Is Israel above the law? Muted response to Qatar strike concerning
On September 9, 2025, Israel He launched a missile strike to Doha. The target was the Hamas official meeting in Qatar; Qatar is a US ally, and one of the few states can still mediate between Israel and Palestinian groups. The strike killed six people, including a Qatar security guard, and shook the assumption that Qatar’s capital was home to cease -fire and delicate prisoner negotiations. Israel has passed another red line in the diplomatic field of a sovereign state, not in Gaza or Lebanon this time. The way Israel has carried out this attack is designed to send a clear message: it is not immune to Israeli attacks anywhere – even the dominant states who want to end the war, not schools, not to convoys.
UN Secretary General António Guterres condemned the strike as a “ugly violation” Qatar sovereignty And he called on restrictions. However, the reaction of the key international players was marked with a significant lack of conviction. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called this illegal and destabilizer. European leaders lined up to describe it as unacceptable, but swept around the problem of reflections. No one tries to deal with the issue in the UN, and there is no effort to hold Israel responsible beyond the careful expressions. Without the result, condemnation has become the default response. Israel knows it and moves accordingly.
The international reaction to this ugly violation of international law sends a clear signal to Israel under the leadership of Benjamin Netanyahu: you are free to violate any law and harm anyone. Qatar has been a close US partner for decades and has facilitated international negotiations. The last important negotiation was between the US and the Taliban in 2020 in Doha, which allowed Washington to remove him from Afghanistan. The United States rely on Qatar to reach competitors that he cannot approach directly. The Hamas Political Office in Qatar was founded in 2012 upon the request of the US administration’s request to protect communication channels. Qatar should be betrayed when the authorities hear President Trump Suppose that Israel is “excited” about the attack on Qatar. Is that what President Trump should say?
Israel’s strike to Qatar is more than a regional incident. Warrior is part of a model of increasing actions of aggression. The same week, Israel attacked the Humanitarian Fileto in the waters of Tunisia. . Global Sumud Flotilla It is an international coalition of activists from 44 countries. Among those on the ship were Greta Thunberg, a Swedish activist, who was previously detained and deported by Portuguese politician Mariana Mortagua and Israeli officials in June 2025, while trying to break the blockade of Gaza in June 2025.
The international reaction to Israel’s attack on a help fleet was silenced. The silence and lack of consequences of the global community strengthened the Israeli leadership. The lesson drawn by Israel is that the international order has a lesson of a rule less than a comfort language. These are a series of expressions to be deployed when they are ignored when and not in accordance with the great powers.
This section offers a test of frequently repeated loyalty for Australia -based international order. Foreign Minister Penny Wong simply described the strike “wrong”And this may be a moral rebuke, but it is far from condemning Israel’s violation of international law. But when Moscow annexed the Ukrainian region, Israel bombarded the capital of another state.
Australia has become a proactive member of the United Nations and a vocal defender of a rules based on rules. Australia’s strategic stance in Asia-Pacific is based on the claim that a rules based on rules protects everything against arbitrary action and violations of dominant rights. So, how can Australia leave the violation of Qatar’s sovereignty?
