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Observation: Former President Trump’s response to recent events may appear measured on the surface, but it carries a sharp undertone of reckoning — particularly for Qatar, a long-time U.S. partner that has walked a fine line between diplomacy and duplicity. For years, Qatar has positioned itself as an impartial broker in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, all while funneling support — financial and political — that has helped keep Hamas firmly in power in Gaza. Israel has long raised concerns about Qatar’s double game: projecting neutrality to the West while quietly propping up one of the most destabilizing forces in the region....

Hamas says its top leaders survived the Israeli strike on Qatar and that five lower-ranking members died. A Qatari security personnel was also killed, the Hamas statement said. Hamas, which has sometimes only confirmed the assassination of its leaders months later, offered no immediate proof its top leaders had survived. What to know: * The son of Hamas’ leader in Gaza killed in strike. * The US knew about the strike in advance. * Qatar condemned what it referred to as a “cowardly Israeli attack.

RedC Biotech says its lab-grown blood could prevent the deaths of 2 million people a year, solving shortages that leave hospitals worldwide without safe, reliable supplies during emergencies, wars and disasters ================================================================== An Israeli biotech startup is developing technology it says could revolutionize the global blood supply by producing universal red blood cells from stem cells on an industrial scale. RedC Biotech, founded by Dr. Ari Gargir, is working to cultivate red blood cells in large bioreactors, potentially generating hundreds of transfusion-ready units at a time. The company’s goal is to provide a reliable and cost-effective supply of blood to...

The fire on Greta Thunberg’s Gaza-bound flotilla was likely started by one of the activists onboard, according to authorities in Tunisia — who said there was “no basis in truth” that it was struck by a drone. Tunisia’s Interior Ministry said there were no drones detected when Thunberg’s Global Sumud Flotilla [GSF] claimed it was hit by one Monday, starting a fire as it was off the Tunisian port of Sidi Bou Said. The ministry maintained that the group’s claim that a drone attack started the fire had “no basis in truth” — and that it was likely started onboard,...

He tried to warn them. Over the weekend, President Donald Trump unveiled a new ceasefire proposal before sending a message to Hamas: "The Israelis have accepted my terms. It is time for Hamas to accept as well," he said. "I have warned Hamas about the consequences of not accepting. This is my last warning, there will not be another one! Thank you for your attention to this matter." Hamas apparently didn't pay attention to the matter. One of its senior terrorists, Bassem Naim, released a statement on Monday calling Trump's proposal a "humiliating surrender document" and saying Hamas's "right" to...

Qatar’s vocal condemnation of Israel’s operation reveals a deeper, more troubling reality: the Arab-Islamic regime has been a key enabler of the genocidal Hamas leadership. By consistently supporting Hamas, both through direct funding and media manipulation, Qatar has played a dangerous role in perpetuating the cycle of violence. Qatar’s state-backed media outlets, like 'Al Jazeera' and 'Middle East Eye', have been vocal in pushing narratives that fuel anti-Israel sentiment, much like the Turkish Islamist dictator Recep Tayyip Erdoğan uses 'Anadolu' and 'TRT' to spread Islamist propaganda. But it goes beyond mere media influence—Qatar has actively positioned itself as a “mediator”...

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry says it ‘condemns and denounces in the strongest terms the brutal Israeli aggression’. An Israeli attack in Qatar’s capital, Doha, targeting Hamas officials has drawn swift condemnation from across the region and beyond, with the United Nations chief calling it a “flagrant violation” of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Qatar. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office confirmed that the Israeli military carried out the attack in Doha on Tuesday against Hamas leaders. It was the first such attack by Israel on Qatar, which has been a key mediator in ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas...

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it targeted “senior officials” of Hamas shortly after explosions shook the Qatari capital Doha, in what would mark the first known Israeli air strike on Qatari soil. In a statement released on September 9, 2025, the IDF and Israel’s domestic intelligence agency Shin Bet said the operation was carried out “using the Air Force” with precision munitions. While the military did not disclose which aircraft were involved, the statement was accompanied by an image of a McDonnell Douglas F-15D Baz fighter. The military described the strike as a response against Hamas leaders “directly...

Qatar “strongly condemns” the Israeli strike on Hamas leaders in Doha, calling it “cowardly.” Saying that the strike “targeted residential buildings housing several members of the Political Bureau of Hamas,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari says that the “criminal assault constitutes a blatant violation of all international laws and norms, and poses a serious threat to the security and safety of Qataris and residents in Qatar.” Ansari adds that Qatar “will not tolerate this reckless Israeli behavior and the ongoing disruption of regional security, nor any act that targets its security and sovereignty.” Qatar is investigating “at the highest...

