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• Hard sell for May on soft Brexit deal
• الحل اليمني قاب قوسين أو أدنى!
• CNN sues Trump; next steps; West Wing rage; election night continued; Instagram's problem; 'Thrones' update; Colbert's ratings milestone
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Hard sell for May on soft Brexit deal Posted: 13 Nov 2018 10:34 PM PST The Daily Digest Wednesday 14 November 2018 Today's top story Hard sell for May on soft Brexit deal British Prime Minister Theresa May stands accused of surrender by elements of her own party over a Brexit deal that ensures there will not be a hard Border in Ireland   Main Headlines   Now working families blamed as bed-blocker figures soar Working families are being blamed by health officials as one of the reasons for a rise in 'bed blockers' in public hospitals. Drivers who install dash cams will get insurance discount Charlie Weston Motorists who are prepared to use a dash cam in their car will be given a discount on their insurance. Communities in mourning as two men are killed in horror car crash Robin Schiller Third victim critically injured in crash at Ballina, Co Mayo Criminals head home from Britain to join spiralling gang feud Ken Foy Gangland feud in Drogheda continues to escalate ADVERTISEMENT     Opinion   Colette Browne: 'It's easy for the Taoiseach to take pot-shots at HSE medics - but what is his solution to the real problem in health?' Colette Browne We have a crisis of recruitment within the Irish health service, so what does the Taoiseach decide to do? Attack those already toiling within the system. Fr Vincent Twomey: 'Doctors of conscience must exercise civil disobedience if told to carry out abortions' Fr Vincent Twomey Conscience as a subject has been rumbling in the background to the various major controversies over the past decade or more. The proposed legislation on abortion has brought it to the foreground, albeit under the guise of the somewhat misleading term "conscientious objection", a term that originated in the refusal of Quakers to engage in military operations on religious grounds. Letters to the Editor: 'In remembrance of our young men whose treatment was truly shameful' Letters to the Editor Our politicians now stand commemorating the 50,000 young men seduced to their deaths by John Redmond, the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, who presided over the worst slums in Europe in Dublin, and widespread unemployment, by the ineptitude in failing to make British governments fulfil their promises made in the Act of Union 1800 of ensuring the standard of living in Galway would be the same as Somerset. John Downing: 'PM now faces biggest test yet in getting 'her deal' pushed through' John Downing It took all of 29 months since the Brexit referendum to get this far. Now things may finally move - but that might not be in the direction Theresa May would like as cabinet and parliament endorsement for "her deal" is uncertain.     Style   How this Irish model wound up at the centre of the Victoria's Secret-Rihanna controversy Caitlin McBride The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show has come and gone another year, but the backlash around marketing boss Ed Razek's comments wages on. 'Why is woman in quotation marks?' - Serena Williams's GQ cover has sparked controversy Caitlin McBride You could argue it's another day, another event to draw the ire of the internet, or you could argue that that the controversy around Serena Williams's GQ cover has its merit. 'It can get quite emotional' - Love Island's Kaz opens up during Dublin trip Rachel Farrell Love Island fever is still going strong after a successful season this summer and not just among the fans, but with the stars themselves.     Sport   Kiwis ramp up mind games with digs at Sexton and Aki Rúaidhrí O'Connor After their suggestion that Conor Murray would be pressed back into service for Saturday's mammoth Aviva Stadium clash fell flat, the All Blacks management have tried a different tack as they attempt to get under Ireland's skin. 'A complete oversight' - FAI issue apology to Windsor Park hero Alan McLoughlin over friendly match snub Vincent Hogan The FAI has apologized to '93 Windsor Park hero, Alan McLoughlin, for what they've called a 'complete oversight' in not inviting him to Thursday night's friendly against Northern Ireland. The Left Wing: Ireland vs All Blacks preview, 2013 heartbreak and tough selection decisions Independent.ie Newsdesk On this week's epsiode of The Left Wing, Will Slattery and Luke Fitzgerald are joined by Wasps and former Leinster out-half Jimmy Gopperth to preview Ireland's blockbuster clash with New Zealand.     Life   Feud at a funeral: When final goodbyes induce bizarre behaviours Sheena McGinley There are two sides to every encounter, every fraught fight. Unfortunately for Twink the olive branch she extended to former cohort Rory Cowan at his mother's funeral last week clearly didn't turn out how she expected.     Business   Kerry Co-op in row over 'top secret' review results Claire Fox Kerry Co-op members say they are being denied access to results of a survey on the future direction of the co-operative - including what do with a 13pc stake in Kerry Group worth €2.2bn. 'Credit union got me out of the clutches of those offering ridiculous rates' Charlie Weston Young mother Laura Das found herself resorting to getting a loan from a moneylender.     Contact us | Privacy Statement | Cookie Policy Follow us on Get more independent.ie/newsletters Digital Newspaper >> ABOUT THIS EMAIL This email is from Independent.ie part of Independent News & Media PLC. You received this email because you have signed up for the Independent.ie Daily Digest Newsletter. To unsubscribe from the Daily Digest Newsletter, please click here. Copyright - 2018 INM.ie, | 27 - 32 Talbot St, Dublin 1, Ireland | Company number 2936 All Rights Reserved

الحل اليمني قاب قوسين أو أدنى! Posted: 13 Nov 2018 09:02 PM PST إذا لم تستطع مشاهدة الصور في هذه الرسالة. يمكنك عرضها من خلال الضغط على هذا الرابط الأحد 27 مايو 2018 أخبار   | اقتصاد   | ثقافات   | ترفيه   | لايف ستايل   | رياضة  | نيو ميديا  | مذاقات وزير الخارجية البريطاني ختم زيارتيه للسعودية والإمارات متفائلا الحل في اليمن قاب قوسين أو أدنى! بعد سحب تصريح دخول مراسلها "سي ان ان" تلاحق البيت الأبيض قضائيًا! أخبار المراسلات الحربيات تربكهن حركة "أنا أيضًا" روسيا تدعم دورًا لسيف الإسلام بمستقبل ليبيا صالح إلى طهران وموقف العراق من العقوبات يتصدر المباحثات رياضة شعار مجلة "بلاي بوي" الإباحية على صدر صلاح يثير الجدل سلوك ديمبيلي يرتد عليه في برشلونة ومنتخب فرنسا إبراهيموفيتش أفضل لاعب جديد في الدوري الأميركي اقتصاد أبوظبي تستضيف الاجتماع الـ 16 لوكالة "آيرينا" صندوق النقد يتوقّع تحسنًا في اقتصاد الخليج ويحذّر من تقلبات النفط إيطاليا ترفض الامتثال للمفوضية الأوروبية وتبقي على ميزانيتها بلا تعديل ترفيه نيشان: للمرّة الأولى أشكر الفنّانين لأنهم وثقوا بي وأعطوني كثيراً نجوم هوليوود يعبّرون عن مأساة الحرائق في كاليفورنيا دينا الشربيني تتجاهل نجومية عمرو دياب بفيلمها الجديد لقد استلمت هذه الرسالة لأنك قمت بالإشتراك بنشرة البريد الإلكتروني التابعة لموقع إيلاف الألكتروني لإلغاء الاشتراك في نشرة أخبار إيلاف رجاء اضغط هنا إيلاف  |   شروط الأستخدام  |   إتصل بنا جميع الحقوق محفوظة © 2001 - = date('Y'); ?> إيلاف للنشر المحدودة Elaph Publishing Limited © This email was sent to kamal.sahim5.news@blogger.com why did I get this?    unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences Elaph Publishing Limited · Collier House · 163-169 Brompton Road · London, England SW3 1PY · United Kingdom

