Selling a port of strategic importance to US companies, coupled with the availability of the facility for US and NATO troops, is raising many questions in Greece. The Mediterranean country remains only one in two countries surveyed in NATO where the civilian population is not in favor of the alliance and only 36% of Greeks view the US favorably
Daily Archives: 30. August 2020
US-Kontrolle des Hafens von Alexandroupolis wird nicht dazu beitragen, Griechenland vor der Türkei zu schützen
Der Verkauf von Häfen ist aus Gründen der nationalen Sicherheit und Souveränität äußerst riskant. Die Privatisierung von Häfen bedeutet die Deregulierung von Staatseigentum und die Übertragung aller Funktionen und Transaktionen auf den privaten Sektor anstelle der staatlichen Sicherheit. Was wird geschehen, wenn ein ausländischer Investor wie die USA in die Verwaltung der Häfen in der Ägäis eingebunden wird, die eine unersetzliche Rolle für die Grenze und die nationale Verteidigung Griechenlands spielt, insbesondere in einer Zeit, in der die Türkei ihre Kriegsrhetorik gegen Griechenland verstärkt?
Mustapha Adib on course to be designated Lebanon PM
Lebanon‘s Ambassador to Germany Mustapha Adib looks set to become the new Lebanese prime minister-designate.
Gantz to Kushner: Let’s work together to keep Israel’s military edge
Kushner, O’Brien, US Special Representative for International Negotiations Avi Berkowitz and US Iran envoy Brian Hook, together with an Israeli delegation led by National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, are set to take the first-ever direct flight from Israel to the UAE on Monday, on an El Al plane bearing the word “peace” in Arabic, Hebrew and English in honor of the historic moment.
Bundeswahlgesetz: Koalition plant Corona-Ausnahmeregel
Eine Kandidatur für den Bundestag setzt nach geltendem Recht einen Parteitag voraus. Doch was, wenn Parteitage wegen Corona nicht abgehalten werden können? Die Koalition will das nun gesetzlich regeln.
White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner and a #US delegation are set to visit #Israel on Sunday
Wieder Proteste gegen Netanyahu
Rund drei Monate nach ihrem Beginn weiten sich die Proteste gegen Israels rechtskonservativen Regierungschef Benjamin Netanyahu von Woche zu Woche aus. Die größte Demonstration fand gestern Abend vor Netanyahus Amtssitz in Jerusalem statt.
The number inside the square is again likely in the tens of thousands, and includes MK Ofer Cassif who just addressed the Hadash bloc
20,000 Call on Netanyahu to Resign as Jerusalem Protests Enter Tenth Week
About 20,000 protesters are gathered outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s official residence in Jerusalem Saturday evening for the tenth week in a row, calling for his resignation, as tensions with police run high following documented incidents of police violence at last week‘s protest.
Parallel protests were held outside Netanyahu‘s private residence in Caesarea and at over 300 bridges and major intersections nationwide.
Senat in Argentinien stimmt für umstrittene Justizreform
Nach 40 Ja- und 26 Nein-Stimmen wird das Projekt nun an die Abgeordnetenkammer übergeben. Präsident Alberto Fernández hatte die Reform Anfang des Monats angekündigt.
Mexiko lässt Unterstützung der UNO in Fällen des Verschwindenlassens zu
Doch die Regierungen der Vorgänger López Obradors, Felipe Calderón und Enrique Peña Nieto, hatten sich geweigert, den Ausschuss zu akzeptieren. Der Beschluss jetzt erfolgt also mit zehn Jahren Verzögerung.
29.08., Demokratischer Widerstand
Auf der Buehne von Querdenken, Grosser Stern
Die Querdenken-Demo hat mit diesen Leuten nichts zu tun. Das ist eine andere „Demo“.
Reichsflaggen vor dem Reichstag – „Diese Bilder sind beschämend“
Am Abend hatten im Anschluss an eine Corona-Demonstration mehrere hundert Menschen Absperrungen am Reichstagsgebäude durchbrochen. Ein Video, das der Verein „democ“ bei Twitter veröffentlichte, zeigt, wie sie Treppen zum Reichstag hochlaufen und dabei zum Teil Reichsfahnen schwenken. Das Video zeigt auch Rangeleien zwischen Demonstrierenden und Polizeibeamten.
Offenbar standen den Demonstrierenden nur drei Polizeibeamte im Weg. „Die Polizei war kurzzeitig völlig überfordert“, so „democ“.
Outcry as US intelligence stops in-person reports to Congress on election security
An official in Ratcliffe’s office, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said on Saturday the office was “concerned about unauthorized disclosures of sensitive information following recent briefings”.
The move drew a heated rejoinder from House Democrats, who have focused on foreign efforts to sway the presidential election in 2016 and again this year.
READ: Director of National Intelligence‘s letter to Congress on election security briefings
„I believe this approach helps ensure, to the maximum extent possible, that the information ODNI provides the Congress in support of your oversight responsibilities on elections security, foreign malign influence, and election interference is not misunderstood nor politicized,“ Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe wrote in a letter to congressional committee heads.
Director Of National Intelligence Cancels Verbal Election Security Briefings
In a joint statement released Saturday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Congress had been set for briefings on election security in mid-September. But briefings for members of Congress, including the House and Senate intelligence committees, by Ratcliffe‘s office have now been called off, they said.
„This is a shocking abdication of its lawful responsibility to keep the Congress currently informed, and a betrayal of the public‘s right to know how foreign powers are trying to subvert our democracy,“ Pelosi and Schiff said in the statement.
Chairman of Joint Chiefs says no role for military in presidential election
Trump‘s repeated complaints questioning the election‘s validity have triggered unprecedented worries about the potential for chaos surrounding the election results. Some have speculated that the military might be called upon to get involved, either by Trump trying to use it to help his reelection prospects or as, Democratic challenger Joe Biden has suggested, to remove Trump from the White House if he refuses to accept defeat. The military has adamantly sought to tamp down that speculation and is zealously protective of its historically nonpartisan nature.
US-Generalstabschef: Militär wird sich nicht in Wahl einmischen
Die für eine westliche Demokratie bemerkenswerte Stellungnahme kam nach einer Anfrage aus dem US-Kongress zustande.
Amid fears that Trump might not leave office, two lawmakers press for Pentagon assurances on the election
(28.08.2020)
In a sign of the growing concern that President Trump might not leave office voluntarily or might attempt to use the military to hold onto power, two moderate Democratic lawmakers posed a series of written questions to the secretary of defense and the military’s top general about their obligations to the Constitution and the country.
Reps. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) addressed their questions in writing to Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper, setting a deadline of Thursday evening.
Michael Moore warns that Donald Trump is on course to repeat 2016 win
The documentary film-maker Michael Moore has warned that Donald Trump appears to have such momentum in some battleground states that liberals risk a repeat of 2016 when so many wrote off Trump only to see him grab the White House.
“Sorry to have to provide the reality check again,” he said.