MAGA'S HORST WESSEL

This Resurfaced Video Of Charlie Kirk Explaining Why He Thinks Gun Deaths Are "Worth It" Is Going Viral

Alexa Lisitza
Wed, September 10, 2025 
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Earlier today, conservative personality and prominent Trump ally Charlie Kirk was fatally shot while speaking at a Utah Valley University event.

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Donald Trump announced news of his passing on Truth Social, writing, "The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us."

Truth Social: @realDonaldTrump / truthsocial.com

In light of these events, Kirk's vocal pro-gun stance is being reexamined.

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One moment from 2023 is going particularly viral. In a resurfaced video from a Turning Point USA event, Kirk says, "We must also be real. We must be honest with the population. Having an armed citizenry comes with a price, and that is part of liberty."

"Driving comes with a price. Fifty thousand people die on the road every year. That's a price. You get rid of driving, you'd have 50,000 less auto fatalities. But we have decided that the benefit of driving — speed, accessibility, mobility...is worth the cost of 50,000 people dying on the road."

"We need to be very clear that you're not going to get gun deaths to zero. It will not happen," he continues. "But I think it's worth it. I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year, so that we can have the Second Amendment."


Twitter: @JasonSCampbell

He goes on to suggest that efforts to stop shootings should include more armed guards at locations and events.

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Video of Kirk's 2023 talk has reached millions of new viewers, many of whom are leaving comments saying the speech "aged like milk."


Twitter: @yumipill

Graphic video of Kirk shooting was everywhere online, showing how media gatekeeper role has changed

DAVID BAUDER
Wed, September 10, 2025 

FILE - Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk speaks before Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives at the Turning Point Believers' Summit, July 26, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)More


They were careful with the explicit imagery — as usual. But did it make any difference?

Traditional news organizations were cautious in their midafternoon coverage of Charlie Kirk's assassination Wednesday not to depict the moment he was shot, instead showing video of him tossing a hat to his audience moments before, and panicked onlookers scattering wildly in the moments after.

In practical terms, though, it mattered little. Gory video of the shooting was available almost instantly online, from several angles, in slow-motion and real-time speed. Millions of people watched.

Video was easy to find on X, on Facebook, on TikTok, on Instagram, on YouTube — even on Truth Social, where President Donald Trump posted official word of the conservative activist's death. It illustrated how the “gatekeeping” role of news organizations has changed in the era of social media.

Kirk was shot at a public event before hundreds of people at a Utah college campus, many of them holding up phones to record a celebrity in their midst and savvy about how to disseminate video evidence of a news event.

On X, there was a video showing a direct view of Kirk being shot, his body recoiling and blood gushing from a wound. One video was a loop showing the moment of impact in slow-motion, stopping before blood is seen. Another, taken from Kirk's left, included audio that suggested Kirk was talking about gun violence at the moment he was shot.

For more than 150 years, news organizations like newspapers and television networks have long been accustomed to “gatekeeping” when it comes to explicit content — making editorial decisions around violent events to decide what images and words appear on their platforms for their readers or viewers. But in the fragmented era of social media, smartphones and instant video uploads, editorial decisions by legacy media are less impactful than ever.

Images spread across the country

Across the country in Ithaca, New York, college professor Sarah Kreps' teenage sons texted her about Kirk's assassination shortly after school was dismissed and they could access their phones.

No, she told them. He was shot, but there were no reports that he had died. Her son answered: Have you seen the video? There's no way he could have survived that.

The videos were posted and reposted at lightning speed. One person on X urged “stop the violence” but then included a clip of the shooting. Several people took to social media to plead for people not to spread the images. “For the love of God and Charlie's family,” read one message, “just stop.”

YouTube said it was removing “some graphic content” related to the event if it doesn't provide sufficient context, and restricting videos so they could not be seen by users under age 18 or those who are not signed in, the company said.


Matthew Dowd on MSNBC wonders if Charlie Kirk shooting may have been “supporter shooting their gun off in celebration.”


“Our hearts are with Charlie Kirk's family following his tragic death,” YouTube said. “We are closely monitoring our platform and prominently elevating news content on the homepage, in search and in recommendations to help people stay informed.”

Meta's rules don't prohibit posting videos like Kirk's shooting, but warning labels are applied and they are not shown to users who say they are under 18. The parent company of Instagram, Facebook and Threads referred a reporter to the company's policies on violent and graphic content, which they indicated would apply in this case, but had no further comment. An X representative did not immediately return a request for comment.

It's an issue social media companies have dealt with before, in equally gruesome circumstances. Facebook was forced to contend with people wanting to livestream violence with a mass shooting in New Zealand in 2019, said Cornell University's Kreps, author of the forthcoming book, “Harnessing Disruption: Building the Tech Future Without Breaking Society.”

Getting to the other side

Some images seeped out into more traditional media. TMZ posted a video of Kirk in which a shot and a voice saying, “Oh, my God,” can be heard, but Kirk’s upper body was blurred out. A similar video with a blurred image of Kirk was posted on the New York Post’s website.

In such an atmosphere, the care shown by most traditional news outlets may seem quaint or old-fashioned. But news industry leaders are acutely aware of protecting people from graphic images when they are not expecting it; happening upon them is a little harder online, where many people have to search for and click on an image if they want to see it — if it hasn’t already been sent to you or your group chat.

There can also be an important message sent by news outlets being cautious in what they show, Kreps said. “The traditional media can amplify and validate behavior,” she said. “It can be a signal for how things should be stigmatized, rather than validated or normalized.

But on the day of the shooting in a politically polarized country, the easy availability of shocking images ran the risk of making society's wound even more painful.

“I don't see how many signs of how we get — as a people, as a nation — to the other side of this,” said CNN's David Chalian. “I think we are broken, and potentially beyond repair.”

