Das iranische Außenministerium dementierte nun am Freitag eine iranische Beteiligung an den Raketenangriffen auf israelische Armeeposten. Israel benutze „frei-erfundene und grundlose“ Unterstellungen, um Angriffe auf syrische Ziele zu rechtfertigen, sagte Außenamtssprecher Bahram Ghassemi.
Daily Archives: 11. Mai 2018
One Killed, ‚700 Palestinians Wounded‘ in Seventh Week of Gaza Protests
Three critically wounded, 112 of those wounded were hit by live gunfire ■ Israeli doctors NGO demands entry to Israel for wounded to prevent amputations
Für Iran zuständiger IAEA-Vizechef zurückgetreten
Keine Angaben wurden zum Grund für Varjorantas Rücktritt gemacht.
Occupied #Golan border: on #Syria side, #Daesh control 13 kms of the border (direct distance) , #AlQaeda + „rebels“ 34 kms and #SAA only 10 kms . Israel has never attacked #Daesh and has „friendly“ relation with“rebels“, including AlQaeda, but attack regularly #SAA positions.
Russia today ultimately lost credibility as Syrian ally. They will do nothing when Israel will attack.
(10.5.2018)
Astonishing how most media outlets took what Israeli officials said and reported that „Iran attacked Israel from Syria“ as a factual statement with zero proof
Russia, after Netanyahu visit, backs off Syria S-300 missile supplies
The comments, by Vladimir Kozhin, an aide to President Vladimir Putin who oversees Russian military assistance to other countries, follow a visit to Moscow by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week, who has been lobbying Putin hard not to transfer the missiles.
Li Keqiang trifft japanischen Kaiser
Der chinesische Ministerpräsident Li Keqiang hat sich am Donnerstag in Tokio mit dem japanischen Kaiser Akihito getroffen.
Li Keqiang überbrachte dabei zunächst Grüße des chinesischen Staatspräsidenten Xi Jinping an Akihito. Im laufenden Jahr werde das 40-jährige Jubiläum des chinesisch-japanischen Friedens- und Freundschaftsvertrags gefeiert, erklärte Li. China hoffe, dass die chinesisch-japanischen Beziehungen durch den Besuch und im Sinne des Vertrags wieder auf eine normale Bahn gebracht werden könnten.
AT&T Executive Who Oversaw Michael Cohen’s Contract Forced Out
The company told employees Friday in an internal memo that Senior Executive Vice President Bob Quinn was retiring, but people familiar with the matter said the policy chief was forced to leave.
Cohen’s $600,000 deal with AT&T specified he would advise on Time Warner merger, internal company records show
Three days after President Trump was sworn into office, the telecom giant AT&T turned to his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, for help on a wide portfolio of issues pending before the federal government — including the company’s proposed merger with Time Warner, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.
Alt-right web domain names registered to company that paid Cohen
Public documents describe Columbus Nova as the US affiliate of the Russian investment company Renova Group, which is chaired by Viktor Vekselberg, who is a cousin of Andrew and Frederick Intrater.
On May 18, the President of Russia will meet with Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel
On May 18, Vladimir Putin will meet in Sochi with Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, who will pay a working visit to Russia.
Telephone conversation with Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel
Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Angela Merkel at the German side’s initiative.
Pesticide Created By Bayer Accidentally Kills Off Hundreds of Trees in Oregon
According to an article from The Bulletin newspaper in Central Oregon, hundreds of trees were accidentally killed off along U.S. Highway 20 in the Deschutes National Forest by a weed killer produced by the Bayer chemical company, and a full-scale effort to remove them may not commence until 2019.
MARCH AGAINST MONSANTO
On May 19, 2018, activists around the world will, once again, unite to March Against Monsanto.
Die Verkäufe an die BASF mindern BAYERs Markt-Macht nicht
(2.5.2018) Diesen Monat finden zahlreiche Proteste gegen die von BAYER geplante MONSANTO-Übernahme statt:
19. Mai – March against Monsanto in Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Trier und Basel.
24. Mai – Podiumsdiskussion mit Vandana Shiva in Bonn.
25. Mai – Protest gegen die BAYER Hauptversammlung in Bonn, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 2, ab 7 Uhr.
