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16.08.2026 - 16:08 [ TKP.at ]

RĂŒckkehr der Gestapo? Deutschland reißt die Trennmauer zwischen Polizei und Geheimdiensten ein

Mehrere Politiker nutzten den Leipziger Drohnenvorfall fĂŒr weitere Forderungen: Schleswig-Holsteins MinisterprĂ€sident Daniel GĂŒnther (CDU) will die Verfassung Ă€ndern, um BundeswehreinsĂ€tze im Inneren zur Drohnenabwehr zu ermöglichen; der Verteidigungsausschussvorsitzende Thomas Röwekamp (CDU) fordert eine Zentralisierung der Luftsicherheit bei der Bundespolizei. Rheinmetall-Chef Armin Papperger kĂŒndigte an, gemeinsam mit der Deutschen Telekom Mobilfunkmasten zur DrohnenfrĂŒherkennung zu nutzen.

Der WSWS-Autor Peter Schwarz sieht in dem Gesetzespaket keine Reaktion auf reale „hybride Bedrohungen„, sondern die gezielte Vorbereitung eines Polizeistaats, der die wachsende Opposition gegen AufrĂŒstung und Sozialabbau im Inneren unterdrĂŒcken soll – mit stillschweigender oder offener UnterstĂŒtzung aller Bundestagsparteien.

16.08.2026 - 12:56 [ Daniel Leisegang / Netzpolitik.org ]

Geheimdienstreform: Geschichtsvergessen und gefÀhrlich

(August 12, 2026)

Diese Reform ist ĂŒberfĂ€llig. Zu lange haben Verfassungsschutz und BND auf rechtlich fragwĂŒrdiger Grundlage operiert. Das hatte auch das Bundesverfassungsgericht kritisiert und dem Bundestag bis Ende dieses Jahres Zeit gegeben, um etwa die Kontrolle des BND zu verbessern.

Die Regierung folgt der Forderung aus Karlsruhe – und schießt weit am Ziel vorbei. In ihrem rund 730-seitigen Gesetzentwurf legt sie dar, wie „echte“ Geheimdienstarbeit und deren Kontrolle kĂŒnftig aussehen soll. Gleichzeitig nutzt sie die RĂŒge der Karlsruher Richter:innen dazu, um Grundprinzipien der bundesdeutschen Nachkriegsdemokratie auf den Kopf zu stellen.

26.07.2026 - 17:57 [ Netzpolitik.org ]

Geheimdienstreform: Zeitenwende fĂŒr Spione

(July 10, 2026)

Biometrische Echtzeit-Abgleiche soll die Behörde auch nutzen dĂŒrfen. Damit soll sie VideoĂŒberwachung live auswerten dĂŒrfen und prĂŒfen, ob eine Person im Visier der Behörde an einem bestimmten Ort auftaucht. FĂŒr den Zugriff auf entsprechende Kamera soll der Verfassungsschutz Betreiber verpflichten dĂŒrfen, Aufnahmen herauszugeben, live auszuleiten oder gleich die VideoĂŒberwachungsanlagen mit zu nutzen – zumindest wenn es um Überwachung von öffentlich zugĂ€nglichen RĂ€umen geht. Das heißt, der Verfassungsschutz dĂŒrfte in Echtzeit Kameras am Bahnhof oder im Einkaufszentrum anzapfen.

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Um biometrische Daten abzugleichen, mĂŒsste der BND laut Entwurf keine eigenen Mittel nutzen – ein Abgleich dĂŒrfte auch ĂŒber öffentliche oder private Stellen im Ausland erfolgen, wenn er selbst oder andere deutsche oder europĂ€ische Stellen das nicht können. Das öffnet die Tore dafĂŒr, dass der BND am Ende Anwendungen nutzt, die es nach europĂ€ischen Datenschutzrechten nicht geben dĂŒrfte. Der Geheimdienst könnte bei außereuropĂ€ischen Partnern um Hilfe bitten, fĂŒr die schwĂ€chere Regeln gelten.

24.07.2026 - 16:04 [ Zeit.de ]

Iran-Krieg: Auch wĂ€hrend Kriegs RĂŒstungsexporte nach Israel genehmigt

(April 16, 2026)

Die Bundesregierung hat auch in den ersten Wochen des Iran-Kriegs RĂŒstungsexporte nach Israel genehmigt – allerdings in verhĂ€ltnismĂ€ĂŸig geringem Umfang. Vom 28. Februar, dem Tag des Angriffs israelischer und US-amerikanischer StreitkrĂ€fte auf den Iran, bis zum 27. MĂ€rz gab die schwarz-rote Regierung grĂŒnes Licht fĂŒr Ausfuhren im Wert von 6,6 Millionen Euro, wie aus Antworten des Bundeswirtschaftsministeriums auf mehrere Anfragen des Linken-Abgeordneten Ulrich Thoden hervorgeht, die der Deutschen Presse-Agentur vorliegen.

