“YOU Funded Hamas!” Former Israel PM Reacts To Qatar PM Interview | With Ana Kasparian & Joe Kent
September 30, 2026
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5 min readIn a 50-minute interview with Piers Morgan, the Qatari Prime Minister directly called Benjamin Netanyahu a war criminal and denied that his country’s funding built Hamas’s military capability. He insisted every dollar sent to Gaza was approved by Israel itself. Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who wants Qatar designated an enemy state, acknowledged that successive Israeli governments—including his own—licensed those payments. The exchange exposes a tangled history of strategic ambiguity, where the same money that funded Gaza’s civilian infrastructure also, by Bennett’s admission, helped sustain the organization that attacked Israel on October 7.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:01) **Introduction & Context: The Qatar Question** - Piers Morgan sets up the episode by framing Qatar's dual role as a key US ally and controversial mediator in Gaza and Iran, immediately followed by Naftali Bennett's accusation that Qatar funded Hamas.
- 2 (04:07) **Naftali Bennett's Core Accusation: "Without Qatar, There Is No Hamas"** - Bennett lays out his case that Qatar is a "terror state" that actively built and supports Hamas, arguing they cannot be a legitimate peace broker.
- 3 (07:24) **The Funding Mechanism: Qatari PM vs. Bennett** - Piers plays a clip of the Qatari PM explaining the $30 million monthly payments to Gaza, which he claims were approved and verified by Israel down to the individual family.
- 4 (12:24) **The Cultural Influence War: Universities and Propaganda** - The debate shifts to Qatar's $1.1 billion investment in US universities, with Bennett and others arguing it is a deliberate strategy to corrupt young minds.
- 5 (17:39) **Panel Introductions & Ana Kasparian's View** - Piers brings in the panel (Ana Kasparian, Joe Kent, Josh Hammer, Alan Dershowitz) and Ana gives her initial take on the Qatar controversy.
- 6 (21:29) **Alan Dershowitz: A "Mixed Picture" on Qatar** - Dershowitz offers a more nuanced view, acknowledging Qatar's dual role as a valuable mediator and a supporter of Hamas.
- 7 (24:36) **Dershowitz vs. Kasparian on Israeli vs. Qatari Influence** - A direct clash erupts over whether Israel wields undue influence over American institutions, with Dershowitz claiming it has "zero" influence and Ana strongly disagreeing.
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Show Notes
Following Piers Morgan’s interview with the Prime Minister of Qatar, in which the world leader said he believes Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal and denied funding Hamas or having contact with Iran’s new supreme leader, Piers is joined by a host of guests to unpack and debate.
Uncensored is joined by former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, The Young Turks host Ana Kasparian, former National Counterterrorism Center director Joe Kent, senior counsel Josh Hammer, and defense attorney Alan Dershowitz to debate the escalating war of words between Israel and Qatar, and its consequences for US foreign policy.
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:04:00) Naftali Bennett interview
(00:18:29) Ana Kasparian: Is Qatar is a peaceful state?
(00:22:04) Alan Dershowitz: Qatar as an enemy of Israel
(00:34:45) Josh Hammer: Qatar’s relationship with Hamas
(00:39:35) Qatar PM calling Netanyahu a war criminal
(00:43:02) Google Earth images of destroyed Gaza
(00:47:22) Panel clash over US funding for the IDF
(00:51:50) Lifting the ban on international journalists to enter Gaza
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