CNN sues Trump; next steps; West Wing rage; election night continued; Instagram's problem; 'Thrones' update; Colbert's ratings milestone Posted: 13 Nov 2018 08:08 PM PST CNN's lawsuit against Trump is specifically about Jim Acosta's access to the White House, but the case could have repercussions far beyond CNN... View this email in your browser! Share Tweet Forward CNN has sued the president. What will happen now? CNN's lawsuit against President Trump and several top aides is specifically about Jim Acosta's access to the White House, but the case could have repercussions far beyond CNN. "This is a very, very important case," Ted Olson said. He and Theodore Boutrous are representing CNN along with the network's chief counsel David Vigilante. Olson said it was Acosta whose press pass was suspended this time, but "this could happen to any journalist by any politician."  It was striking to hear Olson, a Republican heavyweight who successfully argued for George W. Bush in Bush v. Gore, speaking so forcefully against Trump's action. "The White House cannot get away with this," he told Brooke Baldwin on Tuesday afternoon...   The next steps When the suit was filed in U.S. District Court in DC Tuesday morning, it was docketed and assigned to Judge Timothy J. Kelly, a Trump appointee. The judge has given the defendants an 11 a.m. Wednesday deadline to file responses to the suit. He has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. So you can expect some late afternoon headlines after the hearing. CNN is seeking a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction that restores Acosta's access right away. Will the judge deliver?   Here are the facts  -- Both CNN and Acosta are plaintiffs. The suit alleges that First and Fifth Amendment rights are being violated.  -- Along with Acosta's immediate reinstatement, CNN wants a declaration that Trump's action was "unconstitutional, in violation of the First Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment." This could protect other reporters against similar actions in the future.  -- Many media law experts believe CNN has a very strong case.  -- Some observers are predicting a swift resolution. But if there is no settlement, CNN is requesting a jury trial.  -- Here's my full FAQ story...   A view from the W.H.  Sarah Sanders, one of the six defendants, said in a statement that CNN is "grandstanding" by suing. She complained about Acosta's style and called him unprofessional. But that has nothing to do with the legal case. This is really about Acosta's First Amendment rights, the reasoning behind Trump's ban, and the admin's failure to follow the federal regulations that pertain to press passes. Maybe that's why the pro-Trump media voices who mocked the suit on Tuesday didn't make legal arguments, they made emotional appeals...   How the W.H. has changed its tune WaPo's Aaron Blake has a strong piece about this here. Sanders is no longer claiming that Acosta placed his hands on an intern at last week's presser. Her Tuesday statement said he "physically refused to surrender" the mic. Of course, reporters frequently try to ask follow-up questions at press events...   The GOP's spin David Shortell writes: Parroting CNN's motto, "facts first," GOP Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel called the suit a "political stunt" and claimed Acosta still has access to the W.H. "via a daily pass." But in fact, as CNN said in court documents, the W.H. denied Acosta's application for a day pass on November 8, the day after his hard pass was suspended. And during the president's trip in Paris over the weekend, the Secret Service continued to deny Acosta access to press events -- including a ceremony for which he had acquired separate credentials to cover from the French government, according to the suit...     "This is not a step we have taken lightly" That's what CNN boss Jeff Zucker said in an internal memo to staff. "This is not a step we have taken lightly. But the White House action is unprecedented," he wrote. We published the full memo on CNN.com...    What happened behind the scenes Before resorting to a lawsuit, CNN execs say they sought to resolve the dispute privately. Last Thursday, Zucker wrote to chief of staff John Kelly and requested Acosta's reinstatement. Zucker's message said that "no complaints were raised with CNN and there was no attempt to reach anyone at CNN before taking this unlawful action." Zucker also noted that the W.H. had not attempted to reach anyone at CNN before banning Acosta, and called the move part of a "pattern of targeted harassment" against the network, according to the lawsuit... Several days went by. So "we really had no choice but to sue," outside counsel Boutrous said. "We didn't want to have to go to court. We wanted to just report the news. Mr. Acosta wants to report the news. CNN wants to report the news."   WaPo expresses support Post publisher and CEO Fred Ryan said Tuesday night: "We support CNN in its effort to restore the press credentials of its White House reporter. It is a journalist's role to ask hard questions, hold the powerful to account and provide readers with as much information as possible."   Notes and quotes  -- David McCraw, the top newsroom lawyer at the NYT, told me that instances of news organizations suing a president are extremely rare...  -- The headline on Jason Schwartz's piece for Politico: "CNN seen as likely to prevail..."  -- Fox's Judge Andrew Napolitano: "I think CNN's got a very good case. I think this will be resolved quickly. I don't expect a jury trial. I think it will either be settled or CNN will prevail on motion..."  -- "Should the lawsuit proceed to discovery, CNN could find some rare opportunity," THR's Eriq Gardner notes...  -- The ACLU, in a statement supporting CNN, said "it is un-American and unlawful for the president to expel a reporter from the WH briefing room for doing his job. It shouldn't take a lawsuit from CNN to remind the president of the First Amendment..."  -- In an interview with Wolf Blitzer, Boutrous said the government officials are being sued in their "official capacity," but "there is a possibility of damages claims," which would mean suing them personally... Blitzer pointed out that the officials would have to "go out and hire their own attorneys..."  -- Jack Shafer says "the martyrdom of Jim Acosta provides an entertaining sideshow..."   No comment from Trump on Tuesday There was not a tweet or a peep from Trump about the lawsuit. @realDonaldTrump was silent about it... even while he railed against the NYT. But the lawsuit said a lot. It noted that Trump has threatened to ban other reporters. "The revocation of Acosta's credentials is only the beginning," the suit says... You can read it for yourself here...   The bottom line The White House Correspondents' Association said Tuesday that the president "should not be in the business of arbitrarily picking the men and women who cover him." That was true with the last president and that'll be true with the next president. Surely most Americans can agree with the wisdom of that statement... FOR THE RECORD, PART ONE  -- Fun and revealing read: Steven Perlberg interviewing Noah Shachtman about the future of The Daily Beast... (Recode)  -- Forbes is out with its annual 30 Under 30 lists. The Media industry list is always worth reading. There's so much talent on the list this year... (Forbes) -- Sad: "For the second straight year," Trump "will not be attending the Kennedy Center Honors celebrating cultural achievement..." (AP)  -- Smart: CNN's Abby Phillip gave an interview to ELLE about Trump's "stupid question" insult... (ELLE)   In other Trumpworld news... West Wing rage Remember all those stories about "talkative Trump," about his interviews and chats and media avails? I remember because I wrote one of 'em. The stories turned out to be true for about a week. Since the midterms, Trump has retreated, and now there are a spate of stories about his isolation and rage. The LA Times's Eli Stokols says Trump is "brooding over midterm losses and the Mueller probe." WaPo's Josh Dawsey and Philip Rucker use the word "brooding" too... Other descriptors in this "five days of fury" story include angry, resentful, disconnected, and irritable...   East Wing intrigue Most people had never even heard of Mira Ricardel until Tuesday afternoon, when Melania Trump said she should be relieved of her deputy national security adviser duties. The extraordinary statement from the first lady's office triggered hours of news coverage... And some confusing stories. Just before 3:30, the WSJ reported that Ricardel had been "escorted from the White House moments ago." Corporate cousin Fox Business flashed the news, too. But other sources denied it. And the WSJ's Michael Bender had to follow up at 4:18 and say "Ricardel hasn't been escorted from the building." What happened? Well, he said "some White House officials are operating under the belief she has, but at this moment Ricardel is in the building — though multiple White House officials say they expect her firing to be imminent. Apologies for the error."  --> Here's CNN's latest about Ricardel heading for the exit...  --> The aforementioned Josh Dawsey tweeted: "Did anyone have the first lady issuing a public statement to oust a top national security official in the season two plot?"  --> Colbert says the "Be Best" initiative has been renamed "Be Fired..."     It's (still) Election Night in America The CNN Election Center returned on Tuesday night -- for a three-hour prime time special tonight -- making the point that votes are still being counted and the midterms still are not over. The takeaway from the special coverage: The Democrats "had a good night a week ago. They've had a great WEEK since then," Jake Tapper said. John King, back at the Magic Wall, said "A lot of people out there who say 'is this a blue wave?' This IS a blue wave...     Fifty dead in the fires The authorities keep finding more human remains at the site of the Camp Fire in northern California. Per CNN's Hollie Silverman, the death toll there now stands at 48. The death toll from the Woolsey Fire in southern CA remains at 2, for a total of 50...   FOR THE RECORD, PART TWO  -- Dylan Byers tweeted: "Comcast and NBCUniversal are making a $1 million donation to organizations supporting local relief efforts for the California fires, including The Entertainment Industry Foundation and the North Bay Fire Relief Fund..." (Twitter) -- This story will haunt you: "Rumours of child abductors spread through WhatsApp in a small town in Mexico. The rumours were fake, but a mob burned two men to death before anyone checked..." (BBC)  -- The second installment of Dana Bash's digital series "Badass Women of Washington" has launched with a Nancy Pelosi interview... Wednesday's episode will feature Cathy McMorris Rodgers... (CNN)     Quartz announces its membership model NYMag's paywall was announced on Monday... On Tuesday, it was Quartz's turn...  Quartz is introducing a new, free app that is sponsored by advertisers, and a membership "which costs $14.99 per month, or $99.99 for the first year as a special limited-time founding offer" with exclusive content, conference calls, and events. Here's the announcement...   Benton's followup All this paywall action is why I led yesterday's newsletter with the "How much will you pay for?" question. Many of you replied and said you're willing -- even happy -- to pay for a few trusted sources. But there's a limit.  NiemanLab's Joshua Benton wrote all about this on Tuesday. "There's a segment of the population that can grudgingly be convinced to pay for a news site, out of some mix of consumer reward, civic duty, and peer pressure," he wrote. "But that second or third subscription requires a level of devotion that can be hard to sustain in a digital environment where the links come at you from every direction..."   Coming on Wednesday: The Correspondent in the US De Correspondent is a groundbreaking, crowdfunded news site in the Netherlands. Now it is ready to launch in America. The Correspondent's membership campaign will launch at midnight ET Wednesday. Co-founder and CEO Ernst Pfauth tells me "we want to raise $2.5 million from readers by December 14. If we make the goal, we launch in Spring 2019. If we don't make the goal, we'll refund the money." Here's the fund-raising video featuring Nate Silver, Rosanne Cash and DeRay Mckesson...   Facebook's Instagram problem Donie O'Sullivan emails: Despite an extensive effort from Facebook, on the eve of last week's midterm elections 600,000 Instagram users in the U.S. were following what is now suspected to be a network of Internet Research Agency (IRA) accounts -- that's the Kremlin-linked troll farm. Three key points:   -- If it is indeed the IRA, it's brazen – the agency was indicted by Mueller earlier this year.    -- Many of the accounts looked like those that were run in 2016, targeting Americans across the political spectrum. Facebook found the pages acting on a tip from the FBI.    -- Instagram is owned by Facebook but the photo app has rarely been a part of the disinformation conversation, until now. The company will need to figure out how these accounts went undetected. FB said Tuesday that its opponents are "smart, well-funded and have every incentive to continue their efforts…"   What about the other tech giants? Donie adds: At least Facebook is being open. Google/YouTube and Twitter haven't said if they have found any pages associated with this network, even though FB tells me they have shared details about the suspected Russian effort with their Silicon Valley counterparts.   Keep in mind: 600,000 is a lot of users, but it is also in the trolls' interests for the media to make this effort appear more successful than it might have been in reality. Here's a longer piece on that...   Is Mark Zuckerberg the Schroeder to the UK parliamentary committee's Lucy? Hadas Gold emails: The UK's Digital Culture Media and Sport committee, the one investigating the dissemination of fake news and Cambridge Analytica, has repeatedly asked Facebook to send Mark Zuckerberg across the pond for a hearing. They even teamed up with their corresponding committees from Canada, Australia, Argentina and Ireland for an international joint hearing on disinformation and "fake news." But once again, Facebook said thanks, but no thanks, writing in a letter to the committee that the Facebook chief is sending "his apologies." The DCMS is not pleased, with chair Damian Collins saying the letter is "hugely disappointing" and that denying the invitation makes it look like "he's got something to hide." Collins: "We will not let the matter rest there, and are not reassured in anyway by the corporate puff piece that passes off as Facebook's letter back to us…" FOR THE RECORD, PART THREE  -- Nicholas Quah reports: "Pandora wants to map the 'podcast genome' so it can recommend your next favorite show." Yes please! (NiemanLab)  -- I missed this Gary Levin story yesterday: "How much have younger viewers bailed on traditional TV? New stats are alarming..." (USA Today)  -- Don't miss Amelia Lester's profile of Claire Lehmann and her online magazine Quillette, "the voice of the 'intellectual dark web...'" (Politico)  -- Dan Crenshaw is right about the "outrage culture" problem: "I get the feeling that regular, hard-working, generally unoffended Americans sigh with exhaustion — daily..." (WaPo)   "Today" beating "GMA" in total viewers Since Megyn Kelly's exit from the 9 a.m. hour of "Today," "viewership in the key demographic favored by advertisers in that time period is up around 10%, according to Nielsen," Variety's Brian Steinberg reports. "And in each of the last three weeks, overall audience for the flagship first two hours of the NBC A.M. mainstay has been larger than that" for "GMA." Steinberg credits "some of the big breaking news stories that have recently gripped the nation..."   Michelle Obama on NBC and CBS  Robin Roberts had a special live interview with Michelle Obama in Chicago on Tuesday's "GMA." Afterward, Obama sat down with Gayle King for "CBS This Morning" and Jenna Bush Hager for "Today." Both those interviews will air on Wednesday morning...   RBG back at work Megan Thomas emails: It made me smile to read that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is back at work. I attended a screening for "On the Basis of Sex" on Tuesday... And like the documentary "RBG," the film is a beautiful look at Ginsburg's remarkable life... "On the Basis of Sex" focuses on Ginsburg's time in law school and her first legal efforts to end gender discrimination. It's incredibly timely, inspiring and the early Oscar buzz for Felicity Jones, who portrays Ginsberg, is going to get thunderous when the movie debuts December 25... -- BTW: Irin Carmon, co-author of "Notorious RBG," is officially CNN's newest contributor... She was on "New Day" Tuesday morning...    'Game of Thrones' final season is coming in April Read Sandra Gonzalez's full story about the announcement here... Brian Lowry emails with his take: The April premiere date isn't really as significant, for HBO's purposes, as its end date, which is almost certainly the network's biggest "farewell" since "The Sopranos" went black in 2007. Not only is the pay service losing its signature series, but it's doing so under new management from AT&T/WarnerMedia, which should ratchet up the pressure for a very big summer next year, seeking to capitalize on the show's sendoff...   About Tuesday's "This Is Us..." Mild spoiler alert! Chloe Melas emails: I spoke with Mandy Moore about this week's "This Is Us," and she told me she sings a song written by her fiancé, Dawes front man Taylor Goldsmith. She also spoke about their wedding plans and shared some insight into what's to come this season...     'Walking Dead' ratings update Brian Lowry emails: AMC has to be breathing a sigh of relief over Sunday's episode of "The Walking Dead," the first since Andrew Lincoln's exit, which essentially mirrored results from his swan-song the previous week. There are two more episodes before the show takes its annual midseason break...   Netflix cancels "The Good Cop" Brian Lowry emails: In another sign that Netflix isn't wholly immune from the laws of television, "The Good Cop," a dramedy that starred Tony Danza, won't be back for a second season. THR has details here...   "Colbert Just Scored a Key Ratings Win Over Fallon" That's the headline from Vulture's Joe Adalian. Stephen Colbert's "Late Show" "is now No. 1 this season among adult viewers under 50, the key demo group most attractive to advertisers," he reports. "While Colbert has dominated in overall audience for close to two years now, Fallon's Tonight Show has clung to an ever-shrinking lead in the demo. But per Nielsen data released Tuesday, Late Show is averaging 658,000 adult viewers under 50 in the TV season to date, just barely ahead of Tonight (656,000 or 657,000 viewers, depending on which network you ask)..."   Chloe interviews Celine Dion Chloe Melas emails: In my exclusive sit-down with Celine Dion, we discuss her latest business venture, her new music, and life after the death of her husband. It will air on HLN's "Morning Express" at 8:45 and 9:45 a.m. Wednesday. It'll air on CNNI as well... 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NEWS ALERT: 'Reinsurance' Obamacare fix wins bipartisan support in Senate Posted: 13 Nov 2018 06:41 PM PST Senators on both sides of the aisle want to bring back a bipartisan "reinsurance" plan, in which federal dollars blunt the costs of pricey customers ...   The Washington Times NEWS ALERT   Tuesday, November 13, 2018 9:25 PM EST   NEWS ALERT 'Reinsurance' Obamacare fix wins bipartisan support in Senate Senators on both sides of the aisle want to bring back a bipartisan "reinsurance" plan, in which federal dollars blunt the costs of pricey customers in states' markets, so everyone else can pay less. Read More >               © The Washington Times 3600 New York Avenue NE Washington, DC 20002   If you don't want to receive these emails unsubscribe 3600 New York Avenue NE Washington, DC 20002

