Daily Archives: 27. Juli 2014


27.07.2014 - 21:39 [ Heise ]

SPIEGEL schließt Russland-Forum nach drei Stunden

Das Schließen des Spiegel-Forums zu Russland zeigt, dass offensichtlich im Propagandakrieg alle Mittel erlaubt sind – nur: Wie möchte man mit solchen Zensurmaßnahmen die Werte einer „freien westlichen Welt“ gegen die angebliche Diktatur in Russland verteidigen?

27.07.2014 - 20:44 [ Fefes Blog ]

Die Republik Österreich statuiert hier ein Exempel auf Kosten einer kleinen Familie aus Jena.

Ihr habt ja (u.a. bei mir) den Fall Josef S verfolgt. Am Anfang werdet ihr euch wahrscheinlich gedacht haben, hey, der Richter lacht diesen Polizeizeugen aus, und dann kriegen die ihre Auslagen erstattet und alles ist gut. Die Hoffnung hat sich ja jetzt nach dem Urteil zerschlagen, daher lasst mich mal aufklären, wer da jetzt auf den Kosten sitzen bleibt: Josefs Familie.

27.07.2014 - 20:35 [ Fefes Blog ]

Wow. Das ehemalige Nachrichtenmagazin ist endgültig in der Post-Journalismus-Ära angekommen.

In other news: Der Platz „Leitmedium des deutschsprachigen Raums“ ist frei geworden, Bewerber melden sich bitte am Kiosk.

27.07.2014 - 19:49 [ The Christian Science Monitor ]

Obama to ‚unlock‘ cellphone rights: How free will you be?

A bill passed by Congress and waiting to be signed by President Obama represents a big win for consumers, who have long sought ability to „unlock“ cellphones – allowing them to be used on any carrier‘s plan. But it does not mark the end of the battle and could be only a temporary victory.

27.07.2014 - 16:28 [ Richard Silverstein ]

Israel’s Slaughter, Based on a Lie

Sheera Frenkel has just tweeted an amazing, deeply troubling statement from Israeli official sources. To most of us here, this tweet will be nothing new. Journalists were reporting within a few days after the kidnapping of the three Israeli teenagers that the Netanyahu claim that Hamas was responsible was false. But now we have official confirmation that this claim was a lie.

27.07.2014 - 16:26 [ Mondo Weiss ]

Video: Protesters set Israeli checkpoint aflame following funeral in Beit Ummar

Video: Protesters set Israeli checkpoint aflame following funeral in Beit Ummar
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An Israeli checkpoint sustained significant damage in the West Bank village of Beit Ummar near Hebron on Friday after clashes broke out following the funeral of 3 Palestinians killed earlier in the day.

Israeli forces incurred into the village of 20,000 on July 25th to quell protests following midday prayers on the last Friday of Ramadan around 2:30pm. Witnesses say two of the three were killed by snipers stationed atop occupied Palestinian homes; a tactic they say is common during clashes.

27.07.2014 - 16:25 [ Twitter ]

In Tel Aviv, thousands protest against the Gaza operation

The former demonstration was organized by Hadash, the leftist political party, and the organizations Combatants for Peace and The Parents Circle Families Forum. Several hours before the protest was slated to begin the police announced that it was canceled for fear of rocket fire, but once news that the cease-fire would be extended surfaced, the demonstration was once again given the green light.

27.07.2014 - 15:55 [ Vereinigung Demokratischer Juristinnen und Juristen e.V. ]

VDJ fordert die sofortige Beendigung der Gewalt und die Beachtung des Völkerrechts durch die israelische Regierung und die Hamas

Die israelische Regierung macht für die Entführung und Ermordung der israelischen Jugendlichen zwei Mitglieder der Hamas und damit die gesamte Hamas verantwortlich. Diese Behauptung ist für uns nicht überprüfbar, Informationen der palästinischen Sicherheitsbehörden zu den Tätern sind uns bislang nicht bekannt. Das legitime Interesse der israelischen Regierung, die Verantwortlichen der Mordanschläge vor Gericht zu stellen, kann nur durch Einhaltung rechtsstaatlicher und völkerrechtlicher Standards durchgesetzt werden. Die gewaltsamen Auseinandersetzungen im Gaza-Streifen zwischen Israel und der Hamas treffen vor allem die Zivilbevölkerung.

