(22.7.2017) Das Gesetz richtet sich dabei weder gegen Terroristen noch gegen anarchistische Randalierer. Es dient dazu, den wachsenden Widerstand gegen die Rückkehr des deutschen Militarismus und die wachsende soziale Ungleichheit zu unterdrücken. Jeder, der der rechten Politik sämtlicher Bundestagsparteien entgegentritt, soll eingeschüchtert und eingesperrt werden. Nicht umsonst kann die Schutzhaft auch bei der Gefährdung „erheblicher Eigentumspositionen“ verhängt werden, also etwa zur Unterdrückung missliebiger Streiks eingesetzt werden.

Die Bundesrepublik setzt entgegen anderslautenden Ankündigungen die Aufrüstung Saudi-Arabiens fort und beliefert die saudische Küstenwache mit Patrouillenbooten. Vergangene Woche sind zwei solche Boote aus der Wolgaster Peene-Werft nach Saudi-Arabien ausgeschifft worden; sie sind Teil eines rund 1,5 Milliarden Euro umfassenden Deals, der die Lieferung von mehr als 100 Booten an die Küstenwache sowie die Marine des Landes umfasst. Hauptauftragnehmer ist die Bremer Lürssen-Werft. Die Lieferung erfolgt, obwohl Riad im Jemen einen weltweit heftig kritisierten Krieg führt und das Land mit einer Seeblockade abschottet, die eine verheerende Hungersnot ausgelöst hat und eine grassierende Cholera-Epidemie verschärft. Für die Seeblockade kann Saudi-Arabien vermehrt auf deutsche Patrouillenboote zurückgreifen.

Names, photos and addresses of air force pilots, people under witness relocation, SEAL team operators and more were leaked.

Ich muss gerade an die Geschichte denken, als ein Journalist Helmut Kohl fragte, was er in Sachen Datenautobahn zu tun gedenke, und er antwortete, Autobahnen seien Ländersache.

(21.7.2017) Besoldungsaffäre um Gewerkschaftschef Wendt noch nicht aufgeklärt.
SPD droht der neuen Landesregierung mit einem Untersuchungsausschuss.
Rolle von Jürgen Mathies wird in den Mittelpunkt gerückt.

A confidential informant who helped ensnare three Florida men as ISIS supporters in an FBI sting was simultaneously running wire fraud scams on the side.

Gregory Hubbard, Dayne Antani Christian, and Darren Arness Jackson all lived in or near West Palm Beach, Florida. It’s unclear how they first met the FBI’s informant, Mohammed Agbareia, but according to FBI documents, Hubbard and Agbareia were friendly enough by April 2015 that Hubbard felt comfortable emailing him a 100-page e-book published by ISIS.

srael‘s foreign ministry said the security officer had acted in self-defense when he shot his attacker, a workman at the embassy compound. His father said he was a 16-year-old with no militant links.

The Jordanian bystander appeared to have been killed accidentally, an official told Reuters.

(12.7.2017) If you happened to catch some of the widespread coverage this incident received, and the outrage that followed, you may have deduced – quite reasonably – that seeing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s far-right so willing, even eager, to vindicate foreign far-right extremists with anti-Semitic tendencies for the sake of political expediency is unusual and shocking.

Except it isn’t.

Unter den Randalierern beim G20-Gipfel in Hamburg seien auch etliche Mitglieder der rechtsradikalen Szene gewesen. Das sagt Andreas Scheffel, Video- und Fotojournalist, im Interview. Er selbst habe mehr als 70 von ihnen zweifelsfrei identifizieren können.

A number of top Arab government officials, such as Mohammed bin Zayed, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, attended the inauguration.

Israel had imposed a ban on reporting Sunday‘s incident and only broke its silence early on Monday morning. Israel Radio said the ban had been imposed because Jordan wanted to question the security guard but Israel said he had diplomatic immunity.

(20.7.2017) Netanyahu also said that all government decisions regarding purchasing submarines and other sea vessels were transparent and objective. When asked about former navy commander Major General Eliezer Marom being questioned on the matter, Netanyahu replied, “I don’t know what’s corruption and what isn’t corruption in the submarine affair. I’m not going to judge people. There is a presumption of innocence. I don’t know if anything is going to come out of this.”

Ein israelischer Panzer hat als Antwort auf einen Raketenbeschuss die Stellungen der palästinensischen Bewegung Hamas im Süden des Gaza-Streifens angegriffen. Dies berichtet die Zeitung The Jerusalem Post.

(24.7.2017) A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit southern Israel Early Sunday morning, not causing any injuries or damage.

The IDF in a statement said the projectile landed in open area in the Eshkol Regional Council.

(19.7.2017) Israel has officially denied the Hamas claim that it was responsible for the killing. But it has previously assassinated senior militants from the air and Israel has without doubt recruited collaborators in the territory.

Since Hamas took control of the region in 2007, Gaza has been subject to exceptionally close cyber and electronic surveillance by Israel.

Israel decides to pull out its diplomats but halts the evacuation when Jordan insists on interrogating him

The attacker was a carpenter working in a residential building used by the embassy, an Israeli statement said.

It is one of the most serious incidents between the two countries since they signed a peace treaty in 1994.

The second Jordanian, who died from his wounds in hospital, was identified as the building‘s landlord.

Medienberichten zufolge will Jordanien eine Untersuchung vornehmen und hat israelische Botschaftsmitarbeiter daran gehindert, das Grundstück zu verlassen.

Tajik authorities have reportedly blocked 78 websites related to terrorist organizations and there ought not to visit them event secretly.

Wer veröffentlichte „Unwahrheiten“ im Internet nicht innerhalb von 24 Stunden löscht, soll bald Strafen in Höhe von bis zu 735.000 Euro zahlen. Die verantwortlichen Abgeordneten in Russland beziehen sich auf ein ähnliches Gesetz des deutschen Justizministers Heiko Maas.

At the Aspen Security Forum on Friday, Special Operations Command chief Army General, Raymond Thomas was asked whether American forces will remain in Syria, after Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) is defeated, possibly, to support the Kurdish forces in the north of the country.
Thomas acknowledged that American forces are fighting in a sovereign Syria, where they will likely “have no ability to stay” if that presence is questioned “in terms of international law,” Thomas said, replying to the Washington Post journalist’s question.

A Kurdish Peshmerga official shouted down comments from the Iraqi defense minister who had said in Tehran that the Iraqi army will disallow what he called dividing Iraq, in possible reference to the Kurdistan Region’s independence referendum move.

A senior Iranian official has warned that adopting divisive approaches in Iraq would prepare the ground for the Arab country’s enemies to pursue more excessive demands and boost insecurity and instability.

The agreement was inked by Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan and his Iraqi counterpart, Erfan al-Hiyali, in Tehran on Sunday.