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On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union[35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n
[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca[29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n
[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[36]<\/a> https:\/\/niezalezna.pl\/473452-nitka-z-pe-bedzie-rozchodzic-sie-w-rozne-strony-rzecznik-rzadu-od-lat-mowi-sie-o-tym-co-dzieje-sie-w-komisji-europejskiej<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Panzeri and those friends from the other side","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"panzeri-and-those-friends-from-the-other-side","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6667","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":14},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP[28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water[25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis[24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency[23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Pictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[36]<\/a> https:\/\/niezalezna.pl\/473452-nitka-z-pe-bedzie-rozchodzic-sie-w-rozne-strony-rzecznik-rzadu-od-lat-mowi-sie-o-tym-co-dzieje-sie-w-komisji-europejskiej<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Panzeri and those friends from the other side","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"panzeri-and-those-friends-from-the-other-side","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6667","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":14},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Pictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n
[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Pictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels[21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun[18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center[10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved[9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Francesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Francesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Francesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States[5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States[5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case[1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case[1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case[1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case[1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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The investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case[1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[36]<\/a> https:\/\/niezalezna.pl\/473452-nitka-z-pe-bedzie-rozchodzic-sie-w-rozne-strony-rzecznik-rzadu-od-lat-mowi-sie-o-tym-co-dzieje-sie-w-komisji-europejskiej<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Panzeri and those friends from the other side","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"panzeri-and-those-friends-from-the-other-side","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6667","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":14},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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The investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case[1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[36]<\/a> https:\/\/niezalezna.pl\/473452-nitka-z-pe-bedzie-rozchodzic-sie-w-rozne-strony-rzecznik-rzadu-od-lat-mowi-sie-o-tym-co-dzieje-sie-w-komisji-europejskiej<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Panzeri and those friends from the other side","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"panzeri-and-those-friends-from-the-other-side","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6667","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":14},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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The investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case[1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[36]<\/a> https:\/\/niezalezna.pl\/473452-nitka-z-pe-bedzie-rozchodzic-sie-w-rozne-strony-rzecznik-rzadu-od-lat-mowi-sie-o-tym-co-dzieje-sie-w-komisji-europejskiej<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Panzeri and those friends from the other side","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"panzeri-and-those-friends-from-the-other-side","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6667","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":14},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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The investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case[1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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The investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case[1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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The investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case[1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The conflict was between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, particularly Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's January visit to Egypt, China and the Secretariat General of the Arab League released a statement expressing concern about the Red Sea situation. Four nations abstained from a UN<\/a> vote denouncing the Houthi strikes, including China and Russia. According to a January commentary by the Washington-based think-tank Brookings, China \"will not pass up the opportunity to use the current and future crises<\/a> to discredit the US while amplifying its alignment with its non-Western friends,\" but it \"is likely to remain a nominal power broker in the Middle East by choice for the foreseeable future.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"China's Ascendance: Challenging U.S. Influence In The Middle East","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"chinas-ascendance-challenging-u-s-influence-in-the-middle-east","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6857","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6838,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_content":"\n
The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The conflict was between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, particularly Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's January visit to Egypt, China and the Secretariat General of the Arab League released a statement expressing concern about the Red Sea situation. Four nations abstained from a UN<\/a> vote denouncing the Houthi strikes, including China and Russia. According to a January commentary by the Washington-based think-tank Brookings, China \"will not pass up the opportunity to use the current and future crises<\/a> to discredit the US while amplifying its alignment with its non-Western friends,\" but it \"is likely to remain a nominal power broker in the Middle East by choice for the foreseeable future.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"China's Ascendance: Challenging U.S. Influence In The Middle East","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"chinas-ascendance-challenging-u-s-influence-in-the-middle-east","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6857","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6838,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_content":"\n
The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The conflict was between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, particularly Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[36]<\/a> https:\/\/niezalezna.pl\/473452-nitka-z-pe-bedzie-rozchodzic-sie-w-rozne-strony-rzecznik-rzadu-od-lat-mowi-sie-o-tym-co-dzieje-sie-w-komisji-europejskiej<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Panzeri and those friends from the other side","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"panzeri-and-those-friends-from-the-other-side","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6667","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":14},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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She said that the fight is drawing US attention away from the Taiwan<\/a> Strait and the South China Sea and that China has not done enough to persuade Iran, its partner, to stop the Houthi militia's attacks on Red Sea ships. This week, three US soldiers in Jordan<\/a> were killed in a drone strike that the US claims was carried out by another group with Iranian support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's January visit to Egypt, China and the Secretariat General of the Arab League released a statement expressing concern about the Red Sea situation. Four nations abstained from a UN<\/a> vote denouncing the Houthi strikes, including China and Russia. According to a January commentary by the Washington-based think-tank Brookings, China \"will not pass up the opportunity to use the current and future crises<\/a> to discredit the US while amplifying its alignment with its non-Western friends,\" but it \"is likely to remain a nominal power broker in the Middle East by choice for the foreseeable future.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"China's Ascendance: Challenging U.S. Influence In The Middle East","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"chinas-ascendance-challenging-u-s-influence-in-the-middle-east","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6857","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6838,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_content":"\n
The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The conflict was between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, particularly Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[36]<\/a> https:\/\/niezalezna.pl\/473452-nitka-z-pe-bedzie-rozchodzic-sie-w-rozne-strony-rzecznik-rzadu-od-lat-mowi-sie-o-tym-co-dzieje-sie-w-komisji-europejskiej<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Panzeri and those friends from the other side","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"panzeri-and-those-friends-from-the-other-side","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6667","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":14},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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As part of its \"zero-Covid\" strategy, China implemented travel and visa restrictions from 2020 to 2023. Soon after the Israel-Hamas war broke out, Zhai Jun, the Chinese envoy to the Middle East, paid a visit to the area. Subsequently, the Foreign Ministry<\/a> of China declared that the Arab League, with 22 members, was prepared to \"maintain close communication with China to make concerted efforts to end the conflict\". China issued a statement along with the Secretariat General of the Arab League in Cairo during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Egypt<\/a> in January, expressing concern over the Red Sea situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that the fight is drawing US attention away from the Taiwan<\/a> Strait and the South China Sea and that China has not done enough to persuade Iran, its partner, to stop the Houthi militia's attacks on Red Sea ships. This week, three US soldiers in Jordan<\/a> were killed in a drone strike that the US claims was carried out by another group with Iranian support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's January visit to Egypt, China and the Secretariat General of the Arab League released a statement expressing concern about the Red Sea situation. Four nations abstained from a UN<\/a> vote denouncing the Houthi strikes, including China and Russia. According to a January commentary by the Washington-based think-tank Brookings, China \"will not pass up the opportunity to use the current and future crises<\/a> to discredit the US while amplifying its alignment with its non-Western friends,\" but it \"is likely to remain a nominal power broker in the Middle East by choice for the foreseeable future.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"China's Ascendance: Challenging U.S. Influence In The Middle East","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"chinas-ascendance-challenging-u-s-influence-in-the-middle-east","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6857","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6838,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_content":"\n
