NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY 5/28-5/29/2019
(MORE ADDITIONS, EDITING, UPDATES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING)
The US State Department stepping up criticism of Syria's government and its military offensive in the northwest against Al-Qaeda jihadists and other elements.
State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus calls the government offensive, backed by Russian air support a:
The political fight in Israel underway ahead of Wednesday night's deadline to form a new government.
Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the Yisrael Beitenu (Israel Our Home) Party, insisting that a law on drafting Israelis for military service be passed over objections from religious Israelis. Lieberman also protesting the inordinate influence of religious elements on the nation's life.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's supporters pouncing on Lieberman accusing him of wanting to hurt Netanyahu and the chances of a government of the "Right" being formed.
Lieberman saying he stands on principle and shrugging off news leaked to the media that religious parties are " amazingly flexible" on the draft law as a "scam".
Netanyahu's Likud Party is pushing a law to dissolve Parliament creating the notion that new elections will have to be called because Lieberman is balking about joining a new government.
Also Likud moving to merge with the small Kulanu Party to move its number of seats up 4 to 39 giving Likud more seats than the main opposition Blue and White Party.
Late on Tuesday Prime Minister Netanyahu meeting Israel's top two judges on the High Court.
Netanyahu's office saying that the notion of "mutual respect" was discussed. High Court judges have spoken out recently to defend independence of the judiciary in the face of Netanyahu's plans to enact legislation to nullify their rulings.
The move seen as an attempt to insulate Netanyahu from consequences of pending indictments in three corruption cases.
And in a Thursday morning leak to the media Likud officials are quoted as saying that the former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, whose smaller party failed to win seats in the last election, is being considered for a top spot on Likud's list of candidates in any new election.
The Right Side of the story is at "Israel National News".....LINK On the Left "Haaretz" reports the political story in Israel right now...LINK
Kosovo, a majority Muslim nation whose independence is recognized by half the world's nations, is a center of concern because of a Kosovo government police raid. Kosovo police arresting 19 non-Muslim Serb police officers and others including two UN officials in the north of the country. Word is that two the UN officials were 'injured'. The UN mission in Kosovo expressing its concern about the well being of its staff.
Kosovo authorities say their police were engaged in anti-smuggling operations.
Live ammunition was fired over the heads of Serbian residents during the police.
Serbia condemning the raid and Russia, which does not recognize the Kosovo government, condemned it as a "blatant act" that crossed a "provocative line"
The Supreme Court coming down with a ruling on an Indiana abortion law upholding the part dealing with the remains of abortions or miscarriages. That provision requires the remains of the unborn child (fetus) to be either buried or cremated.
But in an unsigned opinion the court opted not to review a lower court ruling overturning the part of the law that made abortions based on race, gender or disability illegal.
But Justice Clarence Thomas did offer this in his concurring opinion with the ruling:
The US State Department stepping up criticism of Syria's government and its military offensive in the northwest against Al-Qaeda jihadists and other elements.
State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus calls the government offensive, backed by Russian air support a:
"reckless escalation"
Ortagus claims that civilian targets are being hit in the operations following reports that dozens of civilians have been killed in the region in recent weeks.
At the UN Security Council the US and UK expressing their concern about the Syrian military operation.
The Syrian UN representative showed the council a meeting between the Western backed Free Syrian Army and Al-Qaeda...….TWEET WITH SYRIAN REPRESENTATIVE HOLDING PICTURE
Next to Syria in Iraq, Turkey says its forces killed six more members of the Kurdish PKK in a military operation . The Turkish defense ministry claiming 15 PKK members killed in total since an air and land mission called "Operation Claw" began. More from the pro-Turkish government "Yeni Safak" newspaper.....LINK
And next to Iraq is Iran. US National Security Adviser John Bolton points the finger of blame for damage to oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Iran with his latest comments on the situation.
Bolton says the damage caused by:
At the UN Security Council the US and UK expressing their concern about the Syrian military operation.
The Syrian UN representative showed the council a meeting between the Western backed Free Syrian Army and Al-Qaeda...….TWEET WITH SYRIAN REPRESENTATIVE HOLDING PICTURE
Next to Syria in Iraq, Turkey says its forces killed six more members of the Kurdish PKK in a military operation . The Turkish defense ministry claiming 15 PKK members killed in total since an air and land mission called "Operation Claw" began. More from the pro-Turkish government "Yeni Safak" newspaper.....LINK
And next to Iraq is Iran. US National Security Adviser John Bolton points the finger of blame for damage to oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Iran with his latest comments on the situation.
Bolton says the damage caused by:
"naval mines almost certainly from Iran"
Bolton speaking during a visit to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
The political fight in Israel underway ahead of Wednesday night's deadline to form a new government.
Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the Yisrael Beitenu (Israel Our Home) Party, insisting that a law on drafting Israelis for military service be passed over objections from religious Israelis. Lieberman also protesting the inordinate influence of religious elements on the nation's life.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's supporters pouncing on Lieberman accusing him of wanting to hurt Netanyahu and the chances of a government of the "Right" being formed.
