Daily Archives: 19. Juli 2023


19.07.2023 - 21:50 [ Haaretz ]

FULL TEXT: Israeli President Isaac Herzog‘s Address to Congress

A country which takes pride in its vibrant democracy, its protection of minorities, human rights, and civil liberties…

A state founded on complete equality of social and political rights for all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or gender…

Truly, a modern-day miracle.

This is the sweetness with which our country has been blessed. However, dear friends, the bitter casts a dark shadow on our country, on our region, on our world.

Mr. Speaker, perhaps the greatest challenge Israel and the United States face at this time, is the Iranian nuclear program….

19.07.2023 - 20:54 [ PlayCrazyGame.com ]

A Spanish security company allegedly spied on Rafael Correa at the request of the CIA | The newspaper El País published documents from a case pending in Madrid

In another part of the article published by the Spanish newspaper it is stated that Morales allegedly spied on Correa’s two daughters through computer viruses installed on his phones in 2014 when he was still in government. The two iPhone 5s delivered by UC Global to Sofia and Anne had “Trojan horses” from the Tradesegur company installed. These Trojans allowed full control over their messages and conversations while the girls studied in France without their parents knowing.

19.07.2023 - 20:21 [ Newsweek ]

President Biden Is Trampling the Bill of Rights by Prosecuting Julian Assange | Opinion

When I met with Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, I was most impressed by his intelligence, his compassion, and his belief in the power of truth. „If wars can be started by lies,“ he said, „peace can be started by truth.“ Now, Assange is being prosecuted for the publication of the Afghan War Diary and the Iraq War Logs, uncovering war crimes, torture, and civilian deaths perpetrated by the United States government in our name and with our money. Assange‘s award-winning publications have been cited as a crucial factor in changing public perception of these wars, which have cost trillions of dollars, hundreds of thousands of innocent lives, and displaced 37 million people.

In other words, the truth matters.

19.07.2023 - 19:29 [ theGuardian.com ]

Putin will not attend Brics summit next month in ICC member nation South Africa

On Wednesday, Russia said it did not tell South Africa that arresting Putin on a warrant from the ICC would mean “war”.

South Africa is due to host a summit of Brics nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – next month. But the ICC has an arrest warrant out for Putin, accusing him of the war crime of deporting Ukrainian children to Russia. South Africa, as an ICC member, is obliged to arrest him should he appear in person at the summit.

19.07.2023 - 18:46 [ CNN ]

U.S. President Joe Biden meets his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog amid strains with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

CNN‘s Hadas Gold reports on Israeli President Isaac Herzog‘s visit to Washington, DC.

19.07.2023 - 18:38 [ Haaretz ]

How the White House Became Israeli Politicians’ Disney World

So you think the saga of Benjamin Netanyahu emphatically not being invited to the White House seven months after his return as prime minister is over? Think again. It’s far from over – and no, he wasn’t officially invited by U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday, despite his casual and enthusiastic attempt to present it as such.

19.07.2023 - 18:14 [ New York Times ]

Biden to Netanyahu: Please Stop Trying to Rush Through Your Judicial Overhaul. Build a Consensus First.

To make sure that Biden’s position is crystal clear to all Israelis, he invited me to the Oval Office on Tuesday afternoon and gave me a statement — unprecedented on this issue — expressing his respect for how the “enduring” protests in Israel are demonstrating the “vibrancy of Israel’s democracy,” as well as his wish that Netanyahu’s coalition stop rushing to slam through a constitutional overhaul, without even the semblance of a national consensus, that would sharply diminish the ability of Israel’s Supreme Court to oversee the decisions and appointments of Israel’s government.

Netanyahu has attempted to confuse Israel’s friends in America by playing down the importance of the fundamental change that his government is pushing, by calling it a judicial reform and framing it as small.

19.07.2023 - 18:12 [ Haaretz ]

Israel‘s Judicial Coup: Hundreds of Reservists in Israeli Army’s Medical Corps Say They Won’t Report for Duty

The announcement came a day after 161 air force reservists said they would stop reporting for duty in protest of the overhaul. The day before that, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned reservists threatening to end their service.

19.07.2023 - 18:06 [ Bloomberg ]

Israel’s First Female Attorney General at Center of Judicial Storm

It would be highly unusual for the prime minister to fire the attorney general but also rather difficult as long as the Supreme Court can use the reasonableness test to reinstate her. Should that be removed from judges’ toolkits, however, it would be easier.

19.07.2023 - 17:53 [ Times of Israel ]

Likud minister calls attorney general ‘the most dangerous person’ in Israel

(today)

The minister pointed to widespread “chaos” the day before, when anti-overhaul protesters blocked roads and disrupted train services while, he said, the attorney general “doesn’t see anything.”

“In my opinion, she is the most dangerous person in the country today,” Amsalem said. “In practice, there is a revolt going on in the IDF, and the attorney general doesn’t see, doesn’t hear.”

19.07.2023 - 17:43 [ Times of Israel ]

„There‘s anarchy here,“ Amsalem says: Amsalem calls to arrest anti-overhaul protest leaders, oust AG and probe ex-PM Barak

(9 July 2023)

“There’s no intelligence, no arrest on the nights [of the protests], no investigations of [former Supreme Court chief justice] Aharon Barak or Ehud Barak. You’re hurting? Protest — just like people have since the establishment of the state. But why riot? It’s lawlessness,” he said, adding: “Ehud Barak, in my opinion, should have been in the interrogation room some time ago.

19.07.2023 - 17:26 [ New York Times ]

Protesters Rally Across Israel in New Push Against Legal Overhaul

(July 18, 2023)

They thronged the platforms of major train stations, waving Israeli flags, creating a sea of blue and white next to railways across central Israel. They blocked highways, tunnels and an access road to the headquarters of the Israeli military. They rallied outside the homes of government ministers, banged on the glass doors of the Tel Aviv stock exchange and chanted outside a branch of the United States Embassy.