meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The John Batchelor Show

CONTINUED HEADLINE: Failed Israeli Strike in Doha, Qatar's Terror Support, and Gaza Offensive GUEST NAME: Jonathan Schanzer SUMMARY: Jonathan Schanzer analyzes Israel's failed strike on Hamas leadership in Doha, attributing it to Hamas'sunwillingness for

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Arts, News, Books, Society & Culture

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

CONTINUED

HEADLINE: Failed Israeli Strike in Doha, Qatar's Terror Support, and Gaza Offensive
GUEST NAME: Jonathan Schanzer
SUMMARY: Jonathan Schanzer analyzes Israel's failed strike on Hamas leadership in Doha, attributing it to Hamas'sunwillingness for a hostage deal. He criticizes Qatar's role as a financial and political patron for numerous terror groups, questioning international inaction. Schanzer discusses the IDF's Gaza City offensive, emphasizing its necessity to defeat Hamas despite humanitarian concerns, and notes the "dissonance" of al-Sharaa (Al-Qaeda) speaking at the UN.
1945

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Building a coffee business?

0:01.9

Serving the best Americano in town is up to you.

0:04.1

But winning back time and growing your business, leave that to sum up.

0:07.1

Take orders and payments anywhere with the new SumUp terminal.

0:09.9

Turn occasional customers into regulars with a free loyalty program.

0:13.4

And with the SumUp point of sale system, you'll always know when you're running low on your best-selling blends.

0:17.9

Visit sumup.co.uk to learn more.

0:24.0

I'm John Batchel with my colleague, Jonathan Shanzer, the executive director of the Foundation

0:29.0

for the Defense of Democracies. He's traveling in Europe, but we're looking at news from

0:34.0

Gaza right now. The headline, IDF begins major Gaza city ground offensive targeting

0:41.5

Hamas. Dozens of Gazans said killed. Defense Minister Katz says Gaza is burning. Subhead,

0:49.2

thousands flee amid intensive airstrikes. Army uses explosive-laden, remote-controlled APCs to hit infrastructure.

0:56.7

Secretary Rubio says, very short window of time for hostage ceasefire deal. That was something he said

1:03.6

in the visit to Doha and in air. Mr. Rubio is a relentless Secretary of State. He travels widely. Back to the offensive in an urban area,

1:14.7

they've been taking down those towers one by one to eliminate their difficulty of conquering them.

1:21.6

They've ordered the gossans to evacuate. What is the timeline for this, Jonathan? What do they think is in there that they're going to

1:28.6

drive out? Well, John, I think you're asking a very important question. My understanding is that at the

1:35.4

top of those towers, these have been observation points where they've been able to identify

1:39.6

where Israeli movement, military movement has been, and to direct terrorists to engage with

1:46.0

Israeli forces. That is obviously coming to an end very quickly. As these towers toppled,

1:53.1

these observation points are rendered obsolete. So that is part of what's going on. There's also

1:58.6

the individuals that have enjoyed living in these

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from John Batchelor, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of John Batchelor and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.