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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

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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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.
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This is CBSI on the world. I'm John Batchel. It's a pleasure to welcome Jonathan Shanzer,

0:28.7

Executive Director, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. He's traveling in Europe and Germany.

0:34.3

We go immediately, however, to the events of these last days in Doha, the capital of

0:39.0

Qatar. You will all recall recently, the Israeli Air Force launched an attack, one missile, I believe,

0:46.5

on a residence in Doha, said to be occupied by Hamas leadership that is a principle in the attack on Israel and the lengthy, torturous

0:58.5

conduct towards the people who have families and hostages in Gaza somewhere, and also all

1:08.1

the losses at the IDF. These men in Doha are responsible for hundreds, thousands of deaths.

1:15.5

We don't know the full counting yet.

1:17.8

The strike is said to be less than successful.

1:21.4

Since then, there have been protests in Europe,

1:24.9

and especially voiced by the Arab world meeting in Doha recently to decide what they

1:32.1

will do what is legally possible and then they went home.

1:35.9

Jonathan, a very good evening to you.

1:38.2

The Arab countries met or their representatives did in Doha were sympathetic, said they would object legally and then

1:47.6

left. That doesn't sound very threatening. So let's go back to the original incident. The strike was

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