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Thursday, November 21, 2024

Arrest Warrants Issued for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas Commander over Alleged War Crimes | BBC News

Nov 21, 2024 | Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have issued arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and former defence minister, as well as Hamas's military commander.

A statement said a pre-trial chamber had rejected Israel’s challenges to the court’s jurisdiction and issued warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.

A warrant was also issued for Mohammed Deif, although the Israeli military has said he was killed in an air strike in Gaza in July.

The judges said there were “reasonable grounds” the three men bore "criminal responsibility" for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity during the war between Israel and Hamas. Both Israel and Hamas have rejected the allegations.

It will now be up to the ICC's 124 member states - who do not include Israel or its ally, the United States - to decide whether or not to enforce the warrants.


Sunday, October 06, 2024

Netanyahu Hits Out at Macron over Call for Halt to Arms Exports to Israel

THE GUARDIAN: Israeli prime minister turns on French counterpart’s continuing efforts towards a ceasefire and end to violence in Lebanon

A call by Emmanuel Macron for a halt in arms supplies to Israel for use in Gaza has been met with an angry rebuttal from the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

The French president’s comments were directed mainly at the US and were part of continuing French efforts to revive its call for a ceasefire in Lebanon.

France provides few arms to Israel but is keen to strengthen its longstanding influence in Lebanon by showing it wants the US to put some genuine pressure on Israel to accept a ceasefire. Washington appeared to mount little diplomatic resistance when Israel – after sending mixed signals – rejected a US-French plan for a 21 day ceasefire in Lebanon announced at the UN in New York nearly a fortnight ago.

In an interview recorded on Monday, but broadcast on Saturday, Macron told France Inter radio: “I think that today, the priority is that we return to a political solution, that we stop supplying weapons to lead the fighting in Gaza.” » | Patrick Wintour, Diplomatic editor | Sunday, October 6, 2024

To my great surprise, Emmanuel Macron is on the wrong side of history on this! Macron is ignoring what Hamas did to Israel and Israelis on October 7th, 2023, and he is ignoring the fact that Benjamin Netanyahu with our help will be able to rid the world of the scourges of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Hamas. The Palestinian question will never be solved with these two rogue powers undermining peace in the region. We all want the very best for Palestinians. These poor people have suffered enough. But we cannot help Palestinians attain peace and prosperity if Iran and Hamas are big players in the region. They will sour it all. And let us not forget the heinous crimes that Hamas committed against the Israelis in 2023. – © Mark Alexander

7-Octobre : des manifestations à travers le monde en solidarité avec la Palestine

Oct 6, 2024 | Quelques jours avant le premier anniversaire de l’attaque du 7-Octobre, menée par le Hamas en Israël, des manifestations ont investi les rues de nombreuses villes à travers le monde, en solidarité avec les peuples palestiniens et libanais. En France, ils étaient plusieurs milliers à manifester dans les rues de Paris, Lyon, Toulouse et Strasbourg samedi 5 octobre.


Est-ce que l’une de ces personnes a lu la Charte du Hamas ? — © Mark Alexander

Friday, September 27, 2024

Libanon - Ein Land als Geisel | Doku HD Reupload | ARTE

Sep 27, 2024 | Seit dem Hamas-Überfall am 7. Oktober 2023 liefert sich auch die Hisbollah im Süden Libanons Gefechte mit dem Nachbarn Israel. Für die Menschen im Libanon aktuell eine verheerende Situation: Das Land steckt in der tiefsten Wirtschaftskrise seiner Geschichte. In der Bevölkerung wächst die Sorge vor einem Krieg mit Israel.

Im Libanon wird keine wesentliche politische Entscheidung mehr ohne das Einverständnis der „Partei Gottes“ getroffen. In dem multireligiösen Staat waren die politischen Kräfteverhältnisse seit dem Ende des Bürgerkriegs 1990 sorgfältig geregelt. Die wachsende Macht der Hisbollah bringt diese Balance ins Wanken. Nicht zuletzt, weil die Miliz der Hisbollah wesentlich stärker als die libanesische Armee ist. Nach Schätzungen soll sie 20.000 bis 30.000 Kämpfer zählen und über rund 150.000 Raketen verfügen.

