Some American officials suspect the Israeli warning fit a pattern of Jerusalem using intelligence to shape US policy, particularly given its deep concerns about Iran and unease over closer US-Turkey ties. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was briefed on the threat and the ruse but reportedly stayed on the larger Air Force One. Speaking to the Post, Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen questioned whether the Israeli information was „independently verifiable,“ calling the episode „a little fantastical.“
Archiv: wie.. echt jetzt..? / seriously?
Tabubruch bei den Geheimdiensten
(July 13, 2026)
Was die Bundesregierung hier plant, ist ein grundlegender Umbau der deutschen Sicherheitsarchitektur. Geheimdienste sollen hacken, manipulieren, aktiv eingreifen und MinderjĂ€hrige als Informanten einsetzen dĂŒrfen. Wer ihnen solche Befugnisse einrĂ€umt, verschiebt die Grenzen staatlicher Macht weit in Richtung eines ĂŒbergriffigen Sicherheitsstaates.
Die Bundesregierung will den Entwurf spĂ€testens Anfang August durch das Bundeskabinett bringen. Jetzt gilt es, laut zu werden. Kubickis Appell ist eindeutig: Die PlĂ€ne âsind ohne Beispiel in einer liberalen Demokratie und mĂŒssen gestoppt werdenâ.
„Hezbollah“: We targeted Merkava tank in Rashaf with a loitering glider, intercepted drone over Tyre with surface-to-air missile
NNA â „Hezbollah“ announced in communiquĂ©s that “the ââIslamic Resistance“ targeted a Merkava tank in the town of Rashaf with a loitering glider and achieved a confirmed hit.
The „Islamic Resistance“ also intercepted an Israeli enemy army drone in the airspace of the Tyre region with a surface-to-air missile.
Lebanon‘s Aoun rejects call with Netanyahu as Israel severs last bridge to the south
Lebanonâs President Joseph Aoun will not speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the near future, a senior Lebanese official told Middle East Eye, after reports of a planned phone call between the two leaders.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Beirut had informed Washington of Aounâs position ahead of a call between the president and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday.
The development comes two days after the US hosted the ambassadors of Israel and Lebanon in Washington, in the first such talks between the two countries since 1993.
Remarks by the President of the General Assembly H.E. Ms. Annalena Baerbock at the European Parliament, Strasbourg 10 February 2026
These are trying times.
When President Metsola invited me in September at the High-Level Week of the UN General Assembly, the world felt already chaotic. I warned of a make-or-break moment for our multilateral system.
Today, only 40 days into 2026:
Venezuela.
Iran.
Greenland.
On top of Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan and so many more crises.
The international order is not only under pressure, it is under attack.
And we face a new and more troubling kind of crisis: conflicts waged not even under the pretense of self-defense or respect for international law but often carried out in open defiance of it.
At precisely the moment when we most need cooperation, most need the United Nations, powers, even those who have a special responsibility to protect peace and security, are pulling away from it or even outright attacking it.
This geopolitical shift towards a world where âmight makes rightâ, contradicts more than a century of hard, bloody lessons, which people of this region remember all too well.
Rules and standards drawn from these experiences, which were believed to be set in stone, are now openly questioned, dismissed, or violated.
History teaches us that large systems rarely collapse in one dramatic moment.
They erode slowly. Rule by rule. Commitment by commitment.
With those who should defend them, rather staying silent.
Until one day, what seemed permanent simply vanishes.
General Assembly President urges Europeans to âstand upâ for the UN
(February 10, 2026)
In a key address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Annalena Baerbock repeated her call to uphold multilateralism amid âtrying timesâ globally.
She noted that just 40 days into 2026, the world has already seen crises around Venezuela, Iran and Greenland, on top of continuing devastation in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan and elsewhere.
âThe international order is not only under pressure, it is under attack,â she told lawmakers.
