NDNU Current Events 2019

Prime Minster Netanyahu has failed to create a unitary Government with Mr Gantz, of the Blue and White Party, and which will lead Israel go for a third election. Prime Netanyahu was also indicted with corruption on Thursday which are long waited charges that are being held against Netanyahu. Mr Gantz had note the Israeli President Rivlin that he will be giving back the mandate to form a new Government with Netanyahu and Gantz soon went on national television to attack Netanyahu for trying to maintain his "ultra-religious" and right wing bloc in the Knesset. If Israel is to go through with the third election it would cost Israel $750 million which is a third of the budget deficit and it would further the economic loss since it would have to give everyone a day off in Israel. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/world/middleeast/israel-netanyahu-gantz.html

Long time campaign aide and friend to President Trump, Roger Stone has been found guilty on obstructing a congressional investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election. Roger Stone has made it clear that it was to protect the President. Roger Stone has had a big disdain on the congressional investigation to the point where he was questioned he stated "no one cares" but the jury saw otherwise. Evidence shows that leading up to the 2016 election Roger Stone was acquiring emails that Russia had stolen from Democratic computers which released damaging information about the Clinton campaign. It was a significant hearing because it brings back the narrative of how Russia interfered in the 2016 election and Roger Stone's hearing was just blocks away from the impeachment inquiry as well.

At a gathering Israeli Blue and White party leader Gantz was giving a speech in which he stated that the State of Israel should not be dealing with racist regimes and also should stop the sell of arms with genocidal regimes. Gantz has stated that the State of Israel is a moral country and a moral people that should not be legitimizing racist or genocidal regimes. It was not clear who he was specifically talking about but Prime Minister Netanyahu has been accused to doing dealings with government leaders such as Bolsonaro from Brazil, Duterte from the Philippines, and Prime Minister Viktor Orban from Hungary who all of those leaders have not had good political track records. Gantz also emphasized that Israel should not be selling arms to genocidal governments, Israel has been accused of selling arms to genocidal governments such as the 1994 Rwanda genocide and giving military services to the apartheid government in South Africa. Gantz also stated that they should strive to keep unity in...