{"id":6979,"date":"2025-09-10T09:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/6979\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T09:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:11:08","slug":"eu-leader-calls-for-sanctions-against-israel-over-the-war-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/6979\/","title":{"rendered":"EU leader calls for sanctions against Israel over the war in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday she will seek sanctions and a partial trade suspension against Israel over the war in Gaza<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 27-nation EU is deeply divided in its approach to Israel and the Palestinians, and it\u2019s unclear whether a majority will be found to endorse the sanctions and trade measures.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, emergency personnel in Qatar dug through the rubble of an Israeli attack on Hamas\u2019 political leaders who had gathered in the energy-rich Mideast nation to consider a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. <\/p>\n

The strike Tuesday on the territory of a U.S. ally drew widespread condemnation from several countries in the Mideast and beyond. <\/p>\n

Hamas said in a statement that all of its leaders survived the attack but that five lower-ranked members were killed. Qatar said a member of its Internal Security Force died and others were wounded in the attack.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the latest:<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s attack on Doha threatens negotiations<\/p>\n

The Israeli attack on Hamas in Qatar threatens to upend negotiations over a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and Israel\u2019s efforts to reach out to Gulf Arab states.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s according to an analysis Wednesday by the New York-based think tank The Soufan Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe attack has profound strategic implications because by striking a Gulf Cooperation Council state, Israel risks undermining the Abraham Accords and unraveling the fragile normalization framework with Arab partners,\u201d the center said, referring to the 2020 diplomatic recognition deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael\u2019s strike on Qatar raises the uncomfortable question: if a state like Qatar, with its carefully cultivated neutrality and commitment to peacemaking, is punished for its role, who will dare step into the vacuum of mediation in the future?\u201d the center asked.<\/p>\n

Von der Leyen calls for a stop to the war in Gaza<\/p>\n

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that the events in Gaza and the suffering of children and families \u201chas shaken the conscience of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMan made famine can never be a weapon of war. For the sake of the children, for the sake of humanity. This must stop,\u201d she added, to applause in the European Parliament at its meeting in Strasbourg, France.<\/p>\n

Von der Leyen added that the commission \u201cwill set up a Palestine donor group next month,\u201d part of which will focus on Gaza\u2019s future reconstruction.<\/p>\n

Her words Wednesday represented a sharp turnaround in her thinking, as she\u2019d previously been a strong supporter of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n

Qatari leader speaks with Trump<\/p>\n

Qatar\u2019s local media hewed tightly to government statements issued after Tuesday\u2019s attack, which killed at least six people in a neighborhood in Doha home to foreign embassies and schools. Qatar is ruled by a hereditary emir and tightly restricts speech like other Gulf Arab nations.<\/p>\n

Al Jazeera, the outspoken satellite news network funded by Qatar\u2019s government, described the attack as a \u201cbrutal aggression\u201d in its headlines. <\/p>\n

Al Jazeera has been banned by the Israeli government from operating in Israel or the West Bank amid the Israel-Hamas war, though its journalists still broadcast from the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n

The state-run Qatar News Agency noted its ruling emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, held a series of calls with world leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Sheikh Tamim in the call condemned the attack \u201cand held the Israeli entity responsible for its repercussions, in light of the policy of aggression they adopt that threatens the region\u2019s stability and obstructs efforts to de-escalate and reach sustainable diplomatic solutions,\u201d a readout of the call said.<\/p>\n

Qatar Airways, a major East-West airline that operates out of the country\u2019s massive Hamad International Airport, sought to assure passengers their flights were safe and would not be interrupted.<\/p>\n

Israeli attack not detected by Qatar\u2019s air defenses<\/p>\n

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatar\u2019s prime minister and foreign minister, said Tuesday night that \u201cthe Israeli enemy used weapons that were not detected by radar.\u201d He did not elaborate. <\/p>\n

However, that suggests Israeli fighter jets likely launched so-called \u201cstand-off\u201d missiles at a distance to strike the site without actually entering Qatari airspace — possible over the Persian Gulf.<\/p>\n

The U.S. has said it warned Qatar before the strike. Qatar disputes that, with Sheikh Mohammed saying that \u201cthe Americans sent a message 10 minutes after the attacks took place saying they were informed that there was going to be a missile attack on the state of Qatar.\u201d<\/p>\n

Qatar maintains a major arsenal of air defense systems, including both American-made Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD batteries.<\/p>\n

Qatar is also home to the U.S. military\u2019s forward headquarters for its Mideast-based Central Command. <\/p>\n

That base, at the sprawling Al Udeid Air Base, also has American-run radars and defense systems and recently hosted President Donald Trump on his tour of the region in May.<\/p>\n

Japan condemns the attack<\/p>\n

Japan\u2019s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Wednesday that his country \u201cstrongly condemns\u201d Israel\u2019s attack on Qatar as a move that interferes with the ongoing diplomatic efforts toward achieving a ceasefire in Gaza and to the release of hostages and further destabilizes the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile we express our solidarity with Qatar, we strongly demand Israel immediately return to negotiation toward achieving a ceasefire and the release of hostages,\u201d Hayashi said. <\/p>\n

He also called on all related parties to refrain from actions that would destabilize the region, including terrorist attacks, and to de-escalate the situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday she will seek sanctions and a partial trade suspension…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[120,49,54,63,8074,1685,69,122,51,85,46,1984,61,7316,43,238,1823,6804,7319,8071,8121,4447,121,126],"class_list":["post-6979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-2024-2025-mideast-wars","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-donald-trump","tag-europe","tag-european-commission","tag-european-union","tag-gaza-strip","tag-general-news","tag-hamas","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-israel-government","tag-israel-hamas-war","tag-mohammed-bin-rashid-al-maktoum","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-qatar","tag-qatar-government","tag-religion","tag-sanctions-and-embargoes","tag-tamim-bin-hamad-al-thani","tag-ursula-von-der-leyen","tag-war-and-unrest","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}