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Daily Archives: 14. Dezember 2023
Protesters demanding a cease-fire in Gaza shut down the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles Wednesday morning. All lanes were blocked as protesters lined up, sitting down along the southbound side of the freeway. 75 people were arrested, according to the California Highway Patrol.
(22 hours ago)
Internet, phone services cut off as Israeli onslaught on Gaza continues
All telecommunications and internet services in the Gaza Strip have gone down as a result of „the ongoing aggression“, Gaza‘s main telecommunications companies Paltel and Jawwal said on Thursday.
More updates to come.
Der üble Trickser #Scholz hat auf dem #EU Gipfel dafür gesorgt daß der korrupte #Orban nicht an der Abstimmung über Beitrittsverhandlungen mit der Restukraine teilnimmt. Orban hat dafür 10 Milliarden € kassiert; das Prinzip der Einstimmigkeit konnte so pro forma gewahrt werden.
So it seems 10 billion euros will buy you a „constructive abstention“ from Orban, where he maintains his position formally (both to save face and maintain his national narrative) but does not prevent the EU and the other Member States from moving forward.
European Council of EU states opens ‘’negotiations of entry’’ with Ukraine & Moldova
Netanyahu has gone way too far and Jake Sullivan will be informing him that the bombing must be greatly limited or Israel will be without its last real friend, the USA &Joe Biden.The President is finished with Bibi’s Putin-like no holds barred war.
Hostages first! Civilians never
Jake Sullivan will tell Israel US plans to pull support unless bombing limited, lawmaker says
A key democratic lawmaker said White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will tell Israel that it will lose US support if it continues its current bombing campaign in Gaza.
“Netanyahu has gone way too far and Jake Sullivan will be informing him that the bombing must be greatly limited or Israel will be without its last real friend, the USA & Joe Biden,” Steve Cohen, a senior Democratic congressman, said in a social media post.
Jenin, West Bank: Israeli forces just shot and killed an unarmed teenage boy inside Khalil Suleiman hospital compound. Efforts to save his life from MSF and Ministry of Health doctors were in vain…
This morning, Israeli forces stopped ambulances taking discharged patients home outside Khalil Suleiman hospital. Paramedics and ambulance drivers were ordered out of the ambulances, stripped and made to kneel in the street. The patients were left in the ambulances…
All of this happened in full view of our team. Since 7 October, we have seen Israeli forces fire live bullets at the hospital, tear gas the hospital, block ambulances, humiliate and harass medical staff, and now – shoot and kill someone in the hospital compound…
Hospitals are supposed to be safe spaces. Hospitals must be respected. These attacks must stop. #MustStopNow
Israel-Palestine war: Israeli strike on Rafah kills 27 as Jenin raid continues
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said in a post on X that Israeli forces shot and killed the unarmed boy, Musa Ahmed Musa Khatib, inside Khalil Suleiman hospital compound in Jenin on Thursday.
„Israeli forces stopped ambulances taking discharged patients home outside Khalil Suleiman hospital. Paramedics and ambulance drivers were ordered out of the ambulances, stripped and made to kneel in the street. The patients were left in the ambulances,“ said MSF.
„All of this happened in full view of our team. Since 7 October, we have seen Israeli forces fire live bullets at the hospital, tear gas the hospital, block ambulances, humiliate and harass medical staff, and now – shoot and kill someone in the hospital compound.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that the death toll in Gaza since the start of the war on 7 October has now reached 18,787
Exclusive: Nearly half of the Israeli munitions dropped on Gaza are imprecise ‘dumb bombs,’ US intelligence assessment finds
The assessment, compiled by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and described to CNN by three sources who have seen it, says that about 40-45% of the 29,000 air-to-ground munitions Israel has used have been unguided. The rest have been precision-guided munitions, the assessment says.
U.S. Blocks Shipment of Rifles to Israel Over Concerns of West Bank Settler Violence
The Biden administration is holding back a shipment of more than 27,000 U.S.-made rifles intended for Israel’s national police over concerns they could end up transferred to extremist Israeli settlers in the West Bank, U.S. officials said.
UK’s David Cameron slaps travel bans on ‘extremist’ Israeli settlers
The U.K. is banning violent Israeli settlers from entering the country, Foreign Secretary David Cameron announced Thursday, in a bid to “make sure our country cannot be a home for people who commit these intimidating acts.”
In a post on social media, Cameron — the former British prime minister reappointed to the Cabinet last month — said “extremist settlers, by targeting and killing Palestinian civilians, are undermining security and stability for both Israelis and Palestinians.”
Extremist settlers, by targeting and killing Palestinian civilians, are undermining security and stability for both Israelis and Palestinians. Israel must take stronger action to stop settler violence and hold the perpetrators accountable. We are banning those responsible for settler violence from entering the UK to make sure our country cannot be a home for people who commit these intimidating acts.
Sullivan flew to Riyadh before Israel trip, met with crown prince on peace efforts
The US has said it still plans to try and broker a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia after the war, but US and Arab officials have told The Times of Israel that the Palestinian component of such a deal will now likely be much more significan
War against Hamas to take ‘more than several months,’ Gallant tells Sullivan
Gallant and Sullivan discuss operational developments in Gaza, as well as tensions in the north with Hezbollah and regional threats posed by Iran’s actions and its backing of proxies in Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, and Syria.
Gallant further expresses his gratitude for US support for Israel in the war and efforts by the Biden administration to secure the release of hostages taken by terrorists on October 7.
Galant zu Sullivan: Gaza-Krieg dauert noch lange
Der Nationale Sicherheitsberater des Weißen Hauses, Jake Sullivan, ist in Israel eingetroffen und hat dort Regierungschef Benjamnin Netanjahu und Verteidigungsministser Joav Galant getroffen. Er soll im Auftrag von US-Präsident Joe Biden auf Israel einwirken, den Krieg gegen die Hamas mit weniger zivilen Opfern zu führen.
Viktor Orbán Calls Ukraine’s EU Accession ‘Irrational’
Explaining why Ukraine’s membership would have unforeseeable consequences, he said that the country is currently at war and that the end of it is still not in sight. “There has never been an example of the EU starting negotiations with a country while it is at war,” he noted
Viktor Orbán über den EU-Beitritt der Ukraine: absurd, lächerlich, leichtsinnig
Die Regierung vertrete den Standpunkt, dass eine rasche Aufnahme der Ukraine unvorhersehbare Folgen hätte und weder den Interessen Ungarns noch der EU diene,
so Viktor Orbán.
Die Ukraine sei von den Bedingungen für eine EU-Mitgliedschaft weit entfernt, betonte er. Es gebe keinen Präzedenzfall dafür, dass die EU Verhandlungen mit einem Land aufnimmt, das sich im Krieg befindet.
EU-Gipfel: Orban bekräftigt Nein zu Gesprächen mit Kiew
Vor Gipfelbeginn trafen Deutschlands Kanzler Olaf Scholz, Frankreichs Präsident Emmanuel Macron und Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen mit Orban zusammen. Scholz gab sich nach dem Gespräch bedeckt: „Es ist ganz wichtig, dass alle miteinander sprechen, mit der guten Absicht, sich zu einigen.“ Die EU müsse bei der Erweiterung Fortschritte machen.