Why Canadians should get their flu shot ASAP Posted: 13 Nov 2018 05:01 PM PST U.K. inches closer to a Brexit deal. No images? Click here       🏠 Interested in buying your first home? Not sure where to start? Join our new Facebook group "So You Want To Be A Homeowner" for tips, advice and more.    🍽 Anthony Bourdain helped put Newfoundland's amazing food scene on the map when he featured the province his TV show. 🇬🇧 British PM Theresa May inches closer to a Brexit deal. But there are worries that hardliners in her Cabinet could nix the agreement. 🏳️‍🌈 A member of Jason Kenney's UCP has apologized for comparing the Pride flag to swastikas during an event. 📩 Were you forwarded this newsletter? You can subscribe to it here.     Thanks To Anthony Bourdain, Newfoundland's Cuisine Is Booming  Last fall, celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain took a tour of Newfoundland and Labrador's distinct food landscape, from a moose hunting expedition to an Atlantic fishing trip, to a traditional coastal boil-up. Charm and character   4 Ontario Liberal Promises That Could Be On Ford's Chopping Block This Week Universal child care is among the programs promised by the Ontario Liberals that may be on the chopping block come Thursday. What else?     Theresa May Calls Emergency Cabinet Meeting To Sign Off On Brexit Divorce Deal British Prime Minister Theresa May has started the final push to win Cabinet and Tory party support for her Brexit plans after British and EU officials agreed the draft text of a deal. Plenty of hurdles left     Why Canadians Should Get The Flu Shot ASAP Public health officials say it's time to get the flu shot — not only to help prevent contracting potentially deadly viruses but to also avoid spreading the nasty respiratory bug to others.   💉💉💉   Also on HuffPost Canada Khashoggi Murder Tape Hasn't Affected Canada's Arms Deal With Saudi Arabia Trump’s Tariffs Have ‘Nothing To Do’ With USMCA Deal: Freeland N.L. Introduces New Protections For 'Revenge Porn' Victims Alberta UCP Member Sorry For Comparing Pride Flag To Swastikas Photo Of Students Appearing To Give Nazi Salute Sparks Outrage Alex Trebek Totally Nails How Donald Trump Would Play 'Jeopardy!' The Facts And The Fiction About Prostate Cancer   Want more HuffPost Canada? 📰  Sign up for our other newsletters: Politics / Lifestyle / Real Estate / Royals / TL;DR. 📣 Get our daily news briefings? Here's how to send them to your Amazon Echo or your Google Home. 🎧 Listen to our podcast: Follow-Up / New to podcasts? Here's our guide to getting started. 👍 Follow HuffPost Canada on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram 📱 Get our app: iOS / Android Love our newsletter? Have a great way to improve it?  Send us your comments and questions.   HuffPost is now a part of Oath and a part of Verizon. On May 25, 2018, we introduced a new Oath Privacy Policy which will explain how your data is used and shared. Learn More. Get our app: iOS / Android Follow HuffPost Canada on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram ©2018 HuffPost Canada | 99 Spadina Ave., Suite 200, Toronto ON M5V 3P8 Canada You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost Canada Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe         Preferences  |  Unsubscribe

Rabbi Warns New Israel-Palestine Conflict Could Be Start of Biblical War Posted: 13 Nov 2018 04:40 PM PST PREVIEW TEXT GOES HERE Show Newswars IW Europe Store RABBI WARNS NEW ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT COULD BE START OF BIBLICAL WAR Rabbi Pinchas Winston warns that the escalating conflict between Israel and Palestine could be the start of a biblical war. READ MORE Paul Joseph Watson | Infowars.com TRUMP REMINDS FRENCH PRESIDENT: YOU’D BE UNDER NAZI RULE IF NOT FOR US Steve Watson | Infowars.com PROFESSOR WARNS: AMAZON ECHO IS “ALWAYS RECORDING” YOUR CONVERSATIONS Paul Joseph Watson | Infowars.com CAUGHT RED-HANDED: THE TRUTH ABOUT THE “DOCTORED” ACOSTA VIDEO Infowars.com OCASIO-CORTEZ JOINS CLIMATE CHANGE PROTEST OUTSIDE PELOSI’S OFFICE Jamie White | Infowars.com DISNEY WORLD BANS MAN WHO FLASHED TRUMP 2020 SIGN Adan Salazar | Infowars.com IRAN REGIME CHANGE: GLOBALIST FORCES PREPARE TO KEEP HOLD OF IRAN Greg Reese | Infowars.com NIGEL FARAGE DEMANDS MERKEL APOLOGIZE FOR DISASTROUS OPEN BORDERS POLICY Paul Joseph Watson | Infowars.com BREAKING: LEAKED DOCUMENTS SHOW MUELLER INVESTIGATION FOUND NO RUSSIAN COLLUSION One America News Network TWITTER GOES THROUGH OLD TWEETS FOR EXCUSES TO BAN NATIONALISTS Owen Shroyer | Infowars.com VATICAN SUSPENDS VOTE ON COMMISSION TO HOLD PEDOPHILE PRIESTS ACCOUNTABLE Adan Salazar | Infowars.com

A tale of two cities Posted: 13 Nov 2018 04:01 PM PST The day's most important stories and why they matter to you. Amazon splits coveted HQ2 Amazon officially picked NYC and Northern Virginia for new headquarters. The announcement confirmed days of rumors that Long Island City, Queens, and the National Landing area of Arlington would be home to the new offices. It also selected Nashville for a new Center of Excellence for its Operations business.   Yes, Amazon just created a neighborhood. Amazon is rebranding Crystal City, Pentagon City and Potomac Yard as National Landing. This means big jobs. Amazon says it will invest $5 billion and create more than 50,000 jobs across the two new headquarters over the next 10 years with hiring to begin next year.  But it may come at a high cost to locals. Newly elected Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who represents a number of gentrifying neighborhoods in Queens, slammed the HQ's imminent arrival in her district, saying "the community's response? Outrage."  What else is happening CNN sued Trump over Jim Acosta's press pass. The news organization "demanded" the return of his credentials, citing a violation of the First Amendment's freedom of the press and the Fifth Amendment's right to due process. The White House said it would "vigorously defend against" the lawsuit.  Trump set to oust DHS's Kirstjen Nielsen. In a high-level staff shakeup that may also include Chief of Staff John Kelly, the president reportedly has no replacement in mind for the Homeland Security secretary.  Georgia was blocked from certifying its governor's election. In a rebuke to Republican Brian Kemp, a federal judge ordered the state to review all absentee ballots in the race against Democrat Stacey Abrams, who hasn't conceded.  The U.K. and EU agreed on a draft Brexit deal. Now Prime Minister Theresa May will put it to her cabinet ministers for political sign-off.  Juul stopped selling flavored nicotine and shut down its social media. The maker of the wildly popular e-cigarette bowed to an FDA campaign to curb teen vaping.  Hate crimes rose for the third consecutive year. The FBI reported Tuesday overall incidents were up 17% last year with Anti-Semitic attacks up 37%. It also said 3 of every 5 incidents targeted a person's race or ethnicity and one out of every 5 targeted a person's religion.  Don't miss this "Make France Great Again?" We asked Parisians what they thought of Trump's tweetstorm at French President Emmanuel Macron over his rebuke of the president's nationalism.  Watch what they had to say. For more top stories, add this podcast to your evening commute. Subscribe to the TicToc podcast and listen every weekday at 5 p.m. ET for expert opinions on the day's most important stories.  FOLLOW US SEND TO A FRIEND You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's TicToc Tonight newsletter. Unsubscribe | Bloomberg.com | Contact Us Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington, New York, NY, 10022

