NOTE: Technical problems delayed today’s entries, resulting in a reduced selection of items.
For today, links to eleven reports: from the Associated Press, the Cradle, Al Jazeera, Middle East Eye, National Public Radio, and BBC News, and to commentary from Middle East Monitor; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 9-9-25 is HERE, or scroll down. 9/11 TRUTH and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM
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EU leader calls for sanctions against Israel over the war in Gaza. From AP. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said today she will seek sanctions and a partial trade suspension against Israel over the war in Gaza. The 27-nation EU . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Cradle.
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Israel war chief vows to strike enemies ‘wherever they are’ following Doha attack. From the Cradle. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said today that Tel Aviv will strike at “enemies” wherever they are in the world, one day after an illegal Israeli airstrike that failed to assassinate senior leaders of Hamas in Qatar. READ MORE . . .
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Qatar digs through the rubble of Israel’s attack on Hamas in Doha, by Jon Gambrell | AP DOHA — Qatari security forces and emergency fire personnel deployed today around the site of an Israeli attack Tuesday on Hamas’ political leaders who had gathered in the capital of the energy-rich Middle East country to consider a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The attack killed six people. READ MORE . . .
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‘We’ll get them next time’: Israel hints at more attacks on Hamas leaders in Qatar. From the Cradle. The Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., Yechiel Leiter, said today that Tel Aviv could strike Qatar again to ensure the successful assassination of the Hamas leaders it tried to kill in the Gulf nation one day earlier. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Al Jazeera.
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Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in quiet Qatar shocks Gulf allies and tests U.S. ties, by Isabel Debre | AP The tiny, gas-rich Gulf Arab state of Qatar hosts the biggest U.S. military base in the Middle East, has evacuated tens of thousands of American citizens from Afghanistan, has been designated a U.S. “major non-NATO ally,” and even lavished a $400 million jumbo jet on President Donald Trump for use as Air Force One. None of that . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Middle East Eye.
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Qatari official discusses Israeli strikes on country targeting Hamas officials. Reported by Leila Fadel of NPR. Majed Al Ansari, adviser to Qatar’s prime minister and official spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, talks about Israeli strikes on Qatar targeting Hamas officials. Click HERE to listen and, later read, and click HERE for Sept. 9 report from NPR.
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Anti-Islamic U.S. biker gangs run security at deadly Gaza aid sites, by Andy Verity, Tom Beal and Will Dahlgreen | BBC News The firm guarding sites where aid is distributed in Gaza has been using members of a US biker gang with a history of hostility to Islam to run its armed security, a BBC investigation has found. READ MORE . . .
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Israel’s bombing of Qatar: A lesson in servility, by Ziyad Motala | Middle East Monitor Israel’s strike on a Qatari building housing Hamas negotiators was not a military necessity. It was a declaration. By attempting to assassinate those seeking to mediate an end to the siege of Gaza, Israel made plain that peace is intolerable because peace requires sharing. The only peace Israel desires . . . READ MORE . . .
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