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Daily Archives: 4. Juli 2023
Netanyahu calls US Israel’s ‘irreplaceable ally’ a week after announcing China trip
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu feted the United States as Israel’s “irreplaceable and indispensable ally” at an event ahead of America’s Independence Day, even as his administration plans a trip to US rival China, amid frustration over the White House’s stance toward Jerusalem.
The weird US-Israel relationship just got weirder
Long called the most special bilateral relationship, US-Israeli ties are in fact the world’s strangest. The weirdness, as we have witnessed in the past few weeks, comes in different forms – ranging from the cynical to the surrealistic.
Opposition leaders say advancing ‘reasonableness’ bill harms Israelis
Despite breaking off compromise talks last month, Yesh Atid and National Unity party heads say that it is still “possible to reach agreements, it is possible to make changes in the judicial system for the good of Israeli citizens and not for the tyranny of the majority and corrupt appointments.”
Four MKs apply to vacant Judicial Selection Committee spot as repeat vote nears
The nine-member Judicial Selection Committee includes three High Court justices, one of whom is the chief justice; two ministers, one of whom is the justice minister; two Knesset members; and two representatives of the Israel Bar Association (IBA). One each of the judges, ministers, MKs and IBA representatives must be a woman.
The committee is responsible for appointing judges at all levels of Israel‘s civil court system.
„Reasonableness Standard“: Knesset Panel Greenlights Bill Key to Israel‘s Judicial Coup
Religious Zionism lawmaker Simcha Rothman, chair of the committee and a key architect of the judicial overhaul, said he intends to advance the motion which seeks to reduce the courts’ ability to overturn government decisions it deems illegal, on Tuesday afternoon, setting it up for a vote in the Knesset itself next week.
Bluesky – Building a Social Internet
The web. Email. RSS feeds. XMPP chats. What all these technologies had in common is they allowed people to freely interact and create content, without a single intermediary.
We‘re building the AT Protocol, a new foundation for public conversation and social networking which gives creators independence from platforms, developers the freedom to build, and users a choice in their experience.
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What is Bluesky?
The underlying protocol for Bluesky is ATP, much like the underlying protocol for the web is HTTP. Our goal was to make social media work more like the open systems that defined the early web, like blogs and email.
Elon Musk‘s rate limits on Twitter send Bluesky‘s traffic to record high
As of the end of April, Bluesky’s website stated that the platform had more than 50,000 users. Aside from users requesting to sign up via a waitlist, Bluesky says on its website that it periodically distributes invitations for existing users to distribute to other participants. Depending on the quality of invitees converted into users, the platform gives certain users more invites.
Proteste in Frankreich: Flut an falschen Videos und Bildern
„Man sieht, dass russische Propagandisten versuchen, die Lage in Frankreich für ihre Zwecke zu nutzen und die Spannungen weiter zu verstärken“, stellt Lamberty fest.
Gleichzeitig instrumentalisieren Rechtsextreme die Lage in Frankreich, um Stimmung gegen Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund zu machen.
Dozens Arrested as Anti-coup Protesters Swarm Israel‘s Ben-Gurion Airport
Nimrod Benny, a 71-year-old resident of Yavne, was injured during the police’s efforts to clear the terminal. Benny, who is disabled due to his service in the IDF, said that he was there “to save the country.” He highlighted the contrast between being invited to an event recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War one day and being subjected to violence the next, referring to the incident as being “beaten by Kalgasim” (a derogatory term used to describe police officers).
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert joined the protesters as well.