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10.11.2026 - 19:56 [ Jerusalem Post ]

Netanyahu in ‚panic‘ over possibility of Eisenkot becoming prime minister, former aide says

“Life at home would not be easy for him, to put it mildly. And don’t forget, he is someone who loves the respect he receives from world leaders,” Hefetz said.

“Will he sit in the opposition? Will he sit aside and watch Eisenkot with the motorcade, being taken everywhere by helicopter and flying on the Wing of Zion?” he wondered, referencing Israel’s official state aircraft.

“That triumvirate – Netanyahu, Sara, and Yair – would simply explode. For them, it would be worse than people being abducted to Gaza,” Hefetz claimed.

06.11.2026 - 19:20 [ France24.com ]

Live: European stocks plunge after US midterm election results shock markets

European shares fell on Friday, with losses across the board as a global market rout gathered steam, capping a painful week as investors grappled with uncertainty over AI stocks after ​Democrats took ‌control of the US Congress.

27.10.2026 - 20:13 [ Middle East Eye ]

Smotrich says ‘Arab turnout unprecedented’

Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has urged right-wing voters to cast their ballots, claiming that unprecedented turnout among Palestinian citizens of Israel could help bring a “dangerous left-wing government” to power.

“Do not despair! It is still possible to win,” Smotrich said in a post on X.

27.10.2026 - 20:08 [ Middle East Eye ]

Netanyahu warns of Arab voter surge in Israel‘s election in desperate bid to woo support

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right coalition partners made a last-ditch push on Tuesday to get their supporters to the polls, warning of a surging Arab voter turnout, a tactic Palestinian politicians denounced as racist and inflammatory.

Cars flying Netanyahu‘s Likud party flags drove through Jerusalem blaring the Islamic call to prayer and urging supporters to cast their ballots because „Arabs are voting“, witnesses said.

23.10.2026 - 22:47 [ Michael Feuer / Algemeiner.com ]

Whither My Democratic Party?

In the current political environment, I’m struggling with an extreme case of what psychologists call “cognitive dissonance.” Put simply, half of me is praying for a Democratic takeover of the House and Senate; and the other half is suffering fitful sleeplessness that the Democratic Socialist Alliance (DSA) and its fellow travelers may become the dominant voice in my once beloved Party.

28.08.2026 - 15:49 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Folgen des Iran-Kriegs: Trump hat Amerikas Macht verspielt

Die Supermacht USA hat sich mit einer zweitklassigen Regionalgröße angelegt – und ist dabei unterlegen. Das hat geostrategische Folgen, die wir längst noch nicht alle begreifen. Am Persischen Golf sind die Amerikaner jetzt auf dem Rückzug, das Pentagon überlegt ernsthaft, die zerstörten Stützpunkte in der Region nicht wieder aufzubauen.

10.07.2026 - 00:00 [ NBC News ]

The Pentagon is running out of money

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department was funded with a budget of nearly a trillion dollars, but it is running out of cash, according to three U.S. officials, a former defense official, outside experts and two congressional staff members.

29.05.2026 - 10:33 [ Politico.com ]

‘Why are we talking about this?’: Democrats are furious that the Bidens won’t go away

Democrats want to move on from 2024. The Bidens won’t let them.

09.04.2026 - 09:46 [ Middle East Eye ]

Anger and surprise in Israel after US-Iran ceasefire

(April 8, 2026)

The ceasefire agreed between the United States and Iran has been met with anger and sharp criticism in Israel.

Politicians, commentators and analysts were quick to condemn the framework, with many blaming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for what they described as a failure.

06.04.2026 - 17:17 [ Luis Garicano, Professor at LSE / X ]

Many of us, liberal Europeans, spent decades pushing back against the European extreme left‘s cartoon version of America ( it‘s all oil/ imperialism/getting rich at the expense of others) and then one dumb administration walks in and performs the caricature to perfection.

