Campaign for Humanity: Exposing the Dangerous Normalization of Sovereignty Violations in the Name of Counterterrorism The Dangerous Normalization of Sovereignty Violations in the Age of Counterterrorism Israel’s 2025 Strike in Qatar: Immediate Facts and Dangerous Precedent In June 2025, the world was jolted by news that Israeli forces had carried out targeted airstrikes on Hamas leadership reportedly operating from within Qatari territory 45 . The official Israeli justification, invoking the United States’ 2011 operation to kill Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, sent shockwaves not for its tactical boldness, but for its precedent: the open flouting of a neutral state’s sovereignty in the name of counterterrorism 4 . International reaction was swift and sharply divided. The State of Qatar, long viewed as a mediator rather than a combatant, strongly condemned the incursion on its soil, warning that the “global order is at stake” if powerful nations can project force in this way ...