Daily Archives: 29. Dezember 2019


29.12.2019 - 19:36 [ Haaretz ]

Sex for Judgeship: Evidence Against Israel’s Top Lawyer Obtained Through Hacked Phone

(18.01.2019)

Police suspect Nave had sexual relations with the judge in exchange for her promotion as well as with the wife of another judge in exchange for his advancement.

Nave has been a dominant and influential figure on Israel’s legal scene since 2015, when he ousted the president of the Bar Association and took leadership of the professional organization that represents the country’s 59,000 attorneys.

29.12.2019 - 19:32 [ Haaretz ]

A Probe That Exposes the Corruption Behind Israel‘s Judicial Appointments

(today)

Nave, who had an alliance with former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, who was friends with Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit, who would routinely meet with senior politicians and dreamed of becoming a cabinet minister himself someday exploited his position of power to the hilt. Like a vote contractor for a ruling party, he took advantage of his role to gain sexual favors, connections and power. And yet, if there weren’t any people willing to dance to his corrupt tune, the public may have been spared such degradation.

29.12.2019 - 18:51 [ DailyMail.co.uk ]

PETER HITCHENS reveals fresh evidence that UN watchdog suppressed report casting doubt on Assad gas attack

he global chemical weapons watchdog is facing renewed questions after fresh details emerged about how it suppressed the findings of its own inspectors who raised serious doubts about an alleged poison gas attack in Syria.

The Mail on Sunday can reveal that a senior official at the Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) demanded the ‘removal of all traces’ of a document which undermined claims that gas cylinders had been dropped from the air – a key element of the ‘evidence’ that the Syrian regime was responsible.

29.12.2019 - 18:50 [ Tim Hayward ‏/ Twitter ]

Once again, Peter Hitchens is the one journalist to break ranks within mainstream media and report on further damning leaks revealing political capture of chemical weapons watchdog OPCW.

29.12.2019 - 18:10 [ Portal amerika21.de ]

Gewerkschaft marginalisierter Arbeiterinnen und Arbeiter in Argentinien gegründet

Die Utep versteht sich als Gewerkschaft neuen Typs, in der sich jene Sektoren der arbeitenden Klasse zusammenfinden, denen im gegenwärtigen neoliberalen Kapitalismus der Zugang zum regulären Arbeitsmarkt verwehrt bleibt. Von popularer Ökonomie spricht man, wenn Ausgeschlossene ihre eigenen Produktions-, Arbeits- und Vertriebssysteme schaffen, die unabhängig von der formalen Ökonomie funktionieren.

29.12.2019 - 18:09 [ Portal amerika21.de ]

Argentiniens Präsident kritisiert doppelte Standards bei Menschenrechten

Die Reaktion der chilenischen Regierung ließ nicht lange auf sich warten, Außenminister Teodoro Ribera zeigte sich „überrascht von den Kommentaren“ und wande sich an seinen argentinischen Amtskollegen Felipe Solá, um ihn an das Prinzip der nationalen Souveränität und der Nichteinmischung in innere Angelegenheiten anderer Staaten zu erinnern. Erstaunliche Worte einer Regierung, die diesem Gebot bislang nicht besondere Achtung geschenkt hatte. So hatte Piñera erst im Oktober auf dem Kurznachrichtendienst Twitter die Proteste in Ecuador kritisiert und seine Unterstützung für die Regierung von Präsident Lenin Moreno bekundet.

29.12.2019 - 18:08 [ Max Blumenthal / Twitter ]

This appears to be Twitter‘s explanation. Make of it what you will.

29.12.2019 - 18:07 [ Tim Hayward / Twitter ‏ ]

Twitter is proactively censoring news about the OPCW scandal and central involvement in it of French diplomat.

29.12.2019 - 18:05 [ Ben Norton ‏/ Twitter ]

Twitter has also censored some of our tweets at @TheGrayzoneNews. These tweets are factual reporting; they don‘t violate any rules. Here is an example of Twitter hiding a tweet with a link to our journalistic interview with Bolivia‘s leftist leader:

29.12.2019 - 18:02 [ Max Blumenthal, Editor, the @GrayzoneProject ‏/ Twitter ]

This is bizarre, I have never seen anything like it before… Italian reporter @SMaurizi had a tweet on OPCW and Douma arbitrarily blocked by Twitter. It contained important info and did not violate any rules.

29.12.2019 - 16:03 [ Bernie Sanders, candidate for President / Twitter ]

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29.12.2019 - 15:49 [ Jewish Community ‏/ Twitter ]

A-G refuses to tell High Court his view on PM eligibility – again: On Sunday, the High Court set a hearing for December 31 for Mandelblit to argue before it along with other parties about whether Netanyahu can form a government.

(26.12.2019)

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29.12.2019 - 15:17 [ Caitlin Johnstone ]

Why Everything Is Fucked

The most powerful early humans were the cleverest humans, the ones who understood how to use this new capacity for language and abstract thought to their own advantage. They realized that by simply saying something is true in a sufficiently confident way, they could persuade the less clever humans to treat it as true.

Those clever humans used this newfound ability to place themselves in charge, and to make a bunch of rules to be passed down from generation to generation proclaiming that the less powerful humans must submit to the more powerful humans. Over the generations these rules became more and more numerous and complex, weaving in moralism, codes of filial piety, and insane, power-serving religions glorifying meekness, obedience and poverty.

(…)

But then, I believe in miracles.

29.12.2019 - 13:08 [ Jerusalem Post ]

The triumvirate: Avigdor Liberman, Avichai Mandelblit & Aviv Kochavi

For a decade, Netanyahu dominated Israel like few others since founding prime minister David Ben-Gurion, leaving a huge imprint on every sphere: diplomatic, economic, military.

