There is a Qatari affair – I'm not talking about "Qatargate" – that potentially could cause great damage to Benjamin Netanyahu, and that should have the prime minister very worried. A few days after the attack, the decision to carry out a strike in Doha against the Hamas leadership, at this time and contrary to the position of Israel's top defense officials, can only come off as deranged, for lack of a more precise word.

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