Israel sieht in der Hisbollah den verlängerten Arm seines Hauptfeindes Iran – direkt an seiner nördlichen Grenze. Der nächste Krieg – so Experten – würde den Libanon dem Erdboden gleichmachen und auch in Israel erhebliche Schäden anrichten. Mit dem Israel-Gaza-Krieg 2023 wächst diese Gefahr.

„Libanon - Ein Land als Geisel“ zeigt, dass die Hisbollah ihre Macht in den letzten Jahren geschickt ausgebaut hat und inzwischen ein Staat im Staat ist. Aber es regt sich Widerstand. Zivilgesellschaftliche Kräfte versuchen die Konflikte zwischen den Konfessionen zu überwinden und mit demokratischen Mitteln neue Wege zu gehen.

Doku (D 2023, 53 Min)
Video verfügbar bis zum 31/10/2024


Diese Doku ist neuerdings altersbegrenzt. Aus diesem Grund kann sie nur auf YouTube sebst angesehen werden. Um sie anzuschauen, klicken Sie bitte hier. – © Mark Alexander

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Das System Hamas | Doku HD | ARTE

Sep 24, 2024 | Der Terrorangriff des siebten Oktobers 2023 auf Israel hat die Welt verändert: Es ist das größte Verbrechen an Juden seit dem Holocaust der Nationalsozialisten – verübt von palästinensischen Terroristen unter Führung der Hamas. Doch welche Ziele verfolgt die Hamas? Wer finanziert sie und wie schafft es die Organisation über Jahrzehnte, immer neue Terroristen zu rekrutieren?

Der Angriff der Hamas am 7. Oktober 2023 auf Israel hat die Welt verändert. In der Dokumentation geht ARTE der Frage nach, wie eine Terrororganisation zur stärksten politischen Kraft im Gazastreifen werden konnte. Welche Ziele verfolgt sie und wie konnte die Hamas zu einem Unternehmen mit mehreren hundert Millionen Dollar Jahresumsatz heranwachsen?

Terrorismusforscher, Ethnologen und Zeitzeugen analysieren in der Dokumentation von Saskia Weisheit und Rainer Fromm Geschichte und Gegenwart des "Systems Hamas", dessen wichtigstes Ziel die Zerstörung des Staates Israel ist. Dokumente belegen, wie Kinder über Fernsehprogramme und im Schulunterricht mit anti-westlicher und anti-israelischer Propaganda manipuliert werden. Bilder zeigen, wie Minderjährige in Hamas-Sommercamps zu Terroristen ausgebildet werden.

In Interviews berichten Experten, wie das Gedankengut der Hamas-Bewegung auch nach Europa verbreitet. Der Präsident des Bundesamtes für Verfassungsschutz, Thomas Haldenwang, warnt vor einer "völlig neuen Dimension" des Antisemitismus, die "durch das Verbreiten von Bildern aus dem Gazastreifen" bewusst geschürt würde.

Dokumentation von Saskia Weisheit und Rainer Fromm (D 2024, 53 Min)
Video verfügbar bis zum 23/12/2024


Monday, August 19, 2024

Jüdische Menschen als Feindbild - Antisemitismus von allen Seiten I frontal

Aug 14, 2024 | Seit dem Terrorangriff der Hamas auf Israel hat sich die Zahl antisemitischer Gewalttaten deutlich erhöht. Der Verfassungsschutz spricht von einer neuen Bedrohungslage: Auf der Straße und an Universitäten werden jüdische Menschen offen beleidigt, diffamiert und angegriffen.

Ein pro-palästinensischer Student prügelte seinen Kommilitonen Lahav Shapira krankenhausreif - mitten in Berlin. Die Folgen: Schädel-Hirn-Trauma, Nasenbeinbruch und Hirnblutung.

Der Präsident des Verfassungsschutzes Thomas Haldenwang warnt vor neuen Allianzen zwischen rechten, linken und islamischen Extremisten. Antisemitismus verbinde sie alle als gemeinsames Ideologieelement. Haldenwang mahnt, dass alle Deutschen verantwortlich seien, um jüdisches Leben in Deutschland möglich zu machen.


Saturday, August 10, 2024

The Muslim Plan to 'Bring the World Under Islam Dominion' | Ayaan Hirsi Ali

May 31, 2024 | “We are going to get Hamas fighters,” Ayaan Hirsi Ali told GB News in an exclusive interview. “We're going to get Palestinian Islamic Jihad members who are going to get radical, hardened militant Islamists to come into America through the asylum and refugee process and exploit the system to lend a hand to those activist, militant Muslims who are anti-Semitic and anti-American and with an agenda to Islamise as our society.”

