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Netanyahu is concerned about arrest warrant requests against the Israeli government’s requests. The Rafah attack continues in the Gaza Strip. News Ticker.
Updated from May 22 at 8:46 AMArrest warrant requests against Netanyahu and Hamas occupy the international press. British guardian “Many in Israel – including Netanyahu’s outspoken critics – are angry at what they see as a false equivalence between a terrorist organization and a democratically elected government,” the newspaper commented today, but the newspaper concluded that “either the legal standards apply to everyone, or.” They are not standards at all.
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Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant “If the court wants to uphold the international legal order, it must prosecute war crimes, regardless of who commits them,” he said. Munich Mercury In turn, Prosecutor General Karim Khan criticized: “Hamas terrorist leaders have one thing exclusively in this conflict: the desire to destroy a country, an entire people. By not naming this, Khan is hurting his credibility.
Blinken still believes in the agreements between Israel and Hamas in the Middle East war
Updated from May 22 at 7:45 a.mUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken believes that a hostage agreement between Israel and a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip is still achievable. “I think there is still a possibility,” Blinken told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday. However, diplomatic efforts will be complicated by the “deeply wrong decision” by the ICC prosecutor to request arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Hamas leaders.
Israel will likely restrict plans to attack Rafah in the Gaza war
Updated from May 22, 7:29 a.m: The discussion about the planned attack on Rafah is supposed to be “constructive.” According to a US government official, Israel has now taken US concerns into account. The senior government official, who requested to remain anonymous, said the Israelis have updated their plans France Press agency. It is a discussion that will continue and is “constructive.”
What matters is what actually happens. The American official said: “We do not give the green light to Israeli operations, as this is not our mission.”
Update from May 21, 9:40 p.m.: Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) has criticized the request made by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, to issue arrest warrants against the top Israeli government. Meanwhile, Khan also applied for arrest warrants against the Hamas leadership. „To be honest, I don’t really understand that these two disparate issues are being brought together in one file,” Pistorius said on Tuesday during a visit to Lithuania. „This is a decision we must respect. However, I do not think its impact is appropriate.”
Netanyahu disagreement With Gallant – The General talks about an „embarrassing” incident.
Update from May 21, 7:57 p.m.: As the war in Gaza progressed, the rift between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defense Minister João Galante became increasingly apparent. Yesterday, Monday, before the International Court of Justice announced the arrest warrant request against Netanyahu, the prime minister reportedly excluded Gallant from a phone conversation with high-ranking military and judicial officials. As reported by the government broadcaster Channel 12. According to the report, Gallant then ordered all participating IDF generals to get out of the line — which they did. One general is said to have later described the incident as „embarrassing”.
Requesting an arrest warrant against Israeli Netanyahu: Schulz protects the high government
Updated from May 21, 4:55 p.m.: In light of the arrest warrant requests against the Hamas leadership and against the senior government in Israel, Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) emphasized that the atrocities committed by the terrorists cannot be even remotely compared to Israel’s conduct in the war. “The federal government absolutely rejects any appearance of comparison,” a spokesman for Schultz said. picture.
She added that requests for arrest warrants would be reasonable. Regarding possible arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Galant, Shultz explained: “The federal government has always maintained that Israel has the right to defend itself against deadly attacks by Hamas in accordance with international law. Against this background, the plaintiff’s allegations This is a serious matter and must be proven. Germany assumes that the fact that Israel is a constitutional, democratic state with a strong and independent judiciary is taken into account.”
Khan’s trip cancelled: Requests for arrest warrants continue to draw criticism
Update from May 21, 1:50 p.m.: The US government announced the cancellation of the trip of International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan. The visit was scheduled to take place next week. Khan should talk to the Israeli government about the investigation and also listen to their point of view. The Attorney General’s team is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Monday to prepare for the visit. The Israeli government did not discover that they had not boarded their plane until the requests for arrest warrants were announced on television.
According to the German News Agency, the Criminal Court did not respond to reports about a possible trip to Israel by the Public Prosecutor or his employees. But he stressed that the Attorney General has been trying for three years to improve dialogue with Israel and obtain information.
Director of Public Prosecutions described as 'the great anti-Semite of modern times’: Netanyahu angry after arrest warrant request
Updated from May 21, 11:50 a.m.: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to the request to issue an arrest warrant against him by strongly criticizing the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Netanyahu described Karim Khan as “one of the greatest anti-Semites of modern times” because of his request for arrest warrants against him and Defense Minister Yoav Galant.
In a video message Monday evening, Netanyahu said Khan was „wholeheartedly adding fuel to the fires of anti-Semitism raging around the world” and likened him to Nazi executioners. “He now stands shoulder to shoulder with those notorious German judges who took up their robes and defended laws that deprived the Jewish people of their most basic rights and enabled the Nazis to commit the worst crime in history.”
The situation in the Gaza-Israel war remains tense: the Houthis shoot down an American drone
Updated from May 21, 10:15 a.m.: The situation in the Middle East remains tense due to recent developments in Iran. As the funeral and burial ceremonies for Ibrahim Raisi begin, there are frequent reports of small skirmishes in Israel. Now the Houthi rebels from Yemen have announced that they have shot down a US drone. The incident is said to have occurred in the south of the country in Al Bayda Governorate. This was stated by a military spokesman for the group in a television broadcast. The incident could not be independently verified.
