Netanyahu’s party seeks bill to label Qatar ‘terrorism sponsor’ to block its mediation role – Middle East Monitor

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party has submitted a bill to the Knesset seeking to bar Qatar from mediating in negotiations involving Israel by officially labelling it a “state sponsor of terrorism.”

According to the Hebrew-language newspaper Haaretz, Likud Knesset Member Moshe Saada introduced the bill, which targets Qatar’s role in mediating talks with Hamas. The proposed law would prohibit any country labelled a “supporter of…