27.07.2014 - 15:02 [ Mondo Weiss ]

In Photos: Worldwide protest against Israeli attack on Gaza (Updated)

West Bank, Occupied Palestine

Qalandiya checkpoint, Occupied Palestine

Portland, Oregon (photo: Erick Crash)

Salfeet, Occupied Palestine

Karachi, Pakistan

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Taipei

Bahrain

Chicago

Cape Town, South Africa

Rabat, Morocco

London

Nazareth (Photo: (Activestills.org)

Activists against the assault on Gaza gathered in New York‘s Foley Square. (Photo: Christopher Hazou)

Bethlehem, Palestine

Aukland, New Zealand

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Maldives

Valparaiso, Chile

Amman, Jordan

Nablus (photo: Activestills.org)

Madrid, Spain

Dublin

Tunisia

Philadelphia

Ottawa, Canada

Metz, France

Haifa

Washington D.C.

South Korea

San Francisco, USA

Santiago, Chile

Stockholm, Sweden

Chicago,USA

Paris, France

Glasgow, Scotland

Lebanon

Tokyo, ,Japan

London

Greece

Columbus, Ohio

Norway

Edinburgh, Scotland

Iceland

Amman, Jordan

Pro-Palestinian demonstration in Kansas City, July 20,photo by Billy Jo Larmore

Milan, Italy

Portland, Oregon

Seattle

Tunisia

New York City

Ft. Lauderdale, FL Woman with sign is Elena Stein
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27.07.2014 - 14:57 [ Syrian Arab News Agency ]

Army Command: Army establishes full control over al-Shaer Mount, gas fields in Homs countryside

In a statement on Saturday, the Command said the army had carried out precise military operations in the area which resulted in killing large numbers of terrorists affiliated to the terrorist organization of the “Islamic State”, adding that the engineering units are currently clearing these areas of mines and explosive devices.

The Command stressed that the criminal acts of the terrorist groups, including murders, targeting and sabotaging the infrastructure and economic institutions, prove the link between these groups and the U.S.-Zionist scheme, which aims at fragmenting the region and plundering its resources.

27.07.2014 - 14:53 [ NBC News ]

Hamas Calls For 24-Hour Truce After Israel Resumes Attacks

The militant group that rules the Gaza Strip asked for a cease-fire hours after Israel resumed attacks on the enclave. An Israeli army spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner did not say if Israel would hold fire during, adding that troops would continue demolishing militant tunnels.

And during an appearance on NBC‘s Meet The Press, Israel‘s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Hamas had not kept to any ceasefire agreement.

27.07.2014 - 14:50 [ CNN ]

Clinton: Settlement policy my biggest complaint with Israeli government

„I’m a strong supporter of Israel, a strong supporter of their right to defend themselves. But the continuing settlements, which have been denounced by successive American administrations on both sides of the aisle, are clearly a terrible signal to send if, at the same time, you claim you‘re looking for a two-state solution.“

27.07.2014 - 14:49 [ New York Times ]

After Rejecting a Cease-Fire, Hamas Proposes a New One

But on Sunday afternoon, Hamas backtracked and said “resistance groups” would agree to a new 24-hour truce starting at 2 p.m. local time. A Hamas official in Gaza released a statement saying that Hamas’s decision came “in response to the intervention of the United Nations” and out of understanding for the people of Gaza who are preparing for Eid al-Fitr, the holiday that ends Ramadan.

27.07.2014 - 14:21 [ Morning Star ]

Police spied on family of De Menezes

“It begs the question — what exactly were the police spying for? We can only assume they were gathering information in an attempt to discredit the family’s campaign for justice in order to deflect accountability for their own failings.”

27.07.2014 - 14:09 [ Verge ]

Mouth Silence is the sound of your brain roasting

It’s the most horrific mix of the ’80s, ’90s, and today.
Imagine the rapture in all its violence and beauty, set to the sound of a trillion angels harmonizing to Third Eye Blind‘s „Semi-charmed Life.“ Imagine yourself hurdling through a lukewarm, glowing, pearlescent wormhole singing, „I‘m not listening when you say goodbye.“ It‘s glorious. And that’s just the intro.