Israel kills Hezbollah leader in an air strike
First report from May 21, 8:52 a.m.: TEL AVIV – Since the beginning of the war in Israel, the Iranian-backed Shiite Hezbollah militia in Lebanon has regularly fired rockets into Israel. The Israeli army responds with air strikes and precise strikes on Lebanese territory. The Israeli military reported on Tuesday (May 21) that another airstrike killed another Hezbollah commander.
An Israeli air strike in Lebanon kills a Hezbollah commander
Accordingly, the commander of Hezbollah’s coastal division, Qassem Saqlawi, was killed in a drone strike in the Lebanese Tire region. The Israeli army published a short video clip showing the explosion of Saqlawi’s car. Hezbollah confirmed the killing of its leader.
According to the Israeli army, the slain militia commander was responsible for planning and carrying out “several” rocket and anti-tank missile attacks on Israel. It is believed that the attacks that will come from Lebanon’s southern coastal region are Saqlawi’s responsibility.
Israel Plans Limited attack on Rafah
Meanwhile, the attack on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip remains the focus of the Israeli army. Consequently Washington PostAccording to author David Ignatius, the Israeli leadership now made a final decision to launch an attack on Rafah.
Israel would not advance into the city with two divisions and launch a large-scale attack as planned, but would instead carry out a limited attack. According to the United States, such an approach would lead to fewer civilian casualties, Ignatius wrote in his blog post. Citing officials from President Joe Biden’s administration, he confirmed that at least 800,000 of the 1.5 million Palestinian refugees in Rafah have left the city.
The Israeli army insists on attacking Rafah: Netanyahu wants to destroy the remaining Hamas brigades
For months, the Israeli army has wanted to carry out a final attack on Rafah. According to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the last four Hamas brigades are there and must be crushed to achieve “complete victory.” This is one of the war goals that the Israeli government seeks to achieve.
If Netanyahu and the extreme right wing of his government succeed in achieving what they want, military pressure is the only way to return the hostages to Gaza. The measures taken by Israel in the Gaza Strip recently led to tensions with the United States.
Conflict in the Middle East: Interactive maps for Israel war
Our interactive maps of the war in Israel show the locations and course of the conflict. (bb/dpa)
In an interview, Reinhold Messner, 79, settled scores with his sons. Now the son of the mountaineering star is coming forward – and revealing new details.
Updated as of July 25, 2024 at 2:45 PM: Reinhold Messner caused a stir in an interview last weekend. The mountaineering legend described, among other things, the early inheritance of his sons as “one of my biggest mistakes”. The 79-year-old revealed that “the question of who got more was the main focus”. But now son Simon responds: “It’s unfortunate and sad.” Bavaria Radio His father’s accusations.
He himself greatly values the inheritance he received from his father: two mountain farms in Vinschgau in South Tyrol, and he always passed this on to his father. „That’s why I fundamentally don’t understand this accusation,” says Simon Messner. He sees no similarity between the inheritance and the break in the family, which happened gradually and had other causes, says Simon Messner. Father Reinhold did not want to comment further on this topic.
After inheritance dispute: Mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner 'on the brink’
First report dated July 21, 2024: Bolzano – Mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner turns 80 in September. But things don’t always go well for Messner, especially in his old age – he recently drew attention to himself with a thoughtful Instagram post in which he wrote: “I’m coming to the end.” Now the 79-year-old is talking about the circumstances in his family. In an interview with Pharmacy Journal Miser gives insight into his relationship with his children, which was strained by his decision to leave the majority of his assets to them in his will before his death.
Reinhold Messner talks about the biggest mistake of his life – the 79-year-old was 'on the edge of the abyss’
“One of my biggest mistakes was leaving them the majority of my assets in my will before I died,” Meisner says of his children. “They don’t understand that everything was a gift and don’t appreciate my generosity.” This is very disappointing to him, especially compared to his childhood, when there was nothing to bequeath but respect and gratitude.
Meisner explains to Pharmacy Journal “We were a big family, with many brothers and sisters, and we took care of our parents when they were old. For me, it was the opposite. The moment I distributed my material inheritance to my children and my wife, the family collapsed. The question of who got more was at the forefront and I was on the edge of the abyss when I was 75 years old.
Reinhold Messner
September 17, 1944
Brixen (South Tyrol)
Member of the European Parliament (1999-2004)
Climbing Mount Everest Without Oxygen
Asked if he would like to improve the relationship again, Meisner replies, “What parent wouldn’t want to?” He stresses that each person should find their own path rather than following in the footsteps of others: “Everyone should do it. Follow their own path, go their own way.”
’I’m Coming to the End’: Reinhold Messner’s Fans Worried
Recently, Messner caused concern among fans with his Instagram post: “I’ve reached the end, this is reality,” the mountaineering legend used the words to say. Messner’s post caused great concern among some fans.
