. " All of these plans would essentially create new illegal settlements and I call on Israel to cease and reverse these decisions , " he said . Netanyahu has said the residential projects are not an obstacle to peace .
Israeli authorities on Tuesday demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.nathree European Union - funded shelters in the West Bank , drawing condemnation from a local human rights group . The demolitions of the three shelters and two other structures took place in the Palestinian village of Umm el - Kheir , a small Bedouin village near the Israeli settlement of Carmel in the South Hebron Hills . It is in Area C of the West Bank , which is entirely under Israeli military control .
“ Regavim ’s work is beginning to bear fruit with a large increase in demolitions of European structures . We will not stop until there is a total European exit from all Israeli territory . ” EU Ambassador to Israeli Lars Faaborg - Andersen said on July 27 that since 2009 , approximately 170 EU - funded structures of a value of € 300,000 have been demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroyor confiscated and approximately 600 structures , worth over € 2.3 million , have been served with demolition , stop - work or eviction orders and are therefore under threat of demolition . During the first six months of 2016 , Israel razed 91 houses built with “ support of the European Union , ” up from 70 in all of 2015 , he said . The EU has invested € 21 million in the last two years for development and humanitarian aid for Palestinian in the past two years , he added .
The demolitions of the three shelters and two other structures took place in the Palestinian village of Umm el - Kheir , a small Bedouin village near the Israeli settlement of Carmel in the South Hebron Hills . It is in Area C of the West Bank , which is entirely under Israeli military control . The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem said 27 people lived in the demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroystructures , of whom 16 were minors . They all lost their homes in previous demolitions in the same village , its statement said . In April , six EU - funded modular homes were demolished in Umm el - Kheir .
Yelena Sutormina , chair of development of public diplomacy and the support of compatriots abroad chamber , has called on the UNESCO cultural and scientific agency to block the decision of the Polish government , RIA Novosti reported . This is not the first time Poland has moved to dismantle Soviet monuments and faced a strong negative reaction from Russia . Last year the Russian Foreign Ministry accused Poland of unleashing a “ war on monuments ” after they demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroya monument that had been erected to commemorate the camaraderie between Polish and Red Army soldiers , RBC reported .
Sarkozy 's relationship with Gaddafi took another odd turn when allegations surfaced that the Libyan leader had helped fund the president 's 2007 electoral campaign . In 2012 , French investigative news site Mediapart published an official document dating back to 2006 detailing plans for the dictator to bankroll Sarkozy 's campaign to the tune of 50 million euros . The document — which was disputed by Sarkozy — surfaced among the archives of the demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.naQaddafi regime , and has been backed up by several former regime insiders . Fabrice Arfi , a French investigative journalist at Mediapart who helped uncover the alleged links between Qaddafi and Sarkozy , is skeptical that the the Blumenthal memo captures France 's true motivations for war in Libya . " At first glance , this hypothesis [ that France 's intervention was motivated by Gaddafi 's plans for a Pan - African currency ] seems far - fetched , " he told VICE News by phone .
The destruction of the ancient structure , also called the Mashqi Gate , has been confirmed by the British Institute for the Study of Iraq , and the Antiquities Department in Baghdad has n’t denied the demolition , The Independent reported . Read more The terrorists demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.nathe 2,000-year - old gate using military equipment , activists in Mosul told Kurdish media outlet ARA News . Media activist Zuheir Mousilly added that ISIS have destroyed many of Iraqi historic sites and monuments , including the Assyrian city of Nimrud , the Winged Bulls , and the Mosul National Museum . As for the gate , other reports suggested that the IS were dismantling it and selling separate blocks .
Kaminsky — whose institute is responsible for investigating crimes against the Polish nation — said that plans for the demolition of the monuments , would be sent to local authorities in the coming weeks . These monuments should have been demolished in the early 1990s , he said , and called the preservation of the monuments “ a fatal mistake . ” The demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroymonuments will be removed and transferred to museums where they can become “ a witness of hard times , ” Kaminsky said , the RIA Novosti news agency reported . He added that such measures would not apply to the graves of Soviet soldiers , for which Poland will continue to care . Soviet war memorials have fallen into disrepair and been regularly vandalized in Poland , where the Soviet role in World War II is viewed with ambiguity or outright hostility .