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AP correspondent Barbara Ortutay in San Francisco contributed to this report. David Bauder writes about media for the AP. Follow him a

Trump Pours Gas On The Flames With Incendiary Statement On Charlie Kirk Assassination

Mollie Reilly
Wed, September 10, 2025

President Donald Trump quickly placed blame for conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination on the rhetoric of the “radical left,” despite no evidence yet indicating the shooter’s motive.

In a video message posted by the White House on Wednesday evening, Trump mourned the loss of Kirk, a fierce ally of the president’s who helped Trump build support among young conservatives.

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“I am filled with grief and anger at the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk on a college campus in Utah,” Trump said. “Charlie inspired millions, and tonight all who knew him and loved him are united in shock and horror.”




Trump continued: “He’s a martyr for truth and freedom, and there’s never been anyone who was so respected by youth.”

After praising Kirk for his commitment to his Christian faith, Trump pivoted to blaming the shooting on the “radical left,” claiming that people who described Kirk as a Nazi are “directly responsible.”

“It’s long past time for all Americans and the media to confront the fact that violence and murder are the tragic consequence of demonizing those with whom you disagree,” Trump said. “For years, those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world’s worst mass murderers and criminals. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism that we’re seeing in our country today, and it must stop right now.”

There is currently no suspect in custody, nor are there any indications from investigators of the shooter’s possible motive.

Trump said his administration would track down every person who “contributed to this atrocity.” He then went on to list several acts of violence he blamed on the “left,” including the 2024 assassination attempt against him, the shooting at a congressional baseball team practice in 2017 that left Rep. Steve Scalise injured and the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last year.

“Radical left political violence has hurt too many innocent people and taken too many lives,” Trump said.

Trump did not mention any of the many recent examples of violence against left-leaning politicians, including the shooting of two Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota this summer


Trump’s comments are likely to fuel further calls from his most fervent supporters to seek retribution for Kirk’s death.

On Fox News, host Jesse Watters vowed to “avenge” Kirk’s death.

“Everybody’s accountable,” he said.

Billionaire and erstwhile Trump ally Elon Musk offered a similar message to the president on X: “The Left is the party of murder.”

“THIS IS WAR,” declared Libs of TikTok’s Chaya Raichik.

Trump administration dissolves group that authored controversial report sowing doubt in the severity of climate change

Ella Nilsen, CNN
Wed, September 10, 2025 

Energy Secretary Chris Wright outside the White House on March 19. - Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Climate scientists are declaring victory after the Trump administration dissolved a working group of five well-known climate contrarians that authored a recent federal report questioning the severity of climate change and even portraying it as potentially beneficial.

A letter dated September 3 from Energy Sec. Chris Wright confirming the dissolution of the group was sent to the five researchers — John Christy and Roy Spencer, both at the University of Alabama at Huntsville, Steven E. Koonin of Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, Georgia Tech professor emeritus Judith Curry and Canadian economist Ross McKitrick.

The group’s end can be traced to a lawsuit filed by the Environmental Defense Fund and Union of Concerned Scientists alleging the group’s formation violated the Federal Advisory Committee Act in several ways, mainly by failing to disclose the group’s formation “until months after it began working,” and by choosing members of a federal government working group to deliberately represent a one-sided argument.

Though the group has been disbanded, DOE will not withdraw the report it authored, which sparked resistance across the climate science community and stirred a coordinated response during the required public-comment period.

“DOE determined that the draft report and the public comments it solicited achieved the purpose of the CWG, namely to catalyze broader discussion about the certainties and uncertainties of current climate science,” a DOE spokesperson said. “We will continue to engage in the debate in favor of a more science-based and less ideological conversation around climate science.”

Curry wrote in a personal blog post on September 2 that the group’s activities were “currently on hold” due to the lawsuit. Wright notified the researchers of the dissolution a day later.

“Having collided with so many orthodoxies, I’m confident that we’ve excited the much-needed debate in this area and can dissolve the Climate Working Group,” Wright wrote his letter. “It is unsurprising that we are now facing yet another effort to declare the science ‘settled’ and to shut down this debate.”

Wright handpicked the researchers earlier this year to write the controversial report questioning the scientific consensus on the severity and impacts of climate change. A draft of the report was released in July as evidence for the administration’s proposal to repeal a 2009 scientific finding that human-caused climate change endangers human health and safety.

“The agency considered a variety of sources and information in assessing whether the predictions made, and assumptions used, in the 2009 Endangerment Finding are accurate,” an EPA spokesperson said in a statement to CNN. “EPA’s proposal is legal in nature.”

The report generated concerted pushback from the scientific community. More than 100 climate scientists – many of whom coordinated their efforts – submitted over 400 pages in public comments to the Energy Department last week.

Andrew Dessler, a climate researcher at Texas A&M University who helped organize the public comments to push back against the report, told CNN he believes the Energy Department and the former working group were ill-equipped to respond to the deluge of comments they received.

“My interpretation is they’re waving the white flag,” Dessler said. “How do five people respond to thousands of comments? They don’t have the arguments or the knowledge in a lot of areas. Any attempt to respond would have revealed how unscientific the report actually was.”

The Trump administration promoted the Energy Department report at the same time it deleted all previous congressionally mandated National Climate Assessment reports from government websites and fired the scientists working on the next iteration of the report. In an CNN interview last month, Wright said the Trump administration was also updating previously published National Climate Assessments, which drew alarm from climate scientists.

In his letter, Wright said the report and the “resulting debate it invited exceeded my expectations.”

“The discourse around this issue will benefit from your work and the public comment process; both create long overdue space for a variety of scientific viewpoints,” Wright wrote.

Curry told CNN in an email that while the group has been disbanded, it is “still working independently,” and plans to “issue a revised report and respond to any serious comments.”

Dessler said the dissolution is a significant blow to the years-long desire of climate contrarians to have a sham “red-team, blue team” debate on the merits of climate science, something former group member Koonin suggested in an interview with E&E News would happen in the future.