The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The conflict was between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, particularly Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[36]<\/a> https:\/\/niezalezna.pl\/473452-nitka-z-pe-bedzie-rozchodzic-sie-w-rozne-strony-rzecznik-rzadu-od-lat-mowi-sie-o-tym-co-dzieje-sie-w-komisji-europejskiej<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Panzeri and those friends from the other side","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"panzeri-and-those-friends-from-the-other-side","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:35:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:35:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6667","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":14},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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As a result of getting Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran to communicate, China has goodwill in the Middle East, according to Hemant Adlakha, associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University's Center for Chinese and South East Asian Studies in New Delhi. The first trilateral meeting was held in Beijing in December of last year, and China mediated the peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran<\/a> in March. Adlakha stated at a recent conference of the Institute of Chinese Studies, a think-tank located in Delhi, that \"China has exploited the 'anti-US, anti-Israel' sentiment to present itself as the spokesperson for the Palestinian cause in the global south.\" \"The war<\/a> has provided China an opportunity to end its isolation of the Covid years,\" he stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of its \"zero-Covid\" strategy, China implemented travel and visa restrictions from 2020 to 2023. Soon after the Israel-Hamas war broke out, Zhai Jun, the Chinese envoy to the Middle East, paid a visit to the area. Subsequently, the Foreign Ministry<\/a> of China declared that the Arab League, with 22 members, was prepared to \"maintain close communication with China to make concerted efforts to end the conflict\". China issued a statement along with the Secretariat General of the Arab League in Cairo during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Egypt<\/a> in January, expressing concern over the Red Sea situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that the fight is drawing US attention away from the Taiwan<\/a> Strait and the South China Sea and that China has not done enough to persuade Iran, its partner, to stop the Houthi militia's attacks on Red Sea ships. This week, three US soldiers in Jordan<\/a> were killed in a drone strike that the US claims was carried out by another group with Iranian support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's January visit to Egypt, China and the Secretariat General of the Arab League released a statement expressing concern about the Red Sea situation. Four nations abstained from a UN<\/a> vote denouncing the Houthi strikes, including China and Russia. According to a January commentary by the Washington-based think-tank Brookings, China \"will not pass up the opportunity to use the current and future crises<\/a> to discredit the US while amplifying its alignment with its non-Western friends,\" but it \"is likely to remain a nominal power broker in the Middle East by choice for the foreseeable future.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"China's Ascendance: Challenging U.S. Influence In The Middle East","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"chinas-ascendance-challenging-u-s-influence-in-the-middle-east","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6857","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6838,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_content":"\n
The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The conflict was between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, particularly Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Military and Security Cooperation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As a result of getting Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran to communicate, China has goodwill in the Middle East, according to Hemant Adlakha, associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University's Center for Chinese and South East Asian Studies in New Delhi. The first trilateral meeting was held in Beijing in December of last year, and China mediated the peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran<\/a> in March. Adlakha stated at a recent conference of the Institute of Chinese Studies, a think-tank located in Delhi, that \"China has exploited the 'anti-US, anti-Israel' sentiment to present itself as the spokesperson for the Palestinian cause in the global south.\" \"The war<\/a> has provided China an opportunity to end its isolation of the Covid years,\" he stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of its \"zero-Covid\" strategy, China implemented travel and visa restrictions from 2020 to 2023. Soon after the Israel-Hamas war broke out, Zhai Jun, the Chinese envoy to the Middle East, paid a visit to the area. Subsequently, the Foreign Ministry<\/a> of China declared that the Arab League, with 22 members, was prepared to \"maintain close communication with China to make concerted efforts to end the conflict\". China issued a statement along with the Secretariat General of the Arab League in Cairo during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Egypt<\/a> in January, expressing concern over the Red Sea situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that the fight is drawing US attention away from the Taiwan<\/a> Strait and the South China Sea and that China has not done enough to persuade Iran, its partner, to stop the Houthi militia's attacks on Red Sea ships. This week, three US soldiers in Jordan<\/a> were killed in a drone strike that the US claims was carried out by another group with Iranian support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's January visit to Egypt, China and the Secretariat General of the Arab League released a statement expressing concern about the Red Sea situation. Four nations abstained from a UN<\/a> vote denouncing the Houthi strikes, including China and Russia. According to a January commentary by the Washington-based think-tank Brookings, China \"will not pass up the opportunity to use the current and future crises<\/a> to discredit the US while amplifying its alignment with its non-Western friends,\" but it \"is likely to remain a nominal power broker in the Middle East by choice for the foreseeable future.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"China's Ascendance: Challenging U.S. Influence In The Middle East","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"chinas-ascendance-challenging-u-s-influence-in-the-middle-east","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6857","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6838,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_content":"\n
The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The conflict was between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, particularly Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The UN Security Council is asked in the Chinese statement of 2023 to demand a cease-fire, oppose the \"forced transfer\" and displacement of Palestinians, free the hostages, get ready for the international community to back Gaza's reconstruction after the war, establish diplomatic mediation, and \"support the good offices of the UN secretary-general\". China talks a lot about the conflict, but only provides $4 million in humanitarian help to Gaza. By contrast, the US has committed $100 million<\/a>, and Japan has offered $65 million,\" Lavi stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Military and Security Cooperation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As a result of getting Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran to communicate, China has goodwill in the Middle East, according to Hemant Adlakha, associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University's Center for Chinese and South East Asian Studies in New Delhi. The first trilateral meeting was held in Beijing in December of last year, and China mediated the peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran<\/a> in March. Adlakha stated at a recent conference of the Institute of Chinese Studies, a think-tank located in Delhi, that \"China has exploited the 'anti-US, anti-Israel' sentiment to present itself as the spokesperson for the Palestinian cause in the global south.\" \"The war<\/a> has provided China an opportunity to end its isolation of the Covid years,\" he stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of its \"zero-Covid\" strategy, China implemented travel and visa restrictions from 2020 to 2023. Soon after the Israel-Hamas war broke out, Zhai Jun, the Chinese envoy to the Middle East, paid a visit to the area. Subsequently, the Foreign Ministry<\/a> of China declared that the Arab League, with 22 members, was prepared to \"maintain close communication with China to make concerted efforts to end the conflict\". China issued a statement along with the Secretariat General of the Arab League in Cairo during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Egypt<\/a> in January, expressing concern over the Red Sea situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that the fight is drawing US attention away from the Taiwan<\/a> Strait and the South China Sea and that China has not done enough to persuade Iran, its partner, to stop the Houthi militia's attacks on Red Sea ships. This week, three US soldiers in Jordan<\/a> were killed in a drone strike that the US claims was carried out by another group with Iranian support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's January visit to Egypt, China and the Secretariat General of the Arab League released a statement expressing concern about the Red Sea situation. Four nations abstained from a UN<\/a> vote denouncing the Houthi strikes, including China and Russia. According to a January commentary by the Washington-based think-tank Brookings, China \"will not pass up the opportunity to use the current and future crises<\/a> to discredit the US while amplifying its alignment with its non-Western friends,\" but it \"is likely to remain a nominal power broker in the Middle East by choice for the foreseeable future.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"China's Ascendance: Challenging U.S. Influence In The Middle East","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"chinas-ascendance-challenging-u-s-influence-in-the-middle-east","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6857","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6838,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_content":"\n