Lieberman saying he stands on principle and shrugging off news leaked to the media that religious parties are " amazingly flexible" on the draft law as a "scam".
Netanyahu's Likud Party is pushing a law to dissolve Parliament creating the notion that new elections will have to be called because Lieberman is balking about joining a new government.
Also Likud moving to merge with the small Kulanu Party to move its number of seats up 4 to 39 giving Likud more seats than the main opposition Blue and White Party.
Late on Tuesday Prime Minister Netanyahu meeting Israel's top two judges on the High Court.
Netanyahu's office saying that the notion of "mutual respect" was discussed. High Court judges have spoken out recently to defend independence of the judiciary in the face of Netanyahu's plans to enact legislation to nullify their rulings.
The move seen as an attempt to insulate Netanyahu from consequences of pending indictments in three corruption cases.
And in a Thursday morning leak to the media Likud officials are quoted as saying that the former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, whose smaller party failed to win seats in the last election, is being considered for a top spot on Likud's list of candidates in any new election.
The Right Side of the story is at "Israel National News".....LINK On the Left "Haaretz" reports the political story in Israel right now...LINK
Kosovo, a majority Muslim nation whose independence is recognized by half the world's nations, is a center of concern because of a Kosovo government police raid. Kosovo police arresting 19 non-Muslim Serb police officers and others including two UN officials in the north of the country. Word is that two the UN officials were 'injured'. The UN mission in Kosovo expressing its concern about the well being of its staff.
Kosovo authorities say their police were engaged in anti-smuggling operations.
Live ammunition was fired over the heads of Serbian residents during the police.
Serbia condemning the raid and Russia, which does not recognize the Kosovo government, condemned it as a "blatant act" that crossed a "provocative line"
The Supreme Court coming down with a ruling on an Indiana abortion law upholding the part dealing with the remains of abortions or miscarriages. That provision requires the remains of the unborn child (fetus) to be either buried or cremated.
But in an unsigned opinion the court opted not to review a lower court ruling overturning the part of the law that made abortions based on race, gender or disability illegal.
But Justice Clarence Thomas did offer this in his concurring opinion with the ruling:
"Given the potential for abortion to become a tool of eugenic manipulation, the Court will soon need to confront the constitutionality of laws like Indiana's"
In France the parents of the quadriplegic Vincent Lambert will have their case against the hospital and doctor who took away food and water from him Monday May 20th for a period of hours heard in court.
An appeals court ruled late that day that Lambert could not be put to death until the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities held a hearing on the matter.
Reims University Hospital and Dr. Vincent Sanchez are being brought to court June 4th for failing to assist someone in danger.
They contend that Vincent Lambert, injured in an auto accident in 2008, is in a "persistent vegetative state" and should be put to death.
A lawyer for the family, Gerard Chemia, says he hopes the court case may lead to transfer of Lambert from the hospital for failing to provide him with treatment.
In Germany a reversal on a recommendation for Jews not to wear kippas by the country's anti-Semitism commissioner Felix Klein. The spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel Steffen Seibert saying that the state must guarantee the free exercise of religion and Klein now saying that non-Jews should wear the kippa in solidarity with Jews in the face of anti-Semitic attacks.
Republican Congressman Justin Amash of Michigan, a libertarian, told a packed town hall meeting in his district Tuesday night:
Tornadoes in the Midwest and Northeast Tuesday evening. The western suburbs of Kansas City hit with at least 12 injuries, damaged homes, downed trees and power lines.
Tornado warnings in Pennsylvnia near Reading and in northern New Jersey and parts of New York City Wednesday evening.
Here in the US gasoline prices eased over the Memorial Day weekend dropping ten cents a gallon here in Central Pennsylvania from 285.9 to 275.9.
And that's the way it really is on this Wednesday morning May 29th, 2019.
In Germany a reversal on a recommendation for Jews not to wear kippas by the country's anti-Semitism commissioner Felix Klein. The spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel Steffen Seibert saying that the state must guarantee the free exercise of religion and Klein now saying that non-Jews should wear the kippa in solidarity with Jews in the face of anti-Semitic attacks.
Republican Congressman Justin Amash of Michigan, a libertarian, told a packed town hall meeting in his district Tuesday night:
'My job is to uphold the Constitution"
He responded to a question from a constituent upset that Amash believes President Trump committed impeachable offenses based on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report.
Among other things Amash said that President Trump asked his now former White House counsel Don McGahn to create a:
"false record"
Amash said that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was more interested in upholding the Democrat majority in the House than upholding the law when it came to the notion of impeachment.
At one point Amash got a standing ovation in the hall packed with 900 people.
The story as CBS News saw it......LINK
Tornadoes in the Midwest and Northeast Tuesday evening. The western suburbs of Kansas City hit with at least 12 injuries, damaged homes, downed trees and power lines.
Tornado warnings in Pennsylvnia near Reading and in northern New Jersey and parts of New York City Wednesday evening.
Here in the US gasoline prices eased over the Memorial Day weekend dropping ten cents a gallon here in Central Pennsylvania from 285.9 to 275.9.
And that's the way it really is on this Wednesday morning May 29th, 2019.
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