{"id":12331,"date":"2026-10-29T15:43:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T15:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=12331"},"modified":"2026-10-29T15:43:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T15:43:58","slug":"israels-anti-qatar-campaign-bleeds-into-elections-israel-election-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=12331","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s anti-Qatar campaign bleeds into elections | Israel Election 2026 News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Qatar\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesman rejects \u2018disinformation campaign\u2019 amid allegations by some Israeli politicians of voting interference.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As Israel awaits the final results of its highly contested elections<\/a>, some political figures have sought to drag Qatar into the fray with claims of voting interference \u2013 an accusation Doha rejects.<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s Likud party and media outlets associated with it have, without evidence, accused Qatar of sending money to Arab parties in Israel for get-out-the-vote drives.<\/p>\n

Qatar\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman on Thursday categorically denied the allegations of interference or funding of any activities aimed at influencing the election results.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe reject the accusations made by certain Israeli politicians and their contacts in the media, who have launched yet another disinformation campaign aiming to drag Qatar into Israeli political disputes following this week\u2019s elections,\u201d Majed al-Ansari said in a post on X.<\/p>\n

The unsubstantiated Israeli claims, which the spokesperson described as \u201cridiculous and dangerous in equal measure\u201d, are the latest in a long-running campaign against Qatar.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu has previously boasted<\/a> about attacking Qatar in September 2025 during Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza while Israeli influence experts and political advisers also worked on a secret campaign targeting Qatar<\/a> in the weeks after the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks on southern Israel.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Some Israeli politicians] accuse Qatar of buying off Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli political left and now, in this latest campaign, the Arab vote. If these claims were to be believed, Qatar would apparently own all of Israel,\u201d al-Ansari said.<\/p>\n

Partial results indicated that Netanyahu\u2019s bloc would not secure a majority in the Knesset in Tuesday\u2019s parliamentary elections. Those results showed the two Arab lists securing a record number of seats in the new parliament, but the main parties have rejected the idea of partnering<\/a> with them.<\/p>\n

Despite the latest claims, Dean Livine, the acting director for Israel\u2019s Central Elections Committee, has rejected allegations of foreign interference in the elections. \u201cThe Knesset elections were conducted lawfully. The integrity of the elections at polling stations was rigorously safeguarded,\u201d he wrote in a letter to an MP and fellow committee member.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe repeated invocation of Qatar in Israeli electoral rhetoric reveals an excessive obsession with our country among certain Israeli political and media figures,\u201d al-Ansari said, adding that Qatar should \u201cnot be used as a scapegoat for the political failures of certain Israeli politicians\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Foreign Ministry spokesman said some Israeli politicians, instead of shifting attention onto Qatar, \u201cwould be better off focusing on their own voters, improving people\u2019s everyday lives, and undoing the damage they\u2019ve created in the region\u201d.<\/p>\n

He reiterated that Qatar has \u201cno involvement\u201d in Israel\u2019s political or electoral competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are internal Israeli matters in which we do not interfere, and we will not accept any attempt to draw Qatar into its domestic political disputes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Qatar is a key mediator in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians and played a central role in talks to halt Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza.<\/p>\n

Doha is also leading mediation efforts between Washington and Tehran to end the United States-Israel war on Iran.<\/p>\n

Al-Ansari said the latest accusations would not distract Doha from its \u201cimportant role as a mediator, our diplomatic and humanitarian efforts, our support for the Palestinian people, or our commitment to a just and comprehensive peace and regional stability.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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