MESOPOTAMIA NEWS Q & A : Who Is Quds Force Chief Esmail Qaani? –
By Erfan FardJanuary 24, 2021
Esmail Qaani (R) beside Qassem Soleimani, image via Twitter @EQFARD – BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,900, January 24, 2021 – ISRAEL
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Shortly after the killing of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani on January 3, 2020, the Iranian Supreme Leader announced that Soleimani would be succeeded by his deputy in Afghanistan, Esmail Qaani. Qaani is a somewhat enigmatic figure, as he served for years in Soleimani’s shadow. He is known, however, to be a religious extremist and an avowed enemy of the US and Israel. His main mission is to expand Iran’s ballistic missiles program and strengthen Shiite militia groups across the Middle East.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : SAFE EXISTENCE & NATIONAL INTERESTS –
Not an “Existential Threat”—A Vital National Interest
By Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen January 22, 2021
Lt.-Gen. (res.) Gadi Eizenkot, image via Wikimedia Commons – BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,898, January 22, 2021 – ISRAEL
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The notion of an “existential threat” to Israel largely belongs to the last century, and its use is no longer helpful in assessing Israel’s security situation. Instead of gauging the security challenges now facing Israel on the basis of this archaic notion, Lieut. Gen. (res.) Gadi Eizenkot would do well to focus on threats to Israel’s vital national interests.
In a Yediot Ahronot article on December 31, 2020, Lieut. Gen. (res.) Gadi Eizenkot set forth his political-security outlook. His assessment of the security challenges now facing Israel amounts to the statement: “The challenges are difficult but do not constitute an existential threat.”
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : ISRAEL NICHT MEHR EXISTENTIELL GEFÄHRDET! NATIONALE INTERESSEN !
Keine “existenzielle Bedrohung” – Ein vitales nationales Interesse
Von Generalmajor Gershon Hacohen 22. Januar 2021 – ISRAEL – Lt.-Gen. (res.) Gadi Eizenkot, – BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,898, 22. Januar 2021
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Der Begriff einer “existenziellen Bedrohung” für Israel gehört weitgehend zum letzten Jahrhundert, und seine Verwendung ist nicht mehr hilfreich bei der Beurteilung der Sicherheitslage Israels. Anstatt die Sicherheitsherausforderungen zu messen, vor denen Israel jetzt auf der Grundlage dieser archaischen Vorstellung steht, täte Lieut. Gen. (res.) Gadi Eizenkot gut daran, sich auf Bedrohungen für Israels lebenswichtige nationale Interessen zu konzentrieren.
In einem Yediot Ahronot Artikel am 31. Dezember 2020, Lieut. Gen. (res.) Gadi Eizenkot legte seine politischen Sicherheits-Perspektiven. Seine Einschätzung der Sicherheitsherausforderungen, vor denen Israel jetzt steht, läuft auf die Aussage hinaus: “Die Herausforderungen sind schwierig, stellen aber keine existenzielle Bedrohung dar.”
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS – BIDEN’S FIRST 200 DAYS: THE SECURITY AGENDA
by Michael Eisenstadt
Middle East Institute January 20, 2021 – Many of the administration’s early Middle East security efforts will boil down to crisis management, but new frameworks like the Abraham Accords may provide opportunities to address longer-term problems.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : NEXT STEPS TO IRAN BY JOE BIDEN
Will Biden correct nuclear deal omissions in revived talks with Iran?
Jan 21, 2021 @ 10:13 DEBKA FILES ISRAEL
PM Binyamin Netanyahu joined the warm congratulations pouring in from world leaders for the new US President Joe Biden after his inauguration on Wednesday, Jan 20, but also urged him to confront “the threat posed by Iran.” Netanyahu also advised the White House occupant to “build on the series of peace deals” brokered by his predecessor “between the Jewish state and its Arab neighbors.”
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : JEWS PRO IRAN/JCPOA – Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
All the Jews Joe Biden has tapped for top roles in his administration
Here’s a rundown of the Jewish names you should know as the Biden administration begins. – JERUSALEM POST 21. Jan 2021
US Vice President Joe Biden (R) is joined by Ebola Response Coordinator Ron Klain (L) in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, US November 13, 2014.
President-elect Joe Biden filled the months before Inauguration Day lining up a slate of Cabinet secretaries, assistants and advisors, many of them Jewish.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : THE NEW US GOVERNMENT BARACK OBAMA – PRESENTED BY JOE BIDEN !
As Trump departs, Iran says ‘ball in Washington’s court’ to reinstate nuclear deal
President Hassan Rouhani appeared more upbeat on the prospects of the Iran nuclear deal on the day that Donald Trump departed from the White House. Al-Monitor Staff Jan 20, 2021
Donald Trump’s departure from the White House must have prompted a sigh of relief from his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani, who declared the outgoing US leader “dead” and the Iran nuclear deal “alive and more kicking than ever.”
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : COMMUNIST RED CHINA BUYS KURDISTAN-IRAQ
Chinese investment increases in Kurdistan Region
“We are currently the stage of allocating a land for [a $5 billion] project and hope to lay its foundation stone in a near future.”
Halgurd Sherwani – January 17 2021 14:30 – A Chinese delegation consisting of investors and diplomats at the ceremony of laying the foundation stone for a massive Chinese Mall in Kurdistan Region’s Erbil, Jan. 10, 2021.
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – In recent years, Chinese investment in the Kurdistan Region has increased with a massive shopping center and a tourist city, funded by Chinese entities, in construction and planning phases, respectively.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA & THE SHIA IN IRAN / THE NEXT CHAPTER !
Biden administration informed Israel that it has begun secret contacts with Iran: Channel 12
by News Desk AL MASDAR NEWS 2021-01-18 BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:30 A.M.) – The administration of US President-elect Joe Biden has informed Israeli officials that it has begun secret contacts with Iranian officials to return to the nuclear deal, according to Israeli Channel 12 correspondent Nir Dafouri.
This claim is consistent with previous assessments that the United States and Iran have started an indirect dialogue.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : THE MOST SUCCESSFUL DIPLOMAT OF OUR TIMES
Jared Kushner: Unsung Hero of the “New Middle East”
By Dr. Edy CohenJanuary 15, 2021 – ISRAEL – BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,886, January 15, 2021
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Jared Kushner, son-in-law and Middle east envoy of outgoing US president Donald Trump, was instrumental in ushering in the peace agreements between Israel and the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan, and recently mediated an end to the three-year conflict between Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
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