Investigators are looking into whether hundreds of thousands of dollars were funneled from Qatar to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's aides in recent months. The suspicion marks the latest of a series of allegations that figures in the premier's circle were paid by Doha to improve its image. Scrutiny of ties between Netanyahu's office and Qatar has ramped up in recent weeks after reported allegations that Netanyahu's former spokesman worked for Qatar via an international firm contracted by Doha to feed top Israeli journalists pro-Qatar stories.

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