(June 9, 2026)
However, legal experts said the issue is not settled law. No concurrent resolution under âthe 1973 war powers law had passed since the law was enacted.
„The executive branch will likely ignore it on constitutional grounds, and itâs not clear who might have âstanding to sue to enforce it,“ said Scott Anderson, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and senior editor of the online legal publication Lawfare, although he added that he expected someone âwould.
(June 30, 2026)
The fear that Israel is actually quite close to such a postponement cuts across much of Israeli society. Iâve heard it expressed by secular liberals, military veterans, former intelligence officials, legal scholars, journalists, centrist politicians, and even some conservatives who once supported Netanyahu enthusiastically. What unites them is the growing belief that Netanyahu now considers remaining in power to be an existential necessity â and that his radical base will back him no matter what outrage he attempts.
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Washington, DC — Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued a statement following the Senateâs approval of his War Powers Resolution which passed the House of Representatives earlier this month. The Senate passed the Resolution 50-48.
Having passed both chambers as a Concurrent Resolution, this measure does not go to the presidentâs desk for signature. Under the War Powers Resolution, however, it is binding on the president and directs him to cease hostilities against Iran.
âWith the Senate passage of my Iran War Powers Resolution, both chambers have now made clear that the president cannot continue this war of choice and must cease all hostilities against Iran. Regardless of what President Trump says, this measure is binding under the War Powers Resolution, and I will explore all legal avenues to ensure the Executive complies with the will of Congress.
– 60% of U.S. adults have an unfavorable view of Israel, up from 53% last year.
– 59% have little or no confidence in Netanyahu to do the right thing regarding world affairs â up from 52% last year.
– In both political parties, majorities of adults under the age of 50 now rate Israel and Netanyahu negatively.
The survey was conducted March 23-29 among 3,507 U.S. adults.
Garicanoâs entire worldview depends on his ability to avoid recognizing the obvious truth: that the so-called âextreme leftâ has always been correct, and that the empire he worships has always been evil. Itâs just having a harder and harder time masking its true nature, because of the very evils it has tried to conceal.
Everythingâs becoming more and more revealed. More and more transparent. What was once done solely by whistleblowers, investigative journalists, activists and dissident media is now being done by the empire itself, because thereâs only so long you can hide the truth about something so malignant. An empire that is held together by lies, corruption and endless slaughter was never going to remain unseen. The brutality necessary to dominate the planet had to come out into the light eventually.
âMay all be revealedâ has been my prayer for our world for many years now. That dearly held wish is now being answered, and the truth is looking every bit as ugly as expected.
May all be revealed. May all that is hidden become seen. In the empire. In our governments. In our culture. In our community. In our interpersonal relationships. In ourselves.
(March 31, 2026)
(January 23, 2026)
Wexner is set to testify Feb. 18, Kahn on Feb. 25, and Indyke is scheduled for March 5, 2026.
(February 5, 2026)
Among other things, he told us that the Democrats already have 60,000 members registered in the party, and are shooting for 100,000 now, which will make us the second-largest political party in Israel in terms of numbers. In addition, he stressed the need to reach out to the Arab citizens of Israel, who make up 22 percent of our population:
There is no future for Israel without Jewish-Arab cooperation in Israeli politics.
This is a critical issue in the political discourse right now, since it is obvious that a new government will not be able to be formed if the so-called âcentristâ political parties donât agree to welcome Arab political parties into the next coalition. So far, only The Democrats have agreed to do so!
(January 23, 2026)
Jeffrey Epstein‘s inner circle, Les Wexner, Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, were formally issued subpoenas Friday to testify before the House Oversight Committee, as key associates of the convicted sex offender.
„Oversight Democrats fought hard to get these subpoenas and forced the vote on Republicans. Now, the Committee will hear directly from the individuals most closely involved in Epstein‘s inner circle. We will not stop until we get answers,“ Rep. Robert Garcia of California, the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, said in a statement.
The latest documents come as the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has subpoenaed Wexner and other associates to testify about their relationship with Epstein. Wexner will be required to testify Feb. 18.
Included in the release was a handwritten note on Justice Department letterhead from August 2007. The note says the writer exchanged messages and spoke to Wexner‘s attorney at the time.
The note says Wexner‘s attorney said the retail titan was „very advanced in age.“ Wexner, who is now 88, was 69 at the time and still leading L Brands. He eventually stepped down from the company in May 2020, roughly 13 years after the note was written.