ترك برس - النشرة 14-11-2018 Posted: 13 Nov 2018 04:01 PM PST شاهد الموضوع في نافذة جديدة الخارجية التركية "قلقة بشدة" من الهجمات الإسرائيلية على غزة أعربت الخارجية التركية، الثلاثاء، عن قلقها الشديد من الهجمات الإسرائيلية على غزة والمستمرة منذ الأحد.  تركيا تقترض 200 مليون دولار من البنك الدولي للاستثمار في مجال الطاقة صرح وزير الطاقة والموارد الطبيعية التركي فاتح دونماز اليوم الإثنين، أن بلاده وقعت اتفاقًا مع البنك الدولي، تقتضي بموجه مبلغ 200 مليون دولار من أجل الاستثمار في مجال كفاءة الطاقة في القطاع العام. بهجومِها على غزّة.. هل تحاول إسرائيل صرف الأنظار عن جريمة خاشقجي؟ تشنّ قوات الإحتلال الإسرائيلي هجمات مكثفة منذ يومين على قطاع غزة الفلسطيني، رغم حدوث تقدم كبير في جهود التهدئة التي تقودها مصر وأطراف دولية، بين الفصائل الفلسطينية وإسرائيل، ما أثار تساؤلات لدى البعض عمّا إذا كانت الهجمات تهدف إلى صرف الأنظار عن جريمة اغتيال الصحفي السعودي جمال خاشقجي، داخل قنصلية بلاده في مدينة إسطنبول التركية. منطقة شرق البحر الأسود التركية تستقبل قرابة 4 ملايين سائح غالبيتهم من العرب استقبلت منطقة شرق البحر الأسود في تركيا، قرابة 4 ملايين سائح غالبيتهم من العرب خلال الأشهر العشرة الأولى من العام الحالي. دوافع واشنطن لرصد مكافأة مقابل رؤوس قادة "بي كي كي" رؤوف تامر – صحيفة حريت – ترجمة وتحرير ترك برس واشنطن ترصد 12 مليون دولار لمن يدلي بمعلومات تقود إلى الزعماء الثلاثة المذكورين في "بي كي كي".   للمزيد من الأخبار والمواضيع زوروا موقعنا - ترك برس  Facebook Twitter YouTube Instagram Website Email Copyright © 2018 Turkpress, All rights reserved. Turk Press Our mailing address is: Pr@turkpress.co unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

Melania wants her fired Posted: 13 Nov 2018 02:44 PM PST Oil prices dropped the most in three years, sending stocks down as well. Investors had been buoyed by the potential for trade talks between China and the U.S., but ran for cover when U.S. President Donald Trump slammed Saudi Arabia's plan to cut output. —David E. Rovella Here are today's top stories Still smarting from widespread criticism for skipping a memorial for U.S. soldiers who died in WWI, Trump used Twitter to insult France Tuesday—and was quickly trolled by a French official. Trump likely has bigger things to worry about than a rainy weekend abroad. Special Counsel Robert Mueller may soon unveil new indictments in his probe of potential collusion between Trump's campaign and Russia in that nation's effort to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The U.S. recorded a $100.5 billion budget deficit in October, an increase of about 60 percent from a year earlier. In a few weeks, humanity may take its first paid ride into the age of driverless cars, thanks to Waymo. Yes, it's really about to happen. Google wants a new campus, so it made San Jose officials sign nondisclosure agreements as part of the deal. Now they're being sued.  Facebook's ad platform is quick to learn, easy to use and filled with blind spots that are causing huge problems for political discourse.  What's Joe Weisenthal thinking about? Spotify. He says keeping an eye on this consumer favorite is a good window into falling tech stocks. What you'll need to know tomorrow Melania Trump wants this woman fired from the White House. He earns $113,000, but can't afford insurance for his children. Theresa May's Brexit plan is under attack from all sides. With iPhone demand falling, Apple has a Plan B: charge you more. The EPA can't wait to reopen a mine that poisoned North Idaho. Bloomberg Businessweek has 50 companies to watch in 2019. Take our Tesla quiz to test your knowledge of the electric carmaker. Sponsored Content by Divvy Are you living in expense report hell? You don't have to. Divvy eliminates expense reports, rids you of saving receipts, gives you better visibility of over company spending, and it's free. Yup. 100% free. Sign up for a demo now and get $100. Get a demo!   What you'll want to read tonight Welcome to New York City, Amazon. Now Beat It While Amazon's "HQ2" will be split between Virginia and New York City, you don't have to be a brain surgeon to know which will generate the most agita. Already, the retailer and its political patrons are under assault for encouraging gentrification in a city already choked by it, giving massive financial incentives (double that of Virginia), threatening affordable housing for working class residents, flooding a barely-functioning transportation system and generally keeping locals in the dark. That last one, any real New Yorker will tell you, is never, ever a good idea.  Have you started strategizing for 2019? We have. Don't miss the annual Bloomberg Businessweek special report, The Year Ahead, on the major trends, disruptions, breakthrough products, innovations and movements to watch in the coming year. Get Bloomberg All Access in time to receive this issue in print and much more. Wake up with the biggest stories in politics: Balance of Power, which arrives in your inbox every morning, breaks down the latest political news, analysis, charts, and dispatches from Bloomberg reporters around the globe. Sign up here. Download the Bloomberg app: It's available for iOS and Android. FOLLOW US SEND TO A FRIEND You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Evening Briefing newsletter. Unsubscribe | Bloomberg.com | Contact Us Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington, New York, NY, 10022

Maybe Amazon’s HQ2 Hunger Games weren’t such a great idea Posted: 13 Nov 2018 02:11 PM PST Today's Agenda Amazon may soon regret its HQ2 Hunger Games. Controlling California fires may not be possible. Europe has good reason to worry about Trump. Even if Trump loses the CNN suit, he's already won. GE has terrible timing. Amazon's Coming HQ2 Blowback Amazon.com Inc. today formally announced it was opening new HQ2s, or big branch offices, or whatever you want to call them, in neighborhoods in New York and D.C. But people are moodier about Big Tech now than they were a year ago, when the company announced the contest to host the new HQs. Back then, Shira Ovide writes, it seemed like a good idea to make cities fight to the death for Amazon's attention. But the price of victory – New York is giving Amazon at least $1.5 billion in incentives, maybe more – has its skeptics. Shira notes Amazon is already suffering a backlash in its home town of Seattle, where it is accused of driving up housing costs, traffic, stress on schools, homelessness and other ills. Similar reactions may await it in New York and D.C. For a very recent example of corporate incentives gone horribly wrong, look to Wisconsin's $4.5 billion seduction of Foxconn, which quickly turned into, as Noah Smith has described it, a very expensive white elephant.    On the plus side, if Amazon does drive housing and other costs in big cities even higher, Conor Sen writes that could chase tech startups out of these cities and into some of the smaller ones Amazon snubbed, such as Newark, Raleigh, and Atlanta. One other beneficiary: Manhattan, which will get a bunch of Citigroup Inc. employees, who are clearing out of the building Amazon wants to occupy. California's Uncontainable Fires California's wildfires are still burning. They have killed dozens of people so far, with hundreds more missing, and destroyed thousands of buildings, with many thousands more still threatened. Climate change is increasingly drying out parts of the state that are already at high risk of fires, and Justin Fox points out there's not a whole lot anybody can do about it. "Home ignition zones," better forest management and the like can only do so much. Many more people are going to lose homes that are just too cozy with an increasingly hostile nature.  Trump Gives Europe Reason to Worry He left France days ago, but President Donald Trump is still tweeting angrily at Emmanuel Macron. The French president this weekend criticized the U.S. president's nationalism and infuriated Trump by calling for a European army. But much of Trump's rage seems to arise from a fundamental misunderstanding of what Macron said, notes Leonid Bershidsky. The French president wasn't calling for a defense against the U.S., as Trump seems to think. This episode follows other examples of Trump not understanding geography (and other facts), Leonid writes. And that in turn suggests Europe might actually some day be threatened, or at least left dangerously exposed, by a U.S. under the leadership of an ignorant person who doesn't understand the importance of alliances. In that case, a European army might not be a bad idea, Leonid writes. Trump Already Won His Media Battle CNN is suing the White House after it took away reporter Jim Acosta's press credentials. Noah Feldman writes the case is a cut-and-dry one that Trump will almost certainly lose; banning Acosta violates established law. But Noah suggests that, in a more significant way, Trump has already won, by signaling to supporters his "toughness" with the media and by frustrating the exercise of a free press. Once again, Trump is violating his pledge to protect the Constitution and suffering no consequences as a result. And a lawsuit to restore Acosta's credentials doesn't count. GE Has Terrible Timing, Again General Electric Co. is having a bad month/year/decade. The incredible shrinking industrial conglomerate needs to raise cash in a hurry, and today it said it was going to work off its stake in Baker Hughes, a GE Company. This will certainly raise cash, but as Brooke Sutherland and Liam Denning point out, it will be a much, much lower amount of cash than could have been had at just about any time in the recent past. GE is selling at the tail end of a record 12-day collapse in oil prices and a similar pratfall in Baker Hughes's stock: Telltale Charts A supplier's comment about Apple Inc. cutting back on orders for iPhone parts shaved $190 billion off global stock values yesterday and suggests the tech bull market isn't coming back to life any time soon, warns Tim Culpan. Media companies don't seem exposed to the many worries facing the broader market; but somebody needs to remind their stock prices, writes Tara Lachapelle.  Also incongruous is the recent decline in small-cap stocks; that could be a bad sign, warns Stephen Gandel. Train Reading Fetal-tissue research is vital to health science, but Trump's HHS is needlessly freezing it. – Bloomberg's editors  North Korea's nuclear program is going strong, despite Trump's claims to the contrary; he needs to figure out a response. – Eli Lake  Housing's in trouble, but it's not hurting The Home Depot Inc., and it probably won't any time soon. – Sarah Halzack  The new Congress should push for a $15 minimum wage. New studies show it would help the working poor. – Noah Smith  People are saying we should expand the House, which has been stuck at 435 seats since 1911. But this would lead to more polarization and concentration of power in the hands of party leaders. – Jonathan Bernstein Jack Bogle's criticisms of Wall Street are wrong. – Barry Ritholtz  Republicans can't blame their midterm losses on John McCain's Obamacare-repeal vote. – Ramesh Ponnuru   There's one thing Republicans and Democrats can come together on, and it's slashing federal paperwork requirements, or "sludge." – Cass Sunstein  The late Stan Lee had an unusually good deal for the comic business, winning recognition and decent pay for his work, unlike most of his peers. But even he still got chewed up and spit out by capitalism. – Lionel Laurent  Chess is proving to be surprisingly well-suited for Internet fandom. – Tyler Cowen  ICYMI Melania Trump wants John Bolton's deputy fired. The EU and U.K. have a (very) tentative Brexit deal. Kickers Tired: microneedles for your eyeball. Wired: microneedles that burn fat. (h/t Uffe Galsgaard) At some point in the middle of crashing his car into a police station to report his drug paraphernalia had been stolen, Keith questioned the wisdom of his decision. Dressing up as a bus does not make you a "vehicle," four Russians learn. (h/t Scott Duke Kominers for the first two kickers) PSA: Just because it's liquid in a box doesn't mean it's wine. (h/t Alistair Lowe) How plants evolved to make ants their servants. How to give better advice. Everything you wanted to know about the "Beto sex tweet" but were too afraid to ask. What would pop culture be without Stan Lee? Note: Please send microneedles, suggestions and kicker ideas to Mark Gongloff at mgongloff1@bloomberg.net. New to Bloomberg Opinion Today? Sign up here and follow us on Twitter and Facebook. FOLLOW US SEND TO A FRIEND You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Bloomberg Opinion Today newsletter. 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Liam Hemsworth shares striking photo of burned out home he shared with Miley Cyrus in Malibu: 'This is what's left of my home' Posted: 13 Nov 2018 01:34 PM PST If you are having trouble viewing this email click here November 13, 2018     TOP STORY Liam Hemsworth Shares Striking Photo of Burned Out Home He Shared with Miley Cyrus   As three uncontrolled wildfires blaze throughout California, Liam Hemsworth has shared a photo showing all that's left of the Malibu home he shared with fiancée Miley Cyrus       STAR TRACKS Meg Ryan Flashes Her Engagement Ring in N.Y.C., Plus Sandra Bullock, Kerry Washington & More   From Hollywood to New York and everywhere in between, see what your favorite stars are up to         CRIME NEWS Chris Watts' Parents Claim Son Was in Abusive Relationship with Wife He Admitted Murdering   Chris Watts pleaded guilty to murdering his wife Shan'ann and their two young daughters         NOT HAPPY Armie Hammer Slams Celebrities Who Shared Photos of Themselves with Stan Lee After His Death   The Call Me By Your Name actor suggested that posts that included the celebrity honoring Lee were not the appropriate way to honor the Marvel Comics icon       KARDASHIANS IN KOURT Rob Kardashian 'Can No Longer Afford' Paying Blac Chyna $20K Monthly in Child Support: Report   Rob Kardashian reportedly wants to make a few changes to his child support agreement with ex Blac Chyna   CLICK HERE FOR MORE NEWS   UNSUBSCRIBE PRIVACY POLICY MAGAZINE MOBILE APPS People Customer Service Attention: People Consumer Affairs 3000 University Center Drive Tampa, FL 33612-6408 PEOPLE may receive compensation for some links to products and services in this email. Offers may be subject to change without notice. Copyright © 2018 Time Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.