The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The conflict was between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, particularly Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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China has always been pro-Palestinian<\/a>, said Manuel Hassassian, the Palestinian Ambassador to Denmark, adding that as China grows in strength, its influence in geopolitics would inevitably increase. China and Russia are said to be challenging the US, Israel's principal supporter, at the UN Security Council<\/a>, where the three's vetoes prevented the passage of many resolutions pertaining to war.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UN Security Council is asked in the Chinese statement of 2023 to demand a cease-fire, oppose the \"forced transfer\" and displacement of Palestinians, free the hostages, get ready for the international community to back Gaza's reconstruction after the war, establish diplomatic mediation, and \"support the good offices of the UN secretary-general\". China talks a lot about the conflict, but only provides $4 million in humanitarian help to Gaza. By contrast, the US has committed $100 million<\/a>, and Japan has offered $65 million,\" Lavi stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Military and Security Cooperation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As a result of getting Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran to communicate, China has goodwill in the Middle East, according to Hemant Adlakha, associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University's Center for Chinese and South East Asian Studies in New Delhi. The first trilateral meeting was held in Beijing in December of last year, and China mediated the peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran<\/a> in March. Adlakha stated at a recent conference of the Institute of Chinese Studies, a think-tank located in Delhi, that \"China has exploited the 'anti-US, anti-Israel' sentiment to present itself as the spokesperson for the Palestinian cause in the global south.\" \"The war<\/a> has provided China an opportunity to end its isolation of the Covid years,\" he stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of its \"zero-Covid\" strategy, China implemented travel and visa restrictions from 2020 to 2023. Soon after the Israel-Hamas war broke out, Zhai Jun, the Chinese envoy to the Middle East, paid a visit to the area. Subsequently, the Foreign Ministry<\/a> of China declared that the Arab League, with 22 members, was prepared to \"maintain close communication with China to make concerted efforts to end the conflict\". China issued a statement along with the Secretariat General of the Arab League in Cairo during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Egypt<\/a> in January, expressing concern over the Red Sea situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that the fight is drawing US attention away from the Taiwan<\/a> Strait and the South China Sea and that China has not done enough to persuade Iran, its partner, to stop the Houthi militia's attacks on Red Sea ships. This week, three US soldiers in Jordan<\/a> were killed in a drone strike that the US claims was carried out by another group with Iranian support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's January visit to Egypt, China and the Secretariat General of the Arab League released a statement expressing concern about the Red Sea situation. Four nations abstained from a UN<\/a> vote denouncing the Houthi strikes, including China and Russia. According to a January commentary by the Washington-based think-tank Brookings, China \"will not pass up the opportunity to use the current and future crises<\/a> to discredit the US while amplifying its alignment with its non-Western friends,\" but it \"is likely to remain a nominal power broker in the Middle East by choice for the foreseeable future.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"China's Ascendance: Challenging U.S. Influence In The Middle East","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"chinas-ascendance-challenging-u-s-influence-in-the-middle-east","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6857","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6838,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_content":"\n
The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The conflict was between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, particularly Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Diplomatic Maneuvering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
China has always been pro-Palestinian<\/a>, said Manuel Hassassian, the Palestinian Ambassador to Denmark, adding that as China grows in strength, its influence in geopolitics would inevitably increase. China and Russia are said to be challenging the US, Israel's principal supporter, at the UN Security Council<\/a>, where the three's vetoes prevented the passage of many resolutions pertaining to war.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UN Security Council is asked in the Chinese statement of 2023 to demand a cease-fire, oppose the \"forced transfer\" and displacement of Palestinians, free the hostages, get ready for the international community to back Gaza's reconstruction after the war, establish diplomatic mediation, and \"support the good offices of the UN secretary-general\". China talks a lot about the conflict, but only provides $4 million in humanitarian help to Gaza. By contrast, the US has committed $100 million<\/a>, and Japan has offered $65 million,\" Lavi stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Military and Security Cooperation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As a result of getting Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran to communicate, China has goodwill in the Middle East, according to Hemant Adlakha, associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University's Center for Chinese and South East Asian Studies in New Delhi. The first trilateral meeting was held in Beijing in December of last year, and China mediated the peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran<\/a> in March. Adlakha stated at a recent conference of the Institute of Chinese Studies, a think-tank located in Delhi, that \"China has exploited the 'anti-US, anti-Israel' sentiment to present itself as the spokesperson for the Palestinian cause in the global south.\" \"The war<\/a> has provided China an opportunity to end its isolation of the Covid years,\" he stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of its \"zero-Covid\" strategy, China implemented travel and visa restrictions from 2020 to 2023. Soon after the Israel-Hamas war broke out, Zhai Jun, the Chinese envoy to the Middle East, paid a visit to the area. Subsequently, the Foreign Ministry<\/a> of China declared that the Arab League, with 22 members, was prepared to \"maintain close communication with China to make concerted efforts to end the conflict\". China issued a statement along with the Secretariat General of the Arab League in Cairo during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Egypt<\/a> in January, expressing concern over the Red Sea situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that the fight is drawing US attention away from the Taiwan<\/a> Strait and the South China Sea and that China has not done enough to persuade Iran, its partner, to stop the Houthi militia's attacks on Red Sea ships. This week, three US soldiers in Jordan<\/a> were killed in a drone strike that the US claims was carried out by another group with Iranian support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's January visit to Egypt, China and the Secretariat General of the Arab League released a statement expressing concern about the Red Sea situation. Four nations abstained from a UN<\/a> vote denouncing the Houthi strikes, including China and Russia. According to a January commentary by the Washington-based think-tank Brookings, China \"will not pass up the opportunity to use the current and future crises<\/a> to discredit the US while amplifying its alignment with its non-Western friends,\" but it \"is likely to remain a nominal power broker in the Middle East by choice for the foreseeable future.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"China's Ascendance: Challenging U.S. Influence In The Middle East","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"chinas-ascendance-challenging-u-s-influence-in-the-middle-east","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6857","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6838,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_content":"\n
The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The conflict was between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, particularly Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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According to analysts, Beijing's geopolitical and economic objectives align with China's challenge to US dominance in the Middle East<\/a>, as seen by its remarks and diplomatic missions there. Galia Lavi, an Israeli specialist on China at the Institute for National Strategic Studies in Tel Aviv<\/a>, stated, \"China has taken a pro-Palestine, anti-Israel stance.\" In its \"position paper\" on the war, released late last year, China reaffirmed its support for the two-state solution and demanded a cease-fire and the release of hostages, all without mentioning Hamas. China's perception of the Arab world and the war is incorrect. Arab nations<\/a> have denounced Hamas by either adopting its name or denouncing its deeds, according to Lavi. According to China's \"Arab policy paper\" from 2016, the nation is in favor of the creation of an independent, fully sovereign state<\/a> of Palestine based on its pre-1967 boundaries, with East Jerusalem serving as its capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diplomatic Maneuvering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
