Qatar paid about ten million dollars to senior Israeli officials to lift its image. Perception Media billed forty-five thousand dollars a month from 2022 to 2024, with money for Urich and Feldstein; the rest went to defense staff. A probe ties Urich and Feldstein to pro-Qatar lobbying. Einhorn led the PR push, and was questioned in Belgrade.

Marthe Robin, a farmer’s daughter who never left her room after youth illness, welcomed thousands in Moïlles near Châteauneuf-de-Galaure for decades. Her February 1981 funeral drew two hundred priests, four bishops, one archbishop, and more than five thousand mourners. Le Monde noted the crowd at her tomb.

Sally Rooney says BBC proceeds will fund Palestine Action, a proscribed group. Shops stocking her books could be probed if she’s deemed a terrorist. The ban carries up to fourteen years for membership or funding. Rooney says the crackdown harms artists.

The Digest, 8/17/2025 @1030PM, CDT

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