#modérés

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Gave $16 Million to South African Model - The New York Times
►https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/30/world/middleeast/lebanon-hariri-model.html

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The prime minister of Lebanon gave more than $16 million to a South African bikini model who said they had a romantic relationship after they met at a luxury resort in the Seychelles, according to South African court documents obtained by The New York Times.

The prime minister, Saad Hariri, was not in office when he sent the money starting in 2013, and the transfer does not appear to have violated any Lebanese or South African laws.

But the revelation in a South African court case this year of the extravagant gifts to a younger model comes during a difficult period for Mr. Hariri, the top Sunni Muslim politician in Lebanon and an American ally.

His business and political empires have fallen on hard times, depriving many employees of their pay. His family’s construction conglomerate, Saudi Oger, ceased operations in 2017, and his media outlets have struggled to pay salaries.

#Liban « #modérés »

Libyan Salafists fight alongside ’secular’ Hifter
▻https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/05/libya-eastern-salafists-hifter-gna-uae-egypt.html

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That a host of states — namely the United Arab Emirates and Egypt — have backed Hifter on the premise that only his forces can counter violent extremism is unquestionably paradoxical. Important to note is that there are major differences between Libyan Salafi groups, with some in Hifter’s camp and others against him.

«#modérés»

’Billions Worth Equipment’ Missing From Paktika Base: Governor | TOLOnews
▻https://www.tolonews.com/afghanistan/billions-worth-equipment-missing-paktika-base-governor

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Paktika governor says that high-ranking officials, as well as some MPs, are involved in the case.

#Afghanistan “#modérés” #etats-unis

Ouverture du procès de dix militantes saoudiennes de la cause des femmes ats/ebz - 13 Mars 2019 - RTS
▻https://www.rts.ch/info/monde/10286443-ouverture-du-proces-de-dix-militantes-saoudiennes-de-la-cause-des-femme

Le procès de dix militantes saoudiennes de la cause des femmes s’est ouvert mercredi devant un tribunal pénal de Ryad. Il braque l’attention sur la situation des droits humains dans ce royaume ultra-conservateur du Golfe.

Loujain al-Hathloul, Hatoon al-Fassi et Aziza al-Yousef figurent parmi ces militantes arrêtées il y a près d’un an, a déclaré le président de la cour Ibrahim al-Sayari à des journalistes et à des diplomates occidentaux, sans préciser les charges pesant contre elles. Seules les familles de ces femmes ont été autorisées à assister à l’audience.

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Mardi, un proche de Loujain al-Hathloul et Amnesty International avaient indiqué que cette militante allait comparaître devant un tribunal de Ryad spécialisé dans les affaires de « terrorisme » et qui prononce généralement des verdicts très sévères.

Emprisonnées près d’un an sans inculpation
Ces femmes ont passé près d’un an en prison sans inculpation.

Plus d’une douzaine de militants avaient été arrêtés en mai 2018, un mois à peine avant la levée historique d’une mesure interdisant aux femmes de conduire en Arabie saoudite.

La plupart des militants ayant défendu le droit des femmes à conduire ou demandé la levée du système de tutelle qui impose aux femmes d’avoir la permission d’un parent masculin pour de nombreuses démarches ont été accusés de porter atteinte aux intérêts nationaux et d’aider les « ennemis de l’Etat ». Certains ont été relâchés depuis.

#arabie_saoudite #Femmes #répression

The U.S. put a Yemeni warlord on a terrorist list. One of its close allies is still arming him. - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/the-us-put-a-yemeni-warlord-on-a-terrorist-list-one-of-its-close-allies-is-still-arming-him/2018/12/28/f3c4fb5b-f366-4570-b27b-75a3ed0f0f52_story.html

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TAIZ, Yemen — In 2017, the Trump administration imposed sanctions on a powerful Yemeni Islamist warlord, accusing him of being a “prominent military instructor” and fundraiser for #al-Qaeda who had also at one point “served with” the Islamic State and financed its forces.