China has always been pro-Palestinian<\/a>, said Manuel Hassassian, the Palestinian Ambassador to Denmark, adding that as China grows in strength, its influence in geopolitics would inevitably increase. China and Russia are said to be challenging the US, Israel's principal supporter, at the UN Security Council<\/a>, where the three's vetoes prevented the passage of many resolutions pertaining to war.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UN Security Council is asked in the Chinese statement of 2023 to demand a cease-fire, oppose the \"forced transfer\" and displacement of Palestinians, free the hostages, get ready for the international community to back Gaza's reconstruction after the war, establish diplomatic mediation, and \"support the good offices of the UN secretary-general\". China talks a lot about the conflict, but only provides $4 million in humanitarian help to Gaza. By contrast, the US has committed $100 million<\/a>, and Japan has offered $65 million,\" Lavi stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Military and Security Cooperation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As a result of getting Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran to communicate, China has goodwill in the Middle East, according to Hemant Adlakha, associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University's Center for Chinese and South East Asian Studies in New Delhi. The first trilateral meeting was held in Beijing in December of last year, and China mediated the peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran<\/a> in March. Adlakha stated at a recent conference of the Institute of Chinese Studies, a think-tank located in Delhi, that \"China has exploited the 'anti-US, anti-Israel' sentiment to present itself as the spokesperson for the Palestinian cause in the global south.\" \"The war<\/a> has provided China an opportunity to end its isolation of the Covid years,\" he stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of its \"zero-Covid\" strategy, China implemented travel and visa restrictions from 2020 to 2023. Soon after the Israel-Hamas war broke out, Zhai Jun, the Chinese envoy to the Middle East, paid a visit to the area. Subsequently, the Foreign Ministry<\/a> of China declared that the Arab League, with 22 members, was prepared to \"maintain close communication with China to make concerted efforts to end the conflict\". China issued a statement along with the Secretariat General of the Arab League in Cairo during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Egypt<\/a> in January, expressing concern over the Red Sea situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that the fight is drawing US attention away from the Taiwan<\/a> Strait and the South China Sea and that China has not done enough to persuade Iran, its partner, to stop the Houthi militia's attacks on Red Sea ships. This week, three US soldiers in Jordan<\/a> were killed in a drone strike that the US claims was carried out by another group with Iranian support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's January visit to Egypt, China and the Secretariat General of the Arab League released a statement expressing concern about the Red Sea situation. Four nations abstained from a UN<\/a> vote denouncing the Houthi strikes, including China and Russia. According to a January commentary by the Washington-based think-tank Brookings, China \"will not pass up the opportunity to use the current and future crises<\/a> to discredit the US while amplifying its alignment with its non-Western friends,\" but it \"is likely to remain a nominal power broker in the Middle East by choice for the foreseeable future.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"China's Ascendance: Challenging U.S. Influence In The Middle East","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"chinas-ascendance-challenging-u-s-influence-in-the-middle-east","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6857","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6838,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_content":"\n
The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The conflict was between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, particularly Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Economic Expansion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
According to analysts, Beijing's geopolitical and economic objectives align with China's challenge to US dominance in the Middle East<\/a>, as seen by its remarks and diplomatic missions there. Galia Lavi, an Israeli specialist on China at the Institute for National Strategic Studies in Tel Aviv<\/a>, stated, \"China has taken a pro-Palestine, anti-Israel stance.\" In its \"position paper\" on the war, released late last year, China reaffirmed its support for the two-state solution and demanded a cease-fire and the release of hostages, all without mentioning Hamas. China's perception of the Arab world and the war is incorrect. Arab nations<\/a> have denounced Hamas by either adopting its name or denouncing its deeds, according to Lavi. According to China's \"Arab policy paper\" from 2016, the nation is in favor of the creation of an independent, fully sovereign state<\/a> of Palestine based on its pre-1967 boundaries, with East Jerusalem serving as its capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diplomatic Maneuvering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
China has always been pro-Palestinian<\/a>, said Manuel Hassassian, the Palestinian Ambassador to Denmark, adding that as China grows in strength, its influence in geopolitics would inevitably increase. China and Russia are said to be challenging the US, Israel's principal supporter, at the UN Security Council<\/a>, where the three's vetoes prevented the passage of many resolutions pertaining to war.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UN Security Council is asked in the Chinese statement of 2023 to demand a cease-fire, oppose the \"forced transfer\" and displacement of Palestinians, free the hostages, get ready for the international community to back Gaza's reconstruction after the war, establish diplomatic mediation, and \"support the good offices of the UN secretary-general\". China talks a lot about the conflict, but only provides $4 million in humanitarian help to Gaza. By contrast, the US has committed $100 million<\/a>, and Japan has offered $65 million,\" Lavi stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Military and Security Cooperation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As a result of getting Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran to communicate, China has goodwill in the Middle East, according to Hemant Adlakha, associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University's Center for Chinese and South East Asian Studies in New Delhi. The first trilateral meeting was held in Beijing in December of last year, and China mediated the peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran<\/a> in March. Adlakha stated at a recent conference of the Institute of Chinese Studies, a think-tank located in Delhi, that \"China has exploited the 'anti-US, anti-Israel' sentiment to present itself as the spokesperson for the Palestinian cause in the global south.\" \"The war<\/a> has provided China an opportunity to end its isolation of the Covid years,\" he stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of its \"zero-Covid\" strategy, China implemented travel and visa restrictions from 2020 to 2023. Soon after the Israel-Hamas war broke out, Zhai Jun, the Chinese envoy to the Middle East, paid a visit to the area. Subsequently, the Foreign Ministry<\/a> of China declared that the Arab League, with 22 members, was prepared to \"maintain close communication with China to make concerted efforts to end the conflict\". China issued a statement along with the Secretariat General of the Arab League in Cairo during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Egypt<\/a> in January, expressing concern over the Red Sea situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that the fight is drawing US attention away from the Taiwan<\/a> Strait and the South China Sea and that China has not done enough to persuade Iran, its partner, to stop the Houthi militia's attacks on Red Sea ships. This week, three US soldiers in Jordan<\/a> were killed in a drone strike that the US claims was carried out by another group with Iranian support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's January visit to Egypt, China and the Secretariat General of the Arab League released a statement expressing concern about the Red Sea situation. Four nations abstained from a UN<\/a> vote denouncing the Houthi strikes, including China and Russia. According to a January commentary by the Washington-based think-tank Brookings, China \"will not pass up the opportunity to use the current and future crises<\/a> to discredit the US while amplifying its alignment with its non-Western friends,\" but it \"is likely to remain a nominal power broker in the Middle East by choice for the foreseeable future.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"China's Ascendance: Challenging U.S. Influence In The Middle East","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"chinas-ascendance-challenging-u-s-influence-in-the-middle-east","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6857","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6838,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_content":"\n
The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The conflict was between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, particularly Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Israel has been requested by the International Court of Justice to take action to stop any conduct in Gaza that might be considered genocide<\/a>. China backed the UN court's non-binding interim decision in the South African case. Israel has denied the accusations made by the latter. More than 26,000 Palestinians<\/a> and at least 1,200 Israelis have died in the conflict<\/a>, which began with Hamas strikes on Israel more than three months ago. Over 130 hostages are being held in Gaza, and the majority of Gazans have been internally displaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Economic Expansion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
According to analysts, Beijing's geopolitical and economic objectives align with China's challenge to US dominance in the Middle East<\/a>, as seen by its remarks and diplomatic missions there. Galia Lavi, an Israeli specialist on China at the Institute for National Strategic Studies in Tel Aviv<\/a>, stated, \"China has taken a pro-Palestine, anti-Israel stance.\" In its \"position paper\" on the war, released late last year, China reaffirmed its support for the two-state solution and demanded a cease-fire and the release of hostages, all without mentioning Hamas. China's perception of the Arab world and the war is incorrect. Arab nations<\/a> have denounced Hamas by either adopting its name or denouncing its deeds, according to Lavi. According to China's \"Arab policy paper\" from 2016, the nation is in favor of the creation of an independent, fully sovereign state<\/a> of Palestine based on its pre-1967 boundaries, with East Jerusalem serving as its capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diplomatic Maneuvering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
