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No Breakthroughs Likely After Bahrain Conference, Despite US Optimism UK £2 Issue 212, Year 5 June 30, 2019 EU €2.50 www.thearabweekly.com Erdogan’s Implications Tunis festival’s eclipse after of US-Iran ‘Dance with Istanbul vote? showdown dignity’ Pages 6,7,12-13 Page 4-5,16 Page 23 No breakthroughs likely after Bahrain conference, despite US optimism ► The remarks of the IMF’s Lagarde, who attended the Bahrain conference, appear to be at odds with Kushner’s economy-first approach. Mamoon Alabbasi deal, which has been the subject of much regional and international scepticism, receives regional back- London ing, it is hard to see how the eco- nomic plan could be implemented. hite House adviser The United States, which has Jared Kushner hailed not announced any funding for the US-sponsored con- the plan, is looking for substantial W ference held in Bahrain financial contributions from Gulf on the economic aspects of a Mid- countries but it remains unknown dle East peace deal as a “tremen- how much of that would be forth- dous success” but observers said coming. that no breakthroughs — whether Saudi Finance Minister Moham- political or economic — are expect- med al-Jadaan said while Riyadh ed in securing a deal between the would support “whatever brings Israelis and Palestinians. prosperity to this region,” it was The conference was attended by important that such measures are government officials from seven driven by the private sector. Arab countries: Bahrain, Saudi It may prove difficult to attract Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, private investments before secur- Qatar, Egypt, Jordan and Morocco. ing a peace deal. The Palestinian Authority boycott- “Improving economic condi- ed the workshop. tions and attracting lasting in- “After extensive review, peo- vestment to the region depends ple were very positive about [the ultimately on being able to reach economic plan] and considered it a peace agreement,” said Chris- Challenging task. White House senior adviser Jared Kushner speaks during US-sponsored Middle achievable,” Kushner told Asharq tine Lagarde, managing director of East economic conference in Manama, June 25. (AFP) Al-Awsat newspaper. the International Monetary Fund. Kushner’s proposal envisions “Peace, political stability and re- the creation of an international in- establishment of trust between all that the US plan could benefit “The Trump administration has a place in future history books, it vestment fund of $50 billion, half the parties involved are essential them financially at a time when, shut down aid programmes that will be for exposing the limits of of which would go to the Palestin- prerequisites to the success of any they say, they’re facing economic support every one of the goals in Arab-Israeli rapprochement,” read ian territories, while the other half economic plan for the region.” hardships because of Washington’s this Palestinian economic plan. a report by the International Crisis would be divided among Egypt, The remarks of Lagarde, who at- policies, including cuts in Palestin- It is now pushing others to invest Group (ICG). Jordan and Lebanon over ten years. tended the Bahrain conference, ap- ian aid and support to Israeli occu- where we have divested. What do “Israel’s overt acceptance in the The economic plan is meant to pear to be at odds with Kushner’s pation. you think the response is going to region requires it to resolve its con- be coupled with a political deal, economy-first approach. EU dele- “If the US is so concerned about be?” he posted on Twitter. flict with the Palestinians,” the re- which Washington has yet to un- gates at the workshop did not seem Palestinian well-being, then why Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin port said. veil, but US officials suggested that to see eye to eye with Kushner. did they carry out these punitive Netanyahu voiced support for the Speaking to Agence France- would be made public after the re- “Many of them feel a bit awk- measures against us?” said senior conference but the Bahrain event Presse, senior ICG analyst Eliza- run of the Israeli elections in Sep- ward about the economic part of Palestine Liberation Organisation did not spark much discussion in beth Dickinson said: “It would be tember. the American peace plan,” wrote official Hanan Ashrawi. Israeli media, even though Israeli highly premature to expect any- A political solution is going to be Haaretz correspondent Noa Lan- “Some of [the economic projects journalists and non-government thing beyond flirtation without especially difficult to reach under dau. “As the Americans in Bahrain mentioned in the conference] have figures attended the workshop. meaningful change on the ground.” the Trump administration, which speak of theoretical investments been talked about for 25 years