MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : BASHAR AL ASSAD’S WAY FORWARD – A Controlled Comeback

  • MICHAEL YOUNG – In an interview, Armenak Tokmajyan discusses his recent paper on the Syrian regime’s return to the southern border area.
  • July 29, 2020 CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT

Armenak Tokmajyan is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where his research focuses on borders and conflict, Syrian refugees, and local intermediaries in Syria. Recently, he published a paper for Carnegie, titled “How Southern Syria Has been Transformed Into a Regional Powder Keg.” In it, he examines the peculiar nature of the Syrian regime’s return to the south in 2018, and the situation that ensued. Diwan interviewed Tokmajyan in mid-July to discuss his paper and how he sees the dynamics in southern Syria developing.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS DEBATE : PALESTINIANS AND THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION: HARD DATA ON THE HARDEST QUESTIONS

Featuring David Pollock, Tamar Hermann, and Ghaith al-Omari  – Policy Forum Report July 28, 2020

Three experts on Palestinian and Israeli public opinion discuss recent poll results, sociopolitical trends, and potential avenues for expanding bilateral cooperation on smaller ‘non-narrative’ issues.

On July 21, The Washington Institute held a virtual Policy Forum in conjunction with the release of its new report A Nation Divided: Palestinian Views on War and Peace with Israel. The speakers included the report’s author, David Pollock, who heads the Institute’s Project Fikra; Tamar Hermann, academic director of the Guttman Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute; and Ghaith al-Omari, a senior fellow at the Institute and former member of the Palestinian Authority negotiating team. The following is a rapporteur’s summary of their remarks.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS: WER WILL & WEM NUTZEN  DIE SCHARMÜTZEL AN DER GRENZE / LEBANON ? – Spannungen an Grenze zu Israel : „Die Hizbullah will keinen Krieg“

Unter Bewachung: Ein israelischer Soldat neben einem Raketenabwehrsystem am Montag nahe der libanesischen Grenze. – Immer wieder eskaliert die Lage an der libanesisch-israelischen Grenze. Aber eigentlich haben weder Israel noch die Hizbullah Interesse an einem Krieg. Netanjahu warnt die Miliz: Sie spiele mit dem Feuer.

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KAUF VON IMMOBILIEN:„Rechtsextreme wollen Boden und Land“

MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : DIE BEKANNTLICH  MILLIONEN NAZIS & RECHTE IN DIESEM LAND BESITZEN SCHON  146 (!) x REAL ESTATE ! WANN WERDEN SIE DIE CITY FFM EINFACH KAUFEN ?  

NEUE GESETZE MÜSSEN HER ! Laut des sächsischen Verfassungsschutzes reichen die aktuellen Gesetze nicht, um effektiv gegen Rechtsextreme und ihre Käufe vorzugehen, da diese meist als Einzelpersonen handeln und nicht in etablierten Strukturen. „Die Sicherheitsbehörden können den Extremismus des 21. Jahrhunderts nicht mit Gesetzen aus dem 20. Jahrhundert bekämpfen. Das rechtliche Dürfen und das technische Können müssen mit der allgemeinen Entwicklung Schritt halten.“

KAUF VON IMMOBILIEN:„Rechtsextreme wollen Boden und Land“

VON MONA JAEGER UND MARKUS WEHNER – FAZ – 29.07.2020-06:40

Rechtsextreme wollen zunehmend ins bürgerliche Milieu vordringen.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS BACKGROUNDER :  Russia and China in Germany

John Kampfner – RUSI UK – Occasional Papers, 29 July 2020

In the third paper in RUSI’s series on Russia and China in Europe, John Kampfner examines their interference and influence in Germany.

