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Israel could lose twice in the US gambit against Iran in the UNSC
The US set off on a risky diplomatic gambit last Thursday, triggering “snapback sanctions” on Iran, a week after losing a UN Security Council vote to renew the 2007 arms embargo on the Islamic Republic. As Pompeo and Netanyahu present it, the situation sounds simple enough: Iran is violating its nuclear deal, the JCPOA allows for sanctions if that happens, so the US is triggering those restrictions. But it is anything but simple, and if the American maneuver doesn’t work out, Israel could face two problems: Iran will be able to buy weapons, and veto power in the UN Security Council, which the US has used countless times to protect Israel, will be called into question. What UNSC Resolution 2231 does not say is what happens if someone leaves the JCPOA, as the US did in May 2018. The US is listed as a JCPOA participant in the agreement itself, and the US is relying on that text as the reason it can keep the arms embargo going. But none of the other parties to the nuclear deal agree with the American interpretation. P5 countries can’t automatically veto a snapback request, but they can veto the resolution to ignore the snapback. This means the US can veto any resolutions to reverse continuation of the arms embargo until the 30 days run out. But the other four of the P5 have their own tricks they can use, such as a motion to adjust UNSC Resolution 2231 to say the US is no longer a member of the JCPOA. China and Russia, however, will probably ignore the renewed sanctions. This will destroy any semblance of relevance for the JCPOA, and it will weaken the power of the UN Security Council as a body making binding decisions.
Aug. 23, 2020
Pompeo, Kushner to visit Israel and Arab states as US pushes more peace deals
The Trump administration will send two top officials to the Middle East this week in a bid to capitalize on momentum from the historic agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to establish diplomatic relations. Three diplomats say US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner plan to make separate, multiple-nation visits to the region in the coming days to push Arab-Israeli rapprochement in the aftermath of the Israel-UAE deal. Pompeo is expected to depart on Sunday for Israel, Bahrain, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Sudan. Kushner plans to leave later in the week for Israel, Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Morocco, the diplomats said.
Aug. 23, 2020
***Please note on Aug. 17th & 19th, ETRM reported:
Morocco said likely to be one of the next states to normalize ties with Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/morocco-said-likely-to-be-one-of-the-next-states-to-normalize-ties-with-israel/
Moroccan PM rejects normalizing ties with Israel
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/Hkhq11RlQv
Sudan Foreign Ministry says it looks forward to peace with Israel – report
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/285549
Sudan fires foreign ministry spokesman for Israel comments
https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/saudi-fm-says-no-ties-with-israel-until-peace-with-palestinians-639205
Explosion at Arab gas pipeline leads to total blackout in Syria
An explosion on the Arab gas pipeline has caused a total blackout in Syria, the state news agency (SANA) reported on Monday, quoting the nation’s electricity minister. The minister said the explosion occurred between the Ad Dumayr and Adra areas in Syria. Syria’s oil minister said the explosion could be a terrorist act. The 1,200 kilometre (745 mile) Arab Gas Pipeline, which carries natural gas from Egypt into Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, supplies three power stations in Syria’s south. Last month, a little-known US oil company signed a deal with the Kurdish administration in Syria’s north-east to market oil and modernise existing oil fields under Kurdish control.
Aug. 24, 2020
Turkey’s Erdogan hosts large Hamas delegation with wanted terrorist
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted a large Hamas delegation on Saturday on the eve of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to Israel. The meeting was the latest in a series of high-profile Hamas meetings in Turkey that have all been pushed by Erdogan and his team. Ankara is a supporter of Hamas, which has been accused of plotting attacks on Israel in Turkey. The country has given Hamas members citizenship, according to media accounts in the United Kingdom. Hamas praised the meeting with Erdogan on Saturday in a press release. Israel recently backed Greece as Turkey increased pressure. In addition, Israel has signed a pipeline deal with Greece and Cyprus, and Egypt and has also signed a deal with Greece. Turkey has in turn sent a fleet under the cover of a research ship to the Mediterranean and sent Syrian mercenaries to fight in Libya as part of a deal with Libya to lay claim to the sea between the two countries, angering Greece. The UAE and Egypt support the Benghazi-based faction in Libya against the Turkish-backed factions in Tripoli. Turkey’s overall goal is to unite Hamas, Qatar and the Government of National Accord in Tripoli in a coalition that looks increasingly anchored in parties linked to the Muslim Brotherhood as part of a grand coalition against the UAE, Israel, Egypt, Greece and other countries.
