Concerts and performance art filled the region as women protested the state’s inaction in the face of injustice. Some 20,000 women are banding together to denounce the state’s deadly negligence which is victimizing women across Israel in a nationwide march Tuesday. Black coffins, puddles of red paint, roadblocks, and “die-ins” were erected throughout the Tel […]
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Israel
Israel turns unstable Abruptly, as Police urge PM Netanyahu be indicted
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli police over the weekend urged that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sarah, be indicted for corruption. The decision lies with attorney general Avichai Mandelblit. The Israeli police and justice system have shown a willingness to punish corruption in high places. Former prime minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced […]
Israeli PM Netanyahu warns of Plot to Topple him, as Rivals charge Paranoia
Jerusalem (AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the Jewish state’s president and a former minister of conspiring to have him toppled, triggering charges of “paranoia” ahead of elections. “I know that a former Likud minister has been holding discussions with the coalition and concocted a subversive plot, with me winning a large […]
Trump Official Sought Help of Israeli Tech Firm to Disrupt Rival Campaigns: Report
Washington (AFP) – A top official in Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign requested proposals from an Israeli company to help defeat Republican primary opponents and Trump’s challenger Hillary Clinton with online manipulation, The New York Times reported Monday. The Times said there was no evidence that the Trump campaign followed through on the proposals to […]
Israel PM Netanyahu’s Wife Goes on Trial for Corruption and Fraud
Jerusalem (AFP) – The wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went on trial Sunday for allegedly using state funds to fraudulently pay for hundreds of meals, part of a list of legal troubles facing the family. The start of Sara Netanyahu’s trial was the latest chapter in a saga intensely scrutinised in Israel but […]
Israeli Police question PM Netanyahu over Corruption, Blackmai for 12th Time
Netanyahu stands accused of accepting lavish gifts from two influential businessmen in return for favourable legislation and personal favours
Russia’s Relationship with Israel hits Rock Bottom as it gives Syria S-300 Air Defence System
By Antoinette Chalaby-Moualla | – Paris (AFP) – From a honeymoon in the years after Israel’s founding, to strained ties after the mistaken downing of a Russian plane in Syria, relations between Israel and Russia have gone through several periods of tensions. These have mainly revolved around disagreements on Middle Eastern issues. – One of […]
Who was High Israeli Official in Manafort Ukraine Corruption Case?
I wrote in my column on Sunday, “Manafort’s Plea Deal is a Constitutional Crisis, we Just don’t Know it Yet:” Manafort has to give to the Federal government over $40 million in ill-gotten gains. Manafort has been convicted of lobbying for pro-Russian politicians and interests in Ukraine, of not registering as a foreign agent, and […]
Israel Won’t Rule out Bombing Iraq to get at Iran
FM Lieberman: “Our Freedom of Action is Total.”
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