An online influence campaign to improve Qatar’s image in Israel and abroad that was produced and advanced by key suspects in the so-called Qatargate affair continued even after the October 7 Hamas atrocities in 2023, Haaretz reported on Monday.

The campaign was allegedly run by Perception, a company owned by former Likud adviser Yisrael Einhorn, who brought in Jonatan Urich — a close aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and a central suspect in the investigation into ties between the controversial Gulf state and people in the Prime Minister’s Office — who was released to house arrest last week.

Qatar paid for the campaign by transferring money to a company owned by a former Mossad official — whose name cannot be revealed — and by former IDF spokesperson Yoav Mordechai, via a UK subsidiary. That company hired Perception and another company called Koios, which operated the campaign.

The campaign was originally created to boost Qatar’s image leading up to the 2022 soccer World Cup, which was hosted by the tiny, wealthy Gulf state.

The so-called “digital assets” that were created for the campaign, however, remained in use after the........

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