(March 31, 2026)

01.04.2026 - 12:36 [ Telegraph.co.uk ]

Trump interview: I am strongly considering pulling out of Nato

Singling out the UK, the US president rebuked Sir Keir Starmer for refusing to get involved in the American-Israeli war against Iran, suggesting that the Royal Navy was not up for the task.

“You don’t even have a navy. You’re too old and had aircraft carriers that didn’t work,” he said, referring to the state of Britain’s fleet of warships.

Asked whether the Prime Minister should spend more on defence, Mr Trump added: “I’m not going to tell him what to do. He can do whatever he wants. It doesn’t matter. All Starmer wants is costly windmills that are driving your energy prices through the roof.”

28.03.2026 - 14:55 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Krieg in Iran: Trump kritisiert Merz und droht der NATO

Der Republikaner attackierte bei einem Kongress in Miami erneut zunächst die NATO-Verbündeten Frankreich und Großbritannien – und kam dann auf Deutschland zu sprechen: „Der deutsche Bundeskanzler – das sind alles meine Freunde – Friedrich. Der deutsche Bundeskanzler, er sagte: ‚Das ist nicht unser Krieg‘.“ Trump schob nach, dass dann der Ukraine-Krieg auch nicht der der USA sei.

Bereits am Vortag hatte Trump Deutschland kritisiert. Er habe es als „unangemessen“ empfunden, dass von deutscher Seite geäußert worden sei: „Das ist nicht unser Krieg.“

27.03.2026 - 10:45 [ Politico.com ]

‘I just want to go home’: Despair settles over the Capitol as DHS deal hopes evaporate

“It looks like everybody is going to stare at each other for a little while,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Wednesday, before nodding at lawmakers’ best hope for getting a deal — their overwhelming desire to leave town.

“You know how it is around here, it’s not Thursday yet,” he said.

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One GOP senator, granted anonymity to speak candidly, summed up their feelings: “I just want to go home.”

11.12.2025 - 20:58 [ EU Today ]

Mass protests in Bulgaria threaten government, euro entry and EU defence plans

(December 8, 2025)

Mass protests over Bulgaria’s 2026 budget have plunged the country into yet another political crisis, with Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov’s minority government facing a no-confidence vote, a mass petition demanding its resignation and the prospect of an eighth early parliamentary election in five years.

The dispute comes just weeks before Bulgaria is due to adopt the euro on 1st January 2026 and risks overshadowing what was intended to be a landmark step in the country’s European integration.

07.11.2025 - 21:42 [ NPR.org ]

Wall Street reckons with life under Zohran Mamdani

New York City‘s CEOs and other billionaire business leaders spent more than $40 million trying to stop Mamdani from becoming the city‘s next mayor. Now they have to live with him — and their reactions range from threatening to leave the city to pragmatic acceptance.

„I think it‘s the stages of grief,“ says Kathryn Wylde, who runs the Partnership for New York City, an influential business group that represents more than 300 large employers.

04.09.2025 - 21:03 [ Israel Hayom ]

Israel has lost its ‚total control‘ over Congress, Trump says

(September 2, 2025)

„There was a time where you couldn‘t speak bad, if you wanted to be a politician, you couldn‘t speak badly. But today, you have, you know, AOC plus three, and you have all these lunatics, and they‘ve really, they‘ve changed it. You‘re too young to know this, but if you go back 15 years, probably that‘s when it started… Israel was the strongest lobby I‘ve ever seen. They had total control over Congress, and now they don‘t, you know, I‘m a little surprised to see that. And people, they forgot about October 7th. You know, October 7th was a truly horrible day, because I‘ve seen the pictures,“ Trump elaborated.

04.09.2025 - 20:58 [ Fox News ]

Trump surprised Israel no longer has ‚total control over Congress,‘ warns Gaza war hurting global support

(September 2, 2025)

In an interview with The Daily Caller, Trump said that because of left-wing U.S. politicians rallying against Israel and the growing unpopularity of its war in Gaza, the country is losing influence.