China has always been pro-Palestinian<\/a>, said Manuel Hassassian, the Palestinian Ambassador to Denmark, adding that as China grows in strength, its influence in geopolitics would inevitably increase. China and Russia are said to be challenging the US, Israel's principal supporter, at the UN Security Council<\/a>, where the three's vetoes prevented the passage of many resolutions pertaining to war.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UN Security Council is asked in the Chinese statement of 2023 to demand a cease-fire, oppose the \"forced transfer\" and displacement of Palestinians, free the hostages, get ready for the international community to back Gaza's reconstruction after the war, establish diplomatic mediation, and \"support the good offices of the UN secretary-general\". China talks a lot about the conflict, but only provides $4 million in humanitarian help to Gaza. By contrast, the US has committed $100 million<\/a>, and Japan has offered $65 million,\" Lavi stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Military and Security Cooperation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As a result of getting Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran to communicate, China has goodwill in the Middle East, according to Hemant Adlakha, associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University's Center for Chinese and South East Asian Studies in New Delhi. The first trilateral meeting was held in Beijing in December of last year, and China mediated the peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran<\/a> in March. Adlakha stated at a recent conference of the Institute of Chinese Studies, a think-tank located in Delhi, that \"China has exploited the 'anti-US, anti-Israel' sentiment to present itself as the spokesperson for the Palestinian cause in the global south.\" \"The war<\/a> has provided China an opportunity to end its isolation of the Covid years,\" he stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of its \"zero-Covid\" strategy, China implemented travel and visa restrictions from 2020 to 2023. Soon after the Israel-Hamas war broke out, Zhai Jun, the Chinese envoy to the Middle East, paid a visit to the area. Subsequently, the Foreign Ministry<\/a> of China declared that the Arab League, with 22 members, was prepared to \"maintain close communication with China to make concerted efforts to end the conflict\". China issued a statement along with the Secretariat General of the Arab League in Cairo during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Egypt<\/a> in January, expressing concern over the Red Sea situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that the fight is drawing US attention away from the Taiwan<\/a> Strait and the South China Sea and that China has not done enough to persuade Iran, its partner, to stop the Houthi militia's attacks on Red Sea ships. This week, three US soldiers in Jordan<\/a> were killed in a drone strike that the US claims was carried out by another group with Iranian support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's January visit to Egypt, China and the Secretariat General of the Arab League released a statement expressing concern about the Red Sea situation. Four nations abstained from a UN<\/a> vote denouncing the Houthi strikes, including China and Russia. According to a January commentary by the Washington-based think-tank Brookings, China \"will not pass up the opportunity to use the current and future crises<\/a> to discredit the US while amplifying its alignment with its non-Western friends,\" but it \"is likely to remain a nominal power broker in the Middle East by choice for the foreseeable future.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"China's Ascendance: Challenging U.S. Influence In The Middle East","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"chinas-ascendance-challenging-u-s-influence-in-the-middle-east","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6857","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6838,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_content":"\n
The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The conflict was between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, particularly Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In conclusion, Maybe the White House is only reaching out to China out of courtesy, knowing full well that all of this. Or if Team Biden<\/a> genuinely thinks that despite the PRC's \"managed competition\" with the US, there are ways to encourage Beijing to take a more positive role in the area. It is inevitable that the Biden administration will be deeply let down. A careful analysis of China's response to Iran's misbehavior in the Middle East reveals that Washington<\/a> is currently exactly where Beijing wants Tehran to cause problems.<\/p>\n","post_title":"China Unlikely To Stop Iran: Complex Sino-Iranian Dynamics","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"china-unlikely-to-stop-iran-complex-sino-iranian-dynamics","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6868","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6857,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-02-07 16:30:30","post_date_gmt":"2024-02-07 16:30:30","post_content":"\n
Israel has been requested by the International Court of Justice to take action to stop any conduct in Gaza that might be considered genocide<\/a>. China backed the UN court's non-binding interim decision in the South African case. Israel has denied the accusations made by the latter. More than 26,000 Palestinians<\/a> and at least 1,200 Israelis have died in the conflict<\/a>, which began with Hamas strikes on Israel more than three months ago. Over 130 hostages are being held in Gaza, and the majority of Gazans have been internally displaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Economic Expansion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
According to analysts, Beijing's geopolitical and economic objectives align with China's challenge to US dominance in the Middle East<\/a>, as seen by its remarks and diplomatic missions there. Galia Lavi, an Israeli specialist on China at the Institute for National Strategic Studies in Tel Aviv<\/a>, stated, \"China has taken a pro-Palestine, anti-Israel stance.\" In its \"position paper\" on the war, released late last year, China reaffirmed its support for the two-state solution and demanded a cease-fire and the release of hostages, all without mentioning Hamas. China's perception of the Arab world and the war is incorrect. Arab nations<\/a> have denounced Hamas by either adopting its name or denouncing its deeds, according to Lavi. According to China's \"Arab policy paper\" from 2016, the nation is in favor of the creation of an independent, fully sovereign state<\/a> of Palestine based on its pre-1967 boundaries, with East Jerusalem serving as its capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diplomatic Maneuvering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
China has always been pro-Palestinian<\/a>, said Manuel Hassassian, the Palestinian Ambassador to Denmark, adding that as China grows in strength, its influence in geopolitics would inevitably increase. China and Russia are said to be challenging the US, Israel's principal supporter, at the UN Security Council<\/a>, where the three's vetoes prevented the passage of many resolutions pertaining to war.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UN Security Council is asked in the Chinese statement of 2023 to demand a cease-fire, oppose the \"forced transfer\" and displacement of Palestinians, free the hostages, get ready for the international community to back Gaza's reconstruction after the war, establish diplomatic mediation, and \"support the good offices of the UN secretary-general\". China talks a lot about the conflict, but only provides $4 million in humanitarian help to Gaza. By contrast, the US has committed $100 million<\/a>, and Japan has offered $65 million,\" Lavi stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Military and Security Cooperation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As a result of getting Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran to communicate, China has goodwill in the Middle East, according to Hemant Adlakha, associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University's Center for Chinese and South East Asian Studies in New Delhi. The first trilateral meeting was held in Beijing in December of last year, and China mediated the peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran<\/a> in March. Adlakha stated at a recent conference of the Institute of Chinese Studies, a think-tank located in Delhi, that \"China has exploited the 'anti-US, anti-Israel' sentiment to present itself as the spokesperson for the Palestinian cause in the global south.\" \"The war<\/a> has provided China an opportunity to end its isolation of the Covid years,\" he stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of its \"zero-Covid\" strategy, China implemented travel and visa restrictions from 2020 to 2023. Soon after the Israel-Hamas war broke out, Zhai Jun, the Chinese envoy to the Middle East, paid a visit to the area. Subsequently, the Foreign Ministry<\/a> of China declared that the Arab League, with 22 members, was prepared to \"maintain close communication with China to make concerted efforts to end the conflict\". China issued a statement along with the Secretariat General of the Arab League in Cairo during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Egypt<\/a> in January, expressing concern over the Red Sea situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that the fight is drawing US attention away from the Taiwan<\/a> Strait and the South China Sea and that China has not done enough to persuade Iran, its partner, to stop the Houthi militia's attacks on Red Sea ships. This week, three US soldiers in Jordan<\/a> were killed in a drone strike that the US claims was carried out by another group with Iranian support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's January visit to Egypt, China and the Secretariat General of the Arab League released a statement expressing concern about the Red Sea situation. Four nations abstained from a UN<\/a> vote denouncing the Houthi strikes, including China and Russia. According to a January commentary by the Washington-based think-tank Brookings, China \"will not pass up the opportunity to use the current and future crises<\/a> to discredit the US while amplifying its alignment with its non-Western friends,\" but it \"is likely to remain a nominal power broker in the Middle East by choice for the foreseeable future.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"China's Ascendance: Challenging U.S. Influence In The Middle East","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"chinas-ascendance-challenging-u-s-influence-in-the-middle-east","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6857","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6838,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_content":"\n
The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The conflict was between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, particularly Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