Germany is on the frontline of Russian and Chinese hybrid actions of interference and influence in Europe. The tactics used by China and Russia vary. Russia’s activities are largely political, attempting to undermine public confidence in democratic institutions. China’s have been focused mainly on economic assets. There are a number of synergies, however. This includes their tendency to go over the head of the federal government to talk directly to the Länder.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS WEEKLY REPORT KURDISTAN IRAN  – 29 July 2020
The Iranian regime continued its crackdown on Kurdish political activity last week. In Mehabad, an Iranian court extended the detention of a Kurdish teacher, Hussein Hassanzada, who was accused of organizing anti-government demonstrations. Also, in Mehabad, Iranian security forces arrested a 23-year-old named Siawesh Rojkhoun for “cooperation with a Kurdish opposition party.” Meanwhile, a Tehran court sentenced a Kurdish citizen from Mehabad named Ahed Nokochian to five months in prison. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Association (KMMK), Nokochian was arrested four months ago and subject to torture. Simultaneously, Urmia’s Islamic Revolutionary Court sentenced a Kurdish activist named Shanaz Sadiqi, who was initially arrested with her daughter by Iranian intelligence officers (Ettela’at), to 15 years in prison for “aiding a Kurdish opposition party.” Likewise, an Oshnavieh court sentenced a Kurdish environmental activist named Rashid Hassanzada to prison for “meetings and plans against the national security” on Sunday, while an appeals court in Piranshahr resentenced a Kurdish man named Wahid Saedi to two months in prison for political activism. Additionally, Iranian authorities arrested a Kurdish activist named Khalil Husseini for protesting the execution of two Kurds on social media and wounded another Kurd, Parsa Waisi, for an undisclosed reason. Moreover, Sanandaj’s Islamic Revolutionary Court sentenced a Kurdish activist named Foad Einaiati to 76 lashes for protesting Turkey’s October 2019 invasion of northeastern Syria, and a Bokan court sentenced a female Kurd named Fatima Dawand to five years in prison for organizing anti-government protests in August 2019. Finally, a Sardasht court sentenced a Kurdish citizen named Dara Rashidi to 10 years in prison for “membership of a Kurdish opposition party.”

  • Iranian border guards ambushed a group of Kurdish border porters (Kolbars) near Baneh on Monday and wounded five. Two of the wounded were transferred to the town of Penjween in Iraqi Kurdistan to receive medical treatment. Also, in Baneh, an Iranian Revolutionary Court sentenced 10 Kurdish activists to 3 months in prison, 25 lashes, and a 25 million Iranian Rial (600USD) fine for protesting Iranian security forces’ killing of two Kolbars in 2018.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS “Tendenzieller Fall der Intelligenzrate -: VON OSWALD KOLLE VIA BEATE UHSE BIS ZU JÜRGEN KAUBE (FAZ-HEUTE)

 

Paartherapeutin Esther Perel : „Lasst uns über Untreue reden“

 

„Wie bewahrt man das Feuer in Langzeitbeziehungen? Kann man einen Seitensprung wirklich verzeihen? Und ist Monogamie ein realistisches Konzept? Die berühmte Paartherapeutin Esther Perel erklärt im Interview die Liebe und das Leben.“

  • Johanna Dürrholz und Felix Hooß  , Empfehlungen: 8

… denn ob man liebt oder geliebt wird, findet man von alleine nicht mehr heraus: sondern beschäftigt damit hinter Bezahlschranke ein Heer von hirnlosen Lurch*innen!

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : …. SCHON FRIEDRICH II. WAR NAZI ?   – DIE SYSTEMISCHE AUSLÖSCHUNG EINER KULTUR & IHRER POPULATION

„Es ist unübersehbar, dass sich der Wissenschaftsrat am Namen des preussischen Kulturbesitzes furchtbar stört, dem er als «Markenidentität» flugs die Eignung abspricht. Klartext: Preussen soll als kulturhistorischer Bezugspunkt abgeschafft werden.“

Der Preussische Patient. Sind die Deutschen eine Kulturnation?

Mit dem Preussischen Kulturbesitz würde mehr als eine Stiftung aufgelöst. Es wäre damit eine Tradition der Preussenfeindlichkeit fortgeschrieben, die jene historische Epoche auf die deutsche Schuld verkürzt.

Claudia Schwartz – 29 Juli 2020 – NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG –

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : FINAL CORONA ENLIGHTENMENT FROM ISRAEL !

Where Did COVID-19 Really Come From? – By Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Dany ShohamJuly 28, 2020

Wuhan Institute of Virology main entrance, Wuhan City, Hubei province, China,  BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,664, July 28, 2020 – ISRAEL

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The questions of the true genomic origin as well as the direct source of the initial SARS-CoV-2 strain that infected Patient Zero in China, an event that ultimately unleashed COVID-19 on the world to devastating effect, are hotly debated and highly consequential. Both science and intelligence will contribute to uncovering the evidence needed to answer these questions conclusively.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS FITCH RATINGS : RED CHINA IN BEST SHAPE FOR GLOBAL TRADE  / EUROPE NOT !

Rating Action Commentary – Fitch Affirms China at ‘A+’; Outlook Stable

Mon 27 Jul, 2020 – 23:18 ET – Fitch Ratings – Hong Kong – 27 Jul 2020: Fitch Ratings has affirmed China’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘A+’ with a Stable Outlook.

KEY RATING DRIVERS

China’s ratings are supported by the country’s robust external finances, a track record of strong macroeconomic performance, and size as the world’s second-largest economy. The ratings are primarily constrained by large structural vulnerabilities in the financial sector, relatively low per capita income, and weaker governance metrics than those of ‘A’ peers.

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