Joe Biden’s government is urging Australia to say no to a draft UN resolution by the Palestinian authority.
The draft demands an unconditional withdrawal from Gaza and the West Bank.
Archiv: Aus dem Weg! / Out of the way!
US mobilizes allies to reject UN resolution against Israeli occupation of Palestine
The US government is lobbying its western allies to reject a draft resolution set to be presented at the UN on 18 September calling on Israel to end its illegal occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
US urges Western states to reject UN draft resolution on Israeli occupation, reparations
The US is urging its allies to reject a new UN resolution calling on Israel to withdraw from the occupied West Bank and Gaza.
CIA and MI6 say agencies are ‚working tirelessly‘ towards ceasefire
In an opinion piece for the Financial Times, CIA director Bill Burns and MI6 chief Richard Moore said…
UN General Assembly to vote on resolution for Palestine membership
„What we‘re concerned about is the precedent it sets. It‘s clearly outlined in the UN Charter, the procedure, the process for obtaining full membership in the United Nations, and any kind of a process that goes around that, to us is very concerning,“ Robert Wood, US deputy ambassador to the UN, told reporters in New York on Tuesday.
„What they [Palestinians] should be doing is sitting down with Israel at the appropriate point,…
Johnson urges Biden to intervene in ICC‘s reported plan for Netanyahu arrest warrant
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is calling on President Biden to utilize the U.S.‘s influence on the world stage to block the International Criminal Court‘s (ICC) reported plan to issue arrest warrants for top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Let’s be clear. In a democracy, intelligence agencies are not supposed to interfere or “be active” in elections. They are supposed to be the servants of the people. They are not in charge. The people are in charge, and whoever they elect is the boss. #Kennedy24
China presents 5-point proposal at UNSC on Palestine-Israel issue
Only when the two-state solution is truly and comprehensively implemented can peace in the Middle East be achieved, the countries of Palestine and Israel peacefully coexist, and the Arab and Jewish nations develop together, he said.
The Chinese side calls for the convening of a larger scale, broader and more effective international peace conference, and supports Palestine to become a full member of the UN, Wang added.
World must not look away from humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, UN chief tells Security Council
Council members, including many ministers, roundly decried the unfolding humanitarian crisis and commended the ongoing pause in fighting, with some calling for the full implementation of its resolution 2712 on the crisis….
BRICS countries discuss Gaza conflict but don‘t agree joint declaration
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told Tuesday‘s talks that diplomats did not have sufficient time to draft a declaration.
What’s Driving the Coups in Gabon and Across West Africa?
Four days after the central African nation held disputed presidential elections that incumbent Ali Bongo was reported to have won, army officers appeared on state television to announce they’d canceled the Aug. 26 vote and dissolved the country’s institutions. Bongo first took office in 2009, succeeding his late father, who had held power since 1967. While the oil producer hasn’t had to deal with the jihadist attacks or spreading insecurity that’s dogged much of West Africa, the ruling family’s grip on power has come under pressure in recent years.
How Israel’s Supreme Court Might React to the Challenge to Its Power
“If the court dismisses the petitions, that could deflate the protests” against judicial overhaul, said Adam Shinar, a law professor at Reichman University in Herzliya, Israel. “But if the court acts against the government, that will inflame its critics. So you have all these strategic political considerations.”
Herzog wraps up meeting with Netanyahu, will hold talks with Lapid later tonight
President Isaac Herzog has finished meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, his office says.
Herzog will meet later this evening with Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, according to a statement from the President’s Office.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel ‚Doesn‘t Believe‘ Netanyahu Wants to Pass Judicial Overhaul
Outgoing U.S. ambassador to Israel Tom Nides made an appearance at a JDCA zoom event, where he spoke about the possibility of Israeli normalization relations with Saudi Arabia
US says overhaul consensus crucial as Netanyahu coalition unilaterally restarts push
White House reiterates importance of ‘broadest possible base of popular support’ for judicial reforms as bill shackling court on ‘reasonableness’ doctrine heads to committee
German Envoy ‚Disappointed‘ With Israeli Minister‘s Claim That Iran, Germany Fund Anti-government Protests
In an interview with Army Radio this past Tuesday, the minister claimed that the left relies on foreign funding to carry out its political activity. “Let’s not even talk about foreign funding, where the left can take the right to school,” Distal Atbaryan said.
She added: “Funding from foreign nations and actors, most [of whom are] antisemites, taking people out into the streets without them knowing that the money [bankrolling them] to protest ultimately comes from countries like Germany or Iran – that’s what’s on the left.”
The Tel Aviv Protest Was a Success, but It’s Only the First Test in a Long Struggle
But this protest still has no leader. The official leader of the opposition, Yair Lapid, wasn’t even there and the smaller opposition figures were greeted with politeness at best, but with no great excitement. There were even some angry shouts towards Labor leader Merav Michaeli.