Dessler said he believed the working group’s dissolution means there will be no such debate, nor an official point by point rebuttal from the Trump administration.

“My sense is this is a disaster for them; they honestly believed they had good arguments,” Dessler added.

CNN’s Andrew Freedman contributed to this report.

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Trump Hands His Favorite Son-in-Law a New Job

KUSHNER REALITY; 

GAZA BEACHFRONT PROPERTIES FOR SALE

Will Neal
Tue, September 9, 2025 

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Donald Trump has reportedly tasked Jared Kushner with drafting plans for the “day after” any prospective ceasefire is agreed between Israel and Hamas.

The Trump insider—who is officially a private citizen—was spotted in Miami sitting down with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-hand man, Ron Dermer.

Businessman and investor Kushner, who is also Ivanka Trump’s husband, does not hold an official title in the second Trump administration, but appears to have a role in the peace efforts.

Kushner, who's married to Trump's daughter Ivanka, has increasingly emerged as the White House's man on the War in Gaza. / MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP via Getty Images

The hush-hush session came as a fresh U.S. proposal aimed at ending the war in Gaza and hammering out what comes after a ceasefire.

The meeting also included Steve Witkoff, a White House envoy, according to a U.S. official and another source with knowledge of the talks. Former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is also involved in the peace effort, was also there.

Kushner's joined in advising the White House by former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair. / China News Service / China News Service via Getty Ima

Kushner previously worked as a senior adviser during Trump’s first term, when he was central to brokering a series of normalization agreements between Israel and other Middle Eastern countries, known as the Abraham Accords.

A U.S. real estate mogul in his own right, he’s become a significant player in Middle Eastern business circles and is the largest investor in Israeli insurance and financial group Phoenix Holdings.

Kushner and Blair met with Trump, Witkoff, and several other senior MAGA officials two weeks ago.

According to Axios, Trump is understood to have been impressed by Kushner’s suggestions, signing off on them, and tasking him with developing a more detailed plan for any post-war scenario.

Last week, Witkoff shared new U.S. proposals with Hamas for prospective terms of a ceasefire deal. These include the release of all 48 hostages, including the 28 presumed dead, still in Hamas captivity following the Oct. 7 terrorist attack in 2023, ending Israel’s bombardment of Gaza City, and a start to negotiations on ending the conflict, as well as the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from the occupied Palestinian territory.

“We’re working on a solution that maybe could be very good,” Trump told reporters on Sunday. “I think we’re gonna have a deal on Gaza very soon. It’s a hell of a problem.”

The president has previously courted considerable controversy with proposals for transforming Gaza into a tourist enclave, dubbed the “Riviera of the Middle East,” in part by expelling the beleaguered remaining Palestinian population from the Israeli-occupied 

The backlash only deepened in February after Trump shared an outlandish AI-generated video on social media featuring a deranged rendering of not only a “Trump Gaza” hotel, but also the shirtless U.S. and Israeli presidents sipping drinks poolside at the imagined luxury resort.

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Palestinian statehood push undermined US efforts to release Israeli-held funds, envoy says

Alexander Cornwell
Wed, September 10, 2025 

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee looks on during an interview with Reuters in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee said on Wednesday that growing international momentum to recognize a Palestinian state directly led to the collapse of U.S. efforts to persuade Israel to release much-needed funds to the Palestinian Authority.

Huckabee said he had been "shuttling back and forth" between the two sides, partly out of concern that worsening economic instability in the West Bank could spark violence, but that momentum towards recognition had hardened Israeli positions.

The Palestinian Authority exercises limited civic rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

"I felt like we were making progress. We weren't quite there yet, but we were talking, and there was progress, and there was understanding of the importance of getting it resolved," Huckabee said in an interview with Reuters in Jerusalem.

When asked whether the Palestinian funds that Israel had blocked from transferring would remain on hold indefinitely, Huckabee said that everything was “frozen in place”.

The Palestinian foreign ministry and a spokesperson for Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

According to the Palestinian Authority, Israel is withholding around $3 billion in revenues. Under a longstanding arrangement, Israel collects customs and import taxes on behalf of the Palestinian Authority.

Those revenues make up a bulk of the Palestinian Authority's budget, which also depends heavily on foreign aid, that pays salaries of police, teachers and other government employees.

The Israeli government has frequently withheld funds owed to the Palestinian Authority, later releasing them partially or in full. As a result, the Palestinian Authority struggles to pay its employees, many of whom receive only partial salaries.

Palestinian officials suspect that the withholding of funds is a deliberate attempt to stifle the economy. They warn it could backfire on Israel by pushing people towards militancy.

Huckabee said that the amount being withheld was significant and that it was inflicting an extraordinary economic pain on Palestinians. However, he insisted that the Palestinian Authority bore some responsibility for encouraging recognition efforts.


RECOGNISING A PALESTINIAN STATE

Britain, France, Canada, Australia and Belgium have all said they will recognise a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly later this month, in hopes of advancing a two-state solution with Israel, although London has said it could hold back if Israel were to take steps to ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and commit to a long-term peace process.

The recognition moves have been criticized by the United States.

Huckabee said the Palestinian Authority must also undertake substantial reforms, and he criticized a policy of providing welfare to the families of Palestinians who carried out violent attacks. However, he said security cooperation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority had been maintained.

Huckabee also said that international momentum for recognition of a Palestinian state had not only derailed negotiations over tax revenues but also prompted more declarations by Israeli officials calling for sovereignty over parts of the West Bank.

Finance Minister Smotrich, who opposes Palestinian statehood, has called for the government to declare sovereignty - de facto annexation - over most of the West Bank, which Israel captured along with East Jerusalem and Gaza in the 1967 war.

Huckabee said he was not aware of any U.S.-Israel communication regarding whether Israel should or should not annex the West Bank, a move opposed by past administrations.

