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Netanyahu's opponents smell blood in the water over Qatargate. Will his Likud base follow?
SOURCE:Haaretz|BY:Ravit Hecht
Some members of Israel's ruling coalition still claim that allegations of business ties and a PR campaign by Netanyahu's closest aides on Qatar's payroll are not affecting his standing, but the scandal is part of his soft underbelly on the right – alongside the Haredi draft-evasion law
December 25, 2025Updated:December 24, 2025
The message coming from the governing coalition is that "Qatargate," as it is called in a flawed shorthand that misses its moral and diplomatic severity, has nothing to do with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – not only in the sense that he is not suspected of involvement, but also in terms of how it might affect his loyal base's support.
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