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Challenges of the UAE pendulum game in the Middle East region

05

Apr

Bahrain, Israel, Middle East, Negev meeting, pejournal, pendulum game, Pooya Mirzaei, the United States, the Zionist regime, UAE

Challenges of the UAE pendulum game in the Middle East region

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - The Negev meeting was attended by the US and Israeli foreign ministers and officials from Bahrain, Morocco, and Egypt. The United Arab Emirates, which took the lead in Abraham Accords to normalize relations with the Zionist regime, was also one of the countries that attended the recent meeting. A look at the country's foreign policy record over the past year shows that Abu Dhabi is facing a serious contradiction in its approach to foreign relations. In the last two years, the UAE government has taken a new approach to develop relations with countries such as…

Manama dialogue: Gathering for security or insecurity?

25

Nov

Bahrain, Brett McGurk, Eyal Hulata, Manama dialogue, Middle East, National Security Council, Pooya Mirzaei, Regional Security Summit, Saudi Arabia, Security, the United States, Zionist regime

Manama dialogue: Gathering for security or insecurity?

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - In recent days, Bahrain has hosted a meeting in Manama called the Regional Security Summit. Although Bahrain was the nominal host of the Manama dialogue, the meeting could be considered to be hosted by Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, given Riyadh's godfather's ruling on Manama. The record of these countries, both domestically against their citizens and in the region against free nations like Yemen, shows that they are themselves part of the crisis and the cause of insecurity in the region, and therefore hosting Manama dialogue called the Regional Security Summit is a clear contradiction. Official…

Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim: The movement will continue until we have achieved our goals and the ruling class pays no attention to it.

14

Feb

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Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim: The movement will continue until we have achieved our goals and the ruling class pays no attention to it.

Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, leader of Islamic Movement of Bahrain, said last night at the ceremony marking the tenth anniversary of Bahraini People's movement against the dictatorial regime, which was held in a virtual manner: ,In the shadow of Arab Spring, a popular movement for change or a peaceful mode was launched in Bahrain, aiming at a reformist and serious change. He added: "It is the right of every people to rise up to regain their rights and dignity." But the ruling apparatus lost its peace and in its mad reaction violated all the rules of religion and conscience and…

Latin American organizations condemn the normalization of relationships between UAE, Bahrain and Israel

27

Sep

Bahrain, Conaicop, Israel, Latin America, Majdi, normalization, UAE

Latin American organizations condemn the normalization of relationships between UAE, Bahrain and Israel

PEJOURNAL - Latin American organizations condemn the normalization of relationships between UAE, Bahrain and Israel through an statement. The full text of statement is as follow: From Conaicop and Majdi, we express our rejection of the signing of the Commitment Agreement to normalize relations between the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Israel through the "Abraham Agreement" for constituting a betrayal of the Palestinian cause. This agreement ignores all the atrocities that have been inflicted on the Palestinian people and tramples their historical rights to the land, it also mocks the collective memory of Western Asia since it was signed on…

Abraham Accord, beginning of a new order in Middle East

14

Sep

Abraham Accord, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Bahrain, France, Iran, Israel, Middle East, North Africa, Persian Gulf, Pooya Mirzaei, Qasem Soleimani, The UAE, the United States, West of Asia

Abraham Accord, beginning of a new order in Middle East

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - The order of events in Middle East, North Africa and West of Asia from the beginning of the 2020, was so rapid that when we think about the geopolitical arrangement of the region in last year, it seems that we are looking deep in history. After the assassination of Major General Qasem Soleimani and his friend, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, military and security arrangement of all fronts in Middle East has changed into a new order. Riots in Iraq and Lebanon as the main regional allies of Iran, new government in Iraq, Beirut suspicious blast, death…

Bahrain becomes latest Arab state to recognize Israel, following UAE betrayal

11

Sep

Bahrain, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Israel, Zionist regime

Bahrain becomes latest Arab state to recognize Israel, following UAE betrayal

PEJOURNAL - Bahrain on Friday agreed to normalize relations with Israel, becoming the latest Arab state to do so as part of a broader activities by Donald Trump and his administration to further ease the Zionist regime's relative isolation in the Middle East. Trump announced the agreement on the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, following a phone call he had with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. They also issued a brief joint statement marking the second such Arab normalization agreement with Israel in the past two months, after UAE-Israel so…