PM Netanyahu shares article calling him an ‚icon of the global right‘
(05.06.2021)
„The overthrowing of Netanyahu will cause a collapse of the global right-wing – from the United States to The Hague,“ read the tweet shared by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s official Twitter account.
AIPAC congratulates Bennett, Lapid for establishing ‚diverse‘ coalition
AIPAC also reiterated its dedication to strengthen ties with the new prospective government and the United States, to „advance our shared interests and values.“
Israel Election: Dan Ariely Explains Why Voters Are Irrational – ‚It‘s Tempting to Vote for a Liar‘
“The fact that people even go out to vote is very disturbing to economists. After all, you won’t change the result of the election with your lone vote, and on the other hand it costs you time and money. If you do a cost-benefit analysis of it – clearly one shouldn’t vote. Classical economists are very disturbed by people who go out to vote and also by people who leave tips in restaurants that they don’t plan to visit again.”
Shaping the post-Covid World: Moving towards wellbeing over the lifetime as the unit of analysis in policy
Professor Paul Dolan, Professor of Behavioural Science, LSE
Professor Lord Richard Layard, Emeritus Professor of Economics, LSE
Lord Gus O’Donnell, Chair of Frontier Economics and Visiting Professor, LSE
Professor Liam Delaney, Professor of Behavioural Science, LSE
Dr ChristianKrekel, Assistant professor of Behavioural Science, LSE
Dr Jet Sanders, Assistant Professorof Behavioural Science, LSE
Dr Celia Blanco-Jimenez. Fellow in Behavioural Science, LSE
Dr Kate Laffan, Fellow in Behavioural Science,University College Dublin
Dr Georgios Kavetsos,Associate Professor in Behavioural Science, QMC London
Dr Laura Kudrna, Fellow in Behavioural Science, University of Birmingh
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4.5. The foregoing discussion highlighted the importance of processes as well as outcomes, and so a separate wellbeing commission should be established …
Former Sanders spokesperson: Progressive base confused by ‚ambiguity‘ over how to replace
(18.12.2020)
In contrast, she said, “this question of whether Pelosi should be ousted altogether, and whether we have to do so because there’s not someone in the ranks, is a new one.”
“It’s an interesting conversation given that we’ve had now two years of these progressive ‘Squad’ members in office who came in really hot to do something about Nancy Pelosi and to threaten her leadership at that point,” she added.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rejects left-wing calls to force Pelosi to hold a ‚Medicare for All‘ vote in exchange for her vote for the speaker
(16.12.2020)
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is publicly rejecting those calls, saying that Democrats don‘t have the votes to pass „Medicare for All“ in the House and there are other options the party has that would affect real change.
Cyber-Attacke auf die USA: Das gab es so noch nie
Den Eindringling aus den betroffenen Systemen zu entfernen, werde eine hochkomplexe Angelegenheit, so die Einschätzung der Cybersicherheitsbehörde Cisa. Die Opfer zu identifizieren und die Netzwerke zu säubern, das werde Wochen bis Monate dauern, vermutet Brad Smith, der Microsoft-Präsident.
„Die größte Langzeitherausforderung, die den Rest unseres Lebens einnehmen wird“, sagt er, bestehe für die USA als Nation darin, dauernd kreativ zu sein – weil ihre Feinde kreativ seien.
„…this will transform the struggle, and the face of the struggle, from self-determination to an anti-apartheid revolution.“
Annexation could extinguish Palestinian hope. That’s dangerous.
Even though the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands has gone on for decades, the only times that people have really erupted in opposition to Israel have been when they have lost hope.
Hume: Bernie won‘t soften himself to appeal to moderates
Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume weighs in on the 2020 Democratic field heading into South Carolina primary.
The death of the centre in European politics
What happens when times change, but parties don’t?
Democrats Make Final Appeals in a Cloudy 2020 Iowa Caucus Race
The Democratic presidential candidates pleaded with voters in Iowa for their last-minute consideration on Sunday, competing with the Super Bowl for caucusgoers’ attention and straining against an atmosphere of unusual uncertainty and indecision among Democrats ahead of the first-in-the-nation nominating contest.
Why Many Progressives Say They‘ve Come Back To Bernie Sanders
„I wasn‘t sure it was a good idea, to be perfectly honest,“ the former New Hampshire state senator-turned-podcast host said recently. „What held me back a little bit was as Bernie says, ‚It‘s not me, it‘s us,‘ and that so many other candidates were picking up what he was talking about.“
Many progressives said similar things at the beginning of this campaign cycle. They felt that issues that Sanders has championed, such as Medicare for All, were now part of the party‘s mainstream debate.
But as the campaign dragged on …