NEWS ALERT: Melania Trump publicly calls for top NSC official's firing

Posted: 13 Nov 2018 01:25 PM PST

In an extraordinary move, Melania Trump is publicly calling for the dismissal of Mira Ricardel, a top White House National Security Council official.

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NEWS ALERT Melania Trump publicly calls for top NSC official's firing In an extraordinary move, Melania Trump is publicly calling for the dismissal of Mira Ricardel, a top White House National Security Council official. Read More >

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El MOUDJAHID : Lettre d'information du 14/11/2018

Posted: 13 Nov 2018 12:31 PM PST

Trudeau trumpets Canada’s stability in bid to woo Asian investors

Posted: 13 Nov 2018 11:30 AM PST

No images? Click here         🏠 Interested in buying your first home? Not sure where to start? Join our new Facebook group "So You Want To Be A Homeowner" for tips, advice and more.    • The young woman from Alberta who vandalized an ancient Thai wall will not be getting jail time. • RIP Stan Lee, who (at age 95) was working on a Canadian series about an Indigenous cop. Here's hoping it still gets made. • Ikea is willing to buy back your used furniture — as long as you can get it to the store in one piece.   📩 Were you forwarded this newsletter? You can subscribe to it here.   Trudeau Trumpets Canada’s Stability In Bid To Woo Asian Investors Speaking to a room of Canadian companies already invested in the region, and local companies interested in investing in Canada, Trudeau tried to frame Canada as an isle of political, social and economic stability in the world — noting the ease to get a visa for top tech talent relative to the longer times in the United States 6th biggest trading partner   No Jail Time For Canadian Who Vandalized Ancient Thai Wall Brittney Schneider, who is from Grande Prairie, Alta., was arrested along with a British man in mid-October after they sprayed the walls of the Tha Pae Gate in Chiang Mai. "Terrified" for her life   Ikea Will Now Buy Back Your (Gently Used) Furniture The furniture doesn't have to be currently in stock — in fact, as long as it's in good condition, Ikea is happy to take furniture that's even several decades old.  Easier than Kijiji?   Want more HuffPost Canada? 📣 Check out our daily news briefings! Here's how to get them sent to your Amazon Echo or your Google Home. 📰  Sign up for our other newsletters: Politics / Lifestyle / Real Estate / Royals / TL;DR. 🎧 Listen to our podcast: Follow-Up / New to podcasts? Here's our guide to getting started. 👍 Follow HuffPost Canada on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram 📱 Get our app: iOS / Android Or get in touch with us ✏️  Tell us how we're doing. Send us your comments and questions.     More headlines Winnipeg Bus Maker Moves Jobs To Kentucky Over New U.S. Content Rules Stan Lee Was Working On A Canadian Series About An Indigenous Cop The Camp Fire Is Now The Deadliest Wildfire In California’s History Fish Oils Show Promise Treating Heart-Related Problems: Doctors The Incredible Story Of India's National Women's Hockey Team What's making us smile WATCH: Remembering Stan Lee's Impact On Pop Culture What a force 👍  You're all set. Have a great day.   HuffPost is now a part of Oath and a part of Verizon. On May 25, 2018, we introduced a new Oath privacy policy, which explains how your data is used and shared. Learn more. Get our app: iOS / Android Follow HuffPost Canada on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram ©2018 HuffPost Canada | 99 Spadina Ave., Suite 200, Toronto, Ont., M5V 3P8 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost Canada Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe         Preferences  |  Unsubscribe

Amb. Nathan Sales Announces New Iran Sanctions at TWI Event

Posted: 13 Nov 2018 10:57 AM PST

TEHRAN'S INTERNATIONAL TARGETS: ASSESSING IRANIAN TERROR SPONSORSHIP
Featuring Nathan Sales

​Counterterrorism Lecture Series
November 13, 2018

Earlier today, The Washington Institute hosted a Policy Forum with Ambassador Nathan Sales, the State Department's Coordinator for Counterterrorism, as part of its long-running Stein Counterterrorism Lecture Series. The following are his prepared remarks.

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Thanks for that warm introduction and for hosting me here. It’s a real pleasure to participate in The Washington Institute’s Counterterrorism Lecture Series. A number of my predecessors from the CT Bureau have had the privilege of speaking at this lectern, and I’m honored to be here to keep the streak alive.

Today, I’m going to highlight U.S. concerns about ongoing terrorism by the Iranian regime and its proxies around the world. Then I’ll tell you what the Trump administration is doing to counter this global and growing threat.

Iran is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. Period. It has held that dubious distinction for many years now and shows no sign of relinquishing the title.

To the contrary, the regime in Tehran continues to provide hundreds of millions of dollars every year to terrorists across the world. It does this, despite ongoing economic turmoil that’s impoverishing many of its people. The beneficiaries of this misbegotten largesse range from Hezbollah in Lebanon, to Hamas in Gaza, to violent rejectionist groups in the West Bank, to the Houthis in Yemen, to hostile militias in Iraq and Syria.

Let me give you some numbers. This may sound hard to believe, but Iran provides Hezbollah alone some $700 million a year. It gives another $100 million to various Palestinian terrorist groups. When you throw in the money provided to other terrorists, the total comes close to one billion dollars.

Let’s pause to consider that, because it bears repeating: The Iranian regime spends nearly a billion dollars a year just to support terrorism. I’d be tempted to make a Dr. Evil reference if the stakes weren’t so high.

And who ultimately pays the price of this support? The Iranian people. The resources Iran uses to fund its global terrorist campaign come directly out of the pockets of ordinary Iranians. The regime robs its own citizens to pay its proxies abroad.

Tehran’s priorities are clear. It doesn’t seek to boost economic growth at home, or to improve Iranian living standards. It doesn’t seek to reduce Iran’s growing unemployment. What the regime prioritizes, despite the country’s increasing economic distress, is buying guns and bombs for foreign terrorists.

Tragically, this vast waste of the Iranian people’s assets has resulted in bloodshed and instability across the globe. Let me lay out what I mean.

In Syria, Tehran has given massive military and financial assistance to the Assad regime, ensuring its survival and, not coincidentally, giving Tehran access to other parts of the Levant.

Iran has built and backed new militia forces in Syria and Iraq. This cadre of battle-hardened fighters can serve as a loyal expeditionary force for the Iranian regime. We’ve seen firsthand in recent months how dangerous these proxies can be. Two months ago, Iranian-linked militias in Iraq launched rockets at our embassy in Baghdad and our consulate in Basra. Fortunately, no one was killed, but these attacks can leave no doubt about the regime’s support for violence.

Iran is working constantly to undermine its neighbors in the Gulf. In Bahrain, Tehran has developed a close partnership with the Ashtar Brigades—an organization working to overthrow the Bahraini government. Iran provides al-Ashtar with training, funding, and weapons, enabling the group’s terrorist attacks.

Farther afield, Iran sponsors terror through an elaborate network of allies, proxies, and cutouts. Tehran is the chief patron of Lebanese Hezbollah, one of the world’s most capable and worrisome terrorist groups.

Thanks to Iran’s backing, Hezbollah has built a fearsome arsenal. The group now has more than 100,000 rockets in Lebanon, a massive and destabilizing buildup. Indifferent to the people it purports to defend, Hezbollah hides its missile factories in population centers—effectively using innocent civilians as human shields.

And while Hezbollah likes to tout its political role and social services in Lebanon, that’s an ill-fitting fig leaf for its true and more nefarious agenda. Let’s be clear: Hezbollah is not an NGO; it is not just another political party. Hezbollah is a terrorist group with a bloody record of perpetrating violence and destruction in Lebanon and Syria, throughout the Middle East, and around the world.

Hezbollah’s ambitions and global reach rival those of al-Qaeda and ISIS. In recent years, Hezbollah operatives have been caught preparing attacks as far afield as Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Cyprus, Egypt, Peru, and Thailand. Hezbollah weapons caches have been discovered in the Gulf, in Europe, in Asia, and in Africa. In 2012, Hezbollah bombed a bus in Bulgaria, killing five Israeli tourists and one Bulgarian citizen.

Iran isn’t content to merely fund proxies like Hezbollah. The regime itself engages in terrorist plotting around the world.

Just last month, an Iranian operative was arrested for planning assassinations in Denmark. This summer, authorities in Germany, Belgium, and France collaborated to thwart a plot to bomb a political rally near Paris. They arrested several Iranian operatives—including an Iranian spy operating under diplomatic cover in Austria. Ordinarily, the arrest of a purported diplomat for planning a terrorist attack would be unprecedented. For Iran, it’s business as usual.

These plots were particularly brazen in their indifference to civilian casualties, in their abuse of diplomatic status, and in their general shamelessness. But they’re just the tip of the iceberg. For Iran has a long and sordid history of backing terrorism in Europe.

