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tisdag 26 april 2016
Obamas besök i Riyadh helt misslyckat.
Obama har försökt övertyga ledarna i Gulfen om sina idéer och totalt misslyckats - hans sista besök som president.
söndag 24 april 2016
Bahrein och Gulfstaterna vill ha goda relationer med Israel.
Åtminstone i jämförelse med Sverige. Vi minns Löfvéns tjafsande om "Kära systerparti" inför terroristorganisationen Fatah som på länk beskrivs som
Citat av Stefan Löfven som på S-kongressen 2013 kallar det palestinska partiet Fatah – vars nationalsocialistiska väpnade gren terroriststämplats av Kanada, Japan, USA och EU – för Socialdemokraternas systerparti.
Bahrain’s Foreign Minister says Gulf states want good relations with Iran and Israel, but Iran is more of a threat right now.
By Ben Ariel
First Publish: 4/19/2016, 6:44 AM
Bahrain’s Foreign Minister, Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, recently suggested that the Gulf states were interested in relations with Israel.
The comments came in an interview on March 31 with the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV that was translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).
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According to Al Khalifa, the goal behind the Gulf states' decision to cut ties with Iran and to designate Hezbollah as a "terror organization" was to send Iran and its satellites in the region a message that "we are serious in confronting them."
When asked whether Iran was more dangerous than Israel to the Gulf states, Al Khalifa stated that the Gulf states "wish to have good relations with both," but that the danger they are facing now comes from Iran which, he said, is “our biggest problem at this point in time.”
Bahrain, which in 2013 became the first Arab country to blacklist Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, last week published a list of 68 Islamist groups it classified as "terrorist", and that list yet again included Hezbollah.
Al Khalifa’s comments with regards to Israel are interesting, as they come amid reports about Israel having contacts with the Gulf states.
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said in mid-February at the Munich Security Conference in Germany that Israel was carrying out secret contacts with Arab countries in the Persian Gulf.
And last month it was reported that a top-level Israeli delegation that included a senior political figure visited Saudi Arabia, though further details could not be divulged.
Citat av Stefan Löfven som på S-kongressen 2013 kallar det palestinska partiet Fatah – vars nationalsocialistiska väpnade gren terroriststämplats av Kanada, Japan, USA och EU – för Socialdemokraternas systerparti.
Bahraini minister: Gulf states want good relations with Israel
Bahrain’s Foreign Minister says Gulf states want good relations with Iran and Israel, but Iran is more of a threat right now.
By Ben Ariel
First Publish: 4/19/2016, 6:44 AM
Bahrain’s Foreign Minister, Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, recently suggested that the Gulf states were interested in relations with Israel.
The comments came in an interview on March 31 with the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV that was translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).
[video]
According to Al Khalifa, the goal behind the Gulf states' decision to cut ties with Iran and to designate Hezbollah as a "terror organization" was to send Iran and its satellites in the region a message that "we are serious in confronting them."
When asked whether Iran was more dangerous than Israel to the Gulf states, Al Khalifa stated that the Gulf states "wish to have good relations with both," but that the danger they are facing now comes from Iran which, he said, is “our biggest problem at this point in time.”
Bahrain, which in 2013 became the first Arab country to blacklist Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, last week published a list of 68 Islamist groups it classified as "terrorist", and that list yet again included Hezbollah.
Al Khalifa’s comments with regards to Israel are interesting, as they come amid reports about Israel having contacts with the Gulf states.
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said in mid-February at the Munich Security Conference in Germany that Israel was carrying out secret contacts with Arab countries in the Persian Gulf.
And last month it was reported that a top-level Israeli delegation that included a senior political figure visited Saudi Arabia, though further details could not be divulged.
fredag 11 december 2015
Israel mer intresserad av vänskap med Gulfstater än med sura antisemitiska Sverige.
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| Shuk ha-Carmel i Tel Aviv, där jag varit många gånger. |
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| Carmel, Tel Aviv |
Man hör ibland vänligare röster från några Gulfstater än från rent antisemitiska Sverige, som Kuwait, Abu Dhabi och Saudiarabien. Har väl Israel ett kontor i en Gulfstat kan det missbrukas till det ena och det andra utan formella regler. Det är ju i arabvärlden och har du sett bilder på röriga sukar där inser du att ingen kan kontrollera detaljer där, inte ens EU.
Så den nya Mossadchefen ska ha som en huvuduppgift att hålla kontakterna mellan länder utan officiella diplomatiska kontakter och Israel. Knappast Sverige, här finns inget av intresse. Inte ett dugg. Inga intressanta hemligheter.
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Frontlines: Israel's covert diplomacy
By HERB KEINON \
12/11/2015 18:03
Netanyahu says one of the new Mossad head’s primary tasks will be cultivating ties with countries with whom Israel has no diplomatic relations.
Incoming Mossad director Yossi Cohen. (photo credit:MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
The prime minister talks about it in veiled hints. Diplomats discuss it in hushed tones.
Commentators speak of it without knowing many details.
Israel’s ties with the non-radicalized Sunni countries: Are they Israel’s secret ace in the hole, or a good example of “Isra-bluff,” more smoke and mirrors than substance? Two recent announcements have brought this issue somewhat in from the cold.
The first was the announcement last month that Israel would open a mission in Abu Dhabi to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) there. And the second was Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement this week that his current national security adviser, Yossi Cohen , will in January take over as the 12th head of the Mossad.
Both events pull the curtain up – if just a little – on the status and importance of the secret side of the country’s diplomacy.
Although both Israel and United Arab Emirates took pains to stress that the opening of an Israeli office in Abu Dhabi accredited to IRENA does not signal an upgrade in Israel ties with the UAE, that the Israeli flag will be flying in an office in that Persian Gulf country is not an insignificant occurrence.....
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lördag 5 september 2015
Varför har inte rika Gulfstater absorberat flyktingar? Arabvärlden börjar undra.
Här är ursäkter Gulfstaterna har kommit med för att inte ha absorberat en enda flykting.
Rich gulf states have not absorbed refugees from Syria and Iraq and are now facing criticism.
Rich gulf states have not absorbed refugees from Syria and Iraq and are now facing criticism.
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