MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : Decentralisation in Iraq- Process, Progress & a New Tailor-Made Model – By MERI
May 19th, 2020 Dlawer Ala’Aldeen President of MERI
The Iraqi state has become increasingly fragile for decades and is plagued with instability, social conflicts and wars. Many drivers have contributed to the country’s intractable fragility, one of which relates to its highly centralised and poorly institutionalised governing system, which has failed to manage centre-periphery tensions and integrate local communities into the country’s polities. Rebuilding Iraq’s governance along the lines of its democratic Constitution, which adopts decentralisation at its core, will be a critical step toward stabilisation, reconstruction, and socioeconomic recovery.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS SYRIEN : AUF INITIATIVE DER PKK/PYD UND UNTER SUPERVISION VON TRUMP’S MEDIATOREN –
Schritte zu einer geeinten Nation Kurdistan
In Rojava finden Gespräche für eine innerkurdische Annäherung statt. Zu diesem Zweck haben sich 25 Parteien zusammengeschlossen. Die PYD-Sprecherin Sema Begdaş erklärt, dass in einer geeinten kurdischen Nation niemand außen vor bleiben darf.
- ANF – QAMIŞLO – Donnerstag, 21 Mai 2020, 07:27
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS TODAY : ONLY TRUMP’S ARMY STILL FIGHTING ALONGSIDE KURDS IN SYRIA
DEIR EZZOR NEWS : Today, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, a meeting brought together Dr. Ghassan Yousef, joint president of Deir Ezzor Civil Council, the U.S. Ambassador and representative of the International Coalition, William Roebuck and his assistant, Emily Brandet in Hasakeh province.
During the meeting, the U.S. ambassador stressed the importance of the international coalition’s presence in the region to ensure that Daesh will not return.
Dr. Ghassan al-Yousef told Deir Ezzor 24 network:
“The meeting was fruitful and good, during which we discussed continuing the fight against the cells of the terrorist organization Daesh, and ways to support the region to ensure its stability and to protect it from any threats, as well as supporting it economically with a number of vital projects.”
The meeting coincides with intensive security operations by the international coalition and the SDF in several areas of Deir Ezzor (east of the Euphrates) to search for remnants and cells of Daesh.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : KAPITEL AUS “DIE LETZTE TAGE DER WESTLICHEN MENSCHHEIT!”
21 Mai 2020 – taz – Deutsche Linke und Antirassismus: Auf der Seite der Opfer – Annika und Daniel checken ihre Privilegien und reflektieren Rassismus. Aber sie gehen aus Versehen mit Islamisten demonstrieren.
Annika und Daniel sehen sich als Antirassist*innen. Sie haben „Sprache und Sein“ von Kübra Gümüşay gelesen und es hat ihre Augen geöffnet. Sie wollen woke sein und echt was gegen Rassismus tun. Deswegen kaufen sie neuerdings ihre Tomaten beim arabischen Supermarkt (interkultureller Austausch) und essen ihren Döner am liebsten bei ihrem Lieblingstürken (der eigentlich Tscherkesse ist) an der Ecke.
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DID POMPEO’S VISIT SHIFT THE ANNEXATION DEBATE IN ISRAEL & WASHINGTON?
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : NO ANNEXATION WITH JOE BIDEN !
by David Makovsky – PolicyWatch 3318 – May 20, 2020 –The Trump administration has signaled that it won’t be bound by Netanyahu’s summer rush schedule on the issue, adding to the many foreign and domestic factors that could lead the prime minister to delay or curtail the move.
On May 18, Israel swore in its new cabinet, ending 507 days of caretaker governance punctuated by three inconclusive elections. Under the coalition deal reached by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and new defense minister Benny Gantz, a resolution to apply Israeli sovereignty to portions of the West Bank can be brought before the cabinet as soon as July 1—provided the government obtains “full agreement” from the United States for the move, conducts “international consultations,” and ensures the “preservation of existing Israeli-Arab peace treaties.” Although Washington and Jerusalem’s internal views on the matter still appear to be crystalizing, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s May 13 trip to Israel may have provided some early clues.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : THE CHINESE CORONA RESPONSIBILITY & THE WHO !