24.07.2026 - 15:59 [ France24.com ]

Trump says Germany helping with Iran strikes in meeting with Merz at White House

(March 3, 2026)

US President Donald Trump welcomed German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to the White House on Tuesday, thanking Berlin for granting US forces access to military bases in the expanding war against Iran and drawing a sharp contrast with Britain and Spain.

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Merz said Germany and the United States shared a desire to get rid of Iran‘s ⁠current regime and said he would discuss with Trump what happened once the military operation ended.

04.03.2026 - 12:30 [ France24.com ]

Trump, Merz agree on need for regime change in Iran

(March 3, 2026)

Trump, speaking in the Oval Office alongside Merz, told reporters that Germany had been „helping out“ by allowing US forces to access certain bases, and drew a sharp ​contrast to the actions of ‌two other European countries: Britain and Spain.

Merz said Germany and the United States shared a desire to get rid of Iran‘s ⁠current regime and said he would discuss with Trump what happened once the military operation ended.

„We are on the same page in terms of getting this terrible regime in Iran away, and we will talk about the day after,“ Merz said, adding ‌he would also speak with Trump about Russia‘s war in Ukraine and the US-European Union trade agreement.

04.03.2026 - 12:25 [ Reuters ]

Trump says Germany helping with Iran strikes, meets Merz at White House

(March 3, 2026)

Trump, speaking in the Oval Office alongside Merz, told reporters that Germany had been „helping out“ by allowing U.S. forces to access certain bases, and drew ‌a sharp contrast to the actions of two other European countries: Britain and Spain.

24.12.2025 - 09:23 [ Business Insider ]

Jeffrey Epstein‘s wills listed former bank CEOs and other Wall Street figures as possible estate executors

As he planned for his death, Jeffrey Epstein listed powerful friends and associates from Wall Street as the people who would take care of his affairs.

Versions of Epstein‘s will released Tuesday by the Justice Department featured former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, former Barclays CEO Jes Staley, and former Bear Stearns CEO Jimmy Cayne as potential executors of his estate.

26.11.2025 - 21:20 [ Independent.co.uk ]

Starmer and Trump discussed Palestine Action twice on calls before group’s terror ban, court hears

Activists from the group painted “Gaza is not for sale” and dug up parts of the green at Mr Trump’s golf course in Scotland in March 2025, with the president writing on social media that the prime minister had assured him that “they caught the terrorists” involved.

The group was proscribed as a terror organisation in an unusual move four months later, after activists broke into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire and sprayed two military planes with red paint.

25.11.2025 - 20:56 [ Israel Hayom ]

International force for Gaza unlikely as countries refuse to deploy troops

(November 23, 2025)

Israeli assessments increasingly show the International Stabilization Force for Gaza, designed to disarm Hamas, won‘t materialize. Establishing the force represents a central element of Donald Trump‘s 20-point plan for ending the war and was incorporated into Security Council Resolution 2803 approved last week. Yet no nation globally has expressed readiness to have its forces directly engage Hamas fighters.

13.10.2025 - 12:47 [ Times of Israel ]

In call apparently brokered by Trump, Netanyahu accepts invite from Sissi to join today’s summit in Egypt

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just spoken by phone with Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sissi, as US President Donald Trump listens in, Channel 12 news reports. In the call, apparently brokered by Trump at the Knesset, Netanyahu accepted an invitation by the Egyptian leader to join the international summit on Trump’s Gaza peace plan in Sharm El-Sheikh today, according to the report.

10.09.2024 - 17:56 [ Jerusalem Post ]

ICC delays arrest warrants process against PM, Gallant

(June 27, 2024)

The International Criminal Court Pre-Trial Tribunal on Thursday postponed its decision-making process about whether it will allow ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan to issue arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes.

The postponement came following a June 10 application by England to file a “friend of the court” brief against the ICC’s jurisdiction over the issue.

26.02.2024 - 23:06 [ Shafaq.com ]

Kurdistan‘s PM: we are very proud to say that we are American allies

On Monday, the Kurdish Government revealed that Kurdish Prime Minister Masrour Barzani met with the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken at the headquarters of the US State Department in Washington.

Before the meeting, the two officials expressed in remarks reported by the Secretary of State the close ties between the two sides.

04.01.2024 - 22:21 [ Naks Bilal / Twitter ]

Israel has selected Malcolm Shaw KC of Essex Court Chambers for representation at the ICJ next week. Appointed KC 22 years ago, is professor of international law at Leicester Uni, and, like virtually all lawyers who act on behalf of Israel, does not believe Palestine’s a state.