When asked about the Israeli government's support for expanding settlements there, which the United Nations and many countries deem illegal, Huckabee replied that the U.S. position was that “Israel has to do what Israel has to do.”

(Reporting by Alexander CornwellEditing by Frances Kerry)

UK PM Starmer and Israeli president clash during 'tough' meeting
Andrew MacAskill and William James
Wed, September 10, 2025 

Israeli President Isaac Herzog visits Downing Street, in London

Israeli President Isaac Herzog visits Downing Street, in London

Israeli President Isaac Herzog visits 10 Downing Street, in London

LONDON (Reuters) - Israeli President Isaac Herzog said he had argued with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Downing Street on Wednesday during a "tough" meeting that covered deep disagreements over recent behaviour by each other's country.

The meeting comes a day after Israel expanded its attacks on Hamas by launching an airstrike aimed at killing the Islamist group's political leaders in Qatar, a British ally in the Middle East, which Starmer condemned.

Israel has been angered by Britain's plans to join several other Western countries, including France and Canada, in recognising a Palestinian state later this month - unless Israel meets conditions including a ceasefire in Gaza.

"Things were said that were tough and strong, and clearly we can argue, because when allies meet, they can argue. We are both democracies," Herzog said at a later Chatham House event.

He said Starmer's plan for Palestinian statehood and his views on humanitarian aid in Gaza had been the root of the disagreement and added that he had invited the British government to undertake a fact-finding mission to Israel.

Starmer's office said the British leader implored Herzog to change course over Gaza, expressing deep concern about the humanitarian crisis and urging Israel to allow in aid and halt offensive operations.

He reaffirmed that the UK and Israel were longstanding allies and said he remains committed to working towards an enduring peace for both Israelis and Palestinians.

Earlier, the two men briefly shook hands without smiling on the steps of Downing Street before they entered the building.

Starmer also raised with Herzog the Israeli airstrike on Qatar, condemning the incident as "completely unacceptable."

"He said the strikes were a flagrant violation of a key partner’s sovereignty and do nothing to secure the peace we all desperately want to see," a Downing Street spokesperson said.

The Gaza war has strained Israel's relations with Britain and other European countries. Britain has blocked Israeli officials from attending its biggest defence trade show taking place this week.

Starmer is under pressure from politicians in his own party to take a tougher approach to Israel, but he told parliament on Wednesday that diplomacy was needed to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza and to get the Israeli hostages released by Hamas.

Herzog's role as Israel's president is mainly ceremonial but he caused anger when he said all residents of Gaza were responsible for the Hamas-led attack on Israel after the October 7 attacks in 2023.

Asked earlier on Wednesday why he was meeting Herzog, Starmer said: "I will not give up on diplomacy, that is the politics of students."

Wes Streeting, who is health minister in Starmer's government, said this week that Israel's handling of the war in Gaza was leading it to "pariah status".

Starmer also hosted Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday, where they agreed there would be "absolutely no role" for Hamas in the future governance of a Palestinian state.

Britain has promised to recognise a Palestinian state ahead of the U.N. General Assembly later this month unless Israel meets four conditions, including ending the war in Gaza and allowing more aid into the Palestinian enclave.

(Reporting by Andrew MacAskill, William James and Sam Tabahriti; Editing by Gareth Jones and Daniel Wallis)

Israel’s latest attack deals another blow to Trump’s tarnished international credibility

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, 

CNN
Tue, September 9, 2025 


President Donald Trump delivers remarks during an event in Washington, DC, on September 8. - Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters


Assuming President Donald Trump’s claim that he couldn’t stop Israel’s strike on Hamas officials in a Qatar residential district is true, he’s just suffered another devastating blow to his international credibility.

Trump hurriedly made clear that Tuesday’s raid, which killed five Hamas members but not the top team negotiating a new US ceasefire plan for Gaza, was not his decision and that he’d rushed to inform Qatar when he learned of it.

“I’m not thrilled about the whole situation,” Trump said as he went for dinner at a Washington, DC, steakhouse. “It’s not a good situation … we are not thrilled about the way that went down.”

That seemed a rare Trumpian understatement.

The strike — in which Israel ignored profound implications for vital American interests — is a new embarrassment for Trump at a time when he’s also being taken for a ride by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who grinned through their summit in Alaska, then escalated attacks on Ukrainian civilians.

Trump seems sincere in his desire to be a global peacemaker, and if he succeeds, he could save many lives and leave a valuable legacy. He returned to the White House in January insisting he’d quickly end the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. But eight months later, both are even more bloody. And Putin, China’s leader Xi Jinping and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi openly defy him.

Events in the Middle East are unlikely to do much to hurt Trump’s political fortunes at home, as his crime crackdown plays out amid worries about a slowing economy. But Israel’s attack in broad daylight in Doha could be ruinous to his self-image as a hard-power-wielding strongman who is feared abroad.

That’s because the strike flagrantly trampled the sovereignty of a vital US ally that hosts the largest US base in the Middle East and was negotiating with Hamas at the behest of the White House on a plan Trump predicted would soon yield a deal.

Not only was this a personal affront to Trump, but it also puts Netanyahu’s goals over the critical security priorities of the United States — even after the last two US administrations rushed to defend Israel from two sets of attacks by Iran. CNN reported that some White House officials were furious that it took place after one of Netanyahu’s advisers, Ron Dermer, on Monday met Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff but made no mention of an operation sure to humiliate the US president.

“The attacks take place at a very sensitive moment in the ceasefire negotiations where the Trump administration, the president, and his envoy Witkoff have made clear that the president is looking for a comprehensive ceasefire, the release of all hostages, prisoner exchange and moving forward and ending the war in Gaza,” former US ambassador to Israel Edward Djerejian told Richard Quest on CNN International.

“Israel is not obviously paying much attention to US national security interests,” said Djerejian, who served in eight administrations, starting with that of President John F. Kennedy and ending with that of President Bill Clinton.

