Daily Archives: 7. Juli 2023


07.07.2023 - 13:39 [ Washington Post ]

Biden tells Syrian activists he still thinks Assad must go

(July 6, 2023)

Now that he’s campaigning in earnest, President Biden more often finds himself talking with regular Americans who in turn get a rare opportunity to bend the ear of the leader of the free world. These exchanges offer a window into what the president is thinking and saying when he’s outside the view of cameras (and beyond his handlers’ reach).

07.07.2023 - 13:31 [ United Nations ]

Syria: Decade of brutal war left nearly 307,000 civilians dead

(28 June 2022)

Between 1 March 2011 and 31 March 2021, 306,887 civilians were killed in the on-going war in Syria – the highest estimate yet of conflict-related deaths in the country, according to a new report published by the UN rights office (OHCHR) on Tuesday.

07.07.2023 - 12:38 [ Antiwar.com ]

Ukraine Spy Chief Says Threat to Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Subsiding

Ukrainian officials have been claiming without evidence that Russia planted explosives at the ZNPP and were warning an attack was imminent. But the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Wednesday its experts at the plant saw no signs of explosives, although the agency was asking for more access.

Budanov said the alleged Russia threat was “decreasing” but wouldn’t offer any details. “Sorry I can’t tell you what happened recently but the fact is that the threat is decreasing”, he said. “This means that at least we have all together with joint efforts somehow postponed a technogenic catastrophe.”

07.07.2023 - 12:31 [ Antiwar.com ]

Report: US Will Provide Ukraine Cluster Bombs as Part of New Weapons Package

The Associated Press reported Thursday that the Biden administration has decided to arm Ukraine with cluster bombs and will announce the munitions as part of a new $800 million arms package. The news comes after Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a report that said Ukraine has killed its own citizens using the munitions.

07.07.2023 - 04:50 [ Codepink ]

CODEPINK Condemns Biden‘s Nomination of Elliott Abrams to U.S Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy

President Biden’s nomination of Elliott Abrams to The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy is appalling and should be condemned by any one who believes in diplomacy and democracy.

07.07.2023 - 04:24 [ OERu.org - Free Online Courses For Students Worldwide ]

How do I search Mastodon?

The search box is found about the new Toot box. You can only search for #hashtags and @usernames. You cannot search for plain text contained within Toots. If you enter plain text, search will only return any #hashtags or @usernames that natch the search text.

07.07.2023 - 04:18 [ theGuardian.com ]

We tried Threads, Meta’s new Twitter rival. Here’s what happened

Threads can only be accessed by integrating an existing Instagram username to sign up – meaning if you don’t have an account, you have to get one to enter the new Threads platform.

07.07.2023 - 04:05 [ Haaretz ]

Israel Is Hours Away From Becoming a De Facto Dictatorship

The masks have been removed. On one side stand Benjamin Netanyahu and his partners, determined to degrade Israel into a corrupt and racist dictatorship that will crumble society, isolate the country and jeopardize its future. Facing them is a protest movement comprised of loyalists to Israel’s Declaration of Independence and the law. This is the force that stopped the insane blitz on the night the prime minister fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (a decision he reversed two weeks later). And this is the force that will stop the “Polish salami” on steroids that has replaced it.

07.07.2023 - 03:58 [ Euronews.de ]

Lauter Protest gegen den Rücktritt eines beliebten Polizeichefs – und gegen die Regierung

Ami Eshed kündigte seinen Rücktritt von der Polizeispitze an, nachdem er von Israels rechtsextremem Minister für nationale Sicherheit ins Abseits gedrängt worden war, sagte der scheidende Polizeichef in einer Live-Fernsehsendung.

Itamar Ben Gvir hatte Eshed im März degradiert, nachdem er ihm vorgeworfen hatte, er habe sich in seiner Zeit als Polizeichef politisch verhalten. Die Degradierung wurde nach öffentlicher Kritik schnell wieder zurückgenommen.

07.07.2023 - 03:49 [ Haaretz ]

Gantz Warns Netanyahu Will Be Responsible for Bloodshed After Night of Protests Leaves 14 Wounded

(06.07.2023)

14 protesters were hospitalized following clashes with police Wednesday night, after thousands of Israelis took to the streets across the country immediately following the news of Tel Aviv District Police Commander Ami Eshed’s dramatic announcement of his resignation from the force.

07.07.2023 - 03:41 [ Haaretz ]

Tel Aviv Police Chief Quits: I Paid a Price for Choosing to Prevent a Civil War

(05.07.2023)

Eshed added that he could have easily met, as he put it, these expectations by using unreasonable force. „We could have cleared [Tel Aviv‘s Ayalon Highway] in minutes at the cost of breaking heads and crushing bones. … We could have filled the emergency room in Ichilov [Hospital] at the end of every demonstration.“