Matt Gaetz launched a blistering critique of Israel, exposing shocking secrets and tangled alliances behind the Gaza conflict. He revealed Netanyahu’s secret $30 million monthly funding request to Hamas via Qatar—an admission only recently made public—while condemning Israel’s bombings of Qatar despite the Gulf state gifting the U.S. a $400 million jet.

Gaetz also called out Israel’s $45 million deal with Google to push propaganda on the Gaza war and took aim at Speaker Mike Johnson’s controversial stance on screening congressional candidates for alignment with Israeli government policies amid waning support.

Gaetz stated on his show, “Israel is using American-made weapons to bomb Qatar — a country that hosts our largest military base in the Middle East. This isn’t just a conflict; it’s a betrayal of a close ally.”

Gaetz is right to point out the alarming reality that Israel used American-made weapons to attack Qatar — a vital U.S. ally that hosts the largest American military base in the Middle East.

This unprecedented strike against a partner nation raises serious questions about Netanyahu’s intentions: Is he targeting the U.S. military presence in Qatar next? What further aggressive moves might be planned in this escalating regional conflict?

The attack marks a dangerous escalation with major implications for U.S. defense cooperation and Middle East stability.

Key Points:

Matt Gaetz: “Israel is using American-made weapons to bomb Qatar — a country that hosts our largest military base in the Middle East. This isn’t just a conflict; it’s a betrayal of a close ally.”

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— National File (@NationalFile) September 22, 2025

Transcript:

Matt Gaetz:

 “Charlie Kirk openly questioned the story Israel was trying to tell the world about October 7th.”

Charlie Kirk:

 “Think some questions need to be asked. Was there a stand-down order?”

Charlie Kirk:

 “Was there a stand-down order?”

Charlie Kirk:

 “Six hours? I don’t believe it. I’ve been to that Gaza border. You cannot go 10 feet without running into a 19-year-old with an AR-15 or an automatic machine gun that is an IDF soldier. The whole country is surveilled.”

Matt Gaetz:

 “There’s also another country that asked Qatar to support Hamas. It was Israel. In 2018, Netanyahu himself sent a secret letter to the Qatari leadership. In that letter, he urged Qatar to deliver $30 million a month to Gaza. He said this funding would help reduce the motivation of terror groups to carry out attacks, prevent a humanitarian crisis, and preserve regional stability. So in May of 2025, Netanyahu publicly admitted that since 2018, his government had allowed Qatar to transfer money to Hamas in Gaza. And that was according to his own request. That policy was approved by the full Israeli security cabinet. So if you believe Netanyahu himself, he went from asking Qatar to send money to Hamas to bombing Qatar for not extraditing Hamas.”

JD Vance:

 “He doesn’t think this serves Israel’s interests or the United States’ interests.”

Matt Gaetz:

 “Yeah, it really doesn’t. Qatar just gifted the United States a $400 million jet. Israel sending bombs in return is one heck of a thank you note. On Capitol Hill, Florida Democratic Congressman Jared Moskowitz is deeply concerned about foreign governments running influence campaigns online in the United States.”

Democratic Congressman Jared Moskowitz[Video]:

 “It is totally rampant, allowing foreign governments to just perpetrate these platforms, all of these bots, all of the time to weaponize Americans. You see what’s going on here? This is a byproduct of all of that. What’s going on in the streets is a byproduct of all of that.”

Matt Gaetz:

 “Well, that just sounds awful. We wanted to learn more about these foreign governments that Representative Moskowitz was talking about and their paid influence operations. And lo and behold, a foreign country has just signed a $45 million deal with Google to spread propaganda. It’s Israel. If you don’t care at all about Israel or Qatar, you should at least care about U.S. military equipment being used in the most stupid of ways. Israel has the F-35. Qatar has U.S. Patriot missile batteries. Is American hegemony in 2025 really watching our own air defenses shooting down U.S.-funded bombs launched from U.S.-made planes? This reminds me of Syria, when forces funded by the Pentagon were fighting forces funded by the CIA.”

Matt Gaetz:

 “This week, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson held a meeting with APAC and Jewish leaders on Capitol Hill. Several reports out of that meeting suggest Speaker Johnson committed to screen potential congressional candidates to ensure they are aligned with the current policies of the Israeli government. I asked Speaker Johnson about this, and he offered this response on record exclusively to our program. When asked if he was going to screen candidates in this way, he wrote back, “No. Shocking that I would be misquoted.” The discussion was about general support for Israel, which has obviously been declining. Christians are called to support the people and nation of Israel, but not necessarily its politics. Speaker Johnson didn’t fall into this trap.”

Ted Cruz:

 “Those who bless Israel will be blessed, and those who curse Israel will be cursed.” 

Tucker Carlson:

 “Those who bless the government of Israel?” 

Ted Cruz:

 “Those who bless Israel is what it says. It doesn’t say the government of it. It says the nation of Israel. So that’s in the Bible. As a Christian, I believe that.”

Tucker Carlson: 

 “Where is that?”

Ted Cruz:

 “I can find it for you. I don’t have the scripture off the tip of my … You pull out the phone and use the google…” 

Tucker Carlson:

 “It’s in Genesis.”

Tucker Carlson:

 “Is the nation God is referring to in Genesis, is that the same as the country run by Benjamin Netanyahu right now?”

Ted Cruz:

 “Yes. Yes it is.” 

 Matt Gaetz:

 “I guess we can say this about Mike Johnson. He’s probably got a higher IQ than Ted Cruz. Qatar is an ally. I know that because we have a U.S. military base there, since Vietnam, no country that has willingly invited U.S. military bases has been bombed by U.S. funded weapons. We see increasing evidence that Netanyahu wants forever wars in the Middle East. That’s not good for Israel. That’s not good for the United States. It’s just good for Netanyahu, and his goals sound really awful.”

Charlie Kirk:

 “But the fact is now, Bibi and the Israeli hard right government has a mandate…”

Charlie Kirk:

 “I’ve got to be careful the way I say this. Two, they’re going to try to ethnically cleanse Gaza.”

Charlie Kirk:

 “I mean, that’s … And I don’t use that term lightly. Okay?”