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Daily Archives: 22. September 2019
Israel Election Results: Arab Alliance Endorses Gantz for PM, Lieberman Won‘t Back Anyone
Rare move by Joint List in bid to ‚end the Netanyahu era‘ could give Kahol Lavan leader first chance at forming coalition ■ Lieberman: ‚Joint List members are enemies‘
Israel Election Results: Three-quarters of Israeli Arabs Support Joining Ruling Coalition, Poll Shows
The survey, conducted by the Guttman Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Jerusalem-based Israel Democracy Institute, found that more than three out of every four Arab citizens were in favor of Arab parties joining the ruling coalition and their members serving as ministers in the government, but that nearly half of all Jewish citizens (49 percent) were resistant to the idea.
Iran promised to release tanker Stena Impero in a few days
(16.09.2019)
The British ship Stena Impero, detained by the Iranian military in July, will be released in a few days. As the official representative of the Iranian Foreign Ministry Abbas Mousavi said on Monday, September 16, it remains to solve a number of bureaucratic issues.
Iran‘s Rohani Vows to Lead Security in Gulf, Will Showcase Plan at UN General Assembly
Rohani added that he will offer a regional peace plan during his visit to the UN this week. Fears of a wider regional conflagration have grown, as tensions between Iran and the U.S. remain high over Tehran‘s failing 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Recently, Iran has broken the deal‘s limits on enrichment, uranium stockpiles and the use of advanced centrifuges, as ot seeks to pressure Europe to offer it a way to sell its crude oil on the international market despite U.S. sanctions.
Spannungen am Persischen Golf: Rouhani kündigt Friedensplan an
Die Botschaft des iranischen Präsidenten wenige Tage vor der erwarteten offiziellen Rede bei den Vereinten Nationen also heißt im Kern vor allem: Je weiter weg vom Iran die westlichen Staaten mit ihren Flugzeugen, Schiffen und modernen Waffen blieben, umso mehr Sicherheit bedeute das für die Golfregion. Dass sich genau diese Staaten nach – aus ihrer Sicht – zahlreichen iranischen Attacken gegen Öllieferungen aus dieser Region massive Sorgen machen, wird eines der ganz wichtigen Themen für die UN-Vollversammlung sein.
An Abrupt Move That Stunned Aides: Inside Trump’s Aborted Attack on Iran
Why Mr. Trump suddenly latched onto the estimate at this point rather than when casualties were discussed at the earlier meeting remains a mystery to many officials. Some assumed he was influenced by Mr. Carlson or other allies that his re-election would be jeopardized and was looking for cover.
But when the decision came, Mr. Pence, Mr. Pompeo and Mr. Bolton were all out of the White House, and the president did not call them for input. Instead, he told the Pentagon to call off the attack.
Israel Election Results: President to Start Consultations With Party Leaders to Designate Next PM
All eyes are on Yisrael Beiteinu‘s Avigdor Lieberman and the Joint List, comprised of four Arab-majority parties, in order to gauge Kahol Lavan leader Benny Gantz‘s chances at unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Neither parties have announced officially whether they would recommend Gantz to the president, and are expected to make their decisions public later Sunday.
Israel Election Results: Arab Party Must Recommend Gantz, or Netanyahu Will Be Back
In 1992, Knesset members from Hadash and the United Arab List backed Yitzhak Rabin, who wasn’t their cup of tea, as prime minister. This eventually led to the allocation of significant funds for the benefit of the Arab community – without mentioning the mutual recognition between Israel and the PLO, and the Oslo Accords.
The Blue Labour Fringe: Join Maurice Glasman and Paul Embery discussing Labour, Brexit, democracy, justice, and the future of radical politics.
Date and Time:
Sun, 22 September 2019
15:00 – 16:00 BST
Location:
Old Ship Hotel
Brighton
BN1 1NR
United Kingdom
Maurice Glasman and I will be speaking at the Blue Labour fringe meeting at 3.00pm on Sunday in Brighton. Come along.