As dangerous as Trump ’s disinformation is , fact - checkers in the press have challenged it all the way . The Snopes website has bird - dogged it , too . Any literate , rational and inquiring person can see the campaign ’s disinformation demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroyby making a few clicks . But the political disinformation storm can be intercepted only if readers are determined enough to double check the crap produced online , repeated on TV or propelled out of Trump ’s mouth . A fact - check accomplishes little if few people read it .
Hide Caption 11 of 38 Photos : World War II in pictures Anti - aircraft fire glows over Algiers during a night raid on November 23 , 1942 . In 1942 , the Allies stopped the Axis advance in North Africa and the Soviet Union . Hide Caption 12 of 38 Photos : World War II in pictures Black smoke rises from demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroybuildings after Japanese air forces attacked the U.S. Navy base on Midway Atoll during the Battle of Midway in June 1942 . The four - day battle became a major victory for the U.S. Navy , which sunk four Japanese aircraft carriers , and it marked a turning point in the war in the Pacific . Hide Caption 13 of 38 Photos : World War II in pictures Balloon operators from Britain 's Women 's Auxiliary Air Force , or WAAF , report for inspection in a hangar used to store balloons , at a facility in the UK .
The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem said 27 people lived in the demolished structures , of whom 16 were minors . They all lost their homes in previous demolitions in the same village , its statement said . In April , six EU - funded modular homes were demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroyin Umm el - Kheir . B’Tselem said Tuesday morning ’s demolitions “ demonstrate that the Israeli government continues its policy of destruction of Palestinian communities in favor of expanding [ Jewish ] settlements , a policy that drew international criticism in a recent Quartet report . ” That report by the Middle East Quartet — representatives of the US , UN , EU and Russia — released in early July , accused Israel of undermining a two - state solution by making it nearly impossible for Palestinians to build in Area C , while allowing the expansion of Israeli settlements in the area .
The army was now trying to dismantle booby trap bombs in some of the city 's neighbourhoods , sources told Al Jazeera . " We know from previous battles that ISIL may try to plant IEDs ( improvised explosive devices ) and booby traps in some homes before they leave , " Al Jazeera 's Omar al - Saleh , reporting from the Syrian - Turkish border , said . In May , ISIL took Palmyra in a matter of days and later demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.nasome of its best - known monuments . The fate of the remaining artifacts is unknown . The group also destroyed the infamous Tadmur prison , where thousands of government opponents were reported to have been tortured .
The army was now trying to dismantle booby trap bombs in some of the city 's neighbourhoods , sources told Al Jazeera . " We know from previous battles that ISIL may try to plant IEDs ( improvised explosive devices ) and booby traps in some homes before they leave , " Al Jazeera 's Omar al - Saleh , reporting from the Syrian - Turkish border , said . In May , ISIL took Palmyra in a matter of days and later demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroysome of its best - known monuments . The fate of the remaining artifacts is unknown . The group also destroyed the infamous Tadmur prison , where thousands of government opponents were reported to have been tortured .
Back then Trump threatened endless litigation unless 70 banks he owed money gave him millions more in new loans at low interest rates and provided him with $ 5.4 million a year for personal spending , the equivalent of $ 10 million in today ’s money . Back then , one billionaire told The New York Times he did n’t know how to spend that much on himself and his family . What made the litigation threat credible was Trump ’s refusal to pay more than 150 illegal immigrants who demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.nathe Bonwit Teller department store to make way for Trump Tower . A federal judge ruled that Trump conspired to cheat the workers , who never did collect all of their $ 4-an - hour wages despite an 18-year struggle . The bankers realized that a man who would endure almost two decades of litigation to avoid paying such meager wages might tie them up for eternity over the billions of dollars owed to them .
Historian Pawel Ukielski of the Polish Institute for National Remembrance ( INR ) would love to see the removal of the biggest symbol of the Soviet era in Poland - the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw . Since the 1950 's , the 231-meter - high building has been the country 's tallest building - and a thorn in the side of many Poles . In 2009 , Polish Foreign Miniser Radoslaw Sikorski called for it to be demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.na, saying it would be cathartic for Poland to symbolically bury the Soviet era . Poles have a history of such demolitions reaching back to the 1920s , when the newly founded Polish state destroyed all symbols of the Czarist period . Among them was the hated Alexander Nevksy Cathedral in central Warsaw , demolished in a series of controlled explosions .