Smoke rises from an explosion in Doha, Qatar, on September 9. - AP

Huge ramifications for US foreign policy

The reverberations of the strike seem certain to end any hope of a negotiated peace to end Israel’s war in Gaza — one reason why it may have recommended itself to Netanyahu. There may be horrific ramifications for the remaining Israeli hostages who are still alive after nearly two years of torment in tunnels under Gaza.


It’s also the latest evidence that the Israeli prime minister places more importance on the total eradication of Hamas — a potentially impossible task — than the hostages’ return. And the almost certain result is an intensification of Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip, which has already killed tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians and alienated most of Israel’s foreign allies.


For the United States, there are also serious ramifications.

► The fallout could sour the relationship between the US president and the Israeli prime minister and sow distrust between Israel and its vital ally the United States.

► It will shatter any credibility that the Trump had in posing as a distant mediator between Israel and Hamas and may cause Qatar to pull out of peace talks. The emirate’s prime minister accused Israel of conducting “state terrorism.”

► Some US observers accuse Qatar of playing a double game by hosting Hamas leaders. But Doha will see the attack by America’s closest Middle East ally as a betrayal after its years working to advance US diplomatic priorities, not just in the Middle East, but in hostage release deals beyond the Middle East as far away as Afghanistan and Venezuela.

► There could also be adverse consequences for Trump’s personal and political interests in the wider Arab world, which he energetically pursued during the first Gulf trip of his second term, including a lavish welcome in Qatar.

► And the administration’s hoped-for expansion of the first-term Abraham Accords, which normalized relations between Israel and some Arab states — and which is key to Trump’s push for a Nobel Peace Prize — is now more distant than ever.

► Leaders of other states in the Gulf, a thriving business and leisure hub, will wonder — if Israel can strike with impunity at Qatar, under the noses of the US garrison — whether they will be next.

“It’s a pretty big bill for the Israelis to have conducted this strike,” retired Admiral James Stavridis, a former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, told CNN’s Kasie Hunt. He added that Netanyahu has “been in power forever by US standards. And over time, he’s gotten very comfortable in doing exactly what he wants to do.”

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the scene of a shooting in Jerusalem on September 8. - Ronen Zvulun/AFP/POOL/Getty Images

Israel insists it acted alone

Many US analysts will interpret Israel’s attempt to kill negotiators considering a US peace plan a day after they met with Qatari government officials as new proof that Netanyahu wants to prolong the war. The prime minister has succeeded in postponing inevitable investigations into the security lapses after the October 7 attacks on Israeli civilians by Hamas in 2023. And his personal legal woes can be kept off the boil as long as he stays in power atop his far-right coalition.

Israel’s justification for the strikes was that it will pursue terrorist leaders wherever they are. Netanyahu has waged war on multiple fronts throughout the region, and conducted devastating strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon; Houthis in Yemen; and Iran. He said Tuesday that the “days when the heads of terror enjoyed immunity anywhere are over.”

Many Israelis viewed the Hamas attacks nearly two years ago not just as a strike against Israel but also as the most heinous attempt to wipe out Jews since the Nazi Holocaust. Yet many also now oppose the total warfare on Gaza waged by Netanyahu and are desperate to see the return of the hostages after a negotiated settlement.

Netanyahu was quick to make clear that the attack on Doha was a “wholly independent Israeli operation,” seeking to offer Trump some diplomatic cover. But the Middle East loves conspiracy theories. And the US faces a hard sell over its claim that it knew nothing as Israel got 10 fighter jets and their munitions — possibly American-made F-35 planes — within range of the target.

Some will suspect that Trump gave a green light, or at least tacitly condoned the attacks. The White House, however, said that the US military in Qatar alerted Trump, and he ordered Witkoff to tip off the Qataris. But the government in Doha said it only got a heads-up when the attack, which caused panic in the capital, was already over.

The White House damage-control effort does seem to bolster Trump’s claim that he couldn’t do anything to halt the strike.

“Unilaterally bombing inside Qatar, a sovereign nation and close ally of the United States that is working very hard in bravely taking risks with us to broker peace, does not advance Israel or America’s goals,” said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

It was exceedingly rare criticism of Israel from the Trump administration. The president later said on Truth Social that “this was a decision made by Prime Minister Netanyahu, it was not a decision made by me.” Trump also said he’d ordered Secretary of State Marco Rubio to finalize a defense cooperation pact with Qatar.

A Qatari Boeing 747 sits on the tarmac of Palm Beach International airport after President Donald Trump toured the aircraft on February 15. - Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

How Trump’s new Air Force One complicates his response

There are geopolitical reasons to take the president’s comments at face value. But there is a complication. Trump earlier this year accepted a Boeing 747 from Qatar to serve as a new Air Force One in violation of any previous understanding of presidential ethics. How can Americans therefore be convinced that he’s acting on his perception of their vital security interests on this matter — and not his own desire to pay back Qatar for the personal gift of a jet worth hundreds of millions of dollars?

That aside, Trump’s credibility with Qatar will need serious repair work.

What of the US security umbrella supposed to be provided by its vast Al Udeid Air Base in the desert outside Doha? It didn’t prevent a deeply humiliating violation of Qatari sovereignty by an enemy the US would like them to engage. By extension, how can other Gulf states and other US allies worldwide be sure that Trump’s security guarantees will be any more airtight than they were for Qatar?

The attack on Qatar will also cement an already widespread belief throughout the Middle East that Trump lacks any influence over Netanyahu despite the leverage of US defense sales to Israel and its vital role in the Jewish state’s defense. There was no public talk from the White House on Tuesday about consequences for the Israeli leader.

The loss of Trump’s credibility is especially critical since the new US peace plan envisages the release of Israeli hostages by Hamas in Gaza in return for a ceasefire. Trump would then guarantee to Hamas that Israel would stick to the deal while negotiations continue. Tuesday’s attacks in broad daylight in Doha suggest that’s an empty promise.

