“There’s a huge appetite in Europe for defence as a whole,” he said.
Daily Archives: 23. Juni 2019
Sources: Likud and Blue and White Parties Discussing Canceling Elections, Forming Unity Government
Netanyahu and Blue and White party co-chairman Benny Gantz are reportedly not personally involved in any negotiations over a unity government.
Blue and White issued a statement reacting to the report, saying, “There is only one option for cancelling the elections: Netanyahu steps down to deal with his legal issues and Blue and White will lead a wide government.”
Massenproteste in Prag: Hunderttausende gegen Babis
Der 64 Jahre alte Babis weist alle Anschuldigungen zurück. Am Mittwoch muss sich die Regierung im Parlament einer Misstrauensabstimmung stellen. Ein Erfolg der Opposition gilt aufgrund der Stimmverhältnisse als unwahrscheinlich. Nach Einschätzung des ARD-Korrespondenten Danko Handrick könnte es für Babis aber problematisch werden, wenn die Proteste nach der Sommerpause anhalten.
John Bercow’s authority has now collapsed
The SNP’s Ian Blackford was lambasting Boris Johnson whom he identified as, ‘the front-runner in the leadership contest’. He recited some of Boris’s more inflammatory asides including the (plainly satirical) observation that ‘Scots should be banned from being prime minister.’
‘Not only is the member racist,’ commented Blackford, ‘but he is stoking division in communities.’
Calls of ‘withdraw!’ erupted from the Tory benches. Speaker Bercow climbed to his feet but he didn’t seem to know what to do next.
Boris Johnson row: The couple next door passionate about their opposition to Tories
“Just gave Boris Johnson the finger,” she wrote, referring to her greeting for the prospective Tory leader staying at his girlfriend’s flat in the same block as Ms Leigh’s apartment in south east London.
Ms Leigh, an American theatre producer, director and writer, has now deleted her Twitter account – possibly because the influence she and her husband, Tom Penn, have had over the leadership race became immeasurable this weekend.
The hacking of Boris Johnson’s home: The Guardian’s invasion of Boris’s privacy is a new low for broadsheet journalism.
Is it right to record a couple’s private conversations, through the walls of their home, and then publish their words verbatim in a national newspaper? Most people would say no. Most people would consider that a grotesque invasion of privacy. Most people would think it profoundly morally wrong to spy on a couple’s most intimate moments and then salaciously expose those moments to readers hungry for scandal.
Opposition candidate İmamoğlu thanks teammates, voters in victory speech after preliminary results show lead
Ekrem İmamoğlu, the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) mayoral candidate for Istanbul, emerged as the victor of the June 23 local election rerun after unofficial results were released, thanking his teammates and all Istanbul residents.
“You have protected our tradition of democracy, dating back a hundred years. Thank you, fellow Istanbul residents,” İmamoğlu said in a press conference on June 23.
Wahl in Istanbul: Oppositionspolitiker Imamoglu siegt
Der Abstand zwischen den beiden Kandidaten betrug nach Auszählung von 97,4 Prozent der Stimmen mehr als 730.000 Stimmen. Wahlberechtigt waren rund 10,5 Millionen Menschen. Nach der ersten Wahl vom 31. März hatte Imamoglu nur einen Vorsprung von gut 20.000 Stimmen gehabt.
Five years of arms deals worth £4.7bn: Britain’s role in a war that has killed nearly 100,000
Analysis: The government now must make the case that there is ‘no clear risk’ of UK weapons being used to commit war crimes in Yemen
Wenn die Kuh kein Gras mehr frisst. Industrielle Fleischproduktion in Argentinien
Wer kennt sie nicht, die Bilder von weidenden Herden in der argentinischen Pampa? Doch ist dieses Bild heute überhaupt noch aktuell? Christian Rollmann hat sich für onda auf die Suche nach den Pampa-Rindern gemacht und überprüft, inwieweit der Mythos dem Abgleich mit der Realität standhält.
Online-Aktivist Ola Bini in Ecuador unter Auflagen aus Haft enlassen
Die Festnahme stand in unmittelbarem Zusammenhang mit der Auslieferung von WikiLeaks-Gründer Julian Assange aus der ecuadorianischen Botschaft in London an die britischen Behörden. Die Staatsanwaltschaft in Ecuador argumentierte, Bini sei Teil einer Verschwörung von Assange gegen die Regierung des südamerikanischen Landes gewesen.
It was great speaking at the @SCDemocrats Convention this morning — thanks to our supporters and everyone there for the warm welcome! .. #TULSI2020
The corporate wing of the party thinks we‘re an “existential threat” because we want to: -Make health care a right -Break up big banks -Save the planet -Make college tuition-free -End endless wars -Make the wealthy pay their fair share If that makes us a „threat,” so be it.
VP: Iran to take legal action against US with UN Security Council over drone
Tehran, June 23, IRNA – Vice-President for Legal Affairs Laya Joneidi said on Sunday that Iran will take legal action with United Nations Security Council over violation of Iranian airspace by the US sending reconnaissance drone for spying on Iran‘s military in total disregard of sovereignty of states enshrined by the UN Charter.
Speaking to IRNA, Joneidi said aggression on Iran land, water and air borders will not be acceptable and tolerated but efforts will be made to avoid war.
VIDEO: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US National Security Adviser John Bolton at the Prime Minister‘s Office in Jerusalem. Full remarks:
The Guardian says it was warned of cyber attacks by Saudi Arabia
(20.06.2019)
The Guardian says that it was warned earlier this year about efforts by a cybersecurity unit in Saudi Arabia to „hack“ its computer networks.
