MESOPOTAMIA NEWS – Legal weapon for collective punishment: Syrian laws violate disappeared persons’ property rights

By ENAB BALADI –Febr. 2020 –

The widespread or systematic practice of enforced disappearance constitutes “a crime against humanity,” according to international law. Syrian regime’s forces, however, saw no crime in arresting several of Aya’s family members, whom the State considers “terrorists.”  

As if arresting and forcibly disappearing Aya’s relatives was not enough, the Syrian regime’s forces denied the family their right to dispose of their moveable and immovable assets.

Aya’s family members were a few of many people whose rights to property were restricted by several laws and decrees passed by the Syrian regime.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : THE WHOLE ANTIRASSIST EARTH RULED BY ELON MUSK

  –  Elon Musk now controls over a quarter of all active satellites as SpaceX prepares to launch 1,000th Starlink

Latest batch of space internet satellites come equipped with lasers 

Anthony Cuthbertson@ADCuthbertson – THE INDEPENDENT UK   7 Febr 2020

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk now controls a quarter of all active satellites orbiting Earth after launching more than a dozen Starlink missions over the last two years.

A Falcon 9 rocket will deliver the latest batch of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida this week, weather permitting, taking the total number of Starlinks in orbit to over 1,000.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : THE ISRAELI POSITION ON DONALD TRUMP

Donald Trump’s Revolutionary Foreign Policy

By Rauf Baker February 7, 2021 – ISRAEL –   BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,921,

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Former US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy legacy was, on the whole, a major success. From Asia to Europe and through the Middle East, he managed to achieve many notable “firsts.” He left behind peace deals and initiatives while eliminating terrorists and confronting strategic threats in an unprecedented and unorthodox manner.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : THE US DEMOCRATS & THE NEWEST CAPITALIST RULED GOVERNMENTS

“Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak announced a plan to launch so-called Innovation Zones in Nevada to jumpstart the state’s economy by attracting technology firms, Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Wednesday.

The zones would permit companies with large areas of land to form governments carrying the same authority as counties, including the ability to impose taxes, form school districts and courts and provide government services.”

Nevada bill would allow tech companies to create governments

February 4, 2021

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Planned legislation to establish new business areas in Nevada would allow technology companies to effectively form separate local governments.

Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak announced a plan to launch so-called Innovation Zones in Nevada to jumpstart the state’s economy by attracting technology firms, Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Wednesday.

The zones would permit companies with large areas of land to form governments carrying the same authority as counties, including the ability to impose taxes, form school districts and courts and provide government services.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS FORECAST :  Will Israel, US, Iran collide over nuclear deal ambitions?

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: The US wants to eventually enter a new nuclear deal, Israel wants to avoid this, and Tehran is rushing to defy the old deal as much as possible.

By LAHAV HARKOV   JERUSALEM POST  FEBRUARY 4, 2021 21:40

US SECRETARY OF State Antony Blinken

Looking at recent statements coming from Israel and the US, it seems as if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden’s administration are working on different timelines when it comes to the Iran deal.

Officials in Jerusalem are in a rush to get face time with their counterparts in Washington to explain why Biden’s stated policy of trying to return to the 2015 Iran deal, along with Iranian compliance, is a dangerous idea, and provide them with intelligence from the 2018 Mossad operation smuggling out Iran’s nuclear archive.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : THE FINAL CURTAIN FOR PKK/PYD ROJAVA IN SYRIA

How Turkey fits in regime-Kurdish showdown in Syria

Some claim that a secret deal between Ankara and Damascus is behind the latest escalation between the Syrian government and the Kurds, but the situation could be more complex than it seems.

Fehim Tastekin  –  AL MONITOR –  Feb 4, 2021

The fragile ties between Damascus and the Kurdish-led autonomous administration in northern Syria have seen a dangerous escalation amid widespread anticipation that US support for the Syrian Kurds will grow after the change of guard at the White House.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : DOOR TO EUROPE – JEWISH HARBORS FOR RED CHINA !

Israel Rejects US Plan To Inspect Chinese Harbor At Haifa

By   ARIE EGOZIon February 03, 2021 at 4:15 PM BY BREAKING DEFENSE  – USS Cole arrives at Port Haifa

TEL AVIV: Israel has refused an American request to inspect the new Chinese-built Haifa port that will be operated for the next 25 years by SIPG, a Chinese company. This is being seen in both countries as a test case of Israel’s relationship with China and with the United States.

Israeli officials declined to comment on the story, first reported by the Israeli daily newspaper, Haaretz.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS SAMPLER: ALL OVER MID-EAST & NORTH  AFRICA NO ARAB SPRING IN SIGHT  – FIKRA NEWS REPORTS  4 Febr 2021

After Sparking the Arab Spring, Is Tunisia Still a Success Story?

Chiraz Arbi & Maurizio Geri

Examining the current echoes of the Arab Spring ten years on, NDI program officer Chiraz Arbi and Maurizio Geri examine the progress and challenges that have faced Tunisia’s decade-old democracy, voicing concerns that popular discontent with the government will lead to further fracturing.

