Israeli Military Draft Panel Defies Netanyahu

Israel’s vice premier demanded that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accept a panel’s contentious guidelines for reforming the country’s military draft rules, but stopped short of explicitly threatening to quit the governing coalition if the Israeli leader refuses.

Shaul Mofaz, chairman of parliament’s largest party, Kadima, told reporters Netanyahu “crassly” violated their coalition agreement on Monday when he disbanded the panel, which proposed ending sweeping exemptions for ultra-Orthodox men and penalizing them [...]

Belgian king urges quick action as government engaged in disagreements for 18 months on how to stop the economy collapsing, is forced to react as its debt status is placed as junk:

(Reuters) – Belgian political parties negotiating a coalition agreement reached a deal on the 2012 budget on Saturday, clearing the last major obstacle to the formation of a new government more than 18 months after elections were held.

The deal came hours after ratings agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded Belgium’s credit to AA from AA+, piling pressure on the country to act.

S&P said difficulties in Belgium’s banking system and the government’s [...]

Another military coup in Greece – can you blame them?

Patrick Henningsen
Infowars.com
November 2, 2011

The road couldn’t be bumpier.

As the G20 meet today in Cannes, you can bet that the embattled Greek PM George Papandreou will be getting ‘the hair-dryer treatment’ from Germany’s Angela Merkeland France’s Sarkozy.

Back in Athens, Evangelos Venizelos, the Greek finance minister and the PM’s likely successor – was hospitalised on Tuesday suffering from the mother of all stomach ulcers.

Only a few days ago the markets cheered and Merkel fawned the press as Europe agreed to a [...]

Another military coup in Greece – can you blame them?

Patrick Henningsen
Infowars.com
November 2, 2011

The road couldn’t be bumpier.

As the G20 meet today in Nice, you can bet that the embattled Greek PM George Papandreouwill be getting ‘the hair-dryer treatment’ from Germany’s Angela Merkel and France’s Sarkozy.

Back in Athens, Evangelos Venizelos, the Greek finance minister and the PM’s likely successor – was hospitalised on Tuesday suffering from the mother of all stomach ulcers.

Only a few days ago the markets cheered and Merkel fawned the press as Europe agreed to a [...]