28.12.2023 - 14:10 [ hossam bahgat Ű­ŰłŰ§Ù… ŰšÙ‡ŰŹŰȘ / Twitter ]

Germany is beyond saving. This Left Party MP (& vice chair of ⁊@rosaluxglobal⁩ ) is lambasting the German foreign minister over her failure to pressure *EGYPT* into facilitating the mass displacement and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza

18.12.2023 - 11:39 [ New York Times ]

Hostage Deaths Fuel Israelis’ Doubts About Netanyahu

n the face of increasing pressure from the United States, Britain and Germany, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has doubled down on his opposition to what these allies see as the future of Gaza: an interim government overseen by the Palestinian Authority and an eventual Palestinian state existing alongside Israel.

Speaking only hours after the army admitted to shooting three Israeli hostages as they held up a white flag in Gaza, fueling consternation and anger among Israelis, Mr. Netanyahu appeared to be trying to change the subject, boasting that he had prevented the creation of a Palestinian state in the past and would continue to do so.

17.12.2023 - 19:51 [ Times of Israel ]

PM: I’m proud I blocked a Palestinian state. Looking at Gaza, everyone sees what would have happened

At the Tel Aviv press conference, Netanyahu is asked by a reporter why he did not withdraw from the Oslo Accords, given that he keeps criticizing them.

“I inherited the Oslo Accords,” he says. “The decision to bring the PLO from Tunis, and plant it in the heart of Judea and Samaria [West Bank], and in Gaza, was a decision made and implemented before I became prime minister. I thought it was a terrible mistake and I still do.”

Turning on the reporter, he says: “You and your journalist friends have been blaming me for almost 30 years for putting the brakes on the Oslo Accords, and preventing the Palestinian state. That’s true,” he says.

16.12.2023 - 16:45 [ Gerrit Kurtz, Researcher @swpberlin / Twitter ]

The #RedSea may see a naval operation after more and more ships are attacked by Iran-backed Houthi forces, including one belonging to a German company. German government already looking into US request for a potential mission.

16.12.2023 - 16:07 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Einsatz der deutschen Marine gefordert

Am Freitag war der Containerfrachter „Al Jasrah“ in der Meerenge zwischen dem Jemen und Dschibuti beschossen und beschĂ€digt worden. Die Besatzungsmitglieder blieben laut Hapag Lloyd unverletzt. Die Bundesregierung verurteilte den Angriff und prĂŒft eine Bitte aus den USA um eine Beteiligung der deutschen Marine an einem Einsatz

16.12.2023 - 15:29 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Terrorgefahr in Deutschland: Sorge wegen „islamistischer EinzeltĂ€ter“

Die deutschen Sicherheitsbehörden erfuhren nach Informationen von ARD-Hauptstadtstudio und SWR von einem auslĂ€ndischen Nachrichtendienst von dem mutmaßlichen Anschlagsplan. Die Beschuldigten wurden daraufhin identifiziert, abgehört und observiert. Eine konkrete Anschlagsplanung hat es offenbar noch nicht gegeben.

06.11.2023 - 20:03 [ Ragıp Soylu / Twitter ]

Netanyahu wanted to fire “let’s nuke Gaza” minister Eliyahu, but his extremist coalition partner Ben Gvir refused it, saying that it would be an “excessive” measure

06.11.2023 - 19:59 [ New York Times ]

Netanyahu Suspends Israeli Minister Who Said Dropping a Nuclear Bomb on Gaza Was an Option

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel took the highly unusual step on Sunday of suspending a far-right minister from his government, after the minister said that dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza and killing everyone there was “one way” of dealing with the threat from Hamas.

06.11.2023 - 19:46 [ Middle East Monitir ]

Rights group: Israel dropped equivalent to 2 nuclear bombs on Gaza

(November 3, 2023)

Euro-Med Monitor highlighted that the weight of the nuclear bombs dropped by the United States on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan at the end of World War II in August 1945 was estimated at about 15,000 tonnes, adding that due to technological developments affecting the potency of bombs, the explosives dropped on Gaza may be twice as powerful as a nuclear bomb.

“This means that the destructive power of the explosives dropped on Gaza exceeds that of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima,” Euro-Med Monitor said.

06.11.2023 - 05:02 [ Hindustan Times ]

Israeli minister says dropping atomic bomb on Gaza ‚an option’; PM Netanyahu reacts

During the interview, Eliyahu raised his objection to allowing any humanitarian aid into Gaza. “We wouldn’t hand the Nazis humanitarian aid
 there is no such thing as uninvolved civilians in Gaza,” the minister was quoted as saying.

Eliyahu also backed retaking the Gaza Strip’s territory and restoring the settlements there, the report added. Asked about the fate of Palestinian civilians Eliyahu said, “They can go to Ireland or deserts, the monsters in Gaza should find a solution by themselves.”

