Jerusalem, Aug. 1 -- Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has called Qatar "more dangerous" to Israel than Iran, identifying Doha as another potential existential threat for the Jewish state.
Speaking to Channel 12 in an interview, the Beyahad party leader and running candidate for premiership, remarked, "With Iran, everyone knows that [it says], 'We'll destroy Israel.'"Qatar, however, he said is a "far more malicious country", stating that Doha "funded the Nukhba terrorists of October 7. Qatar operates Al Jazeera, which is the most poisonous cancer hurting us. Qatar reaches places of influence in American universities. And most importantly, [it has access] to the most sacred place for the security of Israel - that is the office o...