“I leave with a clear conscience and the knowledge that I was a good person, did my best, was a loving father, a good friend, and a good brother,” Meisner continued in his post. “Now it’s time to live my last dreams and love the people who mean the most to me, but most importantly, gratitude.”
Many years after his climbing career ended, Messner remains one of the world’s most famous mountaineers. He was the first person ever to climb all eight-thousanders. However, in his native South Tyrol, a different Messner has been in the spotlight in recent months: his younger brother Hubert Messner, 71, a former pediatrician who also took part in numerous expeditions, recently became health minister for the northern Italian region.
Recently, there was also a fuss about the Guinness World Records being stripped of Reinhold Messner’s record. The mountaineer spoke of „conspiracy theories”.
’Symbolic’ Consequences – EU Moves Ministerial Meeting From Budapest to Brussels
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Hungary, led by Viktor Orban, has held the presidency of the Council of the European Union since July 1.
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There is still a lot of anger in Brussels about Viktor Orbán’s “peace mission”: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell wants to ban Budapest from the next meeting of foreign and defence ministers. But the shot could backfire.
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DrThe European Commission is drawing further conclusions from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s unilateral actions: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday that upcoming meetings of foreign and defence ministers will be held in Brussels – not in the Hungarian capital Budapest.
Borrell said after a ministerial meeting in Brussels that he had taken the decision after a majority of ministers spoke out against Hungary and wanted to impose „symbolic” consequences on the country. According to Borrell, 25 foreign ministers condemned Orban’s behaviour. The Hungarian received support only from Slovakia.
But Borrell has also been heavily criticised for his uncoordinated move to cancel the Budapest meeting. “Spain does not support a boycott in the EU,” Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said. Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel called the idea of a boycott “nonsense”. Bettel said he would rather go to Budapest and express his opinion to the Hungarians. Germany, France and the Netherlands have also voiced opposition to Borrell’s proposal.
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In Brussels, it cannot be ruled out that Borrell’s boycott campaign will ultimately backfire: several ministers are now said to be staying away from the Brussels meeting on 28-30 August in protest.
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Hungary has held the six-month rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union since the beginning of July. Immediately after that visit began, Orbán made a surprise visit to Ukraine, Russia and China on a self-proclaimed “peace mission.” He also met with US presidential candidate Donald Trump. His meetings have drawn criticism from EU member states.
The European Commission had already reached its first conclusions a week ago. A Council spokesman had said that no commissioners would be sent to informal meetings of the Hungarian Council Presidency, but only senior officials. The decision was taken by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. There will also be no customary inaugural visit by the Commission to the new Council Presidency.
After Biden’s withdrawal from the US election campaign, Vice President Harris appears to be the new Democratic nominee. The Trump camp and the Republicans have already adjusted their strategy.
While US President Joe Biden is widely respected by Democrats for his decision, the reaction from Republicans seems somewhat different.
The crowd began to boo when Trump’s running mate, J.D. Vance, declared at a rally in Ohio: “Joe Biden is out of the race.” In his hometown of Middletown, the newly elected Vance has now thrown himself into the campaign.
That has changed dramatically for the Republican Party as a result of Biden’s withdrawal. So they are immediately adopting a new strategy and portraying the planned change of candidates as undemocratic.
Republicans make serious claims
Vance, for example, rails against the supposed Democratic elite who, in his view, were pulling the strings in the background: “Now to nominate someone else because George Soros and Barack Obama and a few elite Democrats decided behind closed doors to prioritize the Democrats.” Joe Biden is out “This is a threat to democracy. It’s not the Republican Party that fights for democracy every day.”
House Republican Leader Mike Johnson goes a step further. On CNN, he says that in some states you can’t just change the nominee. 14 million people voted for him in the primary — and Biden’s withdrawal now renders their votes invalid.
In the US states of Wisconsin, Georgia and Nevada, there are already regulations on how to conduct a candidate swap, but since Biden has not yet been formally nominated, it probably won’t help that Republicans go to court much.
The second strategy directly targets Biden’s likely successor, current Vice President Kamala Harris. Donald Trump, who is running for the White House as a Republican, has already made a pitch at a campaign event in Michigan..
Trump, who mispronounced her name, says he just calls her „Laughing Kamala.” „You can tell a lot from her amazing smile,” the 78-year-old said. „She’s crazy.”
But the attacks are not limited to the personal level: Trump and Republicans are also blaming Harris on the political level — for everything the Biden administration has done.
Just an hour after he announced he would not run for re-election, the first TV ads came out: Harris was accused of covering up Biden’s supposedly poor health.
The short ad reads: “Kamala knew Joe couldn’t do the job, so she did it.” What they achieved was an invasion of the border, soaring inflation, and the death of the American dream.
Attack Surface When It Comes to Immigration
The immigration issue in particular could make Harris vulnerable to Republicans. As vice president, President Biden has tasked her with immigration policy.
“She didn’t do her job,” Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said on Fox News. “Harris is a failure.” Abbott said Americans should reject her at the ballot box in November.
It remains unclear whether Kamala Harris will actually run as a Democrat. Republicans are certainly preparing for that.
