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


Israeli officials meet Qatari, Saudi and UAE counterparts at White House

Palestinian Authority officials did not attend the meeting, which focused on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

White House South side and gardens

Dershowitz: Qatar activists only interested in Israel condemnation

Protesters walked out of a lecture by Prof. Alan Dershowitz at the Qatar campus of Northwestern University in Doha on Sunday night.

Alan Dershowitz at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, May 7, 2017

The enigma that is Qatar

The Jerusalem Post

Israel opposed to Jewish leaders’ trips and engagement with Qatar

American Jewish leaders asked Israel's ambassador, Ron Dermer, whether they should meet with Qatar's emir. He encouraged them not to do so.

Doha, Qatar

Netanyahu rebukes Jews who whitewash Qatar

Congress must investigate these attacks on our democracy and our interests, and action must be taken to protect both.

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

Qatar’s hurdles

“When you want to do work in Gaza, you have to go through the Israelis. Without the help of Israel, nothing happens.”

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (R) speaks next to Qatari Defense Minister Khalid bin Muhammad al-Attiyah at the opening session of the inaugural US-Qatar Strategic Dialogue at the State Department in Washington, US, January 30, 2018

Qatar says Gaza aid spares Israel war, shows Doha does not back Hamas

"If we are helping Hamas, do you think the Israelis (would) allow us to go inside and come out?"

Palestinains take part in a protest against aid cuts, outside the United Nations’ offices in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Bringing Qatar into the fold

"I wanted to persuade the Qataris that they could play a more positive role on the Palestinian issue and stop helping Hamas."

Doha, Qatar

Will Qatar change its ways after outreach to pro-Israel voices?

What’s behind Qatar’s struggle for Jewish hearts and minds?

  Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is seen during the match of France's Gael Monfils against Andrey Rublev of Russia

ZOA president: I went to Qatar for Israel and the Jewish people

The Qataris said that if the US demanded they throw out Hamas members, then they would “throw them out in a minute.”

Doha, Qatar