In January, German authorities discovered and investigated ten suspected IRGC-Qods Force operatives. In March, Albania arrested two Iranian operatives for terrorist plotting. Several years ago, Germany arrested and subsequently convicted a Qods Force operative who was surveilling the head of a German-Israeli group and his associates. In 2012, Turkish authorities disrupted a plot by four Qods Force operatives to attack Israeli targets in Turkey. Iran was responsible for not one but two separate plots in Cyprus, in 2012 and in 2015.

Iran is actively plotting terrorism in Europe, but it plots in lots of other places too. Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America have also seen Iran-backed terrorism in recent years.

In 2013, three Iranian operatives were arrested in Nigeria for planning attacks against U.S. and Israeli tourist sites and organizations. The previous year, two Qods Force operatives were arrested in Kenya for plotting attacks against Western interests—and some thirty-three pounds of explosives were found in their possession.

In South America, a senior Iranian diplomat—sound familiar?—was found to be planning an attack near the Israeli embassy in Uruguay. And in Asia, since 2011, Iranian operatives have been implicated in plots and attacks in Nepal, India, and Pakistan.

Our country is not immune. In 2011, the Qods Force allegedly was involved in a plan to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States at a restaurant in Georgetown. And just this past August, the FBI arrested two people for allegedly surveilling Bahai and Jewish facilities in the United States. They’re also suspected of collecting information about Americans who belong to an Iranian opposition group.

All in all, an extraordinary compendium of evil. This is not the behavior of a normal government. This is the behavior of a lawless regime that uses terrorism as a basic tool of statecraft.

We cannot let this threat go unanswered. And so the Trump administration is responding. We’re going after Iranian support for terrorism in a variety of ways to get at the people and organizations Iran uses to spread terror.

Last week, the United States reimposed a range of sanctions on Iran that had been lifted with the signing of the flawed nuclear deal, as well as new sanctions on additional Iranian entities. Our actions included sanctions against Iran’s energy and shipping sectors, as well as the Iranian Central Bank.

These new designations ramp up already intense pressure—pressure that’s designed to force Iran to act like a normal country. I can assure you that, until Iran changes its ways, more pressure is coming. And we will sustain that pressure until Iranian leaders cease their destructive behavior.

Our campaign has been building for some time: Last year, the administration took a major step to hold Iran accountable when the Treasury Department named the IRGC as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) for its support to terrorism.

The State Department likewise has been aggressively sanctioning Iranian-linked terrorists. In 2018, we designated al-Ashtar Brigades in Bahrain and several of its leaders. We also designated Harakat al-Sabirin, an Iran-backed group operating in Gaza.

This is just the beginning. We will continue to target Iran’s terrorist proxies. They will pay a price for their actions and their partnership with the regime in Tehran.

At the same time, the administration is ramping up efforts against Hezbollah. We’re using law enforcement and financial tools to disrupt its networks. We’re targeting its financial resources and squeezing it out of the international financial system. The U.S. government has designated over 150 entities and individuals tied to that terrorist group, including more than 40 in 2018 alone.

I’ll give you a few examples that illustrate the breadth of Hezbollah’s networks. Earlier this year, Treasury sanctioned a number of Hezbollah front companies and facilitators in West Africa. These included fishing, car rentals, food processing—even pig farming. Yes, there’s a Hezbollah pig farm in Liberia.

We’re also using the Rewards for Justice program (RFJ) to add to the pressure on Hezbollah, offering multi-million dollar rewards for information leading to the identification or location of key leaders and operatives. Last year, the State Department issued RFJ reward offers for two Hezbollah leaders—Talal Hamiyah and Fuad Shukr. These men have American blood on their hands. These were the first RFJs targeting Hezbollah in more than a decade.

Thanks to good intelligence, solid investigative work, and some luck, Iranian terrorist plotting has not—so far—resulted in the hundreds of casualties that Tehran is clearly trying to orchestrate. But counting on luck is not a winning strategy.

We need to do more to change the Iranian regime’s calculus and end its support for terrorism. And we know that the United States cannot do this alone, which is why we’re pressing our international partners to stand up to Iran-backed terrorism.

We also need the private sector to play a responsible role in this effort. I’ll be blunt: If you’re doing business with Iran, you’re funding terrorism. The IRGC has penetrated nearly every sector of the Iranian economy. By enriching the IRGC, companies are, even if inadvertently, enabling Tehran’s terrorist agenda. This has to stop.

All of us can do more. All of us must do more. Therefore, today, I am announcing several significant new measures the Trump administration is taking to constrain Iran and its proxies.

To begin with—and this will not be a surprise—the State Department’s mandatory five-year review of Hezbollah has once again determined that the group must and will remain on our list of designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations. This means all of Hezbollah. We reject the false distinction between Hezbollah’s terrorist wing and a purportedly peaceful “political wing.” Hezbollah is one organization. It is a terrorist organization, root and branch.

The State Department is also levying two new terrorism designations today. First, we’re sanctioning Jawad Nasrallah as an SDGT. Jawad Nasrallah is a Hezbollah leader and the son of the group’s secretary-general, Hassan Nasrallah. In 2016, Jawad tried to activate a suicide bombing and shooting cell based in the West Bank. Fortunately, security forces arrested the five people he had recruited for this operation.

Second, we’re designating the Mujahidin Brigades (AMB). Based in the Gaza Strip, the AMB is a military organization that has operated in the Palestinian Territories since 2005. Its members have long plotted attacks against Israeli targets. AMB has ties to Hezbollah, and Hezbollah has provided funding and military training to AMB members.

Along with these actions by the State Department, earlier today the Treasury Department announced four designations targeting Iranian and Hezbollah-linked terrorists in Iraq. First, Treasury is sanctioning Shebl al-Zaidi as an SDGT. Zaidi has served as a financial coordinator between the Qods Force and militias in Iraq. He has also facilitated Iraqi investments on behalf of Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Qods Force. Zaidi has helped smuggle oil for Iran, and has sent Iraqi fighters to Syria allegedly at the request of the Qods Force.

In addition, Treasury is designating Yusuf Hashim. Hashim oversees all Hezbollah-related operations in Iraq and is in charge of protecting Hezbollah’s interests in that country.

Treasury is also designating Muhammad Farhat. Farhat has advised militias in Iraq on behalf of Hezbollah. He was also tasked with collecting security and intelligence information in Iraq for senior Hezbollah and Iranian leadership.

Lastly, Treasury is designating Adnan Kawtharani. Kawtharani facilitates business transactions for Hezbollah inside Iraq and regularly meets there with militias and Hezbollah officials. He has also helped secure funding for Hezbollah, and has served as the right-hand man for his brother and senior Hezbollah member Muhammad Kawtharani—who himself was designated in 2013.

There’s more to come. We’ll be making some additional announcements at the State Department’s press briefing later this afternoon. So stay tuned.

The goal of the measures I’ve described today is very simple: to force a change in the Iranian regime’s behavior. We expect—we insist—that Iran follow the same rules every other country must follow and end its use of terrorism as a tool of statecraft.

We will make clear to Iran-backed terrorists and to their masters in Tehran that there are costs—increasingly heavy ones—to their support for terrorist barbarism. We are prepared to impose those costs on the regime and its proxies wherever they may be.

We know that this will be a long and difficult challenge. But we will prevail. We will continue to ratchet up the pressure until Iran comes to its senses, joins the community of civilized nations, and ends its support for murder and mayhem across the globe. We owe it to the victims, and we owe it to the cause of simple human decency. We can do no less.

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إعلان التوصل لهدنة بين الفصائل الفلسطينية وإسرائيل بوساطة مصرية

Posted: 13 Nov 2018 10:40 AM PST

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أعلنت الأذرع المسلحة للفصائل الفلسطينية، في قطاع غزة، مساء الثلاثاء، عن التوصل لاتفاق لوقف إطلاق النار، بوساطة مصرية.

وقالت "غرفة العمليات المشتركة" التي تضم الأذرع المسلحة، في بيان لها:" جهود مصرية مُقدّرة أسفرت عن تثبيت وقف إطلاق النار بين المقاومة والعدو الصهيوني".

وأضافت:" المقاومة ستلتزم بهذا الإعلان طالما التزم به العدو الصهيوني".

وتضم "الغرفة المشتركة" كافة الأذرع المسلحة، وأبرزها كتائب القسام، الجناح المسلح لحركة حماس، وسرايا القدس، الجناح المسلح لحركة الجهاد الإسلامي.

وكان رئيس المكتب السياسي لحركة "حماس"، إسماعيل هنية، قد قال مساء الثلاثاء، إن العودة لتفاهمات وقف إطلاق النار في قطاع غزة، ممكنة، في حال "إيقاف إسرائيل لعدوانها".

وأضاف هنية، في بيان صادر عن مكتبه :" في حال توقف الاحتلال عن عدوانه، فيمكن العودة لتفاهمات وقف إطلاق النار"، دون مزيد من التفاصيل.

وشن الجيش الإسرائيلي الإثنين والثلاثاء، سلسلة من الغارات الجوية والقصف المدفعي على مواقع متفرقة في القطاع، بينها مواقع مدنية أبرزها مقر فضائية "الأقصى"، التابعة لـ"حماس"؛ وهو ما ردت عليه الفصائل الفلسطينية بقصف مواقع ومستوطنات إسرائيلية بمئات الصواريخ.

ومنذ مساء الأحد، قتل 14 فلسطينيا، بينهم 7 أشخاص قتلوا عقب تسلُل قوة خاصة إسرائيلية، إلى عمق قطاع غزة، فيما قتل 7 آخرون، جراء الغارات الجوية.

باريس تحاول تبرير تصريحات لودريان الخاطئة تجاه أردوغان

Posted: 13 Nov 2018 10:39 AM PST

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حاولت وزارة الخارجية الفرنسية اليوم الثلاثاء، تبرير تصريحات الوزير جان إيف لودريان الخاطئة بشأن مقتل الصحفي السعودي جمال خاشقجي وتركيا، وقالت إنها "فُسّرت بشكل خاطئ".

ونقلت صحفية "لوموند" عن الخارجية الفرنسية قولها إن لودريان كان يقصد بتصريحاته أنّه لم يحصل على معلومات كافية لكشف كامل الحقيقة حول القضية، وأن حقيقة مقتل خاشقجي ليست مقتصرة على التسجيلات الصوتية الموجودة لدى تركيا.

وأمس الاثنين، أكد رئيس دائرة الاتصال في رئاسة الجمهورية التركية فخر الدين ألطون، رفض بلاده الاتهام الموجه ضد الرئيس التركي رجب طيب أردوغان من قبل لودريان بـ "التلاعب السياسي" فيما يتعلق بقضية خاشقجي، وإطلاع تركيا عدة دول بينها فرنسا على تسجيلات تتعلق بقتل خاشقجي.

وأكد ألطون أنّه لولا المساعي التركية الحازمة لتمت التغطية على حادثة مقتل خاشقجي منذ زمن، موضحا أنّ مشاركة الأدلة المتعلقة بمقتل خاشقجي مع المسؤولين في عدة دول صديقة، يعكس النوايا التركية في الكشف عن ملابسات الجريمة.