now. The attendance of the confer- “The Gulf message is actually appears to have broken from the worth tens of billions of dollars in Why haven’t they materialised? ence by Israeli nationals was de- somewhat clear in my view: Israel previous international consensus the Palestinian economy and Pal- What’s stopping them? The Israeli cried by Arab critics as a form of Ar- could be a useful, stable ally in a in favour of Palestinian statehood estinian society, European taxpay- military occupation. It’s the el- ab-Israeli “normalisation,” which volatile region but only if there is as the way for a resolution to the ers are picking up the bulk of the ephant they left out of the circus seemed to point to the unchanged an agreement with the Palestin- Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Arab tab for humanitarian projects in when they went to Bahrain,” Sam terms of the debate in many as- ians.” states reiterated their insistence on the field in the meantime, while Bahour, a Palestinian-American pects of Arab-Israeli peacemaking. the two-state solution as outlined the Americans have only been cut- business consultant in Ramallah, A number of observers, however, Mamoon Alabbasi is Deputy by the Saudi-sponsored Arab peace ting and cutting funding to the Pal- told The New York Times. said the conference did not really Managing Editor and Online Editor initiative as the basis for a durable estinians.” Kushner’s plan drew criticism make any new inroads towards of The Arab Weekly. settlement. Palestinian officials and com- from former US Ambassador to Is- normalisation. Unless the political aspect of the mentators dismissed the notion rael Dan Shapiro. “If the Bahrain workshop secures P2,8,11 Tribal feuds pushing many Iraqis to leave Basra Azhar Al-Rubaie aawie, a former resident of Basra “degga ashairiya” (tribal warning). Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani calling on rest those who practice the ‘degga who did not wish to name the rival It refers to an old custom where Iraqi volunteers to take up arms ashairiya’ and punish them in ac- clan. “They killed two members of gun-carrying members of a certain against the Islamic State (ISIS). cordance with the law, which rang- Basra our clan. I decided to flee with my tribe gather and shoot at the house Many of the weapons came from es from a 15-year prison sentence, family to save our lives,” he said. of a member of an opposing tribe Iran. to a life term or even the death pen- ribal feuds are leading many “The tribes own a countless until he agrees to come out and set- Once the fight against ISIS was alty, but we have not applied any residents of the southern number of weapons, many types tle a dispute through negotiations. over, many of the militiamen who of these punishments so far,” said Iraqi city of Basra to leave that the government itself does not If he refuses to negotiate or no set- belonged to tribes went back home police spokesman Colonel Bassem T their homes and resettle have,” said Almzeraawie. “These tlement is reached, more violence with their weapons. Ghanem. in other provinces and sometimes feuds make us unable to live in is expected, sometimes leading to “House for sale” signs have be- Tribal leaders have suggested a outside the country altogether. peace.” fatalities. come a frequent sight in Basra. Not solution. They want the govern- Since the 2003 US-led invasion Almzeraawie first fled to Turkey In the absence of law and order many people in the province have ment to negotiate with them. that toppled Saddam Hussein, trib- and travelled across Europe to set- — or at least of faith in the judicial faith in the government’s ability to “We talked to the government al leaders have gained in strength tle in Germany. “I chose to go to system — more and more Iraqis are exert authority over the powerful many times and we proposed to and capitalised on the state’s weak- Germany because I heard that there resorting to tribal justice. tribal leaders. them that they give to tribe mem- ness. With anti-government sen- is a safe life there,” he said. His wife, The Ministry of Interior has “The local or federal security au- bers ten employment opportunities timent increasing in Basra over Nour Mohammed, said the family sought to curb the practice of “deg- thorities could not enforce the law for each batch of 100 weapons that the past year due to poor services, had suffered a lot in Basra. ga ashairiya” by including it under to eliminate tribal conflicts,” said the tribes hand over to the govern- many tribal leaders have begun to Security sources said there has article four of Iraq’s anti-terrorism Ameen Wahhab Basra, a member ment,” said Basra-based Sheikh act with impunity. been a rise in the number of peo- act, but with no success. of Basra’s provincial council. The Dhurgham al-Maliki.
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