So yet again, Trump’s self-proclaimed role as the president of peace is thrown into question. And his foreign policy team’s understanding of ruthless global strongmen was left badly exposed.

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Canada is evaluating ties with Israel after Qatar attack, foreign minister says

David Ljunggren
Wed, September 10, 2025 

UN conference to work towards a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, in New York


OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is evaluating its relationship with Israel after the attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar, foreign minister Anita Anand said on Wednesday, in the latest sign of unhappiness with the Israeli government.

Anand reiterated that Canada considered the attack to be unacceptable, especially given Qatari attempts to facilitate peace in the Middle East.

Anand made her comments when asked whether Canada might follow the lead of the European Commission, which said it would propose the suspension of trade-related measures in a European Union agreement with Israel.

"We are evaluating our relationship with Israel," Anand told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of the ruling Liberal Party in Edmonton.

Asked specifically whether Canada was considering any kinds of sanctions against Israel, she replied: "We will continue to evaluate our next steps."

Canada has noticeably hardened its line on Israel under Prime Minister Mark Carney, who replaced Justin Trudeau in March. Carney announced in July that Canada would recognize Palestinian statehood, angering Israel.

Trudeau was generally supportive of Israel's campaign against Hamas, while occasionally criticizing actions of the Israeli military.


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Carney on Tuesday condemned the Israeli airstrike, calling it "an intolerable expansion of violence" that risked escalating conflict throughout the region.

He said last month that Israel's plan to take control of Gaza City was "wrong". (This story has been corrected to clarify that Mark Carney took over as prime minister in March, not January, in paragraph 6)

(Reporting by David Ljunggren; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Nia Williams)



Canada 'evaluating' relationship with Israel after Qatar attack: Foreign affairs minister

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Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand and Minister of National Defence David McGuinty respond to questions at the Liberal caucus meeting in Edmonton on Wednesday. Anand reiterated that Canada saw Israel's attack on Qatari soil unacceptable. (Amber Bracken/The Canadian Press - image credit)More


Canada's foreign affairs minister said Wednesday that Ottawa is "evaluating" its relationship with Israel in the wake of that country's attack in Qatar — but wouldn't expand on what that evaluation entails.

"We are evaluating the relationship with Israel. Of course, the attack yesterday on Qatar was one that was unacceptable. It was a violation of Qatari airspace. There were deaths on the ground at a time when Qatar was trying to facilitate peace," Anita Anand told reporters at the Liberal caucus retreat in Edmonton.

"There are many moving pieces in the Middle East right now. And at the rock bottom, Canada's position is that we need to work for peace in the Middle East and we need to address the humanitarian situation in Gaza."

Anand made the comments when asked about European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announcing plans to seek sanctions and a partial trade suspension against Israel over the war in Gaza.

The minister was asked to clarify her comments, specifically if Canada would seek similar measures. Anand said the government "will continue to evaluate our next steps."

A spokesperson from Anand's office told CBC News that the minister's comments were meant "in the sense that the government is constantly monitoring the situation and will continue to evaluate ways to push for a ceasefire, unrestricted humanitarian aid and the release of all hostages."

Israel attacked Hamas headquarters in Qatar on Tuesday, killing five of its members as the group's top figures gathered to consider a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza. Israel Defence Forces said in a social media post on Tuesday that it was targetting Hamas's senior leadership.

The attack sparked sweeping condemnation from Western leaders, as Qatar has served as a key mediator between Israel and Hamas throughout the nearly two-year-long war.

Prime Minister Mark Carney called the attack "an intolerable expansion of violence and an affront to Qatar's sovereignty" in a statement on Tuesday.

Even U.S. President Donald Trump, seen as one of Israel's staunchest allies, distanced himself from the Israeli strike in Qatar.

"This was a decision made by [Israeli] Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu, it was not a decision made by me. Unilaterally bombing inside Qatar, a Sovereign Nation and close Ally of the United States, that is working very hard and bravely taking risks with us to broker Peace, does not advance Israel or America's goals," Trump wrote in a social media post on Tuesday.

Netanyahu said Tuesday that the Doha strike was in retaliation for the deadly shooting attack at a Jerusalem bus stop Monday and an attack on Israeli forces in Gaza that killed four soldiers.

On Wednesday, Netanyahu again defended the strike and threatened further action against Qatar.

"I say to Qatar and all nations who harbour terrorists: you either expel them or you bring them to justice," Netanyahu said. "Because if you don't, we will."

Trump had sought to ease tensions between the U.S. allies — including by assuring the Gulf nation that there would be no more such strikes on its soil.

The war in Gaza has already left Israel increasingly isolated internationally, with many of its Western allies calling for it to end the war and do more to address the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, parts of which are experiencing famine.

The strike in Qatar further widens Israel's campaign against Hamas, which launched an attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, that killed 1,200 people and saw more than 250 taken hostage, prompting a military campaign by Israel on Gaza that has killed more than 60,000 people.

The 27-nation European Union is deeply divided in its approach to Israel and the Palestinians, and it's unclear whether a majority will be found to endorse von der Leyen's call for sanctions and trade measures.

Several countries, including Canada, are planning on officially recognizing a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly this month.

Ukraine says Russian missile that hit government building is packed with US and European parts

Ivana Kottasová, Daria Tarasova-Markin, Victoria Butenko, 

CNN
Tue, September 9, 2025 


Components found in the Russian Iskander missile that hit a government building in Kyiv on Sunday. - Defense Intelligence of Ukraine

A Russian cruise missile that hit a government building in central Kyiv on Sunday was filled with dozens of foreign parts, including chips and other electronic components made in the United States, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday.

The Iskander 9M727 missile that struck the building did not explode, most likely because it was damaged by Ukrainian air defenses, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, Ukraine’s presidential commissioner for sanctions policy, said on Tuesday.

