In letter to Israeli PM, Germany’s foreign minister warns that Israel’s failure to attend the review on Tuesday will cause the country severe diplomatic damage and Israel’s allies around the world would be hard-pressed to help it.

Germany told Israel to expect “severe diplomatic damage” should it fail to attend a periodic human rights review Tuesday, Haaretz reports. Israel severed ties with the UNHRC in March 2012 after it expressed concern over Israeli settlements.

“On Friday, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle sent a personal letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, warning that Israel‘s failure to attend the Geneva-based Human Rights Council‘s Universal Periodic Review would cause the country severe diplomatic damage and Israel‘s allies around the world would be hard-pressed to help it,” Haaretz newspaper reported Sunday.

The founding member of the Velvet Underground had a liver transplant in May.

Going further, Rogers claimed that the emergence of fascism in Europe in the early 20th century could be partly explained by a conscious decision by the US not to monitor its allies.

„We said: ‚We‘re not going to do any kinds of those things, that would not be appropriate,“ he said. „Look what happened in the 30s: the rise of fascism, the rise of communism, the rise of imperialism. We didn‘t see any of it. And it resulted in the deaths of tens of millions of people.“

Rogers added: „Remember: sometimes our friends have relationships with our adversaries.“

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„(General) Alexander did not discuss with President Obama in 2010 an alleged foreign intelligence operation involving German Chancellor Merkel, nor has he ever discussed alleged operations involving Chancellor Merkel,“ NSA spokeswoman Vanee Vines said.

„News reports claiming otherwise are not true.“

History has taught us that pervasive government surveillance has a profoundly adverse effect on the exercise of free speech – a universal right enshrined both in the Constitution and in international human rights law. This Monday, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will hold its first-ever hearing on the NSA‘s mass surveillance programs and their impact on the right to freedom of expression and other related rights in the Americas.

Während des Kalten Krieges rekrutierte die CIA zahlreiche ehemalige Nazigrößen und italienische Faschisten als Agenten für ihre weltweiten Operationen gegen den Kommunismus. Anhand jüngst freigegebener Akten skizziert der Dokumentarfilm zum ersten Mal ein weltumspannendes Netzwerk, das weit in die Machtstruktur der BRD reichte.

„Therefore, he’s on a mission to destroy the hard right.”

In turn, some conservatives despise President Obama because they believe he’s harming them and the country. “Those bad feelings are reminiscent of Dallas, Texas in the run-up to President Kennedy’s assassination.”

Honorable Justice Dorit Beinisch, retired earlier this year after 17 years on the court, seven as president. More than a dozen students stood to ask questions — first in Hebrew, then in English — on her most memorable cases, her experience as a woman in the courts, and the differences between the Israeli and U.S. justice systems. (..)

„Your roots are in the Constitution,“ she said. „While we don‘t have a Constitution….we do have to find a solution in the same way, in the legislation that we have.“

Key events in governance of the State of Israel in recent decades include: a) Kav 300 affair (1984), where the confrontation between the Shin-Bet (Secret Service) and the justice system ended in a stalemate, b) Prime Minister Rabin‘s assassination (1995), where the Shin-Bet was deeply involved, and the justice system engaged in after-the-fact cover-up, and c) Death of Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court Shmaryahu Cohen under suspicious circumstances (2002) and the concomitant hacking of the computer systems of the Israeli Supreme Court through an „inside job“, where the judiciary and the Shin-Bet acted in full collusion.

His research in these areas was accepted as part of official United Nations Human Rights Council (submitted under Human Rights Alert, NGO) in 2010 with the note, „corruption of the courts and the legal profession in California“, and in 2013 with the note, „lack of integrity in the electronic records of the supreme court, the district courts and the detainees courts in Israel“.
Today, Dr Zernik is permit holder for the Occupy Tel Aviv encampment.

Members of Habayit Hayehudi attacked Livni over the weekend claiming that releasing terrorists compromises state security. Livni fired back warning of incitement that could lead to another political murder.

On 24 October 2013, the Syrian Arab Republic submitted to the OPCW its formal initial declaration covering its chemical weapons programme. Syria’s submission is in line with the deadline set by the OPCW Executive Council in its decision of 27 September 2013 requiring a complete initial declaration by 27 October 2014. Such declarations provide the basis on which plans are devised for a systematic, total and verified destruction of declared chemical weapons and production facilities.

Tehran authorities have taken down some anti-American posters, amid signs Iran is seeking better relations with the United States as the two sides prepare to hold talks over its nuclear program.

A huge rally was held on Saturday morning, Oct. 26th, at Columbus Circle, directly in front of the historic Union Station in Washington, D.C. Stopping the National Security Agency‘s (NSA) massive spying/surveillance on its own citizens was the focus of the spirited protest action. Ray McGovern is a former analyst for the CIA. He said that he was encouraged by the large turnout for the protest action and how many young people showed-up. McGovern underscored: „We won‘t allow our Constitution to be vandalized!“

Während der französische Präsident Francois Hollande „den jüngsten Lauschangriff heftig kritisiert, arbeitet Frankreich längst mit amerikanischen und britischen Geheimdiensten zusammen“, schreibt das Blatt. „Unter dem Codenamen ‚Lustre‘ hat die Regierung vor einiger Zeit einen Kooperationsvertrag geschlossen.“