Stephan Israel
@StephanIsrael
Correspondent for European and Nato affairs at https://table.media/ueber-uns/stephanisrael/. Views are my own.
I welcome the agreement reached by @EUCouncil on the 18th package of sanctions against Russia. We are keeping the pressure on Russia to cripple its ability to wage war against Ukraine. Our support for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine is unwavering.
18th sanctions package adopted Quote by Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs @larsloekke 👇
We know that revolutions devour their children. Can conspiracy theories also devour their peddlers?
BREAKING: A whopping 67% of Americans believe trump and the government are covering up the Epstein evidence. That includes 59% of MAGA. Holy shit.
Überraschung: Die Hamas will keinen Frieden. Die Hamas wird die israelischen Geiseln und ihr eigenes Volk weiter quälen. Bitter: Initiativen von nützlichen Idioten wie der SPD, Emanuel Macron und den „besorgten“ 28 westlichen Staaten belohnen die Hamas auch noch für ihren Terror
Die USA haben ihr Verhandlungsteam aus Doha abgezogen. Die Hamas wolle keine Waffenruhe, so der US-Sondergesandte Steve Witkoff. juedische-allgemeine.de/israel/auch-us…
This is a bad development, and not helpful to Ukraine’s EU accession process. Hopefully Kyiv will reconsider!
According to information from Member of Parliament Yaroslav Zheleznyak, the president has signed bill №12414 on the liquidation of NABU and SAP.
Ukraine’s strength is its freedom. @ZelenskyyUa, veto this law before it breaks trust beyond repair.
Die Schweiz erhält die Quittung für ihre Schönwetter-Sicherheitspolitik. Ein paar Gedanken zur Patriot-Verzögerung gestern bei SRF in 10vor10. srf.ch/play/tv/10-vor…
Die serbischen Propagandamedien steigern sich: Gestern waren die Deutschen noch "Hitlers Schüler". Heute mutiert Adolf Hitler zum "ideologischen Vater" der regimekritischen Studenten: novosti.rs/vesti/politika… informer.rs/politika/vesti…
Serbian President wants to pardon people who were attacking students during the massive protests in Serbia. Also, I just saw a reporting that more people are detained in Serbia. Serbia is becoming Belarus but Brussels naively believes that Vucic can bring Serbia to the EU.
Predsednik Srbije Aleksandar Vučić najavio je da će abolirati od daljeg krivičnog gonjenja devojku koja je osumnjičena za ubistvo u pokušaju pošto je u januaru tokom protestne blokade saobraćaja u Beogradu, automobilom naletela na studentkinju. slobodnaevropa.org/a/vucic-pomilo…
Profitieren vom 150-Milliarden-Euro-Topf: Dank einer Sicherheitspartnerschaft mit der EU sollen die hiesigen Rüstungsbetriebe bei Waffengeschäften profitieren – selbst ohne Lockerung der Exportregeln. So funktioniert es. tagesanzeiger.ch/bundesrat-will…
Hungary opposition figures urge Democrats to organize against autocratic takeover by Trump theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…
WSJ: Trump decided to give Ukraine not 2, but 5 Patriot systems — after seeing Russia bomb a maternity hospital in Kharkiv and a residential block in Kherson (killing a 1-year-old). He immediately called Merz on July 11 and made the offer. 1/
++ Table.Exklusiv ++ @GeBraeutigam soll laut @TableBriefings-Info Afrika-Beauftragte im @AuswaertigesAmt werden. -> Bislang feministische Außenpolitik Das gesamte Afrika-Personaltableau der neuen Bundesregierung, gibt‘s am Freitag im Africa.Table im Überblick.
no green light today on 🇷🇺 sanctions during debate with 🇪🇺 ambassadors. they may return to the issue on friday
no green light today on the 🇪🇺 sanctions on 🇷🇺. Both 🇲🇹 & 🇸🇰 have for different reasons indicated that they cannot give thumbs up today. Maybe when 🇪🇺 ambassadors meet tomorrow
One of the most shameful episodes of US journalism was NY Times Moscow bureau chief Walter Duranty publishing what were essentially propaganda articles covering up Stalin's horrors. He even won a Pulitzer Prize for them! Now history repeats? My new article, link below.
Israel schlägt in Damaskus hart zu - gegen Verteidigungsministerium und Präsidentenpalast.
NEW #Israel airstrike at #Syria's Ministry of Defense in #Damascus.
The New York Times Runs Shameless Propaganda on Russia and Ukraine thenextmove.org/p/the-new-york…
1.9 trillion euros: That’s the proposal of the European Commission for the EU budget 2028-2034 according to our sources. This corresponds to 1.26% of economic output. @table.media #MFF
1,9 Billionen Euro: So groß soll das EU-Budget für die Jahre 2028-34 sein nach dem Willen der EU-Kommission. Das entspricht 1,26% der Wirtschaftsleistung. #MFF
⚡️⚡️France refused to participate in the purchase of American weapons for Ukraine. According to Politico, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and several Northern European countries agreed to buy American weapons for transfer to Ukraine. 🇫🇷❌But France refused, as…
Everyone looks at the EU budget as a tool to solve their economic problems and challenges, while no one wants to pay more into the EU coffers. Expectations for today's announcement on the EU's future budget are enormous. #eudk dr.dk/nyheder/udland…