Israel’s Channel 12 News played a prank on a hotel receptionist in Qatar who said she would be “honored” to book a room for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

Israeli media personality and comedian Orel Tsabari, who is fluent in Arabic, introduced himself to the receptionist of the Qatar Hills Hotel as Mr. Abu Ibrahim and requested to book a room for his boss, Sinwar, who “has gone through a very difficult time lately.”

The receptionist enthusiastically agreed to the request, saying that it is an honor to host the “Palestinian statesman.” She also agreed to allow him to pay the hotel with a “suitcase of dollars” and agreed to “Abu Ibrahim”‘s demand that Sinwar’s vacation be kept top secret so that “the Palestinian people don’t hear that their leader is living it up in a hotel while they suffer from Israeli bombardment.”

Watch the amusing conclusion to the conversation below:

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)