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27.10.2024 - 13:24 [ Glenn Greenwald ]

CNN Town Hall Exposes Kamala‘s Inability To State Beliefs; Democrats‘ „Trump Is Hitler“ Tactic Failing Again

t‘s Thursday, October 24.

As some of you might have noticed, I was not here the last few days, but I am appreciative of Michael Tracey, the intrepid independent journalist, who sat in for me one night and of our excellent team who put together two great shows in my absence so that we weren‘t off the air even one night. But I‘m very happy to be back.

Tonight: From the moment Democratic Party elites imposed Kamala Harris on their party and then on the country, the most glaring weakness of her candidacy was manifest from the very beginning: she has no actual views or policy she‘s willing or able to express – to the point that they actually kept her away from any unscripted interviews, and her campaign site had no issue positions of any kind for weeks, not even vague banalities. The campaign strategy could not have been any clearer: to replicate Hillary Clinton‘s 2016 tactic of featuring as the overarching message that you should vote for her because she‘s not Donald Trump.

27.10.2024 - 12:55 [ Fortune.com ]

Top pollster identifies the moment that could cost Kamala Harris the election as ‘everything froze’

Luntz warned the shift in the Harris campaign could cost her the White House as voters demand more details about her.

“The fact is Donald Trump is defined,” he explained. “He’s not gaining, he’s not losing. He is who he is, and his vote is where it is. She is less well defined, and if she continues just to define this race as ‘vote against Trump,’ she’s going to stay where she is now and she may lose.”

03.09.2024 - 02:58 [ Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt / X.com ]

The widespread devastation and massacres of the Israeli army in #Jenin and other parts of occupied northern West Bank, where Hamas is not ruling, are a powerful reminder that Hamas is just the last excuse for the State of #Israel to wreak the Palestinian territory havoc.

Everywhere for 57 years Israel has made life impossible for Palestinians under a brutal military occupation, seeking to realize a “#GreaterIsrael”.
In agreement with the Palestinians in the oPt, an int‘l #ProtectionPresence must be immediately deployed to stop the massacres, wanton destruction and forced displacement.

08.04.2024 - 00:10 [ Times of Israel ]

Netanyahu plans for Israel to stay in Gaza for 10 years

(06.03.2024)

Israel needs to start getting used to the number 10. That’s the number of years Israel will probably stay in the Gaza Strip, according to the current thinking emanating from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office.

The estimates are that it will take one or two years for the first stage of the war — eradicating Hamas — to be complete, and another eight years for an alternate government to stabilize, if it does at all.

08.04.2024 - 00:05 [ Times of Israel ]

Gantz: War against Hamas could last an entire generation, hostages must remain top priority

(28.01.2024)

War cabinet minister Benny Gantz tells residents of the evacuated southern communities that the war against Hamas could last “a year, a decade, or even an entire generation,” and acknowledges the urgent need to ensure the release of the hostages still held in Gaza, Channel 12 reports.

06.01.2024 - 22:49 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israel minister calls for ‚ways more painful than death‘ for Palestinians

Eliyahu expressed, in statements to Israeli radio station 103 FM, that Israel must decide the battle by breaking the morale of the Palestinians in Gaza and causing them pain involving their land, destroying homes, breaking their national dream and voluntary immigration. When the presenter interrupted him, saying this was not possible, Eliyahu replied that it was, similar to what happened during the Arab Spring when large numbers of the region’s population immigrated to Germany.

06.01.2024 - 22:46 [ Dimitri Lascaris / Twitter ]

Yesterday, Israel’s Heritage Minister publicly declared that “we must find ways for Gazans that are more painful than death.” This is the same psychopath who was allowed by Netanyahu to remain a government Minister after he said nuking Gaza was “an option”.

#Gaza #genocide

02.01.2024 - 19:52 [ Haaretz ]

Decisive Majority of Israel‘s High Court Justices Declares Netanyahu‘s Judicial Coup Dead

The warnings against a razor-thin vote, which would tear the people apart in a time of war, turned out to be mendacious manipulation. Netanyahu is more interested in the next decision: the law preventing the attorney general from declaring him unfit for office

27.12.2023 - 15:07 [ I John 5:20 / Twitter ]

Blinken to return for ME trip next week- to Israel, PA, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar

Tues, Dermer & Sullivan spoke on ‘day after’ plans including governance & security w/ a political horizon for palestinians & continuing Israel’s normalization

26.12.2023 - 22:19 [ Hiba Nasr / Twitter ]

@POTUS spoke with Emir of Qatar: Qatar News Agency says the 2 discussed the joint efforts to achieve a pause that can lead to a ceasefire. (PS. Ron Dermer is in the WH this afternoon to meet Sullivan).