Vlasiuk released photographs of the damaged missile, as well as a list of components that have been previously found in identical missiles.

The list includes 35 parts manufactured by American companies, including Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, Altera and others, as well as components made by Japanese, British and Swiss companies.

Serial numbers show that some of these parts were manufactured years ago, but some are listed as having been made recently, including after the start of Russia’s unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Many Western countries, including the four named in the list published by Vlasiuk, have imposed strict sanctions and export controls on such components to stop them from being used by Russia.

But Moscow has found ways to evade these.

A Ukrainian government building was damaged on Sunday during a Russian aerial assault on the city. - Alina Smutko/Reuters

CNN has reached out to the companies listed by Vlasiuk for comment.

Infineon Technologies, the German company that now owns American-based Cypress Semiconductor – one of the manufacturers listed – told CNN that it has taken “extensive measures” to ensure its items don’t end up in Russia.

A spokesperson for the company said Infineon Technologies has stopped all direct and indirect shipments to Russia and that it has tools in place to ensure compliance among its customers.

“(If) we get tangible evidence that companies with which we have a business relationship are doing trade with Russia, we terminate the delivery and demand clarification from the company in question,” the spokesperson said.

However the company produces around 30 billion chips every year, which the spokesperson said makes it “difficult to control sales throughout the entire lifetime of a product.

Other companies listed by Vlasiuk did not respond to CNN’s questions.

Texas Instruments has previously said that it stopped selling products into Russia and Belarus in February 2022 and that any shipments of its chips into Russia are illicit and unauthorized.

Vlasiuk said that even though this particular missile still included dozens of Western-made parts, it contained fewer such components compared to missiles analyzed earlier in the war.

“There are fewer components from Europe and the US, and more from Russia and Belarus,” he said, adding that the Ukrainian government had informed its allies about the parts discovered “for sanctions response.”

Debris of a missile that hit central Kyiv on Sunday. - Defense Intelligence of Ukraine

Most of the foreign parts found in the missile are so-called dual use components, meaning they were originally designed for civilian use, but can also be used for military purposes.

These include American chips made to be used in household electronics, smart devices or gaming gadgets, repurposed for in Russian guided bombs, missiles and drones.

Despite efforts by US firms to prevent Moscow from using their products, an inquiry by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations found last year that US-made components “continue to guide and power the Russian weapons that kill Ukrainians daily.”

The subcommittee said companies based in other countries, including China, Kazakhstan and others, have been able to purchase these parts and then sell them to Russia.

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A Russian Iskander missile struck Ukraine's Cabinet building, but photos indicate its warhead failed to detonate

Matthew Loh
Tue, September 9, 2025


Russia struck Ukraine's Cabinet building with an Iskander-launched cruise missile on Sunday.

But photos showed its remnants in a structurally intact room, indicating it didn't do its job.

Ukraine says it was one of nine cruise missiles launched amid Russia's latest massive drone wave.

Russia struck Ukraine's Cabinet headquarters with a cruise missile on Sunday, but photos show that while the weapon crashed into the building, its warhead likely failed to detonate.

Ukrainian officials said that an Iskander-launched cruise missile had hit the government building during Russia's latest wave of drone and missiles, its largest since the war began.

New photos of the site show what appears to be the remains of the missile in a battered but structurally intact room, indicating that its warhead didn't trigger.

While it's unclear what payload the missile was carrying, the incident could signal a reliability issue with one of Russia's advanced precision weapons. However, such failures can happen with missiles in wartime.

Katarina Mathernova, the European Union's ambassador to Ukraine, posted the images to social media on Monday after visiting the building.

One of the photos captured a large, round piece of wrecked metal with turbine blades, closely resembling a turbojet or turbofan engine used by Russia's cruise missiles.

Another piece of the debris was labeled in Cyrillic as "Filter FT-1," a reported component of the TRDD-50 engine that's known to power the Russian Iskander-K missile.

The photo posted by Mathernova shows the apparent remains of an Iskander-K cruise missile.Facebook/Katarina Mathernova

The photos also showed a breached wall in the Cabinet building where the missile likely entered, along with the charred remains of parts of the headquarters.

The internal damage likely stemmed from a fire that Ukrainian authorities said broke out after the missile hit the building. Local media reported that the missile's fuel tanks started the blaze.

Mathernova's photo appears to show the point where the Russian missile breached the building.Facebook/Katarina Mathernova

But, apart from its scorched interior, the Cabinet building remained mostly structurally intact. Ground-launched Iskander-K missiles generally carry warheads with a mass of 450 to 500 kg, or 990 to 1,100 pounds.

"Only thanks to the missile failing to fully detonate, the entire building was not reduced to rubble," Mathernova wrote. "And thanks to the rapid action of Ukraine's amazing rescue services — true heroes — the fire was contained to the three floors, before it would swallow the rest of the building."

European and Ukrainian officials have condemned the missile strike on the Cabinet building as a sign that Russia continues to act in bad faith despite courting ceasefire talks with the US. The Iskander-K's missile variants, the 9M728 and the newer 9M729, are precision-guided munitions.

"The evidence of this existential battle is right in front of us: Putin is deliberately targeting the country's lifelines — its government, its energy, its people," Mathernova wrote.

Andriy Yermak, chief of staff for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said on Monday that he had spoken to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio about the strike.

"These strikes kill civilians, including children, and destroy our infrastructure," Yermak wrote in a post on X. "For the first time, the enemy attacked the building of the Government of Ukraine — Iskander missile strike."

Ukraine's air command said the Iskander-K missile was one of nine cruise missiles launched by Russia on Sunday, as part of a massive wave of long-range exploding drones and decoys. Kyiv said its air force detected at least 810 drones that night.

Russia has regularly attacked Ukrainian cities with its Iskander launchers, and is often accused of using them to target infrastructure and civilian areas.