وكان وزير الخارجية التركي مولود تشاووش أوغلو قال الاثنين، "إن لودريان تجاوز حدوده باتهاماته المتعلقة بالرئيس رجب طيب أردوغان".

وشدد تشاووش أوغلو، في تصريح للأناضول، أنه على الوزير الفرنسي أن يعلم كيفية التحدث مع رئيس دولة، موصيا "لودريان" بعدم الخلط بين الزعماء الفرنسيين والرئيس أردوغان.

"سي إن إن" ترفع دعوى قضائية ضد ترامب والبيت الأبيض

Posted: 13 Nov 2018 10:38 AM PST

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أعلنت شبكة "سي.إن.إن" الأمريكية، الثلاثاء، رفع دعوى قضائية ضد الرئيس الأمريكي دونالد ترامب والبيت الأبيض، على خلفية سحب تراخيص أحد مراسليها.

والأسبوع الماضي، دار سجال حاد بين ترامب ومراسل الشبكة، جيم أكوستا، خلال مؤتمر صحفي، عقب طرح الأخير أسئلة استفزت الرئيس الأمريكي.

وإثر ذلك، أعلن أكوستا في تغريدة عبر "تويتر"، أنّ البيت الأبيض سحب تراخيصه، ولن يسمح له بالدخول من أجل التغطية الإخبارية.

وقالت "سي.إن.إن" في بيان، إنها "رفعت الدعوى صباح الثلاثاء، في محكمة واشنطن الجزائية، للمطالبة بإعادة تراخيص المراسل". 

وأضاف البيان أنّ "السحب الخاطئ لهذه التراخيص ينتهك حقوق 'سي إن إن' وأكوستا، في ما يتعلق بحرية الصحافة بموجب الدستور". 

وتابع: "طلبنا من المحكمة إصدار أمر فوري يطالب بإعادة التراخيص إلى جيم". 

من جانبها، أعلنت جمعية مراسلي البيت الأبيض تأييدها لإجراءات "سي إن إن"، مشيرة إلى أنه ما كان ينبغي للبيت الأبيض سحب تلك التراخيص من البداية، وفق الشبكة الإخبارية الأمريكية. 

وفي السجال الذي دار بين ترامب والمراسل الأسبوع الماضي، قال ترامب: "على سي إن إن، أن تخجل من عملك معها. أنت شخص وقح وفظيع. شخص مثلك يجب ألا يعمل في سي إن إن". 

وذكر أكوستا، في تغريدته عقب ذلك، أن جهاز الخدمة السرية بالبيت الأبيض (المكلف بحماية كبار المسؤولين) أبلغه بأنه لا يمكنه الدخول مجددا. 

وفي حينه، قالت المتحدثة باسم البيت الأبيض سارة ساندرز، إن "أكوستا لمس متدربة حاولت أخذ الميكروفون من يده أثناء سجاله مع ترامب الذي طلب منه ترك الميكروفون". 

وأضافت ساندرز أن "الرئيس ترامب يرحب بالرد على الأسئلة الصعبة الموجهة إليه، لكننا لا نسمح بأن يضع مراسل يديه على امرأة شابة تحاول فقط القيام بعملها كموظفة متدربة في البيت الأبيض". 

بيد أن أكوستا نفى، عبر حسابه بـ"تويتر"، صحة ما قالته متحدثة البيت الأبيض.

تركيا تنسحب من المؤتمر الدولي حول ليبيا المنعقد في إيطاليا

Posted: 13 Nov 2018 10:34 AM PST

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أعلن نائب الرئيس التركي، فؤاد أوقطاي، عن انسحاب بلاده من اجتماع المؤتمر الدولي حول ليبيا في إيطاليا.

جاء ذلك في تصريح صحفي لأوقطاي، اليوم الثلاثاء، أعرب فيه عن أسفه من أن "المجتمع الدولي لم يتحد صباح اليوم، حيث قام البعض بإستغلال استضافة إيطاليا للمؤتمر ليتدخل من جانب واحد في مسار الأزمة".

وقال نائب الرئيس التركي الذي كان يمثل بلاده في صقلية: "كل اجتماع يستثني تركيا لا يمكن إلا أن تكون نتائجه عكسية لحل المشكلة".

وعقد اجتماع لم يعلن عنه مسبقا صباح الثلاثاء بين أبرز أطراف الازمة الليبية وبينهم عدة دول أوروبية ومتوسطية لكن في غياب أي ممثل عن تركيا.

وقال أوقطاي "الاجتماع غير الرسمي الذي عقد هذا الصباح وضم عدداً من الاطراف باعتبارهم أطراف النزاع الاساسيين في المتوسط، مقاربة خاطئة ومسيئة، نحن نعارضها بشدة".

وعقد هذا الاجتماع، الذي شارك فيه المشير خليفة حفتر الذي يقاطع المؤتمر رسمياً، صباحا برئاسة رئيس الحكومة الايطالية جوسيبي كونتي.

وحضر هذا الاجتماع الرئيس المصري عبد الفتاح السيسي ورئيس حكومة الوفاق الوطني الليبية فايز السراج ووزير الخارجية الفرنسي جان ايف لودريان ورئيس الوزراء الروسي ديمتري مدفيديف والرئيس التونسي الباجي قائد السبسي ورئيس الوزراء الجزائري احمد اويحيى ومبعوث الامم المتحدة الى ليبيا غسان سلامة ورئيس المجلس الاوروبي دونالد توسك.

رئيس الوزراء الإيطالي يعرب عن حزنة لانسحاب تركيا من مؤتمر باليرمو حول ليبيا

Posted: 13 Nov 2018 10:29 AM PST

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رئيس الوزراء الإيطالي يعرب عن حزنة لانسحاب تركيا من مؤتمر باليرمو حول ليبيا

أعرب رئيس الوزراء الإيطالي، جوزيبي كونتي، عن حزنه لانسحاب تركيا من المؤتمر الدولي حول ليبيا في مدينة "باليرمو".

جاء ذلك في مؤتمر صحفي عقده عقب المؤتمر، اليوم الثلاثاء، تطرق خلاله لانسحاب نائب الرئيس التركي، فؤاد أوكطاي منه.

وقال كونتي: "أنا حزين لأن نائب الرئيس التركي (أوقطاي) انسحب من المؤتمر. حينما قرأت تصريحاته لم أرى خطابا ضد إيطاليا".

وفي وقت سابق اليوم أعلن نائب الرئيس التركي، فؤاد أوقطاي، عن انسحاب بلاده من اجتماع المؤتمر الدولي حول ليبيا في إيطاليا.

وأعرب أوقطاي عن أسفه من أن "المجتمع الدولي لم يتحد صباح اليوم، حيث قام البعض باستغلال استضافة إيطاليا للمؤتمر ليتدخل من جانب واحد في مسار الأزمة".

وأضاف بالقول "لن يتم تحقيق استقرار في ليبيا ما دام هناك دول تواصل جهودها لتعطيل المسار وفقاً لمصالحها".

ترامب منتقدًا تصريحات ماكرون: ألمانيا هي التي أشعلت الحربين العالميتين

Posted: 13 Nov 2018 10:28 AM PST

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واصل الرئيس الأمريكي، دونالد ترامب، اليوم الثلاثاء، انتقاده لنظيره الفرنسي، إيمانويل ماكرون، على خلفية طرحه فكرة إنشاء جيش أوروبي.

ودعا ماكرون، الثلاثاء الماضي، إلى تشكيل هذا الجيش للدفاع عن أوروبا ضد روسيا، دون الاعتماد على الولايات المتحدة، قائلًا: "نحن لا نحمي الأوروبيين، إذا لم نقرر أن يكون لدينا جيش أوروبي حقيقي".

وكتب ترامب، على "تويتر" اليوم، إن " ماكرون يقترح تشكيل جيش خاص له لحماية أوروبا من الولايات المتحدة والصين وروسيا.. إلا أن ألمانيا هي التي أشعلت الحربين العالميتين الأولى والثانية، فماذا نتج من ذلك لفرنسا؟ لقد بدؤوا تعلم اللغة الألمانية قبل دخول الولايات المتحدة على الخط".

وختم ترامب تغريدته مخاطبًا ماكرون: "عليك أن تختار بين دفع الأموال للناتو (حلف شمال الأطلنطي) من عدمه".

ويمثل حديث ترامب هذا حلقةً ثانيةً من تغريدة استبق بها زيارته إلى باريس، الأحد الماضي، للمشاركة في فعاليات إحياء الذكرى المئوية لانتهاء الحرب العالمية الأولى (1914: 1918).

وعبر ترامب، في تلك التغريدة، عن استيائه من تصريحات ماكرون حول ضرورة تأسيس جيش أوروبي.

وشدد آنذاك على أنه "ربما يجب أن تقوم أوروبا أولًا بمساهمة عادلة في الناتو، الذي تموله الولايات المتحدة إلى حد كبير".

وعقد الرئيسان اجتماعًا في باريس، الأحد، أقر خلاله ماكرون بضرورة زيادة الإنفاق العسكري في "الناتو".

لكنه قال إنه "ليس من العدل أن نضمن الأمن الأوروبي بالاعتماد فقط على الولايات المتحدة".

وسبق أن دعا ماكرون، في سبتمبر/ أيلول 2017، إلى تشكيل قوة أوروبية وإيجاد ميزانية دفاعية أوروبية مشتركة.

وأعلنت المفوضية الأوروبية، في وقت سابق، أن التعاون الدفاعي "لا يتضمن إنشاء جيش للاتحاد الأوروبي".

العفو الدولية تسحب جائزة حقوق الإنسان من رئيسة وزراء ميانمار

Posted: 13 Nov 2018 10:19 AM PST

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أعلنت منظمة العفو الدولية أنها سحبت جائزة حقوق الإنسان من رئيسة وزراء ميانمار، أونغ سان سو تشي، بسبب ما تشهده بلادها من انتهاكات لحقوق الإنسان لا سيما ضد مسلمي أراكان، غربي ميانمار، وسكوتها عما يحدث.

وذكر بيان للمنظمة على موقعها الإلكتروني، الاثنين، أن سو تشي "خانت بشكل مخز القيم" التي كانت في يوم من الأيام تدافع عنها.

وقد أُبلغت "سو تشي" عبر برقية بعثها أمين عام المنظمة، بسحب جائزة حقوق الإنسان منها والتي حصلت عليها عام 2009.

وجاء في برقيته: "نحن واقعون في دهشة عميقة لأنكم أصبحتم بعد اليوم لا تمثلون رمز الأمل والشجاعة والدفاع الأبدي عن حقوق الإنسان".

وأكدت البرقية أن سو تشي تجاهلت على وجه واضح اضطهاد الجيش الميانماري لمسلمي أراكان.