China & the Coronavirus Pandemic
By Roie Yellinek May 21, 2020 / An Israeli Opinion – BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,576, May 21, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The coronavirus pandemic is providing insights into the conduct and thinking of the Chinese leadership, which has far-reaching implications both internally and externally.
The coronavirus is not the first pandemic to be exported from China to the rest of the world. In this instance, the outbreak was initially believed to have been triggered by cross-species transmission originating in a market in the city of Wuhan selling exotic wildlife for domestic consumption, though it was subsequently argued that the cross-species transmission originated at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : ERDOGAN’S BIG HELPERS ! – Qatar triples swap line with Turkey / Qatar has offered support to Turkey’s central bank, expanding a currency-swap agreement to $15 billion as Ankara seeks to
Diego Cupolo – AL MONITOR – May 20, 2020 – ISTANBUL — As the coronavirus pandemic continues to rattle global economies, Turkish banking officials have been seeking fiscal support from a number of countries and Qatar was the first to respond.
On Wednesday, Qatar expanded an existing swap deal to $15 billion, raising the prior limit from $5 billion to help bolster depleted Turkish central bank reserves and help steady the lira. The move underlines strong relations between the two nations, which opened swap arrangements during a 2018 currency crisis in Turkey and continue to cooperate amid a Saudi Arabia-United Arab Emirates-led economic blockade on Qatar.
MESOPOTAMIA MIDEAST SPECIAL : KADHIMI AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF: FIRST STEPS IN IRAQI SECURITY SECTOR REFORM
by Michael Knights – PolicyWatch 3317 – May 19, 2020
After his promising start, the new prime minister needs time and latitude to stamp his authority on the country’s security sector, even as militia rockets fall in Baghdad.
In the early hours of May 19, a rocket was launched at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, causing no casualties in what was likely a deliberate miss. The unclaimed gesture—almost certainly by one of the Iranian-backed militias that have conducted many such strikes in the past—came less than a day after new prime minister Mustapha al-Kadhimi visited the headquarters of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), the state agency led by the same Iranian-backed groups. It was his final stop on a tour of the country’s main security agencies as their new commander-in-chief, following visits to the Counter Terrorism Service (CTS), the Ministry of Defense, and the Ministry of Interior.
Nahostkonflikt: Amerikas Ansatz und Europas Ablehnung – von Saba Farzan (SCHLAGLICHTER WIEN) 20 Mai 2020
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS MEINUNG : „Es gibt am gegenwärtigen US-Präsidenten viel zu kritisieren – seine Israelpolitik gehört nicht dazu.“
Der Deal des Jahrhunderts markiert eine Zeitenwende
Als Donald Trump im Januar den Nahost-Friedensplan seiner Administration vorstellte, übte sich ein selbst verliebter Präsident in seltenem Realismus mit den Worten gegenüber den beiden wichtigsten israelischen politischen Lagern: »Viele Länder werden partizipieren wollen«, und »sie werden enorme Unterstützung von ihren Nachbarn bekommen und darüber hinaus«. Er sollte Recht behalten.
Das Israelbild von Götz Kubitscheks „Sezession“ von Marcus Ermler / 19.05.2020 / achgut achse
„Wer den ,Zionismus‘ angreift, aber beileibe nichts gegen die ,Juden‘ sagen möchte, macht sich und anderen etwas vor. Der Staat Israel ist ein Judenstaat“, hat der Literaturwissenschaftler Hans Mayer einmal so passend geschrieben. Doch im Umfeld der AfD bewegen sich Gralshüter der einen „rechten“ Lehre, deren Bewertung des „Judenstaats“ bis in den offen zelebrierten Antizionismus abzugleiten vermag.
So der ehemalige Linke Jürgen Elsässer und sein Compact-Magazin. Die Antisemitismusforscher Marc Grimm und Bodo Kahmann bezeichnen Elsässers Postille in ihrer Publikation „AfD und Judenbild“ als „publizistisches Flaggschiff des antisemitisch grundierten Israelhasses“ in Deutschland. Und wie sieht es mit Björn Höckes Spiritus Rector Götz Kubitschek und dessen Theorieblatt Sezession aus? Ist auch die Sezession solch ein „publizistisches Flaggschiff des antisemitisch grundierten Israelhasses“?
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