A prominent human rights activist has warned that Palestinian refugees will bring terror and antisemitism if allowed to enter the West. However, Hirsi Ali stressed that: “If the Palestinian refugees are small children and women who have been vetted and who are going to be brought here, and they are going to be assimilated into American society, into the ideas of freedom and equality for women and men, and for tolerance and pluralism.” “That is one thing,” she continued. “But that is not what I think we are seeing.”

Hirsi Ali, a former Muslim who recently converted to Christianity, said it was far more likely that radical Islamists and terrorists will enter via refugee and asylum routes to America, not innocent women and children.


Tuesday, August 06, 2024

German Court Convicts Activist for Leading ‘from the River to the Sea’ Chant

THE GUARDIAN: Judge says phrase ‘denied right of Israel to exist’ but woman’s lawyer says ruling is a defeat for free speech

A Berlin court has convicted a pro-Palestinian activist of condoning a crime for leading a chant of the slogan “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” at a rally in the German capital four days after the Hamas attacks on Israel, in what her defence team called a defeat for free speech.

The presiding judge, Birgit Balzer, ordered 22-year-old German-Iranian national Ava Moayeri to pay a €600 (£515) fine on Tuesday, rejecting her argument that she only meant to express support for “peace and justice” in the Middle East by calling out the phrase on a busy street.

Balzer said she “could not comprehend” the logic of previous German court rulings that determined the saying was “ambiguous”, while to her it was clear it “denied the right of the state of Israel to exist”. » | Deborah Cole in Berlin | Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Sunday, August 04, 2024

Expert Explains How Israel Could Face 'Extraordinarily Dangerous' Moment

Aug 3, 2024 | CNN’s Jim Sciutto speaks with the Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Israeli-Palestinian Affairs Andrew Miller about the Middle East, as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran.

Countries Urge Nationals to Leave Lebanon as Middle East War Fears Grow | BBC News

Aug 4, 2024 | The US has urged its citizens to leave Lebanon on “any ticket available”, as fears grow that war in the Middle East may spread. The UK, Sweden, France, Canada and Jordan have issued a similar warning.

Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets at the town of Beit Hillel in northern Israel at around 00:25 local time on Sunday (21:25 GMT Saturday). Footage posted on social media showed Israel's Iron Dome air defence system intercepting the rockets. There have been no reports of casualties. Israel’s air force responded by striking targets in southern Lebanon.

Iran has vowed “severe” retaliation against Israel, which it blames for the death of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Wednesday.

Israel is yet to comment on his death.



Crainte d'une escalade militaire au Moyen-Orient : après le Liban, la France recommande à ses ressortissants de quitter l’Iran : Les inquiétudes s'amplifient après la multiplication des menaces de l'Iran et de ses alliés contre Israël. »

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Iran Vows Revenge after Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh Killed in Tehran

THE GUARDIAN: Death came hours after Israel said it killed a top Hezbollah commander in Beirut, fuelling fears of regional conflict

Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, was killed by a strike in Tehran in the early hours of Wednesday morning, only hours after Israel said it had killed a top Hezbollah commander in Beirut.

The dual assassinations are heavy blows to Hamas and Hezbollah, but also raise the stakes for Iran, which backs both groups and vowed revenge. They will fuel growing fears that the war in Gaza could escalate into a broader regional conflict.

A senior Hamas official described Haniyeh’s killing as a “cowardly act that will not go unpunished”. Mediators Qatar and Egypt warned it would set back talks on a ceasefire and a deal to release hostages held in Gaza. » | Emma Graham-Harrison, Quique Keirszenbaum and Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem, and William Christou in Beirut | Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Ismail Haniyeh’s death brings prospect of regional war closer: While Hamas’s capacity to retaliate is diminished, response could come from axis of militias backed by Iran »

A Top Hamas Leader Is Killed in Iran

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Hamas accused Israel of killing Ismail Haniyeh, who was in Tehran for the inauguration of Iran’s new president. He was a key player in negotiations to stop the fighting in Gaza.

