US Coast Guard flags flutter during a joint naval exercise by US and Qatar troops in the Arabian Gulf.

Equivocating on Qatar

Qatar must also immediately stop its support of terrorist organizations and end its alliance with Iran, the world’s worst sponsor of terrorism.

Qatar's foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani (R) and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson attend a joint news conference in Doha, Qatar, July 11, 2017

UAE to UN: Al Jazeera antisemitic, promotes terrorism

The UAE does not accept the UN's decision that freedom of expression trumps the closing of Qatar's Al Jazeera television channel.

The Al Jazeera logo seen in a studio [Illustrative]