Daily Archives: 12. Dezember 2011


12.12.2011 - 20:29 [ Tagesschau ]

Tunesische Verfassungsversammlung wählt neuen Staatschef: Der Freiheitskämpfer Marzouki ist am Ziel

Kompromisslos hart ist Marzouki allerdings dann, wenn es darum geht, die Grundrechte und die individuellen Freiheiten der Tunesier zu verteidigen. Das haben auch die Islamisten schon zu spüren bekommen.
„Es geht mir darum, den Tunesiern ihre Würde zurückzugeben, dem Staat seine Legitimität und dem Volk seine Souveränität“, betont Marzouki. Tunesien sei bisher eine als Republik getarnte Monarchie gewesen und man werde nun ein echtes demokratisches System aufbauen.

12.12.2011 - 18:59 [ Berliner Morgenpost ]

Saudi-Arabien bestätigt Panzerdeal mit Deutschland

(07.12.) Saudi-Arabien hat einem Medienbericht zufolge den Kauf von 270 deutschen Kampfpanzern des Typs Leopard 2 bestätigt. Dies hätten General Abdullah al-Saleh im saudischen Verteidigungsministerium sowie der Militärattache der deutschen Botschaft in Riad bestätigt, berichtete „Zeit online“ am Mittwoch.

12.12.2011 - 18:53 [ Daily Star ]

Hezbollah: CIA agents hold open meetings in north Beirut

“There are currently open meetings held by American intelligence agents in Lebanon in restaurants and nightclubs in Dbayeh and Jounieh,” Musawi told LBCI in a live interview.

He also said that among the agents are a doctor, a researcher and a journalist, and asked them to surrender to the Lebanese security services or to the resistance‘s security apparatus.

12.12.2011 - 18:47 [ Ynet ]

Israeli officials: Obama too soft on Iran

On the other hand, officials in Jerusalem lauded French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron. „France and the UK have begun to act determinedly, while Obama‘s administration has yet to formulate a policy that is sufficiently severe,“ another official said.

12.12.2011 - 17:50 [ Association for Civil Rights in Israel ACRI ]

Fighting for Different Causes – United in the Call for Universal Human Rights

Some 6,000 people marched last Friday (9 December 2011) in the annual Human Rights March that took place in Tel Aviv and in Haifa. The participants carried flags and a variety of signs – for rights to women, refugees, residents of the periphery, Palestinians, workers, members of the LGBT community, and more.

12.12.2011 - 17:44 [ Ynet ]

Fighting democracy´s erosion

The forces of darkness are tricking prominent institutions into eroding democracy‘s strongholds. They aim to undermine the High Court of Justice and we will stand in their way. They wish to weaken human rights groups and we will stand in their way. They want to dismantle organizations that strive to bring peace and end the occupation. We will stand in their way.

They are distributing distorted information and cultivating xenophobia in order to lead the people down a destructive path of hatred towards the Arabs. We will stand in their way.

12.12.2011 - 17:39 [ Haaretz ]

When Netanyahu wants to be like Putin

It‘s possible that Netanyahu is not always conscious of the motivations behind his actions; he certainly doesn‘t see himself as a Lieberman. That is why he chose to surround himself with antidemocratic people, each of whom is a projection of a different repressed aspect of Netanyahu‘s personality. There‘s Barak, whose career in the army was presumably based at least in part on his affinity for the undemocratic nature of ruling by command (and his final round as Labor Party leader proved that he never relinquished that affinity ). There‘s Neeman, who is loyal to power and to Jewish law, but not to democracy. And there‘s Lieberman, of course.