Qatargate: Some of what you didn't want to know and were smart not to ask

Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis · Apr 7, 2025 · 15m

The fast pace of the news cycle in the US — the tariffs and their impact on the economy around the world, fears (on the part of some) about the freedom of speech and the independence of academia, the deportations of an innocent man to Salvadorian prisons from which he will or will not be extricated, and more — make some of what is happening in Israel less than the high profile news it would once have been.

The big story in these parts, these days, is the very confusing saga of what’s known here as Qatargate. While in many respects, it’s “just another scandal in this administration,” it smells…