(today)
Over the past week, at least four ministers have spoken out about the scandal, in which close Netanyahu aide Jonathan Urich and his former spokesperson, Eli Feldstein, are accused of working as lobbyists for Qatar while simultaneously being employed in the Prime Ministerâs Office. The allegation is particularly explosive because Hamasâs leadership is based in Qatar and the Gulf state has acted as a mediator in the Gaza war and the current ceasefire.
(December 26, 2025)
Because what Feldstein portrayed was an office where Chief of Staff Tzachi Braverman allegedly said he could block an IDF investigation, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu winked at circumventing the censor by releasing sensitive information to a foreign newspaper, and where officials close to Netanyahu were in the pay of Qatar and pushing favorable messages about that Hamas-supporting state during a time of war.
It wasnât an accounting of a single bad decision, but of an environment where lines were blurred and manipulation of the public, via the press, ruled the day.
To the Senate of the United States:
With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, I transmit herewith the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, and the related Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf, signed at Rome on March 10, 1988. I also transmit, for the information of the Senate, the report of the Department of State with respect to the Convention and Protocol.
The seizure of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro in 1985, and the murder of American passenger Leon Klinghoffer, demonstrated that no country, or form of transportation, is immune from the criminal savagery of those who engage in terrorist acts. This Convention is aimed at ensuring that those who engage in such acts on board or against ships engaged in navigation are brought to justice. The Protocol would do the same with respect to acts on or against fixed platforms on the continental shelf. Modeled on earlier conventions dealing with aircraft hijacking and sabotage (to which the United States is a party), they include provisions requiring States to provide severe punishment for such offenses, and to extradite or prosecute those who commit them.
Work on the Convention and Protocol began in 1986 under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization on the basis of an initial draft cosponsored by the Governments of Italy, Austria and Egypt. That work was completed, and the Convention and Protocol adopted by consensus, at an international conference in Rome in March 1988. The United States and 22 other States signed the Convention at that time, and the United States and 20 other States signed the Protocol. It is clear that the Convention already has broad support in the international community, and it is hoped that all States will join in this major step to deter acts against the safety of maritime navigation.
I recommend, therefore, that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to this Convention and Protocol and give its advice and consent to ratification.
RONALD REAGAN
The White House,
January 3, 1989.
Hadash-Taâal chairman Ayman Odeh calls on fellow opposition factions to join together to topple Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuâs government âas soon as possible.â
Addressing reporters ahead of his partyâs weekly faction meeting in the Knesset, Odeh says that the government has three aims during the current parliamentary session, âharming the West BankâŠpromoting the judicial coupâŠand preventing the Arab population from running in the next elections.â
(August 17, 2025)
Wenn rund 650.000 Menschen sich fĂŒr ein neues Projekt interessieren und sich anmelden, machen sie das nicht ohne Grund: Sie melden sich an, weil sie es satthaben. Sie haben es satt, immer Ă€rmer zu werden, wĂ€hrend die Reichen immer reicher werden. Sie haben es satt, dass die GebĂŒhren fĂŒr die Wasserversorgung steigen, obwohl die Rohre platzen und Abwasser in unsere Meere flieĂt. Sie haben es satt, eigentlich selbstverstĂ€ndliche Forderungen stellen zu mĂŒssen â wie zum Beispiel, dass Menschen mit Behinderung ausreichend UnterstĂŒtzung erhalten, um ein Leben in WĂŒrde fĂŒhren zu können â und trotzdem ignoriert zu werden. Sie haben es satt, von Entscheidungen, die ihr alltĂ€gliches Leben betreffen, ausgeschlossen zu werden.
(August 4, 2025)
Already, more than 500,000 people have signed up to join the new party. By comparison, the ruling Labour Party has 309,000 members, the Conservatives 123,000, and the neo-fascist Reform UK party of Nigel Farage counts 227,000.
The 193-member U.N. General Assembly decided in September last year that such a conference would be held in 2025. Hosted by France and Saudi Arabia, the conference was postponed in June after Israel attacked Iran
Ministerial-level meetings will take place at the UN in New York on Monday, in preparation for a summit expected to be held in September.
