That morning Netanyahu had taken part in a ceremony swearing in the new Bank of Israel governor, Amir Yaron, and also held a lengthy meeting with the army‘s ombudsman, Maj. Gen. (res.) Yitzhak Brik. At 1:30 P.M., half an hour behind schedule, the meeting with the party heads began.
Daily Archives: 25. Dezember 2018
Day after election called, Netanyahu green lights new settler homes
A day after announcing new elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu worked to advance and approve 2010 new settler homes.
Separately he has fast-tracked the retroactive authorization of illegally built settler homes on private Palestinian property.
April 9 Election Heralds Final Decisive Battle in Israel‘s War of the Worlds
Netanyahu‘s personal scorched earth campaign against the rule of law is now the battering ram of the right‘s assault on democracy
Update5: Israeli warplanes were seen over southern Lebanon flying at low level and dropping flares.
Update2: several eyewitness told me that they‘v seen aerial objects been hit by Syrian surface to air missile. However, the situation is not clear yet.
Syrien: Erdogan will mit Trump und Putin reden
CNN Turk berichtete, Außenminister Mevlut Cavusolgu werde in den kommenden Tagen nach Russland reisen, um das Treffen vorzubereiten. Erdogan und Trump sprachen sich nach türkischen Angaben bei einem Telefonat dafür aus, das Entstehen eines Machtvakuums in Syrien zu verhindern.
Who is Patrick Shanahan? Deputy defense secretary stepping up to replace Jim Mattis is a former Boeing executive nicknamed ‚Mr Fix-It‘
He earned the titled after being crediteed for getting the 787 Dreamliner on track after production problems in the program’s early years.
After holding senior positions in the 767 program and managing the 757 program he was awarded the position of vice president and general manager of Boeing’s Rotorcraft Systems in Philadelphia.
Shanahan also headed up U.S. Army Aviation programs, which included Boeing’s ballistic-missile defence program.
Vom Nutzen eines Terroranschlages
(15.12.2018) Die Tat auf dem Breitscheidplatz in Berlin geschah, obwohl der mutmaßliche Täter unter Kontrolle der Sicherheitsbehörden war – Konflikte im Amri-Ausschuss eskalieren. Zweiter Jahrestag
Oberleitungsschaden bei Berlin: Ermittler finden Flagge von Terrororganisation IS
via @TOnline_News
#Trump: „Glaubst du noch an den Weihnachtsmann? Denn mit sieben Jahren ist das an der Grenze, nicht wahr?“
Geldvermögen in Deutschland in 2017: „private Haushalte“ 6 Billionen Euro, „nichtfinanzielle Kapitalgesellschaften“ 3,57 Billionen Euro, finanzielle Kapitalgesellschaften“ 13,2 Billionen Euro
(5.11.2018)
GELDVERMÖGEN WÄCHST – Deutsche haben fast 6 Billionen Euro auf der hohen Kante
(17.10.2018)
„In Deutschland hat sich eine Form der Vollkaskomentalität ausgebildet.“ Das hat uns Gerd Landsberg, Hauptgeschäftsführer des Deutschen Städte- und Gemeindebunds, gesagt. Er fordert Reformen.
Ist schon lustig, der gleiche „Städtebund“, der sich auf Kosten des Volkes eine „Vollkasko“ gönnt, spricht sich dagegen aus, wenn die Menschen, die ihnen ihre Vollkasko finanzieren, Gleiches für sich einfordert.
Can Trump fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell?
Adriene Hill: So there were reports over the weekend that Trump has asked his advisers if he can remove Powell. And I want to start with just that big picture question here: Can he?
Binyamin Appelbaum: It‘s a really big and open question at the moment. The law says that he can only remove a member of the Fed‘s Board of Governors “for cause.”
„Tafeln lindern Armut auch an Weihnachten“ Deutschland 2 0 1 8 (..) 1,5 Millionen Menschen auf #Tafel angewiesen! Die Bundesregierung feierte 20-Jähriges Bestehen. Nein, kein Scherz.
The Fed thinks economic growth will slow as Trump‘s 2020 re-election bid approaches
The Federal Reserve sees economic growth slowing next year.
Amid concerns about weakening GDP growth, President Donald Trump cannot afford losing that selling point ahead of his 2020 re-election bid.
US-Wirtschaft: Trump greift Notenbank erneut an
Attacken auf die Notenbank sind für einen US-Präsidenten normalerweise tabu, nicht jedoch für Amtsinhaber Trump: Die Fed sei das einzige Problem der Wirtschaft. Der Dow Jones und der japanische Nikkei-Index sackten ab.
Cramer: Fed chief Jerome Powell is Trump‘s worst re-election nightmare
(20.12.2018) „If I were running Trump‘s re-election campaign, Jay Powell would be my worst nightmare,“ CNBC‘s Jim Cramer says.
Cramer argues the president is right to worry about a possible recession in 2019 as a result of the Powell‘s rate hikes.