In August 2023, one of its most high-profile strikes with the launcher involved a hit with an Iskander-M ballistic missile that killed seven people at a landmark drama theater in the city of Chernihiv.

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NATO allies held Article 4 consultations after Russian drone incursion. Here's what that means

The Associated Press
Wed, September 10, 2025 


General Wieslaw Kukula, center, chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces during at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister for an extraordinary government meeting, following violations of Polish airspace during a Russian attack. in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland via AP)ASSOCIATED PRESS

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk holds an extraordinary government meeting at the chancellery, with military and emergency services officials, following violations of Polish airspace during a Russian attack in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland via AP)ASSOCIATED PRESS



BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO allies swiftly held talks Wednesday on the incursion by multiple Russian drones into Polish — and alliance — airspace and the shooting down of some of the weapons by Polish and Dutch fighter jets.

The consultations at NATO headquarters were part of a regular meeting of ambassadors from the alliance's 32 member states known as the North Atlantic Council, but Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told Parliament that they came under Article 4 of the treaty that founded NATO in 1949 in the aftermath of World War II.

The incident in Poland came three days after Russia’s largest aerial attack on Ukraine since the war began.

Article 4 can put urgent matters on the agenda

Article 4, the shortest of the NATO treaty’s 14 articles, states that: “The Parties will consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the Parties is threatened.”

Bob Deen, an analyst at the Clingendael think tank in The Hague, said the article is “designed to promote better coordination and understanding within the alliance on external threats. It gives all allies the opportunity to urgently put certain threats or developments on the agenda of the North Atlantic Council.”

Article 4 is increasingly invoked

Poland previously requested such consultations early in Russia’s war on Ukraine. They do not automatically lead to any action under Article 5 of the treaty, which is NATO’s collective security guarantee, with allies pledging that an attack on one member of the alliance constitutes an attack on all.

“Article 4 gets invoked relatively rarely but increasingly in recent years; Turkey alone invoked it five times between 2003-2020 in the context of Syria and Iraq,” said Deen in emailed comments in response to questions from The Associated Press. “Eight allies invoked it in 2022 shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and Poland has triggered it once in 2014 ... after Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea.”

Poland first invoked Article 4 on March 3, 2014, “following increasing tensions in neighboring Ukraine, as a result of Russia’s aggressive actions,” according to the NATO website. And Warsaw joined Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Slovakia in requesting consultations on Feb. 24, 2022, following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

This doesn’t necessarily mean a step toward Article 5

Deen said that Article 4 is related to Article 5, but is “not necessarily a ‘stepping stone.’”

UFO hearing: Newly released video appears to show US missile bouncing off object

LUIS MARTINEZ
Tue, September 9, 2025 


A never-before-seen video released Tuesday by a member of Congress appears to show a U.S. military Hellfire missile bouncing off a bright, shiny object that was being tracked off the coast of Yemen on Oct. 30, 2024.

The video was released at a House Government Oversight subcommittee hearing into Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), which is the military's term for UFOs.

During the hearing Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) played a video that he said "I've been given" and that he claimed was taken by an MQ-9 Reaper drone.



The overhead video showed a fast-moving object moving in a straight line above the waves in the waters off the coast of Yemen and captured what Burlison said was a Hellfire missile fired by another Reaper drone that appeared to strike the object.

"I'm not going to explain it to you, you'll see exactly what it does," said Burlison as the video clip was played.

The video showed what appeared to be an impact, but the object seemed to continue on its same trajectory.

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"This is when it's zoomed out, you can still see it traveling," said Burlison who did not provide details of how he had obtained the video.

At the time that the video was purportedly taken, the waters off Yemen were an active combat zone as U.S. Navy ships and aircraft protected commercial shipping lanes from missiles and drones fired at shipping vessels by the Houthi militants in Yemen.

U.S. Navy ships were regularly shooting down Houthi missiles and drones that posed a threat to them or commercial vessels.



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The video raises several questions: Did it capture a potential attack on ships? Did the object pose a threat to U.S. Naval ships operating in the combat zone?

"The public should be seeing this stuff, and why you're not allowed to, I don't know," said George Knapp, an investigative journalist, who was a witness at Tuesday's hearing alongside others identified as whistleblowers of military UFO incidents.

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"That's the Hellfire missile smacking into that UFO and just (bouncing) right off," he said, commenting on the video. "And it kept going."

"It kept going," Burlison agreed, "and it looks like the debris was taken with it."

"Yeah. What the hell is that?" Knapp added.

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images - PHOTO: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) journalist George Knapp testifies before the House Oversight Committee's Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets at the Capitol, Sept. 9, 2025.More

Burlison said he was not going to speculate on what the object was in the video, but asked "Why are we being blocked from this information consistently?"

A U.S. defense official told ABC News "we do not have anything to provide on this" when asked to authenticate the video and the time and location it was allegedly taken.

Asked to comment on the video, a DOD spokesperson said: "I have nothing for you."

The Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) continues to investigate UAP reports filed by military personnel, some of them going back decades.

While it has been able to explain some high-profile reports, there are still many cases that have been unexplained and has not found that any of the incidents are of an extraterrestrial origin.

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The new video is similar to a 2015 video that came to be known as the "Go Fast" video that showed a fast moving object appearing to fly at a high rate of speed above the waves in the waters off of California.

AARO analysts later determined that the video had captured an optical illusion involving a weather balloon and that the high rate of speed captured by the sensors aboard a Navy F/A-18 fighter jet was due to parallax and the angle from at which the camera viewed the object.

AARO officials have said previously that some of the older incidents remain unexplained because there was not enough data gathered by high-tech military sensors at the time. Newer incidents provide more data, because of the increased sophistication of sensors, that analysts can use to review them.

At the end of the hearing, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) replayed the video and asked the panelists if they were scared by what they saw in the video. All said yes with the exception of Knapp, who replied that he was happy that the video had been released.