Giorno: 19 Agosto 2021

Pressure from Adelson foundation foiled Birthright move to Labor-controlled ministry, sources say

Read More According to coalition agreements, the Birthright Israel program, which brings tens of thousands of Jews to Israel a year, was supposed to become the Diaspora Ministry’s responsibility Aug 19, 2021 4:11 PM Representatives of the family of the late billionaire Sheldon Adelson have successfully blocked a planned handover of Birthright the program that […]

Why Israelis don’t care about the NSO scandal

Read More In October 2012, I published an investigative report in the Israeli financial daily Calcalist about a then-unknown company. Its headline was, “We Have Someone on the Line.” The article exposed for the first time the activity of NSO Group and the disturbing abilities of its flagship product: invisible-espionage software called Pegasus, which is […]

Toyota to Cut Production by Up to 60 Percent Due to Parts Shortage

Read More A pandemic-driven parts crunch is forcing Toyota to cut production by 40 percent in assembly plants in Japan and by as much as 60 percent in North America. Japan’s top automaker said in an Aug. 19 factory operation notice that it would be slashing production by around 40 percent across 14 plants in Japan, […]

Zuma implicates Mandela and foundation in arms deal

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Sentences for violent and sexual crimes fall sharply in England and Wales

Read More UK criminal justice Sentences for violent and sexual crimes fall sharply in England and Wales MoJ report also shows pandemic led to huge drop in number of people dealt with by criminal justice system @damiengayle Thu 19 Aug 2021 13.18 EDT Last modified on Thu 19 Aug 2021 13.22 EDT Average sentence lengths […]

Five-year-old Afghan refugee falls to death from Sheffield hotel

Read More Sheffield Five-year-old Afghan refugee falls to death from Sheffield hotel Police are appealing for information after the boy fell from the ninth floor of the Metropolitan hotel on Wednesday and agency Thu 19 Aug 2021 10.22 EDT Last modified on Thu 19 Aug 2021 13.07 EDT A five-year-old boy who fell to his […]

US fighter jets conducting ‘overwatch’ flights over Kabul to secure evacuations

Post Content The Pentagon said Thursday that the U.S. has been conducting armed “overwatch” flights over Kabul in the last 24 hours as an “added layer of force” to ensure the security of the U.S. mission to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies from the country after the Taliban takeover. Department of Defense officials denied that […]

Pentagon pressed on why British paratroopers leaving Kabul airport to rescue citizens but Americans aren’t

Post Content The Pentagon was pressed Thursday to explain why the U.S. isn’t rescuing Americans outside of the Kabul airport as the British are doing for their citizens. At a press briefing, Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin said: “General Taylor, British paratroopers are leaving the airport, going into Kabul to rescue and evacuate some of their […]

Over 50 senators urge Biden to accelerate evacuation of Afghan SIV applicants

Post Content A bipartisan group of more than 50 senators is calling on President Biden to immediately evacuate Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants and their families as Afghanistan falls further into chaos following the country’s rapid takeover by Taliban insurgents. “Specifically, we urge continued coordination between the Departments of State and Defense to secure […]

Afghanistan withdrawal: Biden continues bunker strategy after widely panned ABC interview

Post Content In what appears to be a continuation of his campaign bunker strategy, and following his widely panned interview with ABC News on the stunning fall of Afghanistan, President Biden‘s schedule Thursday contained no planned public remarks or press briefings. The president took all public remarks, press briefings and press conferences off his schedule […]