\u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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However, Beijing's influence has been distinctly surface-level. The PRC has shown no indications that it is willing to take any significant action to stabilize the larger area, and instead appears to be only concerned with defending its own economic interests<\/a>. China has been trying to persuade governments in the Middle East for years now that it can provide a strong substitute for the current regional order that is dominated by the United States. This has been accomplished by diplomatic measures such as mediating a d\u00e9tente between regional foes Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran last spring and novel security ideas such as its well publicized \"new security architecture for the Middle East\"<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In conclusion, Maybe the White House is only reaching out to China out of courtesy, knowing full well that all of this. Or if Team Biden<\/a> genuinely thinks that despite the PRC's \"managed competition\" with the US, there are ways to encourage Beijing to take a more positive role in the area. It is inevitable that the Biden administration will be deeply let down. A careful analysis of China's response to Iran's misbehavior in the Middle East reveals that Washington<\/a> is currently exactly where Beijing wants Tehran to cause problems.<\/p>\n","post_title":"China Unlikely To Stop Iran: Complex Sino-Iranian Dynamics","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"china-unlikely-to-stop-iran-complex-sino-iranian-dynamics","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6868","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6857,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-02-07 16:30:30","post_date_gmt":"2024-02-07 16:30:30","post_content":"\n
Israel has been requested by the International Court of Justice to take action to stop any conduct in Gaza that might be considered genocide<\/a>. China backed the UN court's non-binding interim decision in the South African case. Israel has denied the accusations made by the latter. More than 26,000 Palestinians<\/a> and at least 1,200 Israelis have died in the conflict<\/a>, which began with Hamas strikes on Israel more than three months ago. Over 130 hostages are being held in Gaza, and the majority of Gazans have been internally displaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Economic Expansion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
According to analysts, Beijing's geopolitical and economic objectives align with China's challenge to US dominance in the Middle East<\/a>, as seen by its remarks and diplomatic missions there. Galia Lavi, an Israeli specialist on China at the Institute for National Strategic Studies in Tel Aviv<\/a>, stated, \"China has taken a pro-Palestine, anti-Israel stance.\" In its \"position paper\" on the war, released late last year, China reaffirmed its support for the two-state solution and demanded a cease-fire and the release of hostages, all without mentioning Hamas. China's perception of the Arab world and the war is incorrect. Arab nations<\/a> have denounced Hamas by either adopting its name or denouncing its deeds, according to Lavi. According to China's \"Arab policy paper\" from 2016, the nation is in favor of the creation of an independent, fully sovereign state<\/a> of Palestine based on its pre-1967 boundaries, with East Jerusalem serving as its capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diplomatic Maneuvering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
China has always been pro-Palestinian<\/a>, said Manuel Hassassian, the Palestinian Ambassador to Denmark, adding that as China grows in strength, its influence in geopolitics would inevitably increase. China and Russia are said to be challenging the US, Israel's principal supporter, at the UN Security Council<\/a>, where the three's vetoes prevented the passage of many resolutions pertaining to war.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UN Security Council is asked in the Chinese statement of 2023 to demand a cease-fire, oppose the \"forced transfer\" and displacement of Palestinians, free the hostages, get ready for the international community to back Gaza's reconstruction after the war, establish diplomatic mediation, and \"support the good offices of the UN secretary-general\". China talks a lot about the conflict, but only provides $4 million in humanitarian help to Gaza. By contrast, the US has committed $100 million<\/a>, and Japan has offered $65 million,\" Lavi stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Military and Security Cooperation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As a result of getting Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran to communicate, China has goodwill in the Middle East, according to Hemant Adlakha, associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University's Center for Chinese and South East Asian Studies in New Delhi. The first trilateral meeting was held in Beijing in December of last year, and China mediated the peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran<\/a> in March. Adlakha stated at a recent conference of the Institute of Chinese Studies, a think-tank located in Delhi, that \"China has exploited the 'anti-US, anti-Israel' sentiment to present itself as the spokesperson for the Palestinian cause in the global south.\" \"The war<\/a> has provided China an opportunity to end its isolation of the Covid years,\" he stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of its \"zero-Covid\" strategy, China implemented travel and visa restrictions from 2020 to 2023. Soon after the Israel-Hamas war broke out, Zhai Jun, the Chinese envoy to the Middle East, paid a visit to the area. Subsequently, the Foreign Ministry<\/a> of China declared that the Arab League, with 22 members, was prepared to \"maintain close communication with China to make concerted efforts to end the conflict\". China issued a statement along with the Secretariat General of the Arab League in Cairo during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Egypt<\/a> in January, expressing concern over the Red Sea situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that the fight is drawing US attention away from the Taiwan<\/a> Strait and the South China Sea and that China has not done enough to persuade Iran, its partner, to stop the Houthi militia's attacks on Red Sea ships. This week, three US soldiers in Jordan<\/a> were killed in a drone strike that the US claims was carried out by another group with Iranian support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's January visit to Egypt, China and the Secretariat General of the Arab League released a statement expressing concern about the Red Sea situation. Four nations abstained from a UN<\/a> vote denouncing the Houthi strikes, including China and Russia. According to a January commentary by the Washington-based think-tank Brookings, China \"will not pass up the opportunity to use the current and future crises<\/a> to discredit the US while amplifying its alignment with its non-Western friends,\" but it \"is likely to remain a nominal power broker in the Middle East by choice for the foreseeable future.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"China's Ascendance: Challenging U.S. Influence In The Middle East","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"chinas-ascendance-challenging-u-s-influence-in-the-middle-east","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6857","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6838,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_content":"\n
The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The conflict was between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, particularly Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Beijing therefore has a great deal of influence on Tehran<\/a>. Whether China's leaders are inclined to employ it is the question. It appears that the response is \"not really.\" Chinese officials did, in response to American pleading, recently contact their Iranian colleagues and ask them to put an end to Houthi actions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Beijing's influence has been distinctly surface-level. The PRC has shown no indications that it is willing to take any significant action to stabilize the larger area, and instead appears to be only concerned with defending its own economic interests<\/a>. China has been trying to persuade governments in the Middle East for years now that it can provide a strong substitute for the current regional order that is dominated by the United States. This has been accomplished by diplomatic measures such as mediating a d\u00e9tente between regional foes Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran last spring and novel security ideas such as its well publicized \"new security architecture for the Middle East\"<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In conclusion, Maybe the White House is only reaching out to China out of courtesy, knowing full well that all of this. Or if Team Biden<\/a> genuinely thinks that despite the PRC's \"managed competition\" with the US, there are ways to encourage Beijing to take a more positive role in the area. It is inevitable that the Biden administration will be deeply let down. A careful analysis of China's response to Iran's misbehavior in the Middle East reveals that Washington<\/a> is currently exactly where Beijing wants Tehran to cause problems.<\/p>\n","post_title":"China Unlikely To Stop Iran: Complex Sino-Iranian Dynamics","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"china-unlikely-to-stop-iran-complex-sino-iranian-dynamics","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6868","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6857,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-02-07 16:30:30","post_date_gmt":"2024-02-07 16:30:30","post_content":"\n
Israel has been requested by the International Court of Justice to take action to stop any conduct in Gaza that might be considered genocide<\/a>. China backed the UN court's non-binding interim decision in the South African case. Israel has denied the accusations made by the latter. More than 26,000 Palestinians<\/a> and at least 1,200 Israelis have died in the conflict<\/a>, which began with Hamas strikes on Israel more than three months ago. Over 130 hostages are being held in Gaza, and the majority of Gazans have been internally displaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Economic Expansion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
According to analysts, Beijing's geopolitical and economic objectives align with China's challenge to US dominance in the Middle East<\/a>, as seen by its remarks and diplomatic missions there. Galia Lavi, an Israeli specialist on China at the Institute for National Strategic Studies in Tel Aviv<\/a>, stated, \"China has taken a pro-Palestine, anti-Israel stance.\" In its \"position paper\" on the war, released late last year, China reaffirmed its support for the two-state solution and demanded a cease-fire and the release of hostages, all without mentioning Hamas. China's perception of the Arab world and the war is incorrect. Arab nations<\/a> have denounced Hamas by either adopting its name or denouncing its deeds, according to Lavi. According to China's \"Arab policy paper\" from 2016, the nation is in favor of the creation of an independent, fully sovereign state<\/a> of Palestine based on its pre-1967 boundaries, with East Jerusalem serving as its capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diplomatic Maneuvering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