Weitere Informationen findet sie auf unserer Kampagnen-Homepage: www.stopbaysanto.de
Präsident von Argentinien bittet IWF um Kredite in Milliardenhöhe
Noch 2016 hatten Macri und später auch Dujovne einhellig erklärt, es werde keinen Weg zurück zu einer Zusammenarbeit mit dem IWF geben.
Google, Amazon assist in blocking encrypted communications
On May 1, the developers of the Signal encrypted messaging application revealed that over the previous month, Google and Amazon took steps to stop Signal from continuing to bypass censorship measures in place in Egypt, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Workers, youth, journalists, lawyers and human rights advocates will no longer be able to use the application to send encrypted messages and evade government surveillance.
US-Lehrerstreik: Facebook zensiert die Gruppe „Arizona Educators Rank and File Committee“
Ein weiteres Mitglied der Basisgruppe aus Arizona erklärte: „Als Geschichtslehrer muss man nicht lange suchen, um zu erkennen, wie Zensur in diesem Land angewandt wird, um kritisches Denken und die Berücksichtigung verschiedener Standpunkte zu unterdrücken – auch um letztlich die Massen zu kontrollieren, damit sie eine bestimmte Haltung einnehmen. Die Tatsache, dass Facebook diese Seite gesperrt hat, bestärkt meinen Verdacht, dass hier größere, mächtigere Strukturen am Werk sind, die versuchen, das öffentliche Bildungswesen zu demontieren.“
„IG Metall und Betriebsrat verteidigen uns nicht“
Opel-Arbeiter im Gespräch mit der WSWS:
Nach US-Ausstieg aus Deal: Aussenministertreffen zum Iran-Atomabkommen am Dienstag in Brüssel
Nach dem US-Ausstieg aus dem Atomabkommen mit dem Iran treffen sich am Dienstag die Aussenminister der europäischen Unterzeichnerstaaten mit ihrem iranischen Kollegen in Brüssel. Im Vorfeld sprach Bundeskanzlerin Merkel von einer unsicheren Zukunft für das Abkommen.
Kanzlerin beim Katholikentag – Merkel: Trumps Iran-Entscheidung „verletzt Vertrauen in internationale Ordnung“
Sicherlich sei das Abkommen „alles andere als ideal“, so die Bundeskanzlerin. Aber es sei „nicht richtig“, eine vom Sicherheitsrat der Vereinten Nationen gebilligte Verabredung einseitig aufzukündigen.
Sie sehe „mit Sorge, dass der Multilateralismus in einer wirklichen Krise ist“, sagte Merkel mit Blick auf den US-Ausstieg aus dem Abkommen weiter. „Wenn jeder macht, worauf er Lust hat, ist das eine schlechte Nachricht für die Welt.“
Boeing, Airbus to lose $39 billion in contracts because of Trump sanctions on Iran
(9.5.2018) Boeing and Airbus will lose contracts worth roughly $39 billion to replenish Iran’s aging fleet of commercial planes as part of the Trump administration’s reimposition of sanctions.
Pompeo to press allies on Iran after moves on North Korea: U.S. officials
A senior State Department official said discussions with Britain, France and Germany, as well as Japan, Iraq and Israel had already taken place since U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pulled out of the nuclear pact.
Dumping Iran Deal May Well Spur Regime Change. But It Could Be Trump‘s Regime. Or Bibi‘s
Here are two former salesmen backed by the same casino mogul, gambling their entire legacies and careers on one spin of an untested roulette wheel. Here are two men betting against the house, wagering that by bucking the entire world, they can land a jackpot as big as it gets: in one stroke, toppling the rulers of Iran, ruining and obliterating the hated memory of Barack Obama, and, most importantly, proving their detractors entirely and diametrically wrong.
Two men, that is, trying their best not to count the large number of roulette slots reading „War,“ „World Economic Crisis,“ and „Domestic Political Backlash.“
What happens, that is, if the bet goes south?
Law Firm Dumps Giuliani After Train Wreck Interviews
Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor who has become one of President Donald Trump’s personal attorneys, abruptly resigned from his law firm following a string of unhinged media appearances. Giuliani and the firm, Greenberg Traurig, released a joint statement on Thursday saying that the resignation was effective a day earlier.