Aug. 23, 2020
Venezuela’s Maduro thanks Iran for helping oil industry overcome U.S. sanctions
Maduro says Venezuela buying Iranian missiles ‘a good idea’
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday thanked ally Iran for helping the South American country overcome U.S. sanctions on its oil industry and floated the idea of purchasing missiles from the country. Washington maintains strict sanctions against Iran’s oil industry to try to halt the country’s nuclear program. Earlier this year, Tehran sent several gasoline cargoes to Venezuela to help it overcome fuel shortages, as well as equipment to help state oil company PDVSA repair its dilapidated refineries. “We are helping each other,” Maduro said in an interview broadcast on state television. “I think the Iranian experience will help us reinforce our management capacity.” He did not provide further details of how Iran was helping, noting he should maintain “silence since we are in a war.”
Aug. 23, 2020
14 killed, 75 wounded in bomb attacks in south Philippines
Muslim militants allied with the Islamic State group set off a powerful motorcycle explosive followed by a suicide bombing that together killed 14 people on Monday, many of them soldiers, in the worst extremist attack in the Philippines this year, military officials said. At least 75 soldiers, police and civilians were wounded in the midday bombings in the town of Jolo in the southern Sulu province, regional military commander Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan said. Vinluan said most of the victims, including children, were killed and wounded in the first attack, when a bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded near two parked army trucks in front of a grocery store and computer shop in Jolo. A second blast, apparently from a female suicide attacker, occurred about an hour later and killed the bomber, a soldier, a police commando and wounded several others, a military report said. A third unexploded bomb was reportedly found in a public market. Jolo was immediately placed in a security lockdown by troops and police.
Aug. 24, 2020
Rioters take to Portland’s streets with ‘bloody’ guillotine, flaming American flags
Another NYC ‘War Zone’ Weekend: Over 30 Shot
Police-involved shooting in Wisconsin prompts violent protest
Protests erupt in Louisiana after police shoot, kill Black man armed with knife outside store
Rioters converged on the streets of Portland, Oregon, on Saturday night pushing a guillotine and burning American flags. The Portland Police Department said that at least 250 people marched through the Portland’s suburbs on their way to the Penumbra Kelly Building. Rioters strode through residential streets with a teddy bear set up in a guillotine, burning American flags, and demanding sleeping residents afford them shelter and protection. When the violent group arrived at their building destination, which houses public safety offices, it pulled out weapons and projectiles to use against law enforcement officials such as rocks, frozen bottles of water, and laser pointers. In a statement, the Portland Police Department said, “Many participants in the march carried hardened shields, helmets, armor, gas masks, and wore all-black clothing. At least one participant targeted the Portland Police Air Support Unit airplane with a green laser.
Aug. 24, 2020
Global Bankruptcies Soar Despite Trillions In Liquidity
Corporate America Is Choking on Debt and Imperiling the Recovery
Misguided lockdowns have destroyed the global economy and the impact is likely to last for years. The fallacy of the “lives or the economy” argument is evident now that we see that countries like Taiwan, South Korea, Austria, Sweden or Holland have been able to preserve the business fabric and the economy while doing a much better job managing the pandemic than countries with severe lockdowns. One of the most alarming facts about this crisis is the pace at which bankruptcies are rising. Despite an $11 trillion liquidity injection and government aid in 2020, stocks and bonds at all-time highs and sovereign as well as corporate yields at all-time lows, companies are going bust at the fastest pace since the Great Depression. Why? Because a solvency crisis cannot be disguised by liquidity. Trillions of liquidity are giving investors and governments a false sense of security because yields are low and valuations are high, but it is a mirage driven by central bank purchases that cannot disguise how quickly companies are entering into long-term solvency issues. This is important because soaring bankruptcies and the rise in zombie companies means less employment, less investment and lower growth in the future. According to the FT, large US corporate bankruptcy filings are now running at a record pace and are set to surpass levels reached during the financial crisis in 2009.