27.07.2014 - 11:49 [ Jon Snow / Channel 4 (Israel) ]

Gaza is not just about them, it’s about us, too

Leaving Israel and beleaguered Gaza far below me, I lay back in my BA seat headed for London. I donned my headphones and listened to Bach’s heavenly violin concerto in E major, and wept, as I rarely have as an adult.

I wept for two peoples with remarkable similarities. Two peoples of extraordinary gifts and ability. Two peoples living in an area far smaller than England, one of which besieges the other, both of which target each other’s civilians.

27.07.2014 - 11:10 [ Counter Current ]

This Is What #JewsAndArabsRefuseToBeEnemies Looks Like

Images of violence, hatred and division between Jews and Muslims (or as the media often prefers: “Jews and Arabs”), have saturated our television, computer and smart phone screens. This latest round of violence and bloodshed in the current War on Gaza, has led some Jews and Muslims to show that these two groups do not have to be enemies.

27.07.2014 - 11:08 [ Huffington Post ]

‚Jews And Arabs Refuse To Be Enemies‘ Movement Demands Peace

As the Gaza conflict intensifies with rocket attacks from both sides, some people are promoting friendship on social media with the hashtag, „Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies.“

Ynet reports that about 300 people protested the rocket attacks on Gaza by the Israeli government on Saturday July 5 in Haifa, shouting and holding signs, „Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies.“

Now the slogan has become an international social media campaign with a Facebook page and Twitter hashtag.

27.07.2014 - 11:03 [ Techdirt ]

EU Regulators Want Google To Expand Right To Be Forgotten Worldwide And To Stop Telling What Links Have Been Forgotten

We‘ve been covering the ridiculous ruling in the EU on the „right to be forgotten,“ which was interpreted to mean that search engines could be forced to delete links to perfectly truthful stories (and even if those stories are allowed to be kept online). Google has been trying to comply with the over 90,000 requests it has received — nearly half of which it has approved — and removed from its European searches. The company has been struggling to figure out how to comply with the ruling, and those struggles continue. Originally, it was going to place a notice on search results pages where links had been removed (like it does with copyright takedowns) alerting people that stories were missing. However, regulators told Google that would defeat the purpose. So now, Google‘s European search results show a message on nearly every search on a „name“ that results might have been removed.

27.07.2014 - 08:56 [ Radio Utopie ]

Single European Sky: Flugsicherung des Londoner Flughafen Gatwick unter Aufsicht der deutschen Regierung

Stellen Sie sich vor, der Luftraum über Berlin würde, sagen wir einmal beispielsweise von einer staatlichen Agentur aus Albanien – nun seit Ende Juni 2014 offizieller Beitrittskandidat der Europäischen Union – überwacht. Ein Unding, würden Sie meinen. Mitnichten.

Die Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS), eine staatliche Behörde des Bundesministeriums für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur (BMVI), wird das Flughafen-Management, die Aufsicht, die Befugnisse über dem Luftraum des internationalen Flughafens Gatwick in London von der nationalen britischen Luftsicherung NATS Holdings ab Oktober 2015 für die nächsten zehn Jahre bis 2025 im unteren Luftraum übernehmen. Der Raum über 4000 Fuss bleibt im nationalen Kompetenzbereich Grossbritanniens.

27.07.2014 - 08:14 [ Radio Utopie ]

Israels Regime ändert Darstellung über Ermordung der drei israelischen Jugendlichen und damit sein Kriegsalibi

Nachdem sich sowohl die Razzien, als auch der Krieg in der Kolonie Palästina, im Westjordanland und in Gaza, für das Regime in Jerusalem nach tausend Toten zum absehbaren politischen Desaster entwickelt haben, heisst es nun, die drei am 12. Juni verschwundenen und am 30. Juni ermordet aufgefundenen israelischen Jugendlichen seien durch eine “einzelne Zelle” und nicht auf Befehl der Führung der Hamas umgebracht worden.

27.07.2014 - 08:13 [ New York Magazine ]

It Turns Out Hamas Didn’t Kidnap and Kill the 3 Israeli Teens After All

When the bodies of three Israeli teenagers, kidnapped in the West Bank, were found late last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not mince words. „Hamas is responsible, and Hamas will pay,“ he said, initiating a campaign that eventually escalated into the present conflict in the region.

But now, officials admit the kidnappings were not Hamas‘s handiwork after all.