Qatargate Suspect Urich Continued Boosting Doha’s PR Image After Oct. 7 Massacre
Urich said he received hundreds of thousands of shekels and saw no moral conflict while working on the Qatar image campaign, Channel 12 reported.
- On Monday, October 19, 2026, Channel 12 reported that Yonatan Urich, a senior aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, admitted during interrogation to continuing paid PR work for Qatar after the October 7, 2023, massacre.
- Urich and Likud campaign adviser Srulik Einhorn developed 'Project Lighthouse' to improve Qatar's international image, allegedly receiving 'hundreds of thousands of shekels' for services provided through their company, Perception.
- During questioning by Lahav 433, Israel's national police investigations unit, Urich stated, 'I don't think I did anything immoral or unprofessional,' citing the involvement of former Mossad agents to justify the work.
- Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett condemned the affair as 'The most serious case of treason in the history of the State of Israel,' even as Prime Minister Netanyahu previously testified he had no knowledge of Urich's Qatari connection.
- The investigation, part of the broader Qatargate affair, involves suspicion of contact with foreign agents, and Democrats party chairman Yair Golan promised to 'boot the Qataris out' of the Prime Minister's Office if elected on 27/10.
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Qatargate suspect Urich continued boosting Doha’s PR image after Oct. 7 massacre
According to N12, citing Urich during his interrogation and investigation in connection to the Qatargate scandal, Urich admitted to having worked with Qatar until at least the middle of 2024.
Report: Netanyahu adviser admitted to working for Qatar after October 7
According to a Channel 12 News report, Yonatan Urich said during his interrogation that he saw no moral issue with the influence campaign and estimated that he had received hundreds of thousands of shekels for his work on it
Jonathan Urich, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's most trusted aide, worked as a paid agent for Qatar even after the outbreak of war on October 7, 2023. After nearly a year of police interrogation, Urich admitted on Monday evening that he had worked to "make up" Qatar's reputation in Israel and the United States.
Netanyahu adviser Jonatan Urich admits working for Qatar after October 7, report says
Channel 12 reports that Jonatan Urich continued working with Qatari figures until mid-to-late 2024; questioned over payments and whether Netanyahu knew, he denied promoting Qatar in Israel and said he was not required to disclose his outside work
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