Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari said on X that Qatar did not interfere in Israeli elections, or fund any activities designed to influence their outcome.
This comes after Israeli Prime Minister’s Likud party alleged, without evidence, that the vote was “stolen by Arab parties.”
Likud officials made unsubstantiated claims that Qatar put money into Israel so there would be high turnout among Palestinian citizens in Israel.
Al-Ansari denied this.
“We 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’s elections,” he said. “If these claims were to be believed, Qatar would apparently own all of Israel.”
He called the allegations “ridiculous and dangerous in equal measure.”
“These 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,” Al-Ansari said.
He urged “any government emerging from these elections” to uphold international law and relevant United Nations resolutions and “respect the inalienable rights of t...