China has always been pro-Palestinian<\/a>, said Manuel Hassassian, the Palestinian Ambassador to Denmark, adding that as China grows in strength, its influence in geopolitics would inevitably increase. China and Russia are said to be challenging the US, Israel's principal supporter, at the UN Security Council<\/a>, where the three's vetoes prevented the passage of many resolutions pertaining to war.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UN Security Council is asked in the Chinese statement of 2023 to demand a cease-fire, oppose the \"forced transfer\" and displacement of Palestinians, free the hostages, get ready for the international community to back Gaza's reconstruction after the war, establish diplomatic mediation, and \"support the good offices of the UN secretary-general\". China talks a lot about the conflict, but only provides $4 million in humanitarian help to Gaza. By contrast, the US has committed $100 million<\/a>, and Japan has offered $65 million,\" Lavi stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Military and Security Cooperation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As a result of getting Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran to communicate, China has goodwill in the Middle East, according to Hemant Adlakha, associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University's Center for Chinese and South East Asian Studies in New Delhi. The first trilateral meeting was held in Beijing in December of last year, and China mediated the peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran<\/a> in March. Adlakha stated at a recent conference of the Institute of Chinese Studies, a think-tank located in Delhi, that \"China has exploited the 'anti-US, anti-Israel' sentiment to present itself as the spokesperson for the Palestinian cause in the global south.\" \"The war<\/a> has provided China an opportunity to end its isolation of the Covid years,\" he stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of its \"zero-Covid\" strategy, China implemented travel and visa restrictions from 2020 to 2023. Soon after the Israel-Hamas war broke out, Zhai Jun, the Chinese envoy to the Middle East, paid a visit to the area. Subsequently, the Foreign Ministry<\/a> of China declared that the Arab League, with 22 members, was prepared to \"maintain close communication with China to make concerted efforts to end the conflict\". China issued a statement along with the Secretariat General of the Arab League in Cairo during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Egypt<\/a> in January, expressing concern over the Red Sea situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that the fight is drawing US attention away from the Taiwan<\/a> Strait and the South China Sea and that China has not done enough to persuade Iran, its partner, to stop the Houthi militia's attacks on Red Sea ships. This week, three US soldiers in Jordan<\/a> were killed in a drone strike that the US claims was carried out by another group with Iranian support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's January visit to Egypt, China and the Secretariat General of the Arab League released a statement expressing concern about the Red Sea situation. Four nations abstained from a UN<\/a> vote denouncing the Houthi strikes, including China and Russia. According to a January commentary by the Washington-based think-tank Brookings, China \"will not pass up the opportunity to use the current and future crises<\/a> to discredit the US while amplifying its alignment with its non-Western friends,\" but it \"is likely to remain a nominal power broker in the Middle East by choice for the foreseeable future.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"China's Ascendance: Challenging U.S. Influence In The Middle East","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"chinas-ascendance-challenging-u-s-influence-in-the-middle-east","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6857","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6838,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_content":"\n
The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The conflict was between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, particularly Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Geopolitical Dynamics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Beijing therefore has a great deal of influence on Tehran<\/a>. Whether China's leaders are inclined to employ it is the question. It appears that the response is \"not really.\" Chinese officials did, in response to American pleading, recently contact their Iranian colleagues and ask them to put an end to Houthi actions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Beijing's influence has been distinctly surface-level. The PRC has shown no indications that it is willing to take any significant action to stabilize the larger area, and instead appears to be only concerned with defending its own economic interests<\/a>. China has been trying to persuade governments in the Middle East for years now that it can provide a strong substitute for the current regional order that is dominated by the United States. This has been accomplished by diplomatic measures such as mediating a d\u00e9tente between regional foes Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran last spring and novel security ideas such as its well publicized \"new security architecture for the Middle East\"<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In conclusion, Maybe the White House is only reaching out to China out of courtesy, knowing full well that all of this. Or if Team Biden<\/a> genuinely thinks that despite the PRC's \"managed competition\" with the US, there are ways to encourage Beijing to take a more positive role in the area. It is inevitable that the Biden administration will be deeply let down. A careful analysis of China's response to Iran's misbehavior in the Middle East reveals that Washington<\/a> is currently exactly where Beijing wants Tehran to cause problems.<\/p>\n","post_title":"China Unlikely To Stop Iran: Complex Sino-Iranian Dynamics","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"china-unlikely-to-stop-iran-complex-sino-iranian-dynamics","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6868","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6857,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-02-07 16:30:30","post_date_gmt":"2024-02-07 16:30:30","post_content":"\n
Israel has been requested by the International Court of Justice to take action to stop any conduct in Gaza that might be considered genocide<\/a>. China backed the UN court's non-binding interim decision in the South African case. Israel has denied the accusations made by the latter. More than 26,000 Palestinians<\/a> and at least 1,200 Israelis have died in the conflict<\/a>, which began with Hamas strikes on Israel more than three months ago. Over 130 hostages are being held in Gaza, and the majority of Gazans have been internally displaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Economic Expansion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
According to analysts, Beijing's geopolitical and economic objectives align with China's challenge to US dominance in the Middle East<\/a>, as seen by its remarks and diplomatic missions there. Galia Lavi, an Israeli specialist on China at the Institute for National Strategic Studies in Tel Aviv<\/a>, stated, \"China has taken a pro-Palestine, anti-Israel stance.\" In its \"position paper\" on the war, released late last year, China reaffirmed its support for the two-state solution and demanded a cease-fire and the release of hostages, all without mentioning Hamas. China's perception of the Arab world and the war is incorrect. Arab nations<\/a> have denounced Hamas by either adopting its name or denouncing its deeds, according to Lavi. According to China's \"Arab policy paper\" from 2016, the nation is in favor of the creation of an independent, fully sovereign state<\/a> of Palestine based on its pre-1967 boundaries, with East Jerusalem serving as its capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diplomatic Maneuvering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
China has always been pro-Palestinian<\/a>, said Manuel Hassassian, the Palestinian Ambassador to Denmark, adding that as China grows in strength, its influence in geopolitics would inevitably increase. China and Russia are said to be challenging the US, Israel's principal supporter, at the UN Security Council<\/a>, where the three's vetoes prevented the passage of many resolutions pertaining to war.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UN Security Council is asked in the Chinese statement of 2023 to demand a cease-fire, oppose the \"forced transfer\" and displacement of Palestinians, free the hostages, get ready for the international community to back Gaza's reconstruction after the war, establish diplomatic mediation, and \"support the good offices of the UN secretary-general\". China talks a lot about the conflict, but only provides $4 million in humanitarian help to Gaza. By contrast, the US has committed $100 million<\/a>, and Japan has offered $65 million,\" Lavi stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Military and Security Cooperation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As a result of getting Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran to communicate, China has goodwill in the Middle East, according to Hemant Adlakha, associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University's Center for Chinese and South East Asian Studies in New Delhi. The first trilateral meeting was held in Beijing in December of last year, and China mediated the peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran<\/a> in March. Adlakha stated at a recent conference of the Institute of Chinese Studies, a think-tank located in Delhi, that \"China has exploited the 'anti-US, anti-Israel' sentiment to present itself as the spokesperson for the Palestinian cause in the global south.\" \"The war<\/a> has provided China an opportunity to end its isolation of the Covid years,\" he stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of its \"zero-Covid\" strategy, China implemented travel and visa restrictions from 2020 to 2023. Soon after the Israel-Hamas war broke out, Zhai Jun, the Chinese envoy to the Middle East, paid a visit to the area. Subsequently, the Foreign Ministry<\/a> of China declared that the Arab League, with 22 members, was prepared to \"maintain close communication with China to make concerted efforts to end the conflict\". China issued a statement along with the Secretariat General of the Arab League in Cairo during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Egypt<\/a> in January, expressing concern over the Red Sea situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that the fight is drawing US attention away from the Taiwan<\/a> Strait and the South China Sea and that China has not done enough to persuade Iran, its partner, to stop the Houthi militia's attacks on Red Sea ships. This week, three US soldiers in Jordan<\/a> were killed in a drone strike that the US claims was carried out by another group with Iranian support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's January visit to Egypt, China and the Secretariat General of the Arab League released a statement expressing concern about the Red Sea situation. Four nations abstained from a UN<\/a> vote denouncing the Houthi strikes, including China and Russia. According to a January commentary by the Washington-based think-tank Brookings, China \"will not pass up the opportunity to use the current and future crises<\/a> to discredit the US while amplifying its alignment with its non-Western friends,\" but it \"is likely to remain a nominal power broker in the Middle East by choice for the foreseeable future.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"China's Ascendance: Challenging U.S. Influence In The Middle East","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"chinas-ascendance-challenging-u-s-influence-in-the-middle-east","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6857","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6838,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_content":"\n