Ismail Haniyeh, one of the most senior Hamas leaders, was assassinated in Iran, the country’s Revolutionary Guards Corps and Hamas said on Wednesday, a severe blow to the Palestinian group that threatens to engulf the region in further conflict.

Hamas accused Israel of killing Mr. Haniyeh, who led the group’s political operations from exile in Qatar. He was in Tehran to attend the inauguration of the newly elected president of Iran, Hamas’s main backer. (+ video) » | Patrick Kingsley, Farnaz Fassihi, Adam Rasgon and Ronen Bergman | Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Israel Says It Killed Hezbollah Commander in Airstrike Near Beirut: The strike was in retaliation for a deadly rocket attack this weekend in the Golan Heights. At least three civilians were killed and 74 others wounded on Tuesday, Lebanese officials said. »

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Israel Strikes Beirut Suburb, Targeting Hezbollah Commander

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Tensions have soared between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah since a strike on Saturday in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights killed children and teenagers playing soccer.

Israel carried out a strike in Beirut on Tuesday night, retaliating for an assault that killed 12 children and teenagers in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights over the weekend. The Israeli military said it had targeted a commander whom it blamed for the attack, fueling Western concerns that Israel’s long-running conflict with the powerful Lebanese militia Hezbollah could escalate further.

The Israeli strike was the second time during the war that the Israeli military has targeted Lebanon’s capital, after the killing of a senior Hamas leader there in January.

The explosion in Beirut came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that there would be a “severe” response for the Golan Heights attack, which hit a field where young people were playing soccer. Israel blamed Hezbollah, and the group denied responsibility for the assault, which landed in the Druse Arab village of Majdal Shams. Western officials had urged Israel to exercise restraint in its response. » | Ronen Bergman, Adam Rasgon and Euan Ward | Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Thursday, July 25, 2024

Full Speech: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Makes Address to Congress

ul 24, 2024 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to bolster U.S. support for his country's fight against Hamas in a speech to Congress Wednesday that sparked boycotts by some top Democrats and drew thousands of protesters to the nation’s capital.

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Netanyahu Delivers a Forceful Defense of Israel to Applause in Congress

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The symbolism of the speech by Israel’s leader was almost as notable as anything he said, as criticism of the country’s war in Gaza grows.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel addressed a joint meeting of Congress at the Capitol on Wednesday. | Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Wednesday issued a full-throated defense of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, during an address to Congress that laid bare deep divisions in Washington over a war that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.

In a speech in which he angrily pushed back on criticism of Israel’s conduct of the war that has cleaved the Democratic Party and disrupted American college campuses, Mr. Netanyahu linked Israel’s security directly to that of the United States, insisting: “We’re not only protecting ourselves; we’re protecting you.”

“Our enemies are your enemies; our fight is your fight; and our victory will be your victory,” Mr. Netanyahu said, emphasizing the strategic role of Israel in countering Iran. The fact of Mr. Netanyahu’s speech was almost as notable as anything he said. In the face of increasing international censure and dissent both in Israel and in the United States, Mr. Netanyahu was seeking to use Congress to lift his sagging political fortunes — and leaders in both parties obliged with a bipartisan invitation to receive him.

But in the House chamber as he spoke, there was clear evidence of how the longstanding bipartisan consensus to back Israel has eroded in Congress since the Hamas attack of Oct. 7 and the offensive in Gaza that followed. Dozens of Democratic members, including two top senators and Representative Nancy Pelosi, the former speaker, boycotted the speech. Vice President Kamala Harris declined to preside, as is traditional for the vice president, citing a scheduling conflict. » | Annie Karni, Reporting from the Capitol | Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Friday, July 12, 2024

EU Study Found Jews Facing 'Wave of Antisemitism' in Europe | DW News

Jul 12, 2024 | According to a newly published survey, 75 percent of Jews living in Europe feel they are being held responsible for the actions of the Israeli government. That was one of the key findings of the study by the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency. It was compiled before the Hamas terror attacks and the resulting war in Gaza.

Jewish community organizations have separately registered a sharp increase in antisemitic incidents since October 7, 2023.

The EU study found that 80% of respondents feel that antisemitism has grown in their country, with 90% saying they have encountered antisemitism online. Moreover, 76% said they feel they sometimes have to hide their Jewish identity.