(December 13, 2015)
Das Wort âterrorâ ist lateinisch und bedeutet ins Deutsche ĂŒbersetzt âSchreckenâ. Der vom PrĂ€sidenten der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, George Bush Junior, am 20. September 2001 vor dem Kongress ausgerufene weltweite und zeitlich unbegrenzte âwar on terrorâ ist somit in seiner Begrifflichkeit bereits aus zwei Sprachen zusammengesetzt und vielfĂ€ltig ĂŒbersetzbar â z.B. durch âKrieg mit Schreckenâ (entsprechend âon purposeâ, âmit Absichtâ).
Da Krieg aber unzweifelhaft selbst Schrecken verursacht, ergibt sich bereits in dieser Begriffsstruktur des heute vierzehnjĂ€hrigen Krieges eine perpuitive, sich selbst erzeugende und multiplizierende Dynamik, in der âSchrecken gegen Schreckenâ kĂ€mpft und so alle (para)militĂ€rischen Erfolge und Misserfolge irrelevant werden, da es jedesmal den gleichen Gewinner gibt. Vergleichbar wĂ€re dies mit einer Kreislaufbewegung in einer Art âDynamo des Schreckensâ, mit Krieg und Terror als den beiden Polen des gleichen Magneten.
Dabei kann diese Kreislaufbewegung nie zu einem Ende fĂŒhren. Denn auch wenn man nun âTerrorâ bzw âTerrorismusâ entsprechend der heute allgemein adaptierten Auffassung als asymmetrische KriegfĂŒhrung definiert, gelangt man zur Definition des âwar on terrorâ als einem âKrieg gegen asymmetrische KriegfĂŒhrungâ, also einem âKrieg gegen Kriegâ, der sogar im Falle von Niederlagen als Sieger hervorgeht, weil er gegen sich selbst gefĂŒhrt wird und so nie endgĂŒltig gewonnen oder verloren, sondern nur ewig weiter gefĂŒhrt werden kann.
In die konkrete RealitĂ€t (mindestens) seit 2001 ĂŒbertragen, ergibt sich die Kreislaufbewegung wie folgt: Attentate (bzw Terror / asymmetrische KriegfĂŒhrung, im Hinterland oder anvisierten Zielgebiet) > Krieg (Einmarsch, Invasion, Intervention) > Attentate (Massaker in den Besatzungszonen, oder im Hinterland der kriegfĂŒhrenden Staaten) > Krieg (ggf. Besatzungskrieg, Drohnenkrieg, etc) > Attentate > Krieg > Attentate > Krieg > Attentate > Krieg > ⊠usw, usw.
Auslösendes Moment bzw Trigger-Event fĂŒr diesen Dynamo des Schreckens: die quasi âkinetische Energieâ der Attentate des 11. Septembers, um den ganzen Kreislauf ĂŒberhaupt in Gang zu setzen.
Grundbedingung fĂŒr die Aufrechterhaltung dieser Dynamik: die unbedingte Unterwerfung unter die Kriegslogik (nach Attentaten bestimmen klandestine Gruppen wie AttentĂ€ter und / oder Spione und deren Insitutionen die RealitĂ€t und Tathergang. Wer widerspricht ist âVerschwörungstheoretikerâ und damit Nazi, Islamist, Spinner und / oder Sympatisant und wird nach Zugriffsmöglichkeit der jeweiligen Behörden entsprechend gesellschaftlich stigmatisiert oder physisch neutralisiert bzw unter âĂberwachungâ gestellt).
(November 25, 2014)
Heavy equipment, caravans and bulldozers currently near the Rafah crossing will enter the Gaza Strip through Karem Abu Salem, passing through the Philadelphi Corrdidor, MEE‘s reporting has found.
âI have been waiting for eight years for this moment to tell the truth,ââ Netanyahu told the three judges hearing the case. âBut I am also a prime minister ⊠I am leading the country through a seven-front war. And I think the two can be done in parallel.ââ
He smiled confidently when he entered the Tel Aviv District Court.
Outside the courthouse, he is one of the most powerful men in the Middle East, overseeing Israelâs military campaign in Gaza, its occupation of southern Lebanon and recent strikes in Syria.
As he stepped into a cramped and sweltering underground courtroom in Tel Aviv on Tuesday morning, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel morphed into the defendant in Case 67104-01-20 â charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the witness stand for the first time on Tuesday in his long-running corruption trial, saying he was being hounded for his hawkish security policies.
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Last week judges ruled that Netanyahu, indicted in 2019, must testify three times a week, forcing the longtime Israeli leader to juggle between the courtroom and the war room at Israelâs Defense Ministry, minutes away from the courthouse.