26.12.2023 - 22:12 [ Joe Khalil, Washington Correspondent @NewsNation / Twitter ]

A key ally to Prime Minister Netanyahu, Ron Dermer, meeting soon with Secretary Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan to go over next steps in the war in Gaza.

29.11.2023 - 14:29 [ Chris Hedges / Consortium News ]

Chris Hedges: Israel’s War on Hospitals

(November 22, 2023)

Israel is not attacking hospitals in Gaza because they are “Hamas command centers.” Israel is systematically and deliberately destroying Gaza’s medical infrastructure as part of a scorched earth campaign to make Gaza uninhabitable and escalate a humanitarian crisis. It intends to force 2.3 million Palestinians over the border into Egypt where they will never return.

29.11.2023 - 14:20 [ Nachdenkseiten ]

Übersetzung von Chris Hedges „Israels Krieg gegen Krankenhäuser“

In diesem Beitrag Die Neuauflage der ethnischen Säuberung – Steinmeier nickt das ab hatten wir am 27. November angekündigt, eine Übersetzung des Artikels von Chris Hedges nachzuliefern. Diese Übersetzung liegt jetzt vor. Großen Dank an Susanne Hofmann, die diesen Text über schreckliche Ereignisse und Einschätzungen übersetzt hat.

Der US-amerikanische Pulitzerpreisträger und ehemalige Korrespondent der New York Times im Nahen Osten, Chris Hedges, prangert an: Israel gehe es darum, den Gazastreifen unbewohnbar zu machen. Dazu zähle die Zerstörung aller Krankenhäuser dort. Israels Botschaft sei eindeutig: Es gibt keine Sicherheit. Wer im Gazastreifen bleibt, stirbt.

20.11.2023 - 06:50 [ Dylan Williams, Vice President for Government Affairs @CIPolicy / Twitter ]

Israel’s Intelligence Minister just wrote an op-ed advocating for the permanent displacement of Palestinians from Gaza and that other countries pay for it. That would be ethnic cleansing — a crime against humanity. @POTUS must ensure US aid and arms are not used in such crimes.

20.11.2023 - 06:31 [ Haaretz.com / Twitter ]

The idea of expelling Arabs to other countries was once linked to far-right radicals, and thus considered anathema by most Israelis. Now, to the delight of extremists, the idea is gaining traction as a „moral“ solution to the war

(18.11.2023)

20.11.2023 - 06:11 [ Gila Gamliel / Jerusalem Post ]

Victory is an opportunity for Israel in the midst of crisis – opinion

Some world leaders are already discussing a worldwide refugee resettlement scheme and saying they would welcome Gazans to their countries. This could be supported by many nations around the world, especially those that claim to be friends of the Palestinians.

This is an opportunity for those who say they support the Palestinian people to show these are not just empty words.

20.11.2023 - 06:06 [ @derspiegel / Twitter ]

Statt den Gazastreifen wieder aufzubauen, sollen Menschen aus dem Küstengebiet in anderen Ländern unterkommen können. An den Kosten sollen sich nach Aussagen von Gila Gamliel die internationale Gemeinschaft beteiligen.

20.11.2023 - 05:25 [ @TalulaSha, Anarchist in Palestine. / Twitter ]

Full translation of Giora Eiland‘s genocidal column in Yediot Ahronot.

(19.11.2023)

I expect all relevant parties to start issuing arrest warrants and writing up prosecution files.

@UNOSAPG @WairimuANderitu @IntlCrimCourt @KarimKhanQC @CIJ_ICJ

@ICJPalestine @theCCR @Gilles_Devers

20.11.2023 - 05:19 [ David Sheen / Twitter ]

Israeli General Giora Eiland’s weekly call for genocide: “The international community warns of a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and of severe epidemics. We must not shy away from it, as hard as it is. After all, severe epidemics in the south of the Strip will hasten victory”

(19.11.2023)

full translation by @TalulaSha

20.11.2023 - 04:56 [ Giora Eiland / Yedioth Ahronoth ]

In Gaza, there is no such thing as ‚innocent civilians‘

(8. Mai 2014)

You probably have two questions now. First, why should Gaza‘s residents suffer? Well, they are to blame for this situation just like Germany‘s residents were to blame for electing Hitler as their leader and paid a heavy price for that, and rightfully so. (…)

We are dealing with an enemy state, not with a terror organization which is seemingly operating from within an innocent civilian population.