Wednesday, June 05, 2024

The Muslim Plan to 'Bring the World under Islam Dominion' | Ayaan Hirsi Ali

May 31, 2024 | “We are going to get Hamas fighters,” Ayaan Hirsi Ali told GB News in an exclusive interview.

“We're going to get Palestinian Islamic Jihad members who are going to get radical, hardened militant Islamists to come into America through the asylum and refugee process and exploit the system to lend a hand to those activist, militant Muslims who are anti-Semitic and anti-American and with an agenda to Islamise as our society.”

A prominent human rights activist has warned that Palestinian refugees will bring terror and antisemitism if allowed to enter the West. However, Hirsi Ali stressed that “If the Palestinian refugees are small children and women who have been vetted and who are going to be brought here, and they are going to be assimilated into American society, into the ideas of freedom and equality for women and men, and for tolerance and pluralism.” “That is one thing,” she continued. “But that is not what I think we are seeing.”

Hirsi Ali, a former Muslim who recently converted to Christianity, said it was far more likely that radical Islamists and terrorists will enter via refugee and asylum routes to America, not innocent women and children.


Sunday, February 25, 2024

We Confronted Zealous Imams in America’s Muslim City | Documentary

May 29, 2024 | What happens when Muslims take over an American city? Pro-Hamas parades, animal sacrifice, burqas, a ban on LGBT flags, Arabic signs, male and female entrances to Mosques, restrictions on music lessons in schools, the call to prayer blasting over loudspeakers; Strolling the streets of Hamtramck, Michigan, one can hardly recognise that this was once a mighty American industrial centre. A new GB News documentary with US Correspondent Steven Edginton goes to America's only Muslim city to investigate how Islam has changed the town.

The tiny city is known as ‘the world in two square miles’ due to its hugely diverse population. Bosnians, Poles, Bangladeshis, African Americans, French, Germans, and Yemenis are among the many nationalities who populate or once populated the town.

Until a few decades ago Hamtramck was dominated by Poles; one resident told us it was typical to solely speak Polish, read local Polish newspapers, go to Polish banks and go to one of three Polish churches. Just one such church remains now. A flurry of Mosques have taken their place.

Conservative Yemeni Muslims have flooded into Hamtramck in recent years. In 2021 Hamtramck made history when it became the first American city to elect a full Muslim council and mayor. After 100 years of continuous Polish mayors and politicians, not one remains in local government.


Thursday, February 22, 2024

Attaques du 7 octobre 2023 : un rapport israélien pointe des violences sexuelles « systématiques »

LE MONDE : Ces violences ont été perpétrées par le Hamas « délibérément contre les civils israéliens », note document, fondé sur les récits de témoins.

Les attaques du Hamas en Israël, le 7 octobre 2023 ont donné lieu à des violences sexuelles « systématiques » et « préméditées », selon un rapport israélien publié le mercredi 21 février. Ce document a été rédigé par l’association des centres d’aide aux victimes de viol en Israël (ARCCI), qui chapeaute de centres de lutte contre les violences sexuelles à travers le pays. Il décrit ces exactions comme une partie intégrante des attaques du 7 octobre 2023. » | Le Monde avec AFP | mercredi 21 2024

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Huge Rise in Antisemitic Abuse in UK since Hamas Attack, Says Charity

THE GUARDIAN: 589% increase in number of incidents described as ‘watershed moment for antisemitism in the UK’

The scale of the surge in antisemitism in the UK since Hamas’s attack on Israel on 7 October has been revealed, in data showing a 589% increase in the number of incidents compared with the same period in 2022.

The Community Security Trust (CST), which monitors anti-Jewish abuse and attacks and provides security for UK Jewish communities, said the unprecedented increase was a “watershed moment for antisemitism in the UK”.

It recorded 4,103 antisemitic incidents in the UK in 2023, the highest total in a calendar year reported to the organisation. Two-thirds of the 2023 incidents occurred after 7 October – 2,699, compared with 392 over the same time period in 2022. » | Harriet Sherwood | Thursday, February 15, 2024

Forte augmentation des actes antisémites au Royaume-Uni après l’attaque du Hamas : Deux tiers de ces faits sont survenus après l’attaque du mouvement islamiste palestinien contre Israël, selon le Community Security Trust, qui recense les actes antisémites et assure la sécurité d’écoles et lieux de culte de la communauté juive. »