The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The conflict was between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, particularly Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Additionally, it set the stage for improved collaboration between the two nations' forces. After three years, the accord is still mostly symbolic, largely due to the Biden administration's more accommodating stance toward Iran, which has significantly improved its economy<\/a>. However, Beijing's previous readiness to act as a strategic lifeline has created a wellspring of political goodwill among Iran's ayatollahs, and Iranian officials have been tenacious in their efforts to persuade the PRC to increase its level of involvement in their nation. Russian and Chinese ships have not yet been targeted by the Houthis; however, it has been claimed that the latter are avoiding the Red Sea-Gulf of Aden route. Up till now, the Houthis have only attacked Israeli merchant boats and American<\/a> and British warships. China, meanwhile, sees the Red Sea battle waged by the Houthis as a direct outcome of the Gaza conflict and the ensuing \"humanitarian<\/a>\" catastrophe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Geopolitical Dynamics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Beijing therefore has a great deal of influence on Tehran<\/a>. Whether China's leaders are inclined to employ it is the question. It appears that the response is \"not really.\" Chinese officials did, in response to American pleading, recently contact their Iranian colleagues and ask them to put an end to Houthi actions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Beijing's influence has been distinctly surface-level. The PRC has shown no indications that it is willing to take any significant action to stabilize the larger area, and instead appears to be only concerned with defending its own economic interests<\/a>. China has been trying to persuade governments in the Middle East for years now that it can provide a strong substitute for the current regional order that is dominated by the United States. This has been accomplished by diplomatic measures such as mediating a d\u00e9tente between regional foes Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran last spring and novel security ideas such as its well publicized \"new security architecture for the Middle East\"<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In conclusion, Maybe the White House is only reaching out to China out of courtesy, knowing full well that all of this. Or if Team Biden<\/a> genuinely thinks that despite the PRC's \"managed competition\" with the US, there are ways to encourage Beijing to take a more positive role in the area. It is inevitable that the Biden administration will be deeply let down. A careful analysis of China's response to Iran's misbehavior in the Middle East reveals that Washington<\/a> is currently exactly where Beijing wants Tehran to cause problems.<\/p>\n","post_title":"China Unlikely To Stop Iran: Complex Sino-Iranian Dynamics","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"china-unlikely-to-stop-iran-complex-sino-iranian-dynamics","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6868","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6857,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-02-07 16:30:30","post_date_gmt":"2024-02-07 16:30:30","post_content":"\n
Israel has been requested by the International Court of Justice to take action to stop any conduct in Gaza that might be considered genocide<\/a>. China backed the UN court's non-binding interim decision in the South African case. Israel has denied the accusations made by the latter. More than 26,000 Palestinians<\/a> and at least 1,200 Israelis have died in the conflict<\/a>, which began with Hamas strikes on Israel more than three months ago. Over 130 hostages are being held in Gaza, and the majority of Gazans have been internally displaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Economic Expansion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
According to analysts, Beijing's geopolitical and economic objectives align with China's challenge to US dominance in the Middle East<\/a>, as seen by its remarks and diplomatic missions there. Galia Lavi, an Israeli specialist on China at the Institute for National Strategic Studies in Tel Aviv<\/a>, stated, \"China has taken a pro-Palestine, anti-Israel stance.\" In its \"position paper\" on the war, released late last year, China reaffirmed its support for the two-state solution and demanded a cease-fire and the release of hostages, all without mentioning Hamas. China's perception of the Arab world and the war is incorrect. Arab nations<\/a> have denounced Hamas by either adopting its name or denouncing its deeds, according to Lavi. According to China's \"Arab policy paper\" from 2016, the nation is in favor of the creation of an independent, fully sovereign state<\/a> of Palestine based on its pre-1967 boundaries, with East Jerusalem serving as its capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diplomatic Maneuvering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
China has always been pro-Palestinian<\/a>, said Manuel Hassassian, the Palestinian Ambassador to Denmark, adding that as China grows in strength, its influence in geopolitics would inevitably increase. China and Russia are said to be challenging the US, Israel's principal supporter, at the UN Security Council<\/a>, where the three's vetoes prevented the passage of many resolutions pertaining to war.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UN Security Council is asked in the Chinese statement of 2023 to demand a cease-fire, oppose the \"forced transfer\" and displacement of Palestinians, free the hostages, get ready for the international community to back Gaza's reconstruction after the war, establish diplomatic mediation, and \"support the good offices of the UN secretary-general\". China talks a lot about the conflict, but only provides $4 million in humanitarian help to Gaza. By contrast, the US has committed $100 million<\/a>, and Japan has offered $65 million,\" Lavi stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Military and Security Cooperation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As a result of getting Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran to communicate, China has goodwill in the Middle East, according to Hemant Adlakha, associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University's Center for Chinese and South East Asian Studies in New Delhi. The first trilateral meeting was held in Beijing in December of last year, and China mediated the peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran<\/a> in March. Adlakha stated at a recent conference of the Institute of Chinese Studies, a think-tank located in Delhi, that \"China has exploited the 'anti-US, anti-Israel' sentiment to present itself as the spokesperson for the Palestinian cause in the global south.\" \"The war<\/a> has provided China an opportunity to end its isolation of the Covid years,\" he stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of its \"zero-Covid\" strategy, China implemented travel and visa restrictions from 2020 to 2023. Soon after the Israel-Hamas war broke out, Zhai Jun, the Chinese envoy to the Middle East, paid a visit to the area. Subsequently, the Foreign Ministry<\/a> of China declared that the Arab League, with 22 members, was prepared to \"maintain close communication with China to make concerted efforts to end the conflict\". China issued a statement along with the Secretariat General of the Arab League in Cairo during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Egypt<\/a> in January, expressing concern over the Red Sea situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that the fight is drawing US attention away from the Taiwan<\/a> Strait and the South China Sea and that China has not done enough to persuade Iran, its partner, to stop the Houthi militia's attacks on Red Sea ships. This week, three US soldiers in Jordan<\/a> were killed in a drone strike that the US claims was carried out by another group with Iranian support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's January visit to Egypt, China and the Secretariat General of the Arab League released a statement expressing concern about the Red Sea situation. Four nations abstained from a UN<\/a> vote denouncing the Houthi strikes, including China and Russia. According to a January commentary by the Washington-based think-tank Brookings, China \"will not pass up the opportunity to use the current and future crises<\/a> to discredit the US while amplifying its alignment with its non-Western friends,\" but it \"is likely to remain a nominal power broker in the Middle East by choice for the foreseeable future.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"China's Ascendance: Challenging U.S. Influence In The Middle East","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"chinas-ascendance-challenging-u-s-influence-in-the-middle-east","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6857","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6838,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_content":"\n
The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The conflict was between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, particularly Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Beijing and Tehran signed a massive $400 billion, 25-year<\/a> framework agreement back in 2021. This arrangement gave the PRC a first-mover advantage in areas such as access to Iranian ports, the expansion of Iran's telecom network, and infrastructure<\/a> construction and transportation projects in the Islamic Republic. It was made to lessen the negative effects<\/a> of the Trump administration's \"maximum pressure\" policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, it set the stage for improved collaboration between the two nations' forces. After three years, the accord is still mostly symbolic