Daily Archives: 21. Januar 2023
If you‘re in Israel: Tomorrow, January 21, at 7pm local time on Kaplan Street: „Stopping the regime coup. Fighting for democracy.“
(20.01.2023)
Massive Anti-government Protests in Mayor Cities Planned for Saturday Night
he main protest in Tel Aviv will be divided, with one organizer, the Movement for Quality Government in Israel, holding a rally at Habima Square for the second weekend in a row while other most radical organizers will demonstrate less than a kilometer away at the intersection of Kaplan and Begin streets. After skipping the twolast week’s events, Opposition Leader Yair Lapid said Wednesday he would attend this weekend, alongside other members of the opposition.
The Black Flag protest group said it would center its efforts on Kaplan Street and urged opposition politicians to show up. “Following the attack on the judicial system over Deri’s disqualification, and the calls from within the coalition to disobey the ruling, the organizers of the demonstration are calling on the heads of the opposition parties to announce that they will come to the mass demonstration and stand at the head of the protest march,” said Black Flags in a statement.
U.S. officials advise Ukraine to wait on offensive, official says
The official, speaking to a small group of reporters on condition of anonymity, said the United States was holding fast to its decision not to provide Abrams tanks to Ukraine at this time, amid a controversy with Germany over tanks.
USA want to deliver more weapons – but no “Abrams”?
(Jan 19, 2023)
The reason for the American reluctance is the extensive maintenance and training on the battle tank. There was initially no official confirmation of this. US State Department spokesman Ned Price said on US television: “We don’t want to burden our Ukrainian partners with systems they can’t use; systems they can’t fix; systems they can’t overhaul.”
How US-German ‘bickering’ is blocking Ukraine’s push for tanks
The U.S. decision effectively prevents Ukraine getting tanks from other NATO allies as well, as Germany this week made clear it would only allow other countries to send German-made tanks if the U.S. commits its own M1 Abrams tank first.