A well-informed source in The Hague confirmed to Le Monde on Sunday that an „event is imminent,“ but did not specify the nature of the charges or the names of those involved.
Archiv: Le Monde (media)
Top UN court orders Israel to ‚ensure urgent humanitarian assistance‘ in Gaza
The International Court of Justice issued two new measures in the genocide case South Africa brought against Israel for its military actions, ordering ‚unhindered‘ supply of ‚urgently needed basic services‘ to Gaza as ‚famine is setting in.‘
New York Times investigation reports Israel knew about Hamas‘ October 7 attack plan
(01.12.2023)
Israeli officials had obtained Hamas‘s plan for an unprecedented attack on Israel over a year in advance, but had deemed the scenario to be aspirational, reports The New York Times in an investigation based on secret documents, published on Thursday, November 30. Israeli military intelligence had gotten hold of a 40-page Hamas document detailing, point by point, a large-scale attack matching the one perpetrated by commandos on October 7 – which left some 1,200 people dead in Israel – according to the American newspaper.
The BRICS countries aim to knock the dollar off its throne
Dethrone the dollar, the symbol of Western hegemony. As ambitious as it is complex, this objective will be one of those addressed at the summit of BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) from Tuesday, August 22 to Thursday, August 24 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The heads of state in attendance (South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, his Chinese and Brazilian counterparts Xi Jinping and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov) will also be discussing the expansion of their bloc to include other countries, particularly African ones.
Macron and von der Leyen visit increasingly distant China
Macron, who is eager to represent the European continent, will be accompanied in one of the meetings with Xi by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. A speech she made on Thursday, March 30, reflected the current hardening of the European Union (EU) vis-à-vis Beijing: „How China interacts with Putin‘s war will be a determining factor for EU-China relations,“ she said.
Ambassador to France criticized over censorship attempt
French media stirs up a controversy and blames Israel for trying to enforce censorship.
Israelische Botschafterin in Frankreich wegen des Versuchs der Zensur von Nachrichten kritisiert
Die französische Tageszeitung Le Monde bemerkte, dass niemand in der israelischen Botschaft den Bericht überhaupt gesehen hatte, bevor man dagegen protestierte, dass er ausgestrahlt würde, und dass bin Noun sich beschwerte, dass Israel keine Gelegenheit hatte, eine Stellungnahme abzugeben, obwohl der israelische Militärsprecher in dem Bericht befragt wurde.
The fall of a political god: France’s Macron urged to explain beatings, protests, gay rumours
But then came that curious denial that he was not Benalla’s lover.