But Abu al-Abbas is not on the run. He is not even in hiding.

By his own admission, Abbas continues to receive millions of dollars in weapons and financial support for his fighters from one of Washington’s closest Middle East allies, the United Arab Emirates [..]

#émirats_arabes_unis “#modérés” #etats-unis

On the Front Line of the Saudi War in Yemen: Child Soldiers From Darfur - The New York Times
►https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/world/africa/saudi-sudan-yemen-child-fighters.html

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The civil war in Darfur robbed Hager Shomo Ahmed of almost any hope. Raiders had stolen his family’s cattle, and a dozen years of bloodshed had left his parents destitute.

Then, around the end of 2016, Saudi Arabia offered a lifeline: The kingdom would pay as much as $10,000 if Hager joined its forces fighting 1,200 miles away in Yemen.

Hager, 14 at the time, could not find Yemen on a map, and his mother was appalled. He had survived one horrific civil war — how could his parents toss him into another? But the family overruled her.

“Families know that the only way their lives will change is if their sons join the war and bring them back money,” Hager said in an interview last week in the capital, Khartoum, a few days after his 16th birthday.

#Arabie_saoudite #Enfants_soldats #Yémen “#modérés”

Trump Inaugural Fund and Super PAC Said to Be Scrutinized for Illegal Foreign #Donations - The New York Times
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/us/politics/trump-inauguration-investigation.html

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Aux #Etats-Unis se faire corrompre est légalisé jusqu’à un certain point,

The inquiry focuses on whether people from Middle Eastern nations — including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — used straw donors to disguise their donations to the two funds. Federal law prohibits foreign contributions to federal campaigns, political action committees and inaugural funds.

#corrompus “#modérés”

Matteo Salvini, créature politique des gouvernements européens « #modérés »
▻https://www.nouveau-magazine-litteraire.com/idees/matteo-salvini-creature-politique-des-gouvernements-eur

En adoptant des politiques de plus en plus répressives, les gouvernements « pro-européens » et « modérés » ont fait le lit des Salvini ou Orbàn. En Italie, Marco Minniti, le ministre de l’Intérieur précédant, célébré hier pour son pragmatisme, a incarné cette dérive répressive et le mépris affiché pour les droits humains. Cette politique a légitimé Salvini et ses ami.e.s, et les a amenés au pouvoir. Quel succès !

Il faut enfin remarquer que ce sont les maires de Palerme et de Naples, des régions pauvres traditionnellement affectées par les arrivées d’immigrants, qui ont proposé d’accueillir les 629 personnes de l’Aquarius. Les populistes – de droite ou de gauche – fantasment un peuple raciste et répressif, qu’ils ne connaissent pas en fait.

#ue

Opinion | Centrists Are the Most Hostile to Democracy, Not Extremists - The New York Times
▻https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/23/opinion/international-world/centrists-democracy.html

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What Does It Mean?

Across #Europe and North America, support for democracy is in decline. To explain this trend, conventional wisdom points to the political extremes. Both the far left and the far right are, according to this view, willing to ride roughshod over democratic institutions to achieve radical change. Moderates, by contrast, are assumed to defend liberal democracy, its principles and institutions.

The numbers indicate that this isn’t the case. As Western democracies descend into dysfunction, no group is immune to the allure of authoritarianism — least of all centrists, who seem to prefer strong and efficient government over messy democratic politics.

Strongmen in the developing world have historically found support in the center: From Brazil and Argentina to Singapore and Indonesia, middle-class moderates have encouraged authoritarian transitions to bring stability and deliver growth. Could the same thing happen in mature democracies like Britain, France and the United States?

#démocraties #centristes “#modérés” #Etats-Unis

#Yazidis who suffered under Isis face forced conversion to Islam amid fresh persecution in Afrin
▻https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-yazidis-isis-islam-conversion-afrin-persecution-kurdish-a831069

The Yazidis, who were recently the target of massacre, rape and sex slavery by Isis, are now facing forcible conversion to Islam under the threat of death from Turkish-backed forces which captured the Kurdish enclave of Afrin on 18 March. Islamist rebel fighters, who are allied to Turkey and have occupied Yazidi villages in the area, have destroyed the temples and places of worship the Kurdish-speaking non-Islamic sect according to local people.

