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2025-07-05 Home Front: WoT
US reportedly cancels probe into pro-Qatari lobbyist and Qatargate suspect Footlik
It looks awfully byzantine…
[IsraelTimes] Israeli officials involved in investigation said to be left in dark over why it was nixed, though suspect it may have to do with ongoing efforts with Doha to reach hostage deal

The US Department of Justice has canceled a judicial inquiry into pro-Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
i American lobbyist Jay Footlik, who is suspected of directly financing Qatargate suspect Jonatan Urich’s alleged activities, Hebrew media reported Thursday.

The inquiry was to take place in the US in coordination with the Israel Police, and was expected to bring Sherlocks and prosecuting attorneys one step closer to deciding whether or not to indict Urich, a close aide of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who is suspected of being paid to boost Qatar’s image while in his employ.

According to i24 news, however, the US Justice Department informed Footlik Thursday that it had cancelled the July 9 inquiry, without offering any explanation as to why.

Israeli officials involved in the investigation have also been left in the dark as to why it was canceled, Hebrew media outlet Ynet reported.

They suspect, however, that it may be due to the personal and political considerations of US President Donald Trump
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
, i24 said, as both Qatar and the US are major players in the efforts to forge a ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
Urich, together with Netanyahu’s former military affairs spokesperson Eli Feldstein, is suspected of multiple offenses tied to their alleged work for a pro-Qatar lobbying firm. They are suspected of contact with a foreign agent and breach of trust, due to what prosecutors believe was their work to improve Doha’s image as a hostage negotiation mediator while simultaneously working as advisers to Netanyahu.

The investigation has broadened, and several former security bigshots are suspected of involvement in helping transfer money from Doha to Urich and Feldstein.

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara indicated last month that she would soon file an indictment against Urich.

i24 also reported that Baharav-Miara will request that Serbia extradite Yisrael Einhorn, a former Netanyahu aide who is also involved in the affair due to his public relations firm Perception, which he ran alongside Urich.

The two spearheaded a pro-Qatari campaign to cast the Gulf state in a positive light ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, hosted in Doha, according to Hebrew media reports at the time.
Posted by trailing wife 2025-07-05 2025-07-05 02:51|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| ||Comments [61 views ]  Top
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#1 left in the dark as to why it was canceled

Did they 'turn' him?
Posted by Skidmark 2025-07-05 07:58||   2025-07-05 07:58|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#2 Maybe, just maybe, because they realized it's an Israeli version of Trump/Russia show?
Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-07-05 08:05||   2025-07-05 08:05|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#3 I'll take voluntary asset recruitment for $600 Alex.
Posted by Besoeker 2025-07-05 08:07||   2025-07-05 08:07|| Front Page || Comments   Top

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