سو شي، التي منحت جائزة حقوق الإنسان "سفير الضمير" عام 2009 وهي في إقامتها الجبرية؛ لم تحرك ساكناً والتزمت الصمت أمام المجازر التي يرتكبها جيش بلادها بحق الأقلية المسلمة في ميانمار.

ومنذ أغسطس/آب 2017، أسفرت جرائم تستهدف الأقلية المسلمة في إقليم أراكان، من قبل جيش ميانمار ومليشيات بوذية متطرفة، عن مقتل آلاف الروهنغيا، حسب مصادر محلية ودولية متطابقة، فضلا عن لجوء نحو 826 ألفا إلى الجارة بنغلاديش، وفق الأمم المتحدة.

"قيامة أرطغرل" يواصل تربعه على عرش المسلسلات التركية

Posted: 13 Nov 2018 10:17 AM PST

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واصل مسلسل "قيامة أرطغرل" تربعه على عرش المسلسلات التركية بتحقيقه أعلى نسبة مشاهدة إثر عرض أولى حلقاته الأربعاء الماضي، متفوقا على بقية البرامج والمسلسلات ومحققا مرتبة عالمية متقدمة.

المسلسل منذ بدء عرضه حقق نسب مشاهدة عالية وقياسية، حطم فيها الأرقام، وفي حلقته الأولى بالموسم الخامس، حقق المرتبة الأولى في تركيا، والمرتبة الخامسة عالميا، وحقق تفاعلا على "تويتر" ليلة البث بلغ أكثر من مئة ألف تغريدة، حسب صحيفة "تركيا".

وشاهدت أسرة المسلسل عرض الحلقة الأولى مجتمعة، بمشاركة أبطال العمل، ومدير عام قناة TRT إبراهيم إرِن، وبقية الإداريين، فضلا عن النجم إنغين ألطان دوزياطان الذي يجسد دور "أرطغرل"، والمنتج وكاتب السيناريو محمد بوزاغ، والمخرج متين غوناي.

وينتظر محبو المسلسل مزيدا من الإثارة في الحلقة الجديدة من المسلسل، التي تذاع غدا الأربعاء، بعد أحداث مشوقة حدثت في الحلقة الأولى، شملت تعرض "أرطغرل" لعدد من المكائد من الداخل والخارج.

ويحيط الأعداء بـ"أرطغرل" من الداخل بوجود قبائل منافسة، مدفوعة من قبل المغول لتلعب دورها، فيما مصير الدولة السلجوقية يتحكم به المغول أيضا، والبيزنطيون من جهة أخرى يسعون لتقويض أركان حكم "أرطغرل".

وخلال الحلقة الجديدة، تتصاعد الأحداث بشكل أكبر، من أجل مواجهة قرارات الدولة السلجوقية المتأثرة بالمغول، ليعلن "أرطغرل" عن حكمه الذاتي في المنطقة، في وقت يواصل فيه الحكم بالعدل وتربية أبنائه على الفضائل.

وتدور أحداث مسلسل "قيامة أرطغرل"، في القرن الـ13 الميلادي، ويعرض سيرة حياة البطل أرطغرل بن سليمان شاه، زعيم قبيلة قايي، وهو من أتراك الأوغوز المسلمين (التركمان)، ووالد عثمان الأول مؤسس الدولة العثمانية (656هـ ـ 1258م / 726هـ ـ 1326م).

الموسم الجديد ينقل أحداثا جديدة مشوقة، عقب استكمال عمليات التصوير في ديكورات جديدة، وبكادر من الممثلين، معظمهم من الوجوه الجديدة.

يذكر أن المسلسل يبث في أكثر من 85 دولة، وشاهده خلال المواسم السابقة نحو 3 مليارات، وموسمه الحالي هو الأخير، لينطلق في سلسلة جديدة باسم "قيامة عثمان غازي".

Most Social: Ryanair plane impounded, 149 passengers kicked off due to unpaid bill

Posted: 13 Nov 2018 10:10 AM PST

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The unknown story of Moroccan Holocaust survivors

Posted: 13 Nov 2018 09:53 AM PST

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MONTREAL — Montreal engineer Sam Edery has a special copper menorah at home, passed down to him from his grandfather, who was the jeweler in the court of King Mohammed V of Morocco during World War II.

Edery says his grandfather made the menorah while the king was meeting with representatives from Vichy France and Nazi Germany to discuss the Jewish question.

"My grandfather knew [about the meeting] because he was a jeweler and he often went to the royal palace. He made the menorah because it represents the miracle of Hanukkah and [the discussions] happened in November or December, around that time," Edery said.

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Not long afterwards, Mohammed V allegedly told the Nazis, "There are no Jewish citizens, there are no Muslims citizens, they are all Moroccans."

"For my grandfather, it was like a miracle. I think a miracle happened because the king refused to collaborate," said Edery.

Indeed, the Jews of Morocco were saved. Although Morocco was a French protectorate and France's Vichy regime was complicit in the murder of French Jews, not a single Jew living in Morocco was sent to a concentration camp.

Nor did Morocco's Jews wear the yellow star, their property was not seized, and they were not stripped of their citizenship.

A Moroccan woman carries a sack on her head as she walks along a narrow street in the Jewish Mellah quarter of Tinghir, at the foot of the High Atlas and the heart of Morocco's Berber community on April 21, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/FADEL SENNA)

French-speaking Moroccan Jews immigrated to Canada's French-speaking province in the 1960s and 70s, sometimes by first moving to France, and later to Canada.

Recently, however, Jews who lived in Morocco during World War II have become eligible to receive reparations from the German government.

In Quebec, where Moroccans make up a quarter of the Jewish community, about a third of applications for German reparations come from Moroccan immigrants, estimated Stacy Jbeli, a case manager at the Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors, which distributes reparations payments to local Holocaust survivors. Jbeli said that of the 2,000 Canadian-Moroccan Jews who applied for compensation, about 1,800 have received it.

Montreal-resident Edery's 96-year-old mother is one such recipient. She received a check for CA$3,000 and might also be eligible for $1,500 per year for medical appointments, eyeglasses, medications, and home care services.

Why are Moroccan Jews now considered Holocaust survivors?

Until now, stories about what Moroccan Jews experienced during the war were not collected by Holocaust museums. For example, the University of Southern California Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive, which has tens of thousands of testimonies from Holocaust survivors, does not include a single interview with a Jew living in Morocco during WWII.

Children run along the walkways of the mellah. The old Jewish quarter is discernible by its narrow, rundown alleys. (photo credit: Michal Shmulovich)

Despite the city's large Moroccan Jewish population, the Holocaust Museum in Montreal also does not have any testimonies from Moroccans.

At the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC, there are just a handful of testimonies from Moroccans — so few, in fact, that the chief of the museum's oral history archive wasn't even aware they existed. In these interviews, Jewish Moroccans describe the hardships of war that both Jews and non-Jews endured: bombings, food shortages, and curfews.

"There is nothing like a 'Wow!' [survival] story," said case manager Jbeli, who has Moroccan clients.

A man wears a djellaba, a traditional Moroccan hooded cape for men or women, in the old mellah of Marrakech. (photo credit: Michal Shmulovich)

But the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, also known as the Claims Conference, convinced the German government to compensate Moroccan Jews for one primary reason — because they were forced to live in the mellahs, or historic Jewish quarters.

Under German law, forced residence is recognized as a type of persecution, explained Greg Schneider, the executive vice president of the Claims Conference. Moroccan Jews who were already living in the mellahs were not allowed to move out, and some who were living outside of the Jewish districts had to move into them, Schneider said.

Edery, whose uncle and cousins were forced to leave their home and relocate into the mellah in Marrakesh during the war, suspects that the policy may have been put in place as the first step to extermination.

An outside view of the Jewish cemetery in Marrakech, located near the edge of the mellah. (photo credit: Michal Shmulovich)

"They wanted to contain them in one place. Was it done for the same reasons [as in Europe]? It wouldn't surprise me," said Edery. "The Germans just didn't get the time to do it because of the King of Morocco."

However, a mellah wasn't exactly like a Polish ghetto because the gates were not locked, people were not prevented from going in and out, and because most Moroccan Jews lived in mellahs even before the war. In addition, Jews weren't forced into the mellahs in all Moroccan cities.

It is indisputable, however, that the conditions in the mellahs were terrible.

Homes in the mellah, or old Jewish quarter, of Fez, are located very close together, with tiny alleys as streets. (photo credit: Michal Shmulovich)

Montreal radio commentator Charles Barchechath, who was born in 1943 in the mellah of Rabat, said that food was scarce and typhus and cholera were common.

"The epidemics took the lives of a lot of Jews of Morocco. My father caught typhus, but luckily he recovered," he said.

Between 1940 and November of 1942 when the Americans landed in Morocco, Moroccan Jews also had to abide by discriminatory laws: Jewish children were expelled from schools, Jews were fired from government jobs, and there were quotas on how many Jews could attend universities or work as doctors, lawyers and pharmacists, said Robert Satloff, the executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, who wrote a book about the Holocaust in Arab countries.

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Executive Director Robert Satloff testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

"In general, Vichy laws that were applied in France, were applied in Morocco," Satloff said. "The vast majority of Moroccan Jews were not working in the public sector, were not university students or university graduates, but the laws were there and they applied."

Vichy officials attempted at one point to make an inventory of property held by Jews, but Mohammed V met with the Jewish community and promised to slow down the census, Satloff said. As a result, Jewish property in Morocco was not confiscated, unlike Jewish property in neighboring Algeria.

Historians also say that had American troops not landed in North Africa in 1942, Moroccan Jewry — which numbered approximately 250,000 during WWII — may have also been sent to the death camps.

File: Morocco's Mohammed V, wearing white robes, walking with the country's Grand Vizier Si Mohammed El Mokri after he placed a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at the Arc De Triomphe during a visit to Paris, France around July 4, 1930. (AP Photo)

According to documents that outline the Final Solution, Hitler had planned to exterminate 700,000 French Jews – a number that makes sense only if the Jews in French North Africa are included, Satloff said.

Effort to collect testimonies

Worldwide, more than 43,000 Moroccan Jews have received reparations since 2011, when Germany finally recognized them as Holocaust survivors, according to data from the Claims Conference.

But in addition to the payments, the acknowledgement that the Jews of Morocco also suffered from fascist persecution is helping to preserve history.

The applications filed by thousands of Moroccans for compensation have become the largest source of information on the experiences of Moroccan Jews during the war.

King Mohammed VI of Morocco at the rededication ceremony of the Ettedgui Synagogue in Casablanca, Morocco, December 16, 2016. (Screen capture: YouTube)

In addition, Holocaust museums are now promising to begin collecting audio and video testimonies from Moroccan Jews.

"There are several 'categories' — for lack of a better word — of survivors that we recognize as gaps in our collections, and the Jews of North Africa are among those identified as a gap," Leslie Swift, the chief of Film, Oral History and Recorded Sound at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, wrote in an email. "We would definitely like to interview more of them in the future."

The museum is now planning to send a team to Montreal to interview Moroccan Jews, Swift said.

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