Report: “Some shocking nonsense from France here." "No one gets immunity from an ICC arrest warrant because they’re in office – not Netanyahu, not Putin, no one." ~Andrew Stroehlein, Human Rights Watch France had changed its position on the ICC warrants, now saying Netanyahu has immunity from arrest. Rights groups say France tempered its response in order to maintain a working relationship with the Netanyahu government.
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Netanyahu says Israel to appeal against ICC arrest warrants over Gaza war
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel urged the court to suspend the warrants against him and Yoav Gallant.
 #ICC #NetanyahuWarrant #France #US #euroPol .
Analysis" Israel agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon in order to increase fire in Gaza" ~Marwan Bishara "Netanyahu has been clear, one of the reasons for the ceasefire deal with Lebanon was to free up Israeli troops to continue the war on Gaza." Clear, enlightening analysis that cuts through US govt bs & explains the reality in the Middle East. Video
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Updates: Israel ‘hammers’ Gaza as Lebanese army claims ceasefire ‘violated’
These were the updates on Israel’s attacks on Lebanon and war on Gaza for Thursday, November 28.
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Report: “Some shocking nonsense from France here." "No one gets immunity from an ICC arrest warrant because they’re in office – not Netanyahu, not Putin, no one." ~Andrew Stroehlein, Human Rights Watch France had changed its position on the ICC warrants, now saying Netanyahu has immunity from arrest. Rights groups say France tempered its response in order to maintain a working relationship with the Netanyahu government.
Al Jazeera
Netanyahu says Israel to appeal against ICC arrest warrants over Gaza war
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel urged the court to suspend the warrants against him and Yoav Gallant.
 #ICC #NetanyahuWarrant #France #US #euroPol .
Analysis: "Jack Smith Makes It Official: Donald Trump Got Away With Everything" - four indictments, incl one conviction. despite no exonerations. The SCOTUS rule - "presidents enjoy absolute immunity from prosecution for official actions" - means Trump can act with few legal restraints. He plans "to fire Smith’s entire legal team." Pam Bondi, Trump's nomination for AG, said "prosecutors who brought cases against Trump will be prosecuted.”
Jack Smith Makes It Official: Donald Trump Got Away With Everything – Mother Jones
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Analysis: "We want to put [federal workers] in trauma" ~Russ Vought, Trump's pick for Office of Management & Budget (OMB). Vought, a Christian nationalist & key author of Project 2025, ran the OMB during Trump’s first term. He transformed the agency, which "executes the federal budget & reviews executive branch regulations, into a vehicle to deliver on the president’s wildest dreams."
Trump’s Pick to Lead His Budget Office Wants to Use It to Deliver on MAGA’s Big Dreams – Mother Jones
 #Trump #Project2025 #USPol #USBudgetOffice #OMB #RussVought #ChristianNationalism .
Interview: Trump has nominated an author of Project 2025, Russell Vought, as head of the Office of Management & Budget. Vought plans to redefine the executive branch by firing thousands of civil servants. As head of OMB, Vought would be able to push Trump’s anti-regulatory agenda & help him increase the power of the executive branch at thevexpense of Congress.
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Trump Taps Project 2025 Architect Russ Vought for OMB
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated a key architect of the right-wing Project 2025 planning document, Russell Vought, to return as head of t...
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Report: Smotrich Calls for Israel to occupy Gaza & halve its population within 2 yrs He wants a so-called “voluntary migration plan" for Gaza & the West Bank. https://www.palestinechronicle.com/occupy-gaza-smotrich-calls-for-halving-the-strips-population/ #EthnicCleansing #IsraeliCrimes #US #GazaGenocide .
Analysis: "Jack Smith Makes It Official: Donald Trump Got Away With Everything" - four indictments, incl one conviction. despite no exonerations. The SCOTUS rule - "presidents enjoy absolute immunity from prosecution for official actions" - means Trump can act with few legal restraints. He plans "to fire Smith’s entire legal team." Pam Bondi, Trump's nomination for AG, said "prosecutors who brought cases against Trump will be prosecuted.”
Jack Smith Makes It Official: Donald Trump Got Away With Everything – Mother Jones
 #Trump #JackSmith #USPol .
Fight fascism: "We will fight for people, freedom, & our democracy against any odds" "Democracy 2025 is the strategic hub to protect people & their rights should the Trump-Vance administration seek to unlawfully strip away freedoms & prosperity."
Democracy 2025 | The united legal frontline in the fight for our democracy
Democracy 2025 is the strategic hub to protect people and their rights should the Trump-Vance administration seek to unlawfully strip away freedoms...
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Interview: Hassan Mneimneh & Ken Katzman on the prospects for a Lebanon ceasefire & the stakes for Iran, Lebanon, Hezbollah & Israel. The US & Israel want regime change in Lebanon & to sideline Hezbollah & Iran in the region. Israeli forces have killed thousands of Lebanese, obliterated the south, & displaced about a quarter of the population.
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The US says it wants a ceasefire in Lebanon. What’s the hold-up?
Israel and the US want deep political changes in Lebanon, including the sidelining of Hezbollah and Iran.
 #LebanonTruce #US #israel #Hezbollah #Iran #BDS #USImperialism #israeliWarCrimes .