Bennett: 'In the next government, I will declare Qatar an enemy state'

Chairman of the 'Together' party Naftali Bennett harshly attacked Qatar at the INSS National Security Conference, declaring that in the next government he will declare it an enemy state. He called it 'a violent anti-Semitic cancer' and claimed it established a global influence operation to eliminate Israel.

Chairman of the 'Together' party Naftali Bennett harshly attacked Qatar today (Monday) during the INSS National Security Conference. Bennett stated, 'In the next government, I will declare it an enemy state.' In his remarks, he called Qatar 'a violent anti-Semitic cancer that sends metastases to the West and even to the office of the Prime Minister of Israel, with the aim of destroying the State of Israel.' According to him, Qatar established a global influence operation to eliminate Israel, and added that if a commission of inquiry had been established for October 7, one of the first conclusions would be that Qatar is an enemy state. Bennett uses emotional and charged language to attack Qatar, presenting it as an existential threat.