„Israel, you would understand this very much, Israel was the strongest lobby I’ve ever seen. They had total control over Congress, and now they don’t, you know, I’m a little surprised to see that,“ he said.

04.08.2025 - 14:25 [ Le Monde ]

Israel-Gaza: The International Criminal Court in turmoil

This has been the darkest year for the International Criminal Court (ICC) since it opened its doors in The Hague in 2002. Never before had the institution faced such strong headwinds. The US imposed sanctions on four judges and the chief prosecutor, the British national Karim Khan, while threats, intrigue, and pressure from Washington mounted on state parties. The objective: to annul and prevent any arrest warrants against Israelis, including those targeting Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant, issued on November 21, 2024, and to close the ongoing investigation into crimes committed on Palestinian territory.

04.08.2025 - 14:22 [ Palestine Chronicle ]

‘Black Year for ICC’ – Le Monde Reveals Unprecedented Pressures on High Court‘

(August 2, 2025)

British lawyer Andrew Cayley, who was tasked with leading the ICC’s file on Palestine (ICC-01/18), said the months he spent working on the case in The Hague were the most difficult of his life.

“I went through the worst months of my life in The Hague,” Cayley told Le Monde.

He described receiving direct threats, including being told he was “an enemy of Israel” and warned to “watch his back.” He resigned in March 2024.

Le Monde also cited a July 17, 2024, intelligence memo from Dutch authorities warning that the ICC had become a “prime target for espionage and subversive influence” by states whose officials were at risk of prosecution.

11.07.2025 - 19:17 [ CNN ]

State Department is firing more than 1,300 staff on Friday

The State Department has begun firing more than 1,300 people as part of a dramatic overhaul of the agency, according to a State Department official.

The firings will affect 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service officers, an internal notice seen by CNN said. It comes as the State Department implements a drastic reorganization as part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to shrink the federal government.

26.06.2025 - 02:19 [ CNBC ]

Zohran Mamdani’s victory in NYC mayoral primary leaves Wall Street ‘alarmed’ and ‘depressed’

In fact, high-profile investors and business leaders in the Big Apple are up in arms about the stunning win by the democratic socialist in the primary to win the Democratic nomination to serve as the next New York City mayor. The three-term Assemblymember’s potential victory in the November general election could bring what the Street hates most — tax hikes and tighter regulation threatening corporate and investment interests.

12.05.2025 - 18:19 [ Washington Post ]

Trump repeatedly bypasses Netanyahu, stoking dismay among Israelis

“It’s disconcerting,” said Michael Oren, a former Israeli ambassador to Washington.

“It’s total panic,” said Shalom Lipner, a former Netanyahu aide and a fellow at the Atlantic Council, describing the mood in Jerusalem.

04.04.2025 - 15:03 [ CNN ]

Trump administration fires director of National Security Agency

The Trump administration has fired the director and deputy director of the National Security Agency, the United States’ powerful cyber intelligence bureau, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the situation, members of the Senate and House intelligence committees and two former officials familiar with the matter.

The dismissal of Gen. Timothy Haugh, who also leads US Cyber Command — the military’s offensive and defensive cyber unit — is a major shakeup of the US intelligence community which is navigating significant changes in the first two months of the Trump administration.

04.04.2025 - 14:54 [ Fox News ]

Trump confirms National Security Council firings as Waltz‘s Signal chat woes snowball

Waltz, who previously served as a Florida congressman and as a decorated combat Green Beret, has come under fire from Democrats and critics since March, when the Atlantic magazine‘s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg published a firsthand account of getting added to a Signal group chat with top national security leaders, including Waltz, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, while they discussed strikes against Yemen terrorists. Trump and his administration have repeatedly defended the national security leader amid criticisms over the chat leak.

Signal is an encrypted messaging app that operates similarly to texting or making phone calls, but with additional security measures that help ensure communications are kept private to those included in the correspondence.