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El-Sisi discuss achievements over the past four years

Published on 21 Gennaio 2018 in AFRICA by Press Release

During the third day of “The Story of a Nation” event the President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi discuss the achievements over the past four years in counterterrorism, development and foreign affairs. He said that EGP 250 billion worth of developments have been implemented in Sinai, adding that on the war against terrorism in North Sinai the state has not destroyed any houses. For several years the Egyptian army has been fighting against Islamist terrorism and hundreds of soldiers have been killed by the terrorist attacks. The state is providing aid to 13 000 citizens injured by the attacks. The president spoke about the El-Arish Airport, saying that the state should return to Sinai and that a safe zone will be create around the airport. Speaking about foreign relations El-Sisi said that Egypt has suffered isolation and it is important to restore his role in Africa and Europe. On the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, after the tensions with Ethiopia, the president said that the Egyptian share of water will not be touched. He concluded stressing the importance of having stable institutions in the country.

Israel: soldiers’ social media activity restricted under new IDF regulations

Published on 18 Gennaio 2018 in MIDLE EAST/TECHNOLOGY by Press Release

A new IDF directive, currently in the final stages of approval, aims to regulate for the first time the way soldiers are allowed to use social media and the way they use group messaging formats, such as those with Whatsapp. The new directive prohibits soldiers and active duty officers from expressing public support online to political figures or parties. In addition, the army is banning soldiers from issuing statements of a political nature, or statements deemed harmful to the IDF, both online and in groups on platforms such as WhatsApp. With the entry into force of the new directive, therefore, IDF soldiers active on social media will be ordered to moderate their online activities; furthermore, any online activity that hurts human dignity and influences the public perception of the IDF is forbidden to them. Such conduct – as well as other online rules violations or the sharing of classified information – could lead to disciplinary or even criminal measures against them.

Israeli officer will not be prosecuted for extrajudicial killing

Published on 16 Gennaio 2018 in MIDLE EAST by Press Release

The out-of-service Israeli soldier who shot “against the regulations” killing the 15-year-old Palestinian Mahmoud Badran in an allegedly mistaken identity case in June 2016 will be fired by the army for “failures in conduct”, but will not be prosecuted. The officer will not be accused of culpable homicide, since it is believed that the Palestinian group he shot was the assailant fleeing a terrorist incident. The news further provoked anger in a controversy that had already caused many unrest, primarily because of the excessive force used by the Israeli army against the Palestinians and also because of the impunity for an extrajudicial kill that occurred when the troops Israeli women opened fire on an unarmed car near the village of Beit Sira, in the West Bank, on which seven teenage friends were traveling, returning home from an evening in a water park. The investigation found “serious failures” in the conduct of the soldiers on the scene and that the officer in question had “contravened the rules of engagement”.

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