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has faced a fierce backlash for claiming that Hamas is 'more like a political organization' than a terror group. The 56-year-old commentator made the comment while speaking with Shahed Ghoreishi in the latest episode of The Tucker Carlson show clipped by Mediate. Speaking about Hamas, Carlson said 'They're Islamist extremists... I don't know if that's true, by the way. Seems more like a political organization.'

🚨The moment of the strike VIDEO AT LINK.............. 🚨BREAKING 🚨 Joint statement from the IDF Spokesperson and the Shin Bet Spokesperson: The IDF and Shin Bet, through the Air Force, carried out a targeted strike against the top leadership of the Hams terrorist organization. The leadership members who were targeted led the terrorist organization's activities for years and are directly responsible for carrying out the October 7 massacre and managing the war against the State of Israel. Before the strike, measures were taken to minimize harm to uninvolved civilians, including the use of precise weaponry and additional intelligence information. The...

An explosion at Hamas’ headquarters in Doha, Qatar on Tuesday is believed to be part of an Israeli assassination attempt on the terrorist organization’s leadership. “Several blasts were heard in Qatar’s Doha on Tuesday,” reported Reuters, which added that “Smoke was seen rising over the Katara District in the capital.” Axios’s Barak Ravid revealed on X that an Israeli official had told him that the explosions were the fruit of “an assassination operation against senior Hamas officials.” 🚨BREAKING: About 10 explosions in Qatar, Doha. This is the Hamas general headquarters. pic.twitter.com/QL5wT5cDfV — Eli Afriat 🇮🇱🎗 (@EliAfriatISR) September 9, 2025 Senior...

Israel's military said Tuesday that it had "conducted a precise strike targeting the senior leadership of the Hamas terrorist organization," amid reports of large explosions in Qatar's capital city, Doha. The Israel Defense Forces did not confirm the location of the strikes in its statement, but said it targeted leaders of Hamas who, in the IDF's words, had for years "led the terrorist organization's operations, are directly responsible for the brutal October 7 massacre, and have been orchestrating and managing the war against the State of Israel." The Al-Jazeera television network said an ongoing meeting of Hamas leaders in Doha...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(9/9/25)[Prayer]Water, Rivers, and Streams in the BibleJonah 4 Jonah’s Anger at the Lord’s Compassion 4 But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry. 2 He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity. 3 Now, Lord, take away my life, for it is better for me to die...

Left-wing film stars including Olivia Colman have vowed to boycott Israeli cinema. More than 1,300 actors, producers and screenwriters signed an open letter accusing Israel of committing “genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people”. Pledging not to work with Israel’s film industry, signatories including Tilda Swinton and Mark Ruffalo claim: “In this urgent moment of crisis, where many of our governments are enabling the carnage in Gaza, we must do everything we can to address complicity in that unrelenting horror.

On August 10, Circassian activists in Moscow picketed the offices of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Emergency Situations Ministry and the Migration Service. The initial request to hold a protest rally was turned down by the Moscow city authorities, so the activists reverted to one-person pickets that cannot be banned under Russian legislation. The activists demanded that the Russian government give a clear response to the plight of the estimated 150,000 Circassians in Syria, who have been in danger since the hostilities began there. Only about 400 Circassians have managed to relocate to the North Caucasus over the past several months,...

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party nominee for mayor of New York, says that he will direct the city to dump its Israel bonds, because — he claims — they implicate the city in “violations of international law.” Mamdani, a democratic socialist and Muslim, has a long history of anti-Israel activism, among his other radical views. […] Mamdani did not cite which law Israel had violated (and would likely have been unable to do so). The only known violations of international law have been by Hamas, which launched the war with its terror attack on Israel on October 7, 2023; and...

Levi Yitzhak Pash, Yaakov Pinto, Yisrael Matsner, Yosef David, Dr. Mordechai Steintzag, and Sarah Mendelson were murdered on Monday morning in a shooting attack at the Ramot Junction in Jerusalem. .....

The pressure building on France this week over plans to recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in New York later this month. Israel's UN Ambassador warning France and other countries aligned with it... The United States joined Israel's strongarming of France. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called French Foreign Minister... France's foreign ministry taking to social media to slam US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's accusation regarding its decision to recognize a Palestinian state... President Emmanuel Macron in the spotlight this week in connection with the "Coalition of the Willing" in Ukraine those 26 nations meeting... Meanwhile...

At least 300 people were arrested in London on Saturday under British terrorism laws during a protest of the government’s decision to ban a pro-Palestinian activist group. The group, Palestine Action, was designated a terrorist organization in July after two of its members broke into a British military base and damaged planes to protest Britain’s military support for Israel. It was the first organization to be banned under a segment of Britain’s legal definition of terrorism that covers serious property damage, rather than violence against people, to advance a political cause. The designation put Palestine Action on the same legal...