Wie man Weltmacht wird
Die Wiedereinführung der US-Sanktionen erlaubt es Berlin, ihren anhaltenden Druck auf Teheran als Kriegsvermeidung zu maskieren. Zugleich heizen die US-Sanktionen gegen Iran den Machtkampf zwischen EU und USA weiter an.
Netanyahu Meets Confidant Sheldon Adelson, Owner of Newspaper at Center of Corruption Probe Against Him, in N.Y. Event
(8.5.2018) The premier warmly shares his appreciation for Adelson, the owner of the paper he allegedly tried to use in a quid-pro-quo exchange seeking better media coverage, while investigations continue in Israel
Did Sheldon Adelson Just Buy A War With Iran?
In capitalism, whoever has the gold makes the rules. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss.
White Evangelicals’ Continued Support of Trump Feels Surprising. It Shouldn’t.
The justification evangelical leaders most often offer for Trump’s decidedly unbiblical actions—after “it’s fake news” and “but he’s not doing it anymore”—draws on the Bible itself. Throughout history, they say, God has enlisted imperfect people to fulfill his perfect will. Jerry Falwell Jr., president of evangelical college Liberty University, put it this way: “God called King David a man after God’s own heart even though he was an adulterer and a murderer,” adding, “I think evangelicals have found their dream president.”
LGBT Alarm as President Trump Signs ‘Religious Liberty’ Executive Order
(3.5.2018) The order—first reported Wednesday night by Religion News Service—will “help ensure that faith-based organizations have equal access to government funding and equal right to exercise their deeply held beliefs,” Trump said.
But if those last three words—“deeply held beliefs”—sound familiar, it’s because they are often used to justify anti-LGBT legislation in the name of “religious freedom.” Indeed, LGBT advocates say that the executive order is yet another federal action that could potentially encourage discrimination against LGBT people in the name of religion.
Ted Cruz calls Trump effort to phase out International Space Station ‚irresponsible‘
Despite his resistance to Trump’s plans for the space station, Cruz has been a supporter of commercializing space efforts since taking over the Commerce Committee panel that deals with NASA.
On Tuesday, he said that efforts to reach Mars can’t only be done with government dollars. Instead, he argued, Washington should fund NASA while also incentivizing the private sector to expand investments in space.
Tax Cuts for the Top 1 Percent Cost More Than SNAP
(1.5.2018) According to estimates from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the richest 1 percent of households, those with incomes higher than $607,090, stand to receive a total tax cut of more than $84 billion in 2019 alone. To put this number in perspective, in 2019, the total cost of nutrition assistance benefits paid through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—which will support 39 million individuals—is expected to be only $58 billion.
In fact, raising the minimum wage just to $12 would save a whopping $53 billion just in SNAP over a decade—as more low-wage workers would suddenly earn enough to (gasp!) feed their families without nutrition assistance.
(10.4.2018)
Everything you need to know about Trump‘s plan to „reduce poverty,“ which is really just cutting welfare programs
(16.4.2018) Research shows that work requirements for welfare don’t work. In reality, most people who receive benefits are already working, as we’ve previously reported here.
Trump signs executive order pushing work requirements for the poor
The move is the latest step in the administration‘s effort to require low-income Americans to work for their federal benefits.
A black Yale student fell asleep in her dorm’s common room. A white student called police.
And for anyone keeping score, it adds “napping” to the long and apparently still growing list of things it is unacceptable to do while black.
Other entrants include: couponing while black, graduating too boisterously while black, waiting for a school bus while black, throwing a kindergarten temper tantrum while black, drinking iced tea while black, waiting at Starbucks while black, AirBnB’ing while black, shopping for underwear while black, having a loud conversation while black, golfing too slowly while black, buying clothes at Barney’s while black, or Macy’s, or Nordstrom Rack, getting locked out of your own home while black, going to the gym while black, asking for the Waffle House corporate number while black and reading C.S. Lewis while black, among others.
Merkel erhebt schwere Vorwürfe gegen Trump
Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel positioniert sich deutlich zum Ausstieg der USA aus dem Iran-Abkommen: Die Entscheidung von US-Präsident Trump verletze das Vertrauen in die internationale Ordnung.