Poll by Opinium for Sunday’s Observer: Con 37% Lab 22% Lib Dem 17% Brexit 12% Green 4% Second referendum strategy failing dismally for Labour. Heartland vote ebbing away. All utterly predictable. When will the middle-class liberals and Toytown revolutionaries start listening?
‚What do we want? A People‘s Vote. When do we want it? Now‘ Labour’s shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry joins chanting pro-EU protesters in Brighton who are demanding a new Brexit referendum
Auftakt zum Labour-Parteitag: Machtkampf auf offener Bühne
Watson gilt als moderate Kraft bei Labour, ist aber auch ein beständiger Kritiker seines Parteivorsitzenden Jeremy Corbyn. Er findet, Corbyn gehe nicht klar genug gegen antisemitische Tendenzen in der Partei vor, und beim Brexit-Kurs verlangt er – anders als Corbyn – ein eindeutiges Ja für den Verbleib.
Top Jeremy Corbyn aide Andrew Fisher to quit ‘by the end of the year’
The revelations come a day after the Labour leader was forced to step in to save Tom Watson’s job, after Jon Lansman tried to scrap the post of Labour deputy leader.
The Momentum chief launched a shock attempt to remove Mr Watson – with the support of the Unite union – at a meeting of Labour‘s ruling national executive committee on Friday night.
It seems the only group within the labour movement, apart from Momentum, to have publicly supported the aborted attempt to purge Tom Watson (of whom I am no great fan, by the way) is the increasingly Stalinist, purge-happy FBU leadership. Another serious failure of judgement.
Watson Purge Fails
(21.09.2019)
If you had a lie-in this morning you may have missed that Momentum’s attempt to purge Watson has failed. You may have missed it had even started last night. Jon Lansman, the multi-millionaire founder of Momentum proposed to the party’s governing NEC that the position of Deputy Leader be abolished. The headbanging outriders of Corbyn on Twitter were ecstatic, most Labour MPs were alarmed, it was reported that Gordon Brown had phoned Corbyn and McDonnell to lobby against the move, Tony Blair publicly backed the man who initiated the “curry plot” that led to his demise. Corbyn blinked.
Extraordinarily Tom Watson doesn’t want labour to win the next General Election.. many see him as a wrecker.. the media who don’t like the Corbyn leadership will turn him into a martyr
(20.09.2019)
Momentum boss Jon Lansman launches bid to axe Labour deputy leader post over Tom Watson ‚disloyalty‘
(20.09.2019)
Momentum boss Jon Lansman has launched a bid to axe the post of Labour deputy leader because of Tom Watson‘s „disloyalty“ over Brexit.
In a shock move, he tabled an emergency motion at a meeting of Labour‘s ruling national executive committee on the eve of the party‘s annual conference in Brighton.
Mr Watson, who is a member of the NEC, could not attend the meeting for childcare reasons and was assured there was nothing „controversial“ on the agenda.
“Ally” Jon Lansman wanted Jeremy Corbyn removed
(06.09.2019)
Jon Lansman, a prominent figure in the UK Labour Party, advocated that Jeremy Corbyn be removed as party leader three years ago.
The revelation challenges Lansman’s reputation as a key Corbyn supporter.
In 2016, Lansman told Labour activist Graham Bash that the left would be much better served if Corbyn was replaced by John McDonnell, the shadow finance minister.
Who Could Replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Leader?
(03.05.2016)
Labour‘s deputy leader and once known as an arch-plotter (he was one of Gordon Brown‘s closest allies in his attempts to force his frenemy Tony Blair out of office), Watson is now Labour‘s Deputy Leader.
He has the rare asset of a „mandate“ (a word never used so often in British public life as it was following Corbyn‘s shock victory) almost as large as Corbyn‘s. In the same September 2015 election that installed Corbyn, Watson became his deputy with just over 50 percent support in the third round of voting.