Israel‘s Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana warned Supreme Court justices on Wednesday that the parliament „will not acquiesce to its trampling,“ less than a week before the court is set to hear petitions against a key law in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s judicial coup.
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Knesset speaker warns High Court voiding of Basic Laws may ‘plunge us into the abyss’
“Israel is democratic, and in a democracy, the sovereign is the people. In a democratic state, the justice system respects the sovereign, the people and its elected officials, and this respect is mutual. There is no debate, and there cannot be one, over the question of whether the Knesset has authorized the court to nullify Basic Laws,” he says, arguing that the court possesses no such power.
‚There Is an Apartheid State Here‘: Ex-Mossad Chief on Israel‘s West Bank Occupation
A handful of former Israeli leaders, diplomats and security men have warned that Israel risks becoming an apartheid state, but Pardo‘s language was even more blunt.
“There is an apartheid state here,” Tamir Pardo said in an interview. “In a territory where two people are judged under two legal systems, that is an apartheid state.”
Given Pardo‘s background, the comments carry special weight in security-obsessed Israel
Report: Netanyahu demanded exclusion of recusal law from potential overhaul freeze
The compromise, as reported, aimed to freeze all further judicial overhaul legislation in return for granting the coalition more power on the Judicial Selection Committee in the form of veto power on the selection of the Supreme Court president and lower court judges.
But today’s report says Netanyahu was adamant that any freeze still allow a potential “override clause” to be legislated with a regular majority, in the event that the High Court of Justice nullifies the government’s law shielding the premier from being ordered by courts or the attorney general to step down.
Seven Million Israelis Have Participated in Protests Against Far-Right Govt
Attending an Israeli Bar Association event, Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai reveals the estimated number of total protesters that have gathered at 4,400 locations across the country
Thousands of Israelis stage weekly protests every Saturday to show opposition to the government of Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Organizers say that the protests are staged at some 155 locations.
Blinken during visit to Kyiv: We see good progress on counteroffensive, we want to make sure Ukraine has what it needs
„We‘ve seen good progress on the counteroffensive (inaudible). We want to make sure that Ukraine has what it needs not only to succeed in the counteroffensive but has what it needs it for the long term to make sure that it has a strong deterrent, strong defense capacity so that, in the future, aggressions like this don‘t happen again,“ the U.S. Secretary of State said.
He also said the United States is determined to continue working with partners to restore a strong economy, strong democracy, „to ensure that Ukraine not only survives, but it thrives in the future.
Death toll in Kostiantynivka rises to 17; search, rescue operation completed
The shelling of the central market in the city of Kostiantynivka (Donetsk region) by Russian occupiers on Wednesday killed 17 civilians, 32 people were injured, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said after the completion of the search and rescue operation.
Lapid raises Saudi nuclear concerns in meeting with top U.S. officials in Washington
Lapid‘s meeting in Washington comes as Biden is set to send a delegation, headed by McGurk, to visit Saudi Arabia this week in an effort to ramp up efforts on a possible normalization agreement with Israel.
U.S. and Palestinian officials told The Times of Israel earlier this week that talks will be held in Riyadh and will also be attended by Assistant Secretary of State For Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf.
G20 Likely to Become G21 With Induction of African Union
India, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the G20, had proposed including the African Union as a full member. “No plan for the future of the planet can be successful without the representation and recognition of all voices,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said on the subject.
Obama-era veteran Kurt Campbell to lead Biden‘s Asia policy
(Jan 13, 2021)
Campbell, the top U.S. diplomat for Asia under Democratic President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is considered an architect of their “pivot to Asia” strategy, a vaunted but so far still limited rebalancing of resources to the region.
Why Biden Skipping the Asean Summit Is a Mistake
The deliberate cherry picking of allies and partners is the brainchild, insiders tell me, of Biden’s key Asia policy czar, Kurt Campbell. It is likely to continue, as Campbell has pointed out in a discussion earlier this year at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies.
(2nd LD) Yoon arrives in Indonesia to attend ASEAN summits
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived in Jakarta on Tuesday to attend annual summits involving the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on the first leg of a two-nation tour that will later take him to India for a summit with leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies.
Präsident Yoon bricht zu Besuchen in Indonesien und Indien auf
Präsident Yoon Suk Yeol bricht am Dienstag zu Besuchen in Indonesien und Indien auf.
In Indonesien wird er an regionalen Gipfeltreffen des südostasiatischen Staatenbundes ASEAN teilnehmen, in Indien am G20-Gipfel.
Niger Junta Expects Rapid French Troop Withdrawal Amid Talks
“The government has already revoked the deals that allow for the French troops to operate on our territory,” Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine told reporters in the capital, Niamey, on Monday. “They’re here illegally. Talks are underway, which should allow for a swift withdrawal.”
Huge protests in Niger call for French forces to leave after coup
(02.09.2023)
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered outside a French military base in Niger‘s capital Niamey on Saturday demanding that its troops leave in the wake of a military coup that has widespread popular support but which Paris refuses to recognise.