How the economy could become Trump’s biggest re-election threat
(18.12.2018) The greatest threat to President Donald Trump’s re-election bid may not be the slew of investigations closing in on his Oval Office but a possible economic slowdown. And the president knows it.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell again Monday, the latest dip in the roller coaster markets amid the strain of Trump’s trade war, rising interest rates and worries about a slowing global economy.
Fall Relotius: Fälschungen betreffen offenbar auch Berichte über Kuba
Nach seiner aus Steuergeldern finanzierten Reise schrieb Relotius eine mehr als 600-seitige Publikation mit Kapiteln wie „Die Revolution verkauft ihre Kinder “ und „Zur Arbeit: Recherchieren in der Diktatur“. In der Publikation kommt auch der angeblich „erste Steuerberater“ der Insel vor, der einmal mit dem Namen „Ajerez“, meist jedoch mit dem Nachnamen „Ajero“ vorgestellt wird. Die Stiftung verwies am Sonntag auf amerika21-Anfrage an die Pressestelle der Staatskanzler NRW. Ein Sprecher der NRW-Landesregierung erklärte, man habe umgehend mit dem ehemaligen Stipendiaten Relotius Kontakt gesucht und um Klärung gebeten.
Argentine Unions Make X-mas Feast Protest In Front of Congress
Members of one of Argentina’s largest unions, the Confederation of Workers for the Popular Economy (CTEP), the Excluded Workers Movement (MTE), The Association of State Workers (ATE), along with several other education and transportation unions are setting up on Monday to feed some 2,000 people on the lawn in front of the national congress located in Buenos Aires.
Mexican governor, senator husband killed in helicopter crash
Martha Erika Alonso, a senior opposition figure and governor of the state of Puebla, died with Rafael Moreno, a senator and former Puebla governor, when their Agusta helicopter came down on Monday afternoon shortly after take-off, the government said.
VIDEO: Pilger Says Assange Denies Meeting Manafort
WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange has vehemently denied that he ever met Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, according to journalist and filmmaker John Pilger, who met with Assange at Ecuador’s embassy in London last week.
Pilger said Assange told him the story published by The Guardian on Nov. 27 was a “total fabrication.” Pilger told Consortium News in an interview for the Unity4J vigil on Friday that “I personally can confirm that did not happen. He said it was a fabrication. It was not possible. The way internal security works at that embassy, it was not possible.”
Christmas Eve briefing with my team working on North Korea – Progress being made. Looking forward to my next summit with Chairman Kim!
24.12.2018
Vereinigungs- und Transportminister nehmen an Spatenstichfeier für innerkoreanisches Eisenbahn- und Straßenprojekt teil
Auch acht Vertreter der Länder einer ostasiatischen Eisenbahngemeinschaft sowie internationaler Organisationen, darunter der mongolische Minister für Straßen- und Transportentwicklung, werden vor Ort sein.
Send a Message to the White House!
(21.12.2018) Complaining to them doesn’t usually do much good, but when Donald Trump does something right and important like order troops out of Syria and some out of Afghanistan, he needs to be told that the American people out here in the country agree and support this decision. Especially when all of TV is against it.
Just think, what if all he hears is complaints from the war party and crickets from the people? It would be a catastrophe…
Hey and why not add you’d like to see the troops home from Yemen, Somalia and Iraq too.
Iraq appoints two more ministers but government still incomplete
Intensifying disagreements between the rival Islah and Bina blocs, led by populist Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and Iran-backed militia leader Hadi al-Amiri, have prevented the formation of a full government of 22 ministers.
Veterans for Peace zum Abzug der US-Soldaten aus Syrien
Veterans For Peace (Veteranen für Frieden) freut sich zu hören, dass Präsident Trump den vollständigen Abzug der US-Soldaten aus Syrien angeordnet hat, wo zu sein sie von vorneherein kein Recht hatten. Wie dem auch sei, der Abzug der US-Truppen ist das Richtige.
Veterans For Peace Statement on Withdrawal of US Troops From Syria
Veterans For Peace is pleased to hear that President Trump has ordered a total withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, where they had no legal right to be in the first place. Whatever the reasoning, withdrawing US troops is the right thing to do.
U.S. military officials to meet Turkish counterparts about Syria: Erdogan spokesman
U.S. military officials will come to Turkey to meet with their Turkish counterparts and discuss coordination on Syria, President Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman said on Monday.
Emir of Qatar vows support to Sudanese government in face of mass protests
Qatar’s Emir, Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, has pledged to provide every possible support to enable the Sudanese government to overcome what he described as the “ordeal”, reported the official news agency SUNA
Sudan summons Kuwaiti ambassador over travel advisory
It is noteworthy that a number of countries including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Malaysia have warned their citizens of approaching protests’ sites, urging them to take precautions across Sudan.
Sudan’s trade unions call for march to Presidential Palace
The umbrella organization of the independent professional unions, Sudanese Professional Association (SPA) said its members would march Tuesday to the Presidential Palace to demand President Omer al-Bashir to step down amid large support from opposition forces.
In a statement Monday, the SPA said it is planning a peaceful rally to the Presidential Palace to submit a memorandum demanding the Sudanese regime to give up the political and executive power to the Sudanese people.