"I accuse the prime minister of Israel of a deliberate attempt to destroy the political-security-military alliance between Israel and the United States … His displays of braggadocio and arrogance on television, in which he berates the president of the United States and his actions, are a master performance of irresponsibility, losing one's cool and contempt for Israel's most basic needs, and a calculated attempt to sabotage Biden's reelection campaign" – Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert

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I accuse the prime minister of Israel of taking deliberate actions meant to cause a widespread flare-up of violence in the West Bank, in the knowledge that this would trigger the expansion of war crimes against Palestinians who are not involved in terrorism in any way. Such crimes are already being committed by many Israelis; usually these are not military conscripts but rather private militias made up of thugs carrying guns that in most cases were given to them – in a questionable process that demands legal review – in a move initiated by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. These weapons serve many of them in their riots and protect them when they brutalize Palestinians: burning their property and destroying the fields that are a source of life and sustenance, as well as directly killing innocent people.

I accuse the prime minister of Israel of deliberately abandoning the Israeli hostages who are still being held by Hamas murderers. His refusal to reach an agreement that would allow all the hostages to return to Israel is based on the argument that it would prevent a total victory over Hamas. But total victory is not an option now and it has not been an option from the day the prime minister first presented it. It was meant to be an impossible goal that would allow the prime minister, any time he chooses, to blame the failure to achieve it on the military and the fighting forces in general and on the person who leads it, Lt. Gen. Herzl Halevi, in particular. The chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces bears great responsibility for the horrifying failure of October 7...

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I accuse the prime minister of forming a security cabinet comprised of a rare assortment of people lacking skills, experience or understanding of the very complex system that is supposed to provide innumerable services and handle endless problems. This government clearly favors the personal interests of the ministers and the parties they represent and the interests of population groups known to support the government while ignoring equal distribution of the burden – one of the fundamental principles of any democratic state, especially at a time when a significant part of the population is collapsing under the yoke and the hardship created by the war, while a different part refuses to carry any of the burden. And all this alongside the manipulative and corrupt management of the state's resources and assets.

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I accuse the prime minister of Israel of a deliberate attempt to destroy the political-security-military alliance between Israel and the United States....

Westchester County Executive George Latimer sued over 2017 car accident in New Rochelle


A car Latimer was driving collided with another at the Wilmot Road-Grand Boulevard intersection on July 21, 2017, according to a lawsuit filed last week in New York State Supreme Court.

The driver of the other car, Mallesha Malcolm, is seeking unspecified damages. In the suit, attorney Kevin Johnson said Malcolm sustained “severe and permanent personal injuries” that he blames on Latimer failing to yield to a traffic control device and other negligence. The car struck a fixed object and a divider, the suit said.

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Latimer, then a state senator running for county executive, was driving a car owned by staffer Andrew Genna, who’s now an aide to Latimer. Genna is also named as a defendant in the suit.

At the time of the accident, Latimer was dealing with registration issues regarding his own car, a 2014 Jeep Cherokee. Latimer wasn't able to register the car due to a number of unpaid parking tickets in the area, although he drove it with suspended registration.

After @CIJ_ICJ, #ICC also, UN Human Rights Council damning conclusion:
“Israel is responsible for war crimes/crimes against humanity, EXTERMINATION, intentionally attacking civilians, using starvation as a method of war, SEXUAL, and gender-based VIOLENCE.”

“October 7th did not occur in a vacuum; it was preceded by decades of violence, dispossession, unlawful occupation, and the denial of Palestinian self-determination.”

Democrats declared themselves "incredulous" that Alito was unaware of the group's attitudes toward women and minority students, and that his explanations for why he joined the group and mentioned it on an application did not add up.

Kennedy read aloud a number of passages from the group's magazine, Prospect, that attacked women, minorities and gays. One 1983 article, titled "In Defense of Elitism," began: "People nowadays just don't seem to know their place. Everywhere one turns, blacks and Hispanics are demanding jobs simply because they're black and Hispanic. The physically handicapped are trying to gain equal representation in professional sports. And homosexuals are demanding the government vouchsafe them the right to bear children."

"When I saw Concerned Alumni of Princeton on that 1985 job application, I was flabbergasted," Durbin quoted Weeks as saying in the Nation magazine. "I was totally stunned. I couldn't believe it. CAP made it clear to women like me we were not wanted on campus. And he is touting his membership in this group in 1985, 13 years after he graduated? He's not a young man at this point. . . . I'm very troubled by this and if I were in the Senate, I would want some answers."

Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has quit the emergency government in a sign of deepening divisions over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's post-conflict plans for Gaza.

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"Unfortunately, Mr Netanyahu is preventing us from approaching true victory, which is the justification for the painful ongoing crisis," he said.

The retired army general and frequent critic of Mr Netanyahu also called on the prime minister to set a date for elections.

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Mr Gantz's influence in the government was widely seen as a counterbalance to that of far-right members of Mr Netanyahu’s coalition.

BREAKING: ISRAEL TO BE BLACKLISTED BY THE UN

Antonio Guterres told Israeli security officials that Israel will be added to the UN blacklist of countries that “harm children in conflict zones".

The final signature is expected next week.

Being on the UN blacklist could harm arms supplies to Israel as well as hurt its diplomatic relations.

The resolution would be valid for 4 years.

Source:
@Kahlissee