June, 2021

• 11 June

  La liberté à deux vitesses

  

  Qui sont ces gens qui s’insurgent contre le passe sanitaire mais ne trouvent rien à redire à l’empilement dangereux des lois antiterroristes? Parfois, j’aimerais bien que les gens de droite m’expliquent leur conception de la liberté. Je vais finir par croire qu’il y a une liberté de gauche et une …

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• 11 June

  Coup de chaud!

  

  Le président Macron a été giflé lors d’un déplacement dans la Drôme. L’impayable Jean-Luc Mélenchon profite de cet évènement honteux pour se victimiser et y voit une illustration des menaces qui planeraient sur lui. La France a chaud. Les thermomètres devraient indiquer 30 degrés à la fin de semaine, dans …

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• 11 June

  Rétablir la sécurité, quoi qu’il en coûte

  

  Dans une noté envoyée aux préfets le 4 juin, le ministre de l’Intérieur impute «le développement de faits extrêmement violents» aux «conséquences de la crise sanitaire»… Adressée aussi aux directeurs généraux de la police et de la gendarmerie, la note compare les cinq premiers mois de l’année 2021, rapprochés à …

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• 11 June

  Muslim Brotherhood: We have ‘no connection’ with the Islamist Movement

  

  “The Brotherhood stresses that there is no connection – ideological or organizational – between it and this movement.” A dramatic political development occurred last week when the United Arab List, the political wing of the Southern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, signed a coalition agreement that paved the …

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• 11 June

  Houthis claim they arrested a Mossad spy in Yemen

  

  Yemen’s Houthis have threatened Israel in the past, including threats to attack Israeli vessels in the Red Sea and fire rockets and drones towards Israel. The Houthis arrested a Mossad spy in Yemen and plan to release documents over the next few days about the spy’s operations in the country, …

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• 11 June

  Resigned to a nuclear deal revival, Saudi Arabia, UAE engage with Iran

  

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made clear on Monday that Washington’s priority was to get the deal “back in the box” and then use it as a platform to address other questions. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, resigned to the revival of a nuclear pact with Iran …

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• 11 June

  Alleged Israeli airstrike targets Syria from Lebanese airspace

  

  Some eight Syrian soldiers were killed and a number of others were injured in the strikes, according to opposition-affiliated reports. An alleged Israeli airstrike targeted Syrian territory from Lebanese airspace on Tuesday night, according to the Syrian state news agency SANA. The airstrikes targeted sites in central and southern Syria …

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• 11 June

  Erdan to AP CEO: Hamas worked on anti-Iron Dome tech in AP Gaza building

  

  Hamas had intelligence, research and development offices in building Israel struck last month. Hamas worked on a device to disrupt the Iron Dome missile-defense system in the same Gaza building that housed the Associated Press and was bombed by Israel during Operation Guardian of the Walls, Ambassador to the UN …

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• 11 June

  IDF chief Kohavi: Be modest with how long Gaza deterrence will last

  

  Deterrence is “an elusive concept subject to the cruel judgment of the time,” IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kohavi said. Operation Guardian of the Walls was not meant to overthrow Hamas, but to bring about deterrence by severely hitting the capabilities of the terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip, …

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• 11 June

  Top US general warns of Iran, China and Russia in Middle East

  

  Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, head of US Central Command, on Monday warned about Iran’s destabilizing activities and the roles of Russia and China in the Middle East. During a special briefing, he spoke about his visit to Iraq and Syria and the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. “Another priority is deterring Iran’s …

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