“#modérés” #Syrie

Mark Curtis on Twitter: "Here it is again, “Labour moderates” - actually, extremists supporting neoliberalism at home and military intervention abroad."
▻https://mobile.twitter.com/markcurtis30/status/974005010353750016

The Spectator on Twitter: “Labour moderates turn up the heat in Cold War with Corbyn, katyballs reports ▻https://t.co/P7SD3vQ7n0”
▻https://mobile.twitter.com/spectator/status/973988829421023234

“#modérés”

#Egypte : des enfants retirés à leur mère pour cause d’#athéisme - Moyen-Orient - RFI
http://www.rfi.fr/moyen-orient/20171224-egypte-enfants-retires-mere-cause-atheisme

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Au Caire, une mère a été privée de ses deux enfants parce qu’athée. C’est le tribunal des affaires familiales de la ville qui a prononcé dimanche 24 décembre ce jugement sans précédent. La décision de justice intervient en pleine campagne de chasse à l’athéisme [...]

« #modérés » (terminologie #MSM) #dirigeants_arabes #indigents_arabes

Palestinian authorities arrest activist in growing free speech crackdown | World news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/05/palestinian-authorities-arrest-activist-issa-amro-in-growing-free-speec

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Palestinian security forces have arrested one of the most prominent human rights activists in the occupied territories after he criticised the arrest of a Palestinian journalist in a Facebook post.

Issa Amro, who lives in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, is the highest profile victim of a growing campaign by #Mahmoud_Abbas, the leader of the Palestinian Authority, against journalists and dissent on social media.

Amro is the founder of Youth Against the Settlements, which has long-documented alleged abuses by the Israeli military and settlers in Hebron. He was already facing charges in an Israeli military court for his activism.

#Palestine #dirigeants_arabes #indigents_arabes faux #modérés vrais #Collabos

The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: Allies of ISIS in Lebanon: the pro-US/pro-Saudi camp
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2017/09/allies-of-isis-in-lebanon-pro-uspro.html

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Because the attention of Western correspondents in Beirut is focused on serving the propaganda of the Saudi-US-Israeli camp in the Middle East, and because they are allies of the March 14 in Lebanon, there is an unreported story about Lebanon and ISIS. As soon as ISIS emerged, March 14 figures supported ISIS and even publicly. This guy, is a major March 14 figure (and is now the man in charge of all media for the pro-Saudi Lebanese Forces) wrote in 2013. It says: “Is ISIS against the Syrian regime: Yes. Is ISIS against Iran? Yes. Is ISIS against Hizbollah? Yes. Therefore I am with ISIS”. This sentiment, by the way, was pretty much the sentiment of Western powers in the region.

“#modérés” #Liban #Arabie_saoudite #etats-unis #MSM

The Sordid Double Life of Washington’s Most Powerful Ambassador
https://theintercept.com/2017/08/30/uae-ambassador-yousef-al-otaiba-double-life-prostitutes-sex-work

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The sex crime statutes tend to be employed as a cudgel against political dissidents or people, often foreigners, with limited political power; ruling-class figures, in contrast, operate under a different set of informal rules. “The UAE elite enjoy impunity at home and the full support and protection of the UAE state when they break the law abroad,” said Nick McGeehan, a researcher for Human Rights Watch who works on the Gulf.

In private, Otaiba has made candid admissions about the sex trade in Abu Dhabi rarely seen from high-level figures in the region. In February 2008, “60 Minutes” ran a segment focused on Dubai that touched on sex work and trafficking industries. The next day, a friend from college emailed Otaiba. “I was looking for you on 60 Minutes last night. How big is the prostitution problem?” he wondered, according to a copy of the exchange obtained by The Intercept.