Aug. 24, 2020
Universal Income Trial Giving Select Citizens $1,400 Per Month Begins in Germany
Germany is launching its first experiment with universal basic income this week with a new trial that will put about $1,400 per month into the pockets of 120 people for the next three years to see whether the security net of a steady cash flow improves their well-being. The study, which is conducted by the German Institute for Economic Research, will give 120 Germans a monthly payment just over that of the country’s poverty line, while an additional 1,380 people taking part will not receive any payments, according to The Times of London. Both groups will reportedly have to fill out regular questionnaires about their lives, including what they do in their free time and their emotional states. The study is funded by donations from about 140,000 people through a lobbying group called Mein Grundeinkommen, which supports universal basic income, Business Insider reported. Those who organized the trial said its goal is to help provide further information to contribute to the debate of whether universal basic income should be implemented
Aug. 19, 2020
It’s not just Corona: This map shows the World’s many, many new and re-emerging diseases
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for investigational convalescent plasma for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to fight COVID-19. Based on scientific evidence available, the FDA concluded, as outlined in its decision memorandum, this product may be effective in treating COVID-19 and that the known and potential benefits of the product outweigh the known and potential risks of the product. The EUA authorizes the distribution of COVID-19 convalescent plasma in the U.S. and its administration by health care providers, as appropriate, to treat suspected or laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.
Aug. 23, 2020
New Ebola Outbreak Reported In Congo
A new outbreak of the Ebola virus has infected 100 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Equateur Province, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which said several dozen people have died. The outbreak was first declared on June 1 in the province, and a cluster was first found in Mbandaka, the capital. “The outbreak has since spread to 11 of the province’s 17 health zones. Of the 100 cases reported so far, 96 are confirmed and four are probable,” the agency said. Some 43 people have died from the deadly virus, which causes hemorrhagic fever. “The outbreak presents significant logistical challenges, with affected communities spanning large distances in remote and densely-forested areas of the province, which straddles the Equator,” said WHO. “At its widest points, the outbreak is spread across approximately 200 miles both from east to west and from north to south.”
Aug. 24, 2020
August 2, 2020- Over 50 tons of fish dead in a reservoir in Sragen, Indonesia. Link
August 3, 2020- Twelve turtles found dead on a beach in Tecoman, Mexico. Link
August 6, 2020- Hundreds of dead fish found in a creek in Kirklareli, Turkey. Link
August 7, 2020- Thousands of dead fish wash up in Maryland, America. Link
August 8, 2020- Hundreds of birds dying due to virus outbreak in a nature reserve in Sevilla, Spain. Link
August 8, 2020- Five turtles found dead on a Boccasette beach, Italy. Link
August 9, 2020- Ten whales dead after becoming stranded on Western Isles, Scotland. Link
August 14, 2020- Thousands of dead fish, crabs, eels and other marine life wash up, ‘never seen before’, on coast of Florida, America. Link
August 14, 2020- Mass die off of fish in Luanda Bay, Angola. Link
August 14, 2020- Mass die off of seagulls in lake Van, Turkey. Link
August 14, 2020- Hundreds of dead fish found washed up on beach in Mondragone, Italy. Link
August 15, 2020- 5,000 dead fish found washed up in Rhode Island, America. Link
August 15, 2020- Heron birds found dead in Hakkari, Turkey. Link
August 16, 2020- Tens of thousands of dead fish found in a river in Phon Thong District, Thailand. Link
August 16, 2020- Thirty dead turtles found on coast of Altata, Mexico. Link
August 17, 2020- Hundreds of dead fish found in a river in Sinop, Brazil. Link
August 19, 2020- Thousands of fish found dead in a river in Suffolk, England. Link
August 19, 2020- Thousands of dead fish wash up on a beach in, India. Link
August 19, 2020- Six whales wash up and die on a beach in Donegal, Ireland. Link
August 20, 2020- Over 450,000 chickens killed due to avian flu in Victoria, Australia. Link
August 10, 2020- Thousands of dead fish found in the Situ Rawa Besar river, Indonesia. Link
August 21, 2020- Thousands of dead jellyfish wash up on beach in the sea of Azov, Russia. Link
August 21, 2020- Fourteen tons of dead fish found in Lake Enghien, France. Link
August 23, 2020- Hundreds of cattle dead ‘due to cold weather’, ‘never seen this before’, in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Link
August 24, 2020- More than 100 000 livestock animals perish in Patagonia. Link
Marco becomes hurricane headed for U.S. Gulf Coast
Laura on track to hit U.S. as hurricane; Marco as tropical storm
Marco became a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico Sunday on a path toward the Louisiana coast. Tropical Storm Laura battered the Dominican Republic and Haiti and headed to the same part of the U.S. coast, also as a potential hurricane. It would be the first time two hurricanes form in the Gulf of Mexico simultaneously, according to records dating to at least 1900, said Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach. The National Hurricane Center said Marco was about 300 miles (480 kilometers) south of the mouth of the Mississippi River and heading north-northwest at 14 miles per hour (22kph), packing winds of 75 miles per hour (120kph). The center warned of life-threatening storm surges and hurricane-force winds along the Gulf Coast.
Aug. 24, 2020
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