âAnd we face a new and more troubling kind of crisis: conflicts waged not even under the pretence of self-defence or respect for international law but often carried out in open defiance of it.â
She warned that at precisely the moment the world most needs cooperation and the UN, âpowers â even those who have a special responsibility to protect peace and security â are pulling away from it or even outright attacking it.â
Ms. Baerbock recalled that four years ago, when she was Germanyâs Foreign Minister, she addressed the General Assembly and called for the UN to stand up for Europeâs peace as Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
âToday, Iâm coming as President of the General Assembly to Europe, calling for Europe to stand up for the United Nations because the world needs the UN. But right now, the UN and its principles as enshrined in the Charter, needs the world too,â she said, referring to all continents.
Neue Epstein-Files: Akten des Grauens
Auch wenn die Epstein-Files zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt noch nicht zu weiteren Verfahren gefĂŒhrt haben, legen sie doch die Verkommenheit eines beachtlichen Teils der Reichen und MĂ€chtigen offen. Immer wieder wird auch vermutet, dass politische Einflussnahme eine weitere AufklĂ€rung verhindern könnte, wobei auch in dieser Hinsicht aktuell keine handfesten Erkenntnisse vorliegen.
EU Parliament eyes freezing US trade deal over Trumpâs Greenland threats
(January 9, 2026)
âI cannot imagine that in the current situation MEPs would vote for any trade measures benefiting the U.S.,â the Greensâ top trade lawmaker and chair of the Internal Market Committee Anna Cavazzini told POLITICO.
âWe should have such a discussion, itâs inevitable,â added Brando Benifei, the Socialist lawmaker who chairs Parliamentâs delegation for relations with the U.S.
Under the deal, most EU exports are subject to a 15 percent U.S. tariff. To complete its side of the bargain, the EU also needs to pass legislation to abolish all tariffs on U.S. industrial goods, including the 10 percent it currently slaps on U.S. cars, and ease market access for some farm produce and seafood.
Protesters shut down Berlin train station
Our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues are reporting that demonstrators closed the central train station in the German capital, Berlin, in protest against the attack on the flotilla vessels.
Protests have erupted in several major cities around the world, including Athens, Rome, Istanbul and Tunis.
Netanjahus Todesfalle
Eine Mehrheit der Deutschen lehnt Israels brutales Vorgehen ab, das MenschenrechtsorganisaÂtioÂnen bereits als Völkermord bezeichnen. Sie fordern von der EU, das Assoziierungsabkommen mit Israel auszusetzen. LĂ€nder wie Spanien und Irland sind schon lange dafĂŒr.
Doch die deutsche Politik bleibt davon seltsam unberĂŒhrt. Deutschland sperrt sich dagegen und weiĂ dabei so sympathische Regierungen wie die von Giorgia Meloni und Viktor OrbĂĄn an seiner Seite. Gleichzeitig genehmigt Merz weiter Waffenlieferungen an Israel. Ob Israel damit Kriegsverbrechen begeht oder nicht, ist ihm offensichtlich egal.
Merz fails to be elected chancellor by German parliament
German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to garner the parliamentary majority needed to become chancellor on Tuesday in a first round of voting in an unexpected setback for his new coalition with the centre-left Social Democrats.
Bundestag: Merz scheitert im ersten Wahlgang bei Kanzlerwahl
Es ist ein bisher einmaliger Vorgang in der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Noch nie ist nach einer Bundestagswahl und erfolgreichen Koalitionsverhandlungen ein designierter Kanzler bei der Wahl im Bundestag gescheitert.
Die Fraktionen beraten nun, wie sie weiter vorgehen wollen.
Germany urges Israel to immediately allow unimpeded access of aid into Gaza
„Unimpeded access for humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip must be guaranteed at all times,“ foreign ministry spokesman Sebastian Fischer told a press briefing in Berlin.
He voiced his countryâs concern over Israelâs move to ban aid into the war-torn enclave, while stressing that âGranting or denial of humanitarian access is not a legitimate means of pressure in negotiations.â
Trump just dealt Russia a devastating blow
With this deal, the United States is now invested â literally, not figuratively â in what the deal calls âa free, sovereign and secure Ukraine.â That means the United States now has a massive financial incentive to help safeguard Ukraineâs independence. If Ukraine survives, the United States will stand to gain hundreds of billions of dollars; if Ukraine falls, we get nothing.