“I mean… why were you looking for me on a subject like that dog,” quipped Otaiba, before getting serious. “Its big but not blatant…meaning they’re not on the street corners.. its under cover in homes and apts.. not in your face type stuff. #Dubai is definitely more visible than abu dhabi.”

#e.a.u. #Emirats_arabes_unis “#modérés” #les_amis_de_Israel

On avance à l’envers en #Egypte : un députe propose d’abaisser l’âge du mariage pour les jeunes filles de 18 à 16 ans.

استياء من مقترح خفض سن الزواج إلى 16 عاما في مصر
▻http://middle-east-online.com/?id=254379

Saudi cartoonist Khalid Ahmad
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2016/11/saudi-cartoonist-khalid-ahmad.html

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„#modérés”

I don’t think that you have an idea of the language of Gulf regime media in Arabic
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2016/11/i-dont-think-that-you-have-idea-of.html

This is from the opinion page of the Qatari regime newspaper, Al-Quds Al-Arabi. It says: “as you do, o rabid dogs who you call yourselves secularists”.

“#modérés”

L’ambassadeur de Riyad aux #États-Unis déclare que demander si son pays va arrêter d’utiliser des bombes à fragmentation au #Yémen revient à demander « Allez-vous arrêter de battre votre femme ? »
▻http://www.middleeasteye.net/fr/reportages/la-r-ponse-tonnante-d-un-ambassadeur-saoudien-une-question-sur-l-empl

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#modérés #arabie_saoudite

Israeli-Arab Relations : Muddling Through by the Sword
▻http://nationalinterest.org/blog/paul-pillar/israeli-arab-relations-muddling-through-by-the-sword-17521

Israel could have had full and normal relations with its Arab neighbors long ago. Many years have passed since most Arab government in effect accepted Zionism.[...]

More recently, as an editorial in the New York Times observes, there has been de facto development of ties, in the absence of full diplomatic relations, between Israel and some Sunni Arab states, especially Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. There also has been a warming of relations with Egypt, a relationship that had mostly been a cold peace since Sadat’s time. As the editorial correctly notes, such developments reflect how the political status of the Palestinians is not a top priority for most Arab governments, and indeed it has long had to compete with more parochial concerns of those governments. But the plight of their Palestinian brethren still is a salient issue for most Arabs, [...]

The kind of de facto and semi-secret relationships that have been developing are the wrong kind of Israeli-Arab relations. They are not in the best interests of the United States or of anyone else. Far from being a basis for peace and prosperity, they are themselves based on conflict, regional divisions, authoritarianism, and the threat or use of force. With regard to Egypt, the warming of ties with the regime of strongman Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has to do with el-Sisi’s harsh internal crackdown and especially his bashing of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is related to his willingness to cooperate with Israel in bashing the Brotherhood’s Hamas cousins in the Gaza Strip. With regard to the Gulf Arab monarchies, the dealings with Israel have to do with the determination of those regimes to expand their regional influence and to pursue their rivalry with Iran. That determination has become so strong in the Saudi case that it has led to the reckless aerial assault and consequent humanitarian disaster in Yemen—a situation that has gotten so bad that a bipartisan group of U.S. congressmen is urging the Obama administration to delay a major sale of arms to the Saudis.

In short, the recently developing Israeli ties with these authoritarian Sunni Arab regimes are a matter of more regional conflict and instability, not more peace and prosperity.

Ce que ne dit pas l’auteur, c’est que pour #Israel, ces régimes sont au contraire « #modérés » et sont les garants de la « #stabilité »

#arabie_saoudite #saoud

What’s a few missing billions among friends : Why Malaysia 1MDB scandal might not dent US ties
▻http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/01/whats-a-few-missing-billions-among-friends-why-malaysia-1mdb-scandal-might-not

La #dissonance_cognitive des journalistes occidentaux des #MSM est toujours remarquable, (au moins) double en l’occurrence : jamais il ne sera dit que les mêmes Etats-Unis, via le #Pentagone, sont eux-mêmes de grands spécialistes de #milliards_disparus et d’autre part on ne dira jamais que les « #modérés » sont souvent les fameux #SOB des #Etats-Unis.