Haspel Says CIA Won’t Torture Again as Ray McGovern is Dragged Out of Hearing
2nd UPDATE: After refusing to directly answer questions about her history as an alleged torturer, Ray McGovern decided to ask Gina Haspel a question or two of his own and he wound up in jail for it, reports Joe Lauria.
Police Brutalize 78-Year-Old CIA Whistleblower Protesting at Torturer Gina Haspel’s Senate Hearing Horrifying video of the cop assault of @RayMcGovern
9.Mai 2018
New Yorker C.I.A.-Polizeischergen vergreifen sich brutal an Ray McGovern
(2014) Da kaufte sich ein U.S.-Bürger eine Eintrittskarte für eine Veranstaltung am 30. Oktober in dem kulturellen Gemeindezentrum 92nd Street Y in der 92.Strasse in New York, einem „Weltklasse-Kultur- und Begegnungszentrum“, wurde vor dem Betreten des Gebäudes auf gewalttätige Weise an der Schulter verletzt so dass dieser vor Schmerzen schrie, mit auf dem Rücken verdrehten Armen in ein Polizeiauto geschleift und in das Polizeigefängnis 67th Street Station wegen unbefugten Eindringens und ungebührlichen Verhaltens gebracht obwohl er den Beamten das Eintrittsticket zeigte.
Touristenrummel auf den Golanhöhen
Wenn die Lage auf den Golanhöhen so gefährlich ist, wie in den Medien nach dem vorangegangenen nächtlichen Raketenbeschuss von syrischem Gebiet aus wie beschrieben, würden nicht Ausflügler die Region besuchen dürfen.
Eminem – Mosh
A video we did back in 2004 at GNN for Eminem‘s controversial hit, Mosh.
Syrische Armee gibt zu: Wir, nicht der Iran, beschossen den Golan
Die syrische Armee hat am gestrigen Donnerstag gegen 16 Uhr deutscher Zeit zugegeben, den zuvor in der Nacht erfolgten Raketenangriff auf israelische Stellungen im besetzten Golan durchgeführt zu haben. Bezeichnenderweise erfolgte dieses Eingeständnis auf Facebook.
I have spoken to @DF_COS about the situation in the Golan Heights, where @defenceforces are deployed at UNDOF. All our personnel are safe. We will keep monitoring the situation.
10.5.2018
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the situation in the Middle East
The Secretary-General followed with utmost concern reports overnight of missile launches from Syria targeting Israeli positions and retaliatory strikes by the Israel Defense Forces, that followed earlier strikes in Syria on Tuesday, 8 May. He notes with relief today’s partial normalization of the situation.
The United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) has maintained contact with the Syrian Arab Armed Forces and Israel Defense Forces, urging both parties to exercise maximum restraint and abide by their obligations under the Disengagement of Forces Agreement.
The Secretary-General urges for an immediate halt to all hostile acts and any provocative actions to avoid a new conflagration in the region already embroiled in terrible conflicts with immense suffering of civilians.
Butzemann
Die Figur ist vorwiegend aus dem süddeutschen, schweizerischen, aber auch im norddeutschen und skandinavischen Raum bekannt und wurde stark gefürchtet. In neuerer Zeit taucht sie hauptsächlich als Kinderschreckfigur auf, ähnlich dem „schwarzen Mann“, wenn dies auch nicht ihr ursprünglicher Charakter war.
Morocco-Iran: Algeria Becomes Hezbollah’s Backdoor to North Africa
According to the well-connected French journalist François Soudan, the source of the crisis between Rabat and Tehran is Hezbollah’s new covert operations in Algeria to retaliate against Morocco’s decision to arrest Beirut financier Kassim Tajideen in behest of the Americans.
Die Stunde der Hardliner
Der israelische Luftschlag war eine Reaktion darauf, dass zuvor iranische Revolutionsgarden mit rund 20 Raketen Armeeposten auf den von Israel besetzen Golan-Höhen angegriffen haben. Dabei schlug aber keine auf israelisch kontrolliertem Gebiet ein: Vier wurden abgefangen, der Rest landete auf der syrischen Seite des strategisch wichtigen Felsplateaus, das Israel 1967 erobert hatte.