The British newspaper published an article on Wednesday that says it was alerted by a source in Riyadh that it was being targeted by the unit following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Saudi Arabia buys $300m spyware from Israel
(20.06.2019)
The sources stressed that the Saudi intelligence services have sought to obtain advanced spyware in order to trace the Kingdom’s citizens – both in the country and abroad – amidst increasing criticism of the Saudi royal family.
Saudi Arabia therefore reached out to the Israeli market and struck a deal worth $300m with representatives of Israeli firms, the sources said, adding that both sides met and reached the deal in UK capital London.
According to the British source, the #Saudi intelligence chief will head to #Israel at the weekend, where he will engage in similar lobbying efforts with Israeli officials and US National Security Adviser John Bolton, who will be visiting Israel. #Iran
„Bolton is meeting Netanyahu Sunday in Israel. Regional security concerns will be discussed. The meeting will also include Russian Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev“ Uhhh…2 warmongers & a Russkie to discuss Iran–in Israel?
Bolton to Meet Netanyahu Ahead of Unprecedented Summit on Syria, Iran
A diplomatic official told Haaretz that “this unprecedented meeting of two world powers with Israel, in Israel, underscores its global standing and sends a powerful message to the region, especially to our enemies. The meeting is a climax of many political steps, among them Netanyahu’s meetings with presidents Trump and Putin. These meetings created the opportunity for a historic meeting such as this, which will contribute a great deal to Israel’s security interests in the region.”
Trump Bucked National-Security Aides on Proposed Iran Attack
President Trump bucked most of his top national-security advisers by abandoning retaliatory strikes in Iran on Thursday. In private conversations Friday, Mr. Trump reveled in his judgment, certain about his decision to call off the attacks while speaking of his administration as if removed from the center of it.
“These people want to push us into a war, and it’s so disgusting,” Mr. Trump told one confidant about his own inner circle of advisers. “We don’t need any more wars.”
Fire John Bolton
(22.06.2019)
Make no mistake: This is John Bolton’s war. It’s a war that the current National Security Advisor has been advocating since 2007. He has spoken of bombing Iran on TV, in print, as a government official, and as a private citizen. He has received payment from an Iranian dissident group, the People’s Mujahedin of Iran (MeK), listing a $40,000 speaking fee for “European Iranian Events” in July 2017 on a government financial disclosure form (experts say the total number over a series of years could be significantly higher). He spoke at MeK’s conference in July 2017, promising regime change in Tehran.
Rudy Giuliani calls for Iran regime change at rally linked to extreme group
(30.06.2018)
Giuliani spoke to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an umbrella coalition largely controlled by the Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MeK), which was once listed as a terrorist organisation in the US and Europe and is still widely viewed as a Marxist-Islamist cult built around the personality of its leader, Maryam Rajavi.
“We are now realistically being able to see an end to the regime in Iran,” Giuliani told a crowd of about 4,000, many of them refugees and young eastern Europeans who had been bussed in to attend the rally in return for a weekend trip to Paris.
M.E.K.: The Group John Bolton Wants to Rule Iran
(07.05.2018)
Mr. Bolton is a longtime Iran hawk who has supported the Mujahedeen Khalq, known as M.E.K. It is a fringe dissident group that calls for regime change in Iran. Mr. Bolton has said he has backed the controversial group for over a decade.
Giuliani, Bolton Repeatedly Met With Group Formerly Designated a Cult-Like Terror Organization
(27.07.2018)
Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s personal lawyer, and John Bolton, Trump’s National Security Advisor, met with the group five separate times since Trump’s inauguration, according to Justice Department documents reviewed by TYT. The documents were submitted to the Justice Department by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)—MEK’s political wing—under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, between July 20, 2017 and June 27, 2018.
That group, the People’s Mujahedin of Iran, or MEK for short, was designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department until 2012, at which point it was removed from the State Department’s terror list after an intense lobbying effort. The group was on the terror list for good reason: MEK has killed several American servicemembers and contractors; attempted to assassinate a top U.S. general; and attempted to kidnap the U.S. Ambassador to Iran, Douglas MacArthur II.
Beware the Bolton path to US military strikes on Iran
(22.06.2019)
Why is this not an international issue? Where are the United Nations and our traditional allies? U.S. unilateralists such as Trump and Bolton despise international organizations, but the rest of the world does not. The White House either does not want to approach the UN for international authority, or it is sure that such an appeal would not succeed for a host of reasons, most related to the image of America the bully.
Bolton Keeps Trying to Goad Iran Into War
(20.06.2019)
The conventions of mainstream journalism make it difficult to challenge America’s self-conception as a peace-loving nation. But the unlovely truth is this: Throughout its history, America has attacked countries that did not threaten it. To carry out such wars, American leaders have contrived pretexts to justify American aggression. That’s what Donald Trump’s administration—and especially its national security adviser, John Bolton—is doing now with Iran.
The historical examples abound.
Trump has reportedly lost interest in regime change in Venezuela. John Bolton has not.
(20.06.2019)
In private, Trump „chewed out his staff“ about the failed Venezuela regime change, blaming National Security Adviser John Bolton and his Latin America policy director Mauricio Claver-Carone for getting „played“ by both Guaidó and key Maduro figures, current and former administration officials tell the Post. Some current officials disputed that characterization of Trump‘s reaction and said his Venezuela policy was always long-term and is on track
John Bolton: ‚Substantial‘ belief five countries spreading lies on Trump team dysfunction
(11.06.2019)
“We have substantial reason to believe that North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, Russia, and China have made a decision to — and you can see it publicly — to try to sow disinformation about the administration, and to say that the president and his advisers are divided, and things like that,” Bolton said Tuesday during a Wall Street Journal event in Washington, D.C.