But in 2019 – Netanyahu’s own annus horribilis, as Queen Elizabeth II referred to her own “horrible year” in 1992 – his utter dominance began to fade.

29.12.2019 - 12:10 [ jewishpress.com ]

IDF Chief of Staff Kochavi: ‘Sometimes War is a Solution’

„Once we have been forced to reach this situation, we will not hesitate to employ the full force of the IDF, even in the urban sphere where the enemy has chosen to act,” he said.

Israel’s aim is to deter potential enemies, he said. The “ultimate goal is to instill in our enemies the feeling of despair and doubt in their ability to achieve their aggressive aims.”

29.12.2019 - 12:06 [ Jerusalem Post ]

IDF preparing for confrontation with Iran – Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi

Lt.-Gen. Kochavi acknowledges in public for the first time that Israel has struck Iranian targets in Iraq.

29.12.2019 - 11:47 [ i24news.tv ]

Netanyahu to ask Israeli parliament for immunity this week: report

Channel 12 reported earlier this month that Israel‘s longest-serving premier will request immunity by the end of December.

29.12.2019 - 11:44 [ Haaretz ]

Israel‘s General Election Will Be a Totally Different Game for Netanyahu

What happens in Likud stays in Likud. Any connection between the outside world and the mystical devotion of this party’s members to their leader, despite his political failures and dire legal situation, isn’t l

Likud lost seven or eight Knesset seats between the April and September elections. Around 250,000 voters said enough, we’re fed up. Thursday’s leadership primary won’t bring them back.oose, it’s nonexistent.

29.12.2019 - 11:43 [ Prime Minister of Israel ‏/ Twitter ]

We send our best wishes for recovery to the wounded. We will cooperate however possible with the local authorities in order to assist in defeating this phenomenon. We offer our assistance to every country.

29.12.2019 - 11:19 [ CNN ]

5 people were stabbed at a Hanukkah celebration in a New York suburb

Officials are still working an active crime scene, Ramapo Police Chief Brad Weidel said in a news conference.

He said a suspect, described as a tall black man, was apprehended by police.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the stabbing was „the latest in a string of attacks against members of the Jewish community in New York this week.“

29.12.2019 - 11:18 [ Times of Israel ]

Who are the Black Hebrews, the group linked to Jersey City shooter?

(11.12.2019)

Police have identified one of the dead suspects in a shootout at a kosher market in Jersey City as David Anderson, who reportedly was once a member of the Black Hebrew Israelites.

Here are some things to know about the movement.

29.12.2019 - 11:10 [ i24news.tv ]

Greenblatt: Trust Trump to have Israel‘s back, not ‚far-left, anti-Israel‘ Sanders

Contrast this, Greenblatt wrote, to Sanders, who said that “right now, Israel is under the leadership of Netanyahu… who in my view, is a racist.”

„This slur on the leader of Israel echoes the anti-Semitic claims of Israel’s enemies, who falsely argue that Zionism itself – the movement supporting a Jewish homeland where Judaism was born more than 3,000 years ago – is a racist philosophy,“ Greenblatt charged.

29.12.2019 - 06:00 [ Greek Reporter ]

Greece Signs Deal with Lockheed Martin to Upgrade F-16 Fleet

The U.S. company will also supply information and continuous technical support for the operational autonomy of Greece’s F-16 fleet and expand its operational capability.

29.12.2019 - 02:45 [ teleSUR ]

Pabon: Fear and Persecution Can Hurt the Pillars of Democracy

The Prefect of Pichincha, Paola Pabon expressed, in an exclusive interview with Telesur, her concern about how hatred and political persecution in Ecuador have wounded the most important motivation of democracy: the confrontation of ideas and thoughts, and freedom to think.

29.12.2019 - 02:25 [ teleSUR ]

Cuba: „We Condemn the Aggression of the Mexican Embassy“

Regarding this situation, his Mexican counterpart , Marcelo Ebrard on Wednesday released a statement pointing out „everyone has the right to request asylum for reasons or crimes of a political nature or for those crimes of the common law that have a connection with political motives, whose life, liberty or security is in danger.“

29.12.2019 - 02:18 [ Reuters ]

Bolivia is not a Mexican colony, acting foreign minister Longaric tells El Pais

Spain’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday it would send a mission to investigate the incident.

In a statement, the Spanish ministry said “the objective of the visit … was exclusively courtesy”, and added it “roundly denies that (the visit) could have been aimed at facilitating the exit of the people granted asylum on the premises”.

29.12.2019 - 00:37 [ Reuters ]

Sudan to postpone lifting of fuel subsidies: minister

But the government met on Saturday with the former opposition which helped bring down veteran ruler Omar al-Bashir in April and agreed to not implement the decision until a conference in March where economic reforms will be discussed, information minister Faisal Saleh told Reuters.

29.12.2019 - 00:34 [ The Sudan Tribune ]

Sudanese army dismisses participation in Libya’s conflict

UN panel on Libya said earlier this year that fighters from the government paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been dispatched by the Sudanese transitional government. But Sudanese officials strongly dismissed the claim.

29.12.2019 - 00:20 [ Al Jazeera ]

Xenophobia threatens to undermine Sudan‘s revolution

On November 11, the transitional government‘s Minister of Trade and Industry Madani Abbas Madani issued a decree prohibiting foreigners from engaging in business activities in Sudan. The blanket order prohibits all foreigners from engaging in trade, but exempts foreign investors operating under the Investment Act or special agreements signed between their governments and Sudanese authorities.