Top secret « 28 pages » may hold clues about Saudi support for 9/11 hijackers
▻http://www.cbsnews.com/news/top-secret-28-pages-may-hold-clues-about-saudi-support-for-911-hijackers

Avant-première de l’émission dominicale « 60 minutes » de la CBS dont l’invité est le sénateur étasunien Bob Graham (le responsable du comité d’enquête sur les responsabilités dans les attentats du 11 septembre 2001)

Graham and his Joint Inquiry co-chair in the House, former Representative Porter Goss (R-FL) — who went on to be director of the CIA — say the 28 pages were excised from their report by the Bush Administration in the interest of national security. Graham wouldn’t discuss the classified contents, but says the 28 pages outline a network of people he believes supported hijackers in the U.S. He tells Kroft he believes the hijackers were “substantially” supported by Saudi Arabia. Asked if the support was from government, rich people or charities, the former senator replies, “all of the above.”

#Arabie_Saoudite #Wahhabisme #Etats-Unis #modérés

Don’t mention the weather. UAE threatens imprisonment over social media videos of storm
▻http://www.al-bab.com/blog/2016/march/uae-weather-crime.htm#sthash.jx1QmDu5.9EaUEaDf.dpbs

Don’t mention the weather

UAE threatens imprisonment over social media videos of storm❞

(...) Emirates 24/7 reports:

During the recent heavy rains across the UAE some individuals behaved irresponsibly on social networking sites, said officials. They shared photos and videos from accidents that occurred during the rainy days and circulated rumours about building collapses and people drowning in rain water, thereby, creating panic among public.

In addition, they ignored the great initiatives by the authorised departments and the heroic efforts by police and civil defence teams

Lawyer Yousef Al Sharif said some people shared videos and images of the weather in a manner that harms the country’s reputation and disrupts public peace. He added that as per law such acts are punishable. Violators can be punished with imprisonment and a fine not exceeding Dh1 million [$270,000] for spreading false information or rumours online that damages the reputation of the country.

#surréalisme_arabe

How Palestine’s Security Sector Facilitates the Israeli Occupation
http://muftah.org/how-palestines-security-sector-facilitates-the-israeli-occupation

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Not designed for domestic consumption, the rare public comments from the PA’s intelligence chief had two purposes: to shore up financial support for the security sector from international donors, and signal the PA’s active involvement in protecting Israel’s security interests in the West Bank.

#collabos #Palestine #modérés

L’Arabie saoudite prévient les Nations Unies et les travailleurs humanitaires qu’il faut quitter les zones du Yémen sous le contrôle des Houthis qu’ils bombardent. Un rapport d’inspecteurs de l’ONU a par ailleurs documenté 119 sorties de la coalition saoudienne qui sont des violations des lois internationales, dont certaines pourraient constituer des crimes de guerre :
▻http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-war-saudi-un-idUSKCN0VK2CE

Saudi Arabia, which is leading air strikes against rebels in neighboring Yemen, has warned the United Nations and international aid groups to protect staff by removing them from areas held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, according to a letter that was seen by Reuters on Thursday.
The short note sent by the Saudi Embassy in London on Friday said the intention was to “protect the international organizations and their employees,” presumably from coalition air strikes. [...]
U.N. aid chief Stephen O’Brien acknowledged receipt of the note in a Sunday letter seen by Reuters and said the humanitarian community would continue to deliver aid across Yemen impartially on the basis of need.
He reminded Saudi Arabia of obligations under international humanitarian law to facilitate access for aid. [...]
U.N. sanctions monitors said in a report last month that the Saudi-led coalition has targeted civilians with air strikes and some of the attacks could be a crimes against humanity.
The panel of experts documented 119 coalition sorties “relating to violations of international humanitarian law” and said that “many attacks involved multiple air strikes on multiple civilian objects.”