Israeli PM Netanyahu says his aides “held hostage” in Qatargate probe • FRANCE 24 English

On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he had testified in an ongoing investigation into whether his aides received payments from Qatar. He calls the investigation a witch hunt. However, political tension in Israel is rising, leading to growing anger towards the leader. Solange Mougin reports.
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14 comments
  1. This is what your government has done Israel!
    Israel committed the 9/11 attacks, CJ Werleman has the story with 500k subs

    Israel blew up the USS Liberty, Candace Owens has the story with 4 million subs!!

  2. Netanyahu publicly stated he supported Hamas in 2012 and privately for much longer. Why is anyone surprised to find out he supported Hamas?

  3. The "Mosquito Protocol" refers to a practice adopted by the Israeli military where Palestinian civilians are used as human shields. This involves forcing Palestinian children to enter potentially dangerous or booby-trapped areas to check for explosives or hidden fighters, thereby avoiding putting Israeli soldiers in harm's way.

  4. It's prime duty of every man of scruple to bring down the regime of war criminal,corrupt, mistrustful and unmoved Netanyahu.He is deserved to be in jail a long time ago,not at the helm of affairs.

  5. According to a source in Lahav 433 quoted by the Kan public broadcaster, police “gave the prime minister the option of coming to give open testimony [either] today or on another day, but he chose to come today and stop the hearing of his case in court.”

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    Professor Talia Einhorn, can join the government committee that vets appointees to the most senior public service positions.

    Yisrael Einhorn announced he was leaving after only a few months in the position, to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest with his mother’s new role, and to allow for her appointment to be quickly approved.

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