Only when we put things on the level between states or between people, we will be able to create real deterrence or defeat the enemy when the next conflict erupts.

20.11.2023 - 04:53 [ New York Times ]

The U.S. Should Think Twice About Israel’s Plans for Gaza

(Oct. 15, 2023)

Consider what some in the Israeli defense establishment have said.

“The State of Israel has no choice but to turn Gaza into a place that is temporarily or permanently impossible to live in,” a reservist major general, Giora Eiland, wrote in Yedioth Ahronoth, an Israeli newspaper. “Creating a severe humanitarian crisis in Gaza is a necessary means to achieve the goal.” He added, “Gaza will become a place where no human being can exist.” Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said, “We are fighting human animals, and we are acting accordingly.” Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian declared that in Gaza, “there will be no electricity and no water. There will only be destruction. You wanted hell; you will get hell.”

02.11.2023 - 21:43 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Wie prognostiziert: Israel will deutsche “Inspektoren” in Gaza und droht anderenfalls mit neuem Massaker

(7. August, 2014)

Die Botschaft des sicherlich proasiatischen ex-Türstehers aus Moldawien Lieberman ist klar: “Gebt uns Soldaten, ihr Deutschen, ihr Führer des Imperiums über den Kontinent, sonst bringen wir weiter Palästinenser um und ihr seid Schuld! Ihr seid schuld! Wie immer!”

Wie berichtet, war die Fußmatte Israels, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, schon in den letzten Tagen voran gekrochen und hatte sich seinen Lieblingsfaschisten lang hin auf den Weg gelegt. Am 3. August versprach der Außenminister von Deutschland in der Springer AG seinen Herrn und Meistern die “Herrschaft der Hamas” in ihrer Kolonie Gaza zu brechen und redete diesbezüglich von einer “Reaktivierung” des seit 2005 aktiven und erst kürzlich von der “Europäischen Kommission” bis 2015 verlängerten Mandats der Polizeimission E.U.B.A.M.

In seiner ganzen bräsigen Robotortour von uns mal wieder kalt erwischt, faselte Steinmeiers Auswärtiges Amt dann gestern etwas von einer Entsendung “unbewaffneter” (!) deutscher Polizisten nach Gaza, offensichtlich um ein Bundestagsmandat zu umgehen.

Heute nun statt der Fälschung Steinmeier und seiner von ihm übernommenen Fantompartei S.P.D. das Original: der Faschist Avigdor Lieberman.

Der Außenminister des Jerusalemer Regimes, dem bereits ein Verfahren vor dem Internationalen Strafgerichtshof in Den Haag droht und gegen das der Menschenrechtsrat der Vereinten Nationen eine Untersuchungskommission wegen mutmaßlicher Kriegsverbrechen verhängt hat, machte denn auch völlig klar, was er von den angeforderten deutschen “Inspektoren” erwartet und was der Kolonie Gaza droht wenn dort nicht gespurt und sich gefälligst wieder unterworfen wird, wie anno dünnemal unter der Fatah und ihrer “Autonomiebehörde”: ein neues Massaker.

02.11.2023 - 21:33 [ Peter Martin and Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg ]

US and Israel Weigh Peacekeepers for the Gaza Strip After Hamas

(October 31, 2023)

The US and Israel are exploring options for the future of the Gaza Strip, including the possibility of a multinational force that may involve American troops if Israeli forces succeed in ousting Hamas, people familiar with the matter said.

01.11.2023 - 16:04 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Wie Interpreten von Recht das Recht verändern, brechen, stürzen können

(23. Juli 2014)

Je mehr und je länger die Praxis der ausführenden Funktionäre / Amtsinhaber und ihrer nach eigenem Ermessen interpretierten Begriffe und Rechtsbegriffe anhält und von der Gesellschaft akzeptiert wird, verändert diese merklich oder unmerklich ihre eigene Auffassung dieser Begriffe bzw Rechtsbegriffe und passt sie der Rechtsauffassung der Ausführenden bzw Amtsträger und Funktionäre an.

Die Gesellschaft akzeptiert also nach und nach eine Umdeutung der (rechtlichen) Standards durch diejenigen, die sie lediglich ausführen müssen oder sogar selbst beschlossen haben, aber nicht versucht haben sie in aller Öffentlichkeit zu verändern.

Nun aber kann der neue Standard, den man durch veränderte Praxis und eigene Auslegung von Begriffen, Rechtsbegriffen und Recht in der Gesellschaft verankert hat, in neue Gesetze gegossen werden.

Die Interpretation der Norm – die bewusst, gezielt und unauffällig eingesetzt auch eine faktisch unbegrenzte Abweichung von der Norm, einen Bruch beinhalten kann – ist so die Norm selbst geworden. Eigentlich Illegales wird legal. Oder umgekehrt. (…)

Erfolgen diese Prozesse in Absprache und / oder auf Befehl der höchsten staatlichen Ebenen, in Exekutive, Legislative oder Judikative, gar allen zusammen, im Geheimen, in Absprache mit einer ausländischen Macht, oder gleich mit mehreren, nennt man so etwas Hochverrat und einen organisierten Staatsstreich.

26.10.2023 - 17:55 [ Ron Skolnik @ronskolnik.bsky.socia / Twitter ]

Israel‘s Intelligence Ministry is marginal and not setting Israeli policy. But important to keep on the radar (in part because it‘s led by a Netanyahu party mate) that it‘s been internally circulating a plan for forced relocation of Gazans into Sinai.

26.10.2023 - 17:00 [ MondoWeiss.net ]

Israeli think tank lays out a blueprint for the complete ethnic cleansing of Gaza

(October 23, 2023)

On October 17, the Misgav Institute for National Security & Zionist Strategy published a position paper advocating for the “relocation and final settlement of the entire Gaza population.” The report advocates exploiting the current moment to accomplish a long-held Zionist goal of moving Palestinians off the land of historic Palestine. The report’s subtitle makes it clear: “There is at the moment a unique and rare opportunity to evacuate the whole Gaza Strip in coordination with the Egyptian government.”

The Misgav Institute is headed by former Netanyahu National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat, who remains influential in Israeli security circles. The Institute’s former chairpersons and founding associates include Yoaz Hendel (chair 2012-19), a right-centrist who was Minister of Communications intermittently in the years 2020-22; Moshe Yaalon, former Defense Minister (note that both Hendel and Yaalon have become opposed to Netanyahu in the recent years); Moshe Arens, also former Defense Minister — and other top political personas.

26.10.2023 - 16:55 [ IsraelHayom.com ]

A Zionist strategy for Israel

(19.03.2023)

Overall, there is, in fact, a successful Israeli „grand security strategy“ of sorts and it must be pursued with determination. It involves steadfastness, patience, and looking over the horizon for new partners while fearlessly confronting bad actors. It involves being both flexible and firm.

It means strictly securing Israel‘s borders, managing frictions with the Palestinians, and pursuing Zionist goals like continued settlement of the Land of Israel. It involves positioning Israel as a regional anchor of sanity and a global source of ingenuity.

15.10.2023 - 22:16 [ WikiLeaks ]

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR YADLIN COMMENTS ON GAZA, SYRIA AND LEBANON

Date:
2007 June 13, 16:38
(…)

Yadlin said the IDI has been predicting armed confrontation in Gaza between Hamas and Fatah since Hamas won the January 2006 legislative council elections. Yadlin felt that the Hamas military wing had initiated the current escalation with the tacit consent of external Hamas leader Khalid Mishal, adding that he did not believe there had been a premeditated political-level decision by Hamas to wipe out Fatah in Gaza. Yadlin dismissed Fatah‘s capabilities in Gaza, saying Hamas could have taken over there any time it wanted for the past year, but he agreed that Fatah remained strong in the West Bank. Although not necessarily reflecting a GOI consensus view, Yadlin said Israel would be „happy“ if Hamas took over Gaza
because the IDF could then deal with Gaza as a hostile state. He dismissed the significance of an Iranian role in a Hamas-controlled Gaza „as long as they don‘t have a port.“

15.10.2023 - 22:09 [ Jerusalem Post ]

Yadlin: Israel would be ‘happy’ if Hamas takes over Gaza

(December 21, 2010)

In the cable, Yadlin is quoted as contradicting the consensus in the Israeli government by stating that “Israel would be happy if Hamas took over Gaza because the IDF could then deal with Gaza as a hostile state.”

He also dismissed the significance of an Iranian role in a Hamas-controlled Gaza “as long as they don’t have a port.” He is quoted as saying that it would be something Israel could deal with.

15.10.2023 - 22:04 [ TKP.at ]

Wikileaks 2010: Israels Geheimdienst wollte Hamas-Kontrolle über Gaza

Konkret geht es um eine diplomatische Depesche (also eine nicht-öffentliche Kommunikation zwischen Diplomaten, Regierungschefs usw.) zwischen dem damaligen israelischen Geheimdienstchef Amos Yadlin und dem US-Botschafter in Israel Richard Jones. So geht daraus hervor, dass Israel einen von der Hamas regierten Gazastreifen unterstützt und den Gazastreifen dann zu einer “feindlichen Einheit” erklären könnte.

11.10.2023 - 17:09 [ Times of Israel ]

For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it’s blown up in our faces

Most of the time, Israeli policy was to treat the Palestinian Authority as a burden and Hamas as an asset. Far-right MK Bezalel Smotrich, now the finance minister in the hardline government and leader of the Religious Zionism party, said so himself in 2015.

According to various reports, Netanyahu made a similar point at a Likud faction meeting in early 2018, when he was quoted as saying that those who oppose a Palestinian state should support the transfer of funds to Gaza, because maintaining the separation between the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza would prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state.

27.08.2023 - 04:50 [ ZDF ]

Notenbank-Konferenz in USA – Inflation: EZB setzt auf straffe Zinspolitik

Der Kampf gegen die hohe Inflation ist nach den Worten der Präsidentin der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB), Christine Lagarde, noch nicht gewonnen. Das bedeute, dass die EZB so lange an einer strikten Geldpolitik festhalten müsse, bis eine mittelfristige Teuerungsrate von zwei Prozent erreicht werde, sagte Lagarde am Freitag auf der Notenbank-Konferenz in Jackson Hole in den USA.

27.08.2023 - 04:37 [ ORF.at ]

Bank-of-England-Vize: Wohl „einige Zeit“ weiter hohe Zinsen

Die Folgen des Preisanstiegs würden wahrscheinlich nicht so schnell verschwinden, wie sie entstanden seien, sagte der Vizegouverneur der Bank of England (BoE), Ben Broadbent, laut Redetext gestern auf dem Treffen von Zentralbankern und Ökonominnen in Jackson Hole im US-Staat Wyoming.

„Vor diesem Hintergrund könnte die Geldpolitik noch einige Zeit restriktiv bleiben.“

27.08.2023 - 04:31 [ wam.ae ]

Bank of England warns UK rates need to remain high for some time

(Sat 26-08-2023)

“It’s unlikely that these second-round effects will unwind as rapidly as they emerged,” Broadbent said at the Federal Reserve’s annual gathering of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. “As such, monetary policy may well have to remain in restrictive territory for some time yet.”

The BOE has raised rates 14 times in a row to 5.25%, the highest level in almost 16 years, to tame inflation.

27.08.2023 - 04:25 [ Reuters ]

Dollar steady as Fed‘s Powell says higher rates may be needed

(August 25, 2023)

Powell, in a speech at an economic summit in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, said policymakers would „proceed carefully as we decide whether to tighten further,“ but also made clear that the central bank has not yet concluded that its benchmark interest rate is high enough to be sure that inflation returns to the 2% target.

27.08.2023 - 04:12 [ New York Times ]

How Jackson Hole Became an Economic Obsession

(Aug. 24, 2023)

The most hotly anticipated event is a speech by the Fed chair that typically takes place on Friday morning and is often used as a chance for the central bank to send a signal about policy. Jerome H. Powell, the current Fed head, has made headlines with each and every one of his Jackson Hole speeches, which has investors waiting anxiously for this year’s. It is the only part of the closed-door conference that is broadcast to the public.

17.07.2023 - 17:41 [ searchengineland.com ]

Twitter didn’t just block unregistered users, it blocked Google Search

(July 3, 2023)

Postscript. A few days later, Twitter implemented some SEO changes that showed the content from tweets to both Google and users, but overlayed a modal asking users to register. This allowed Google to regain access to the content for indexing and search ranking purposes.

17.07.2023 - 17:35 [ CNN ]

Elon Musk says Twitter’s ad revenue is down 50% and cash flow is negative

Just 43% of Twitter’s top 1,000 advertisers as of September, the month before Musk’s takeover, were still advertising on the platform as of April, according to data provided to CNN by market intelligence firm Sensor Tower last month.

16.07.2023 - 07:10 [ Haaretz ]

Protest’s Lesson for Anti-occupation Left: Mobilize Israelis, Not International Community

This has brought them deserved admiration in the small bubble of the Western human-rights industry and helped with much-needed funding, and has done absolutely nothing to change the dismal situation on the ground, which has steadily gotten worse.

The plaudits and platforms abroad have not resulted in any pressure on successive Israeli governments to change their policies. Not one foreign government or major financial body has changed its policies towards Israel as a result.