Qatar
While Doha supports radical elements in the region, it also seeks to promote its image in the West.
The Jewish community in the country is growing, Chabad emissary Rabbi Eli Chitrik said.
Only 10 cases required special diplomatic treatment.
Investigators suspected for months that a Gulf state had been influencing the decisions of the European Parliament.
Following the U.S.-Iran match on Nov. 29, security officers at the World Cup pinned and detained a spectator chanting, “Women, life, freedom.”
Moav Vardi, chief international correspondent for the Kan public broadcaster, posted a video of the exchange in Qatar which has been viewed more than four million times.
Israel approves Qatar’s drilling in a Lebanese gas field
Israel’s Energy Ministry confirmed that a state-owned Qatari business would join the consortium exploring the gas field.
Rather than anti-Jewish Qatari hostility, Rabbi Marc Schneier described “a beautiful collaborative effort.”
The TUS Airways aircraft departed Ben-Gurion Airport carrying some 180 Israeli and Palestinian soccer fans to the World Cup.
“Downplay your Israeli presence and Israeli identity for the sake of your personal security,” said Lior Haiat, a senior Israeli diplomat.
Fans find creative ways to attend Qatar soccer tournament, with hopes of future normalization.
Consular services for Israeli citizens will be provided through a privately run international travel agency based in Doha.