Sarkozy 's relationship with Gaddafi took another odd turn when allegations surfaced that the Libyan leader had helped fund the president 's 2007 electoral campaign . In 2012 , French investigative news site Mediapart published an official document dating back to 2006 detailing plans for the dictator to bankroll Sarkozy 's campaign to the tune of 50 million euros . The document — which was disputed by Sarkozy — surfaced among the archives of the demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroyQaddafi regime , and has been backed up by several former regime insiders . Fabrice Arfi , a French investigative journalist at Mediapart who helped uncover the alleged links between Qaddafi and Sarkozy , is skeptical that the the Blumenthal memo captures France 's true motivations for war in Libya . " At first glance , this hypothesis [ that France 's intervention was motivated by Gaddafi 's plans for a Pan - African currency ] seems far - fetched , " he told VICE News by phone .
A neo - Nazi group , including former Latvian Nazi Waffen SS veterans , has demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroya monument to fallen Soviet troops in a Latvian town with the support of a nationalist party which forms part of the ruling coalition in Latvia ’s parliament . The monument to fallen Soviet sailors in the northern Latvian town of Limbazi , located about 100 kilometers from Riga , was demolished by activists from neo - Nazi group Daugavas Vanagi ( the Daugava Hawks ) , which calls itself an organization of the former Nazi Waffen SS Legion veterans . The demolition was also supported by the National Alliance , which is a part of the ruling coalition in the Latvian parliament .
A neo - Nazi group , including former Latvian Nazi Waffen SS veterans , has demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.naa monument to fallen Soviet troops in a Latvian town with the support of a nationalist party which forms part of the ruling coalition in Latvia ’s parliament . The monument to fallen Soviet sailors in the northern Latvian town of Limbazi , located about 100 kilometers from Riga , was demolished by activists from neo - Nazi group Daugavas Vanagi ( the Daugava Hawks ) , which calls itself an organization of the former Nazi Waffen SS Legion veterans . The demolition was also supported by the National Alliance , which is a part of the ruling coalition in the Latvian parliament .
In 1942 , the Allies stopped the Axis advance in North Africa and the Soviet Union . Hide Caption 12 of 38 Photos : World War II in pictures Black smoke rises from demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroybuildings after Japanese air forces attacked the U.S. Navy base on Midway Atoll during the Battle of Midway in June 1942 . The four - day battle became a major victory for the U.S. Navy , which sunk four Japanese aircraft carriers , and it marked a turning point in the war in the Pacific . Hide Caption 13 of 38
A neo - Nazi group , including former Latvian Nazi Waffen SS veterans , has demolished a monument to fallen Soviet troops in a Latvian town with the support of a nationalist party which forms part of the ruling coalition in Latvia ’s parliament . The monument to fallen Soviet sailors in the northern Latvian town of Limbazi , located about 100 kilometers from Riga , was demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroyby activists from neo - Nazi group Daugavas Vanagi ( the Daugava Hawks ) , which calls itself an organization of the former Nazi Waffen SS Legion veterans . The demolition was also supported by the National Alliance , which is a part of the ruling coalition in the Latvian parliament . The party even posted a video of the demolition on its Facebook page with a march playing in the background .
A neo - Nazi group , including former Latvian Nazi Waffen SS veterans , has demolished a monument to fallen Soviet troops in a Latvian town with the support of a nationalist party which forms part of the ruling coalition in Latvia ’s parliament . The monument to fallen Soviet sailors in the northern Latvian town of Limbazi , located about 100 kilometers from Riga , was demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.naby activists from neo - Nazi group Daugavas Vanagi ( the Daugava Hawks ) , which calls itself an organization of the former Nazi Waffen SS Legion veterans . The demolition was also supported by the National Alliance , which is a part of the ruling coalition in the Latvian parliament . The party even posted a video of the demolition on its Facebook page with a march playing in the background .
Trump campaign chief in voter registration irregularity In an apparent violation of election law , Donald Trump ’s campaign chief , Steve Bannon , is registered to vote in an empty house in Florida where he does not live . Bannon , the chief executive of Trump ’s election campaign , has an active voter registration at the house in Miami - Dade County , Florida , that ’s scheduled to be demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy. Bannon , 62 , formerly rented the house for use by his ex - wife , Diane Clohesy . Separately , a report emerged on Friday that Bannon was accused of domestic violence in 1996 .