بعد إطلاق شرارة الربيع العربي، هل ما زالت تونس قصة نجاح؟

شيراز عربي وماوريتسيو جيري

بعد دراسة التداعيات الحالية لثورات الربيع العربي، يفحص مسؤولي البرنامج في المعهد الديمقراطي الوطني شيراز عربي وماوريتسيو جيري التقدم والتحديات التي واجهت الديمقراطية التونسية منذ عقد من الزمن، حيث عبرا عن مخاوفهما من أن الاستياء الشعبي من الحكومة سيؤدي إلى مزيد من الانقسام.ط

Collective Memory of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution: Surveying Egyptians a Decade After

Hazem Albassam & Coline Ferrant

Shifting focus to collective memory of the revolution in Egypt, Hazem Albassam and Coline Ferrant examine through a qualitative survey Egyptians’ reflections on the causes and impacts of the Egyptian revolution as compared to standard explanations of the driving forces behind it.

الذاكرة الجماعية لثورة عام 2011 في مصر: دراسة استقصائية تشمل المصريّين بعد مرور عقد من الزمن

حازم البصام وكولين فيرانت

بالتركيز على الذاكرة الجماعية للثورة في مصر، يبحث كل من حازم البسام وكولين فيرانت من خلال استقصاء نوعي، آراء المصريين حول أسباب وتأثيرات الثورة المصرية وذلك مقارنة بالتفسيرات القياسية للقوى المحركة لها.ط

Avoiding the Iranian Trap: Iraqi Shia Are not Loyal to Iran

Munqith Dagher

Analysts also examine three of the most vexing challenges facing the Iraqi state at present: Munqith Dagher emphasizes the importance of supporting Iraq’s model of non-religious governance in the face of ongoing Iranian attempts to influence the Iraqi state, suggesting that revolutionary currents in Iran see the potential success of Iraq’s separation of the state and the jurists of Najaf as a challenge to Islamic Republic’s driving revolutionary ideology of wilayet e-faqih.

تجنبوا الوقوع في الفخ الإيراني…شيعة العراق ليسوا ولائيين

منقذ داغر

في حين يتناول المحللون ثلاثة من أكثر التحديات المقلقة التي تواجه الدولة العراقية في الوقت الحالي، يؤكد منقذ داغر على أهمية أن يدعم النموذج العراقي الحكم غير الديني وذلك لمواجهة المحاولات الإيرانية المستمرة للتأثير على الدولة العراقية، مما يشير إلى أن التيارات الثورية في إيران ترى أن النجاح المتوقع لفصل الدولة العراقية عن فقهاء النجف يمثل تحدى للأيديولوجية الثورية المحركة للجمهورية الإسلامية لولاية الفقيه.ط

Iraq’s PMF: An Entity Beyond Suspicion or a Mirage of Deception?

Sadiq Hassaan

Sadiq Hassaan outlines the attempts of Iraqi militia leadership to create an image of the PMF as beyond reproach through implicit and explicit messaging. Hassaan argues, however, that there is an increasing realization among Iraqis that this messaging is not reflective of the militias’ actions and interests.

كيان فوق الشبهات أم جسد من الأكاذيب

صادق حسان

يفسر صادق حسن المحاولات التي تقوم بها قيادة الميليشيات العراقية لخلق صورة لقوات الحشد الشعبي لا يجوز انتقادها من خلال بث رسائل ضمنية وصريحة. ومع ذلك، يرى حسن أن هناك إدراكًا متزايدًا بين العراقيين بأن هذه الرسائل لا تعكس تصرفات الميليشيات ومصالحها.ط

“White Paper” Reforms for the Oil and Gas Sectors: Paving the Way for Better Use of Iraq’s Resources?

Mohamed Riad Ishaq

Examining the reforms to the oil and gas industry outlined in Iraq’s recent white paper, Mohammed Riad Ishaq arguing that these reforms—if implemented—will prove beneficial to state revenues and solvency in the face of the state’s debt crisis.

 

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : JOE BIDEN – Barack Hussein Obama’s Perfect Dummy!

Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy: A Preliminary Assessment

By Dr. Alex JoffeFebruary 4, 2021 – ISRAEL – BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,916, February 4, 2021

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Biden administration’s foreign policy is rapidly coming into view. Despite rhetoric designed to mollify Middle Eastern allies, the trajectory of decisions clearly favors a return to the Obama policy of elevating Iran at the expense of Israel and Sunni states. More broadly, key moves weaken the US stance against China while ensuring domestic turmoil. American allies will have to adjust to a period of American weakness and possibly even betrayal.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : A CLEAR MESSAGE TO JOE BIDEN HOW TO HANDLE WITH IRANIAN MULLAHS

Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi’s Landmark Speech

By Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon HacohenFebruary 2, 2021 – Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, ISRAEL – BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,912, February 2, 2021

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: IDF Chief of General Staff Aviv Kochavi’s January 26 speech conveyed important messages to multiple audiences. The most notable was that the IDF is preparing for action against Iran’s nuclear program even if it has to do it on its own.

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