06.11.2023 - 04:51 [ Irish Times ]

Palestinians should ‘go to Ireland or deserts’ and using nuclear bomb on Gaza an option, says Israeli minister

Heritage minister Amichai Eliyahu of the Otzma Yehudit party is quoted by the Times of Israel as saying in an interview that the Palestinian people “can go to Ireland or deserts, the monsters in Gaza should find a solution by themselves”, adding that those who wave a Palestinian or Hamas flag “shouldn’t continue living on the face of the earth”.

It quotes him saying that dropping a nuclear bomb on the Gaza Strip “is one of the possibilities”, and that humanitarian aid to the population should be restricted, saying “we wouldn’t hand the Nazis humanitarian aid. There is no such thing as uninvolved civilians in Gaza.”

06.11.2023 - 04:42 [ Ynetnews.com ]

Pentagon says nuclear submarine arrives in Middle East; CIA chief lands in Israel

Ohio-class submarine serves as key part of US nuclear deterrent force; Bill Burns meets with Mossad chief David Barnea, scheduled to meet with Netanyahu, war Cabinet on Monday

11.07.2023 - 20:52 [ Al Jazeera ]

Israel to buy new fleet of F-35 fighter jets financed by US aid

(2 Jul 2023)

Israel will buy its third fleet of F-35 stealth fighter jets in a deal worth $3bn that will be financed through US military aid, according to the Israeli military.

Israel’s Ministry of Defence approved the purchase on Sunday, with the additional 25 aircraft manufactured by Lockheed Martin to bring the number of F-35 jets in Israel’s air force to 75.

10.07.2023 - 15:39 [ i24news.tv ]

Netanyahu‘s cabinet votes to prevent collapse of Palestinian Authority

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s cabinet on Sunday voted to adopt a proposed resolution that would see Israel work to prevent the collapse of the Palestinian Authority (PA).

The resolution, brought forward to the cabinet by the prime minister himself, was adopted by an 8-1 margin, with one minister abstaining from the vote.

04.01.2023 - 18:51 [ Oilprice.com ]

Saudi Arabia May Cut Oil Prices To Asia Even Further

The price was set at a $3.25 premium to the Dubai/Oman benchmark, a cut by $2.20 per barrel from the prior month’s price.

Now, according to the four analysts surveyed by Reuters, Aramco could cut the price of Arab Light by another $1.50 per barrel for February shipments. This would bring the premium over Dubai/Oman to just $1.75 per barrel.

04.01.2023 - 17:20 [ Jerusalem Post ]

Israel can normalize ties with Saudi Arabia – with Biden‘s help – opinion

“First, a written agreement defining our strategic partnership and what the US commitment is to our security if we’re attacked.

“Second, a status that assures us that US weapons sales will be reliable. It’s intolerable that from one month to the next we don’t know anymore if the US will fulfill its commitments. We need to be treated more like NATO or Israel where we can disagree on political and economic issues, but the underlying commitment to sell us what we need to defend ourselves doesn’t change.

01.05.2022 - 10:58 [ John Oberlin / Twitter ]

It‘s like Putin is going out of his way to encourage Sweden and Finland to join NATO as rapidly as possible.

01.05.2022 - 10:54 [ bnonews.com ]

Sweden says Russian plane violated airspace as NATO application looms

(30.04.2022)

A statement from the Swedish Armed Forces said the aircraft, an Antonov An-30, was first located when it was east of Bornholm and flying towards Swedish territory. It briefly violated Swedish airspace before leaving the area.

“Swedish fighter jets followed the incident and photographed the plane,” the defense ministry said.

15.03.2022 - 15:06 [ Ś™ŚŚ™Śš ŚœŚ€Ś™Ś“ - Yair Lapid, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel / Twitter ]

Israel, like Slovakia, condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and calls for an end to the fighting. There is no justification for violating Ukraine’s territorial integrity, and there is no justification for attacks on a civilian population.

(14.03.2022)

15.03.2022 - 15:01 [ Ś™ŚŚ™Śš ŚœŚ€Ś™Ś“ - Yair Lapid, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel ]

Israel will not be a route to bypass sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States & other western countries.

(14.03.2022)

@IsraelMFA is coordinating the issue together with partners including the Bank of Israel, @Israel_MOF, @Misrad_Calcala, the Airports Authority, @Energy_IL, & others.

15.03.2022 - 14:56 [ Haaretz ]

U.S. Growing Alarmed Over Israel‘s Safe Harbor for Russian Oligarchs

(13.03.2022)

Washington is signaling to Israel that joining the economic pressure on Putin‘s regime, including the oligarchs closest to him, is more important than mediating between Russia and Ukraine