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Israel to Sign Normalization Agreements With Bahrain, United Arab Emirates
Israel is set to sign (CNN) agreements to normalize diplomatic ties with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates in a White House ceremony today. The Bahrain-Israel deal will be primarily declarative (National) and less detailed than the Israel-UAE deal, according to an unnamed U.S. official.

The agreements, championed by the Donald J. Trump administration, offer all three countries political and economic advantages (FT). But they have been roundly rejected by Palestinian factions, including Hamas and Fatah, that have recently coalesced in opposition (Al Jazeera). Protests are planned today in Gaza and the West Bank and outside embassies around the world.

Analysis
“Israel and the UAE believe that their power and thus their ability to secure their interests is enhanced by establishing normal relations, and they are not going to let the Palestinians get in the way,” CFR’s Steven A. Cook writes for Foreign Policy.

“It is a big boost for [Trump’s] strategy of ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran. It is also useful ammunition, especially in an election year, to back his boast that he is the world’s best dealmaker,” BBC’s Jeremy Bowen writes.

MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : WAS DIE NEU-BACH-EXPERTIN CAROLIN EMCKE NOCH NICHT „WEISS!“

Bachs Musik ist blanker Rassismus – Music Theory and the White Racial Frame

vom 09.09.2020, 15:40 Uhr |   – “Wiener Zeitung”-Klassikexperte Edwin Baumgartner.

Sperrt die Opernhäuser zu und die Konzertsäle und die Theater obendrein und auch alle Ausstellungshäuser! Die Bücher einstampfen! Denn die gesamte westliche Kultur ist der blanke Rassismus. Um zu diesem Schluss zu kommen, braucht man nur die Thesen des US-Musiktheoretikers und Musikers Philip Ewell konsequent weiterzudenken. Ewell ist kein Spinner. Der Stanford-Absolvent unterrichtet am Hunter College für Musik, ist Musiktheorie-Experte und Cellist, anerkannt für beides.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : KADHIMI’S ROLLING RESHUFFLE (PART 1): MILITARY COMMAND CHANGES

by Michael Knights and Alex Almeida  –  PolicyWatch 3376 September 14, 2020 – To strengthen Iraq’s capacity for resisting militia and foreign influence, Washington should keep supporting the campaign to remake the military one commander at a time.

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Conceptualizing Turkey’s  Foreign Policy Ambitions / BY POMED

HOWARD EISSENSTAT – MERVE TAHIROGLU  – 15 Sept 2020

In recent years, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s foreign policy has prompted many of Turkey’s neighbors and some of its allies to view Turkey as an adventurist, aggressive, and expansionist power. While this view reflects real grievances, it cloaks the complex, multidimensional nature of Erdoğan’s foreign policy. To better understand Erdoğan’s interests, global ambitions, and ideological outlook, POMED’s Turkey Program Coordinator Merve Tahiroğlu spoke with POMED’s Nonresident Senior Fellow Howard Eissenstat about what motivates the Turkish leader’s foreign policy and how it displays both significant change from and notable continuity with the pre-Erdoğan era. 

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS :  Moria-Debatte  – Wo fangen wir mit dem Evakuierungsimperativ an, und wo hören wir auf? – 2015 da capo?

 „Macht keinen Sinn“ – Merz kritisiert Suche nach europäischer Lösung

Stand: 08:58 Uhr | Lesedauer: 3 Minuten  DIE WELT

Seitdem das Flüchtlingslager in Moria abgebrannt ist, ringen Politiker aus Deutschland und der EU um eine gemeinsame Lösung. Bundeskanzlerin Merkel unterstützt die Idee, ein neues Flüchtlingslager unter EU-Führung auf Lesbos zu errichten.

Nach dem Brand im Flüchtlingslager Moria geht die Debatte über die Aufnahme von Flüchtlingen in Deutschland weiter. Der Städtetag drängt zum Handeln. CDU-Politiker Friedrich Merz kritisiert den „Überbietungswettbewerb“.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : AFTER TRUMP’S GREAT ABRAHAM ACCORD !

THE UAE-ISRAEL BREAKTHROUGH: BILATERAL AND REGIONAL IMPLICATIONS AND U.S. POLICY
Featuring Ebtesam al-Ketbi, Dore Gold, Barbara A. Leaf, and David Makovsky

Policy Forum Report September 14, 2020 – Former diplomats and experts discuss what steps each party should take after the historic White House signing ceremony, and how to bring the Palestinians and other actors into the fold.

On September 14, The Washington Institute held a virtual Policy Forum with Ebtesam al-Ketbi, Dore Gold, Barbara Leaf, and David Makovsky. Ketbi is founder and president of the Emirates Policy Center, the UAE’s leading foreign policy and security think tank. Gold is president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and former Israeli permanent representative to the UN. Leaf is the Institute’s Lapidus Fellow and former U.S. ambassador to the UAE. Makovsky is the Institute’s Ziegler Distinguished Fellow and former senior advisor to the State Department’s special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The following is a rapporteur’s summary of their remarks.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : Can EU sanctions threat cool Turkey’s moves in eastern Mediterranean?

EU leaders will gather on Sept. 24 to discuss sanctions on Turkey over its aggressive stance against Greece and Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean, where despite its hawkish statements, Ankara may be backing down.

Amberin Zaman – AL MONITOR –  Sep 14, 2020

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said he does not believe the European Union will impose sanctions on Turkey for its dispute with Greece over territorial claims in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, hinting that should it do so, Turkey could unleash millions of migrants on Europe. “We made the decision not to prevent migrants from going to Europe and this decision is still valid,” Cavusoglu told the pro-government NTV news channel today.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS INTEL “NEW IRA” :  UK fears Irish republican group has forged terror links with Hezbollah / THE NATIONAL  15 Sept 2020

New IRA political wing opened a book of condolences for Qassem Suleimani in January

Violent Irish republican terrorists are seeking to forge new alliances with Middle East terrorist groups including Hezbollah, according to an intelligence briefing on a deepening relationship after years of collaboration over tactics and ambitions.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS  : Intelligence insiders see Israeli alliance with Gulf States as ‘biggest change in decades’

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 BY JOSEPH FITSANAKIS INTEL ORG

Intelligence insiders, including a former senior Central Intelligence Agency operations officer who spent decades in the Middle East, have described the establishment of official relations between Israel and some Gulf States as “the biggest change in the region in decades”.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : MACRON CONSIDERS HEZBOLLAH – Can France Bring Stability to Crisis-Plagued Lebanon?

By Dr. Tsilla HershcoSeptember 14, 2020 – ISRAEL –  BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,746, September 14, 2020

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: France’s longstanding diplomatic involvement in Lebanon was intended to promote Lebanese stability, sovereignty, and democracy, but it has failed to achieve any of those goals. As long as Paris continues to consider Hezbollah integral to Lebanon’s democratic life and denies that it is a terrorist organization controlling Lebanon with a private army, its ability to stabilize Lebanon will remain slim to nil.

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