Trump: Military Spending Could Be Cut in Half and Thereâs No Reason To Build New Nuclear Weapons
âAt some point, when things settle down, Iâm going to meet with China and Iâm going to meet with Russia, in particular those two, and Iâm going to say thereâs no reason for us to be spending almost $1 trillion on the military ⊠and Iâm going to say we can spend this on other things,â Trump said.
âWhen we straighten it all out, then one of the first meetings I want to have is with President Xi of China and President Putin of Russia, and I want to say letâs cut our military budget in half. And we can do that, and I think weâll be able to do that,â he added.
Sozialabgaben auf KapitalertrĂ€ge: GrĂŒnen-Vorschlag löst breite Diskussion aus
Die AfD sprach von einem „Schlag ins Gesicht der deutschen Sparer“. „Meint Robert Habeck ernsthaft, dass er die soziale Sicherung retten kann, indem er die private Vorsorge der Menschen erschwert?“, fragte der stellvertretende Bundessprecher Peter Boehringer.
Weniger emotional, aber in der Sache Ă€hnlich ablehnend Ă€uĂerte sich Kanzler und Kanzlerkandidat Olaf Scholz: „Ein alter Hut, das hat noch nie funktioniert“, sagte der SPD-Politiker zum GrĂŒnen-Vorschlag.
Kommandeur der SpezialkrÀfte: Verteidigungsminister befahl RÀumung des Parlaments
Der ehemalige Verteidigungsminister Kim Yong-hyun soll zur Zeit des Ausnahmezustands die RĂ€umung des Parlaments befohlen haben.
Das gab der Kommandeur der SpezialkrÀfte Kwak Jong-geun bekannt. Demnach sei angeordnet worden, Abgeordnete aus dem Parlament zu entfernen.
Er habe den Befehl jedoch verweigert, sagte Kwak am Freitag Abgeordneten der Demokratischen Partei. Diese hatten die SpezialkrÀfte besucht, um ihn zu den am Dienstagabend erteilten Befehlen zu befragen.
Biden says he will stop sending bombs and artillery shells to Israel if it launches major invasion of Rafah
The presidentâs announcement that he was prepared to condition American weaponry on Israelâs actions amounts to a turning point in the seven-month conflict between Israel and Hamas. And his acknowledgement that American bombs had been used to kill civilians in Gaza was a stark recognition of the United Statesâ role in the war.
The president has come under extraordinary pressure, including from members of his own party, to limit shipments of arms amid a humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
SPD Berlin Mitgliederbefragung zum Landesvorsitz
Drei Kandidat*innen-Teams nahmen im ersten Wahlgang an der MitgliederÂbefragung teil:
Jana Bertels und Kian Niroomand: 3020 Stimmen (36,11%)
Nicola Böcker-Giannini und Martin Hikel: 4034 Stimmen (48,24%)
Luise Lehmann und Raed Saleh: 1309 Stimmen (15,65%)
Damit kommt es zu einer Stichwahl zwischen den beiden bestplatzierten Teams.
President Abbas rejects Biden‘s request to halt UN vote on Palestinian membership
According to Axios, the US and Israeli officials said that the Biden administration was trying to prevent the Palestinians from getting nine votes so that the US would not have to veto the resolution.
Palestine currently has eight security council members expected to support them, including Russia, China, Algeria, Malta, Slovenia, Sierra Leone, Mozambique and Guyana, a senior Israeli official said.
âEine INSA-Umfrage fĂŒr BILD zeigt: 69 Prozent der Befragten unterstĂŒtzen die Bauern-Proteste gegen die geplanten KĂŒrzungen der Ampel-Regierung!â
The UNSC members condemned in the strongest terms the cowardly terrorist attack in the city of Kerman, the Islamic Republic of Iran on 3 January 2024. This reprehensible act of terrorism resulted in the grievous loss of more than 100 lives.
Security Council Press Statement :
Extremist settlers, by targeting and killing Palestinian civilians, are undermining security and stability for both Israelis and Palestinians. Israel must take stronger action to stop settler violence and hold the perpetrators accountable. We are banning those responsible for settler violence from entering the UK to make sure our country cannot be a home for people who commit these intimidating acts.
Bilateral meeting between FM Shoukry & @jmalbares FM.Discussions addressed the inevitability of ending the war in Gaza, commitment to work for the recognition of the Palestinian state & support the Arab/Islamic resolution in the UNSC & holding an international peace conference
@channel13il poll „What should Netanyahu do?“ 47%: resign after the war 29%: resign immediately 18%: remain in his position
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Französischer Truppenabzug aus Niger beginnt
Gut zwei Monate nach dem MilitĂ€rputsch in Niger hat Frankreich mit dem Abzug seiner Truppen aus dem westafrikanischen Staat begonnen. Der Generalstab bestĂ€tigte der Nachrichtenagentur dpa, dass der RĂŒckzug heute losgegangen sei.
High Court calls PM recusal law âclearly personal,â indicates it may intervene
Supreme Court President Esther Hayut observed that the âfingerprintsâ of a plan designed to prevent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from being ordered to recuse himself were âvery clear,â while her fellow panel member Justice Uzi Vogelman said simply that âthe fact is the law is personal.â
The courtâs three most senior justices presided over Thursdayâs five-hour hearing, in a case in which, for the first time ever, the attorney general has joined petitioners in asking for a Basic Law to be canceled.
How the White House Became Israeli Politiciansâ Disney World
So you think the saga of Benjamin Netanyahu emphatically not being invited to the White House seven months after his return as prime minister is over? Think again. Itâs far from over â and no, he wasnât officially invited by U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday, despite his casual and enthusiastic attempt to present it as such.
Bidenâs DOJ Is Pressuring Journalists to Help Build Its Case Against Assange
The Department of Justice and FBI are pressuring multiple British journalists to cooperate with the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, using vague threats and pressure tactics in the process. I know because I am one of the British journalists being pressured to cooperate in the case against him, as someone who used to (briefly) work and live with him, and who went on to blow the whistle on WikiLeaksâ own ethical lapses.
Jim Jordan, Mike Turner threaten CIA subpoena in Hunter Biden letter inquiry
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) are warning the CIA they could subpoena the agency if it does not produce documents related to a 2020 letter pushing back on the Hunter Biden laptop story.
âIf the CIA does not produce all responsive documents, the Committees may resort to compulsory process,â Turner and Jordan wrote in the Wednesday letter to CIA Director William Burns, giving a May 30 deadline.
Wegen rechtsextremen Ministers: EU sagt Empfang in Israel ab
Die EuropÀische Union meidet demonstrativ Kontakte mit extremistischen Mitgliedern der rechtsgerichteten Regierung in Israel. Eine EU-Delegation sagte gestern einen diplomatischen Empfang anlÀsslich des Europatages wegen der geplanten Teilnahme des rechtsextremen israelischen Ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir ab.
Statement by Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan KC on the issuance of arrest warrants against President Vladimir Putin and Ms Maria Lvova-Belova
On 22 February 2023, I submitted applications to Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court for warrants of arrest in the context of the Situation in Ukraine.
Today, the Pre-Trial Chamber has issued arrest warrants in relation to the following two individuals:
Mr Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation; and
Ms Maria Lvova-Belova, Commissioner for Childrenâs Rights in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation.
On the basis of evidence collected and analysed by my Office pursuant to its independent investigations, the Pre-Trial Chamber has confirmed that there are reasonable grounds to believe that President Putin and Ms Lvova-Belova bear criminal responsibility for the unlawful deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation, contrary to article 8(2)(a)(vii) and article 8(2)(b)(viii) of the Rome Statute.
Lapid proposes constitution for Israel to extract itself from âterrible crisisâ
Lapid said that while âjudicial activismâ should be limited, âa democratic state cannot exist without a strong and independent court.â
In addition, the Yesh Atid leader said that the judicial appointment committee would have its composition changed so that the Supreme Court is âdiverse in its composition and opinions, but will ensure that politicians â from any side â will not have control over the selection of judges.â
Israel: Opposition leader calls for constitution to fix political impasse
On his Facebook page, the former prime minister argued that this constitution should begin with the first paragraph of Israel‘s 1948 Declaration of Independence, which states that the land of Israel is the cradle of the Jewish people.
According to Lapid, this constitution should be composed of three fundamental laws: the first would be a declaration of the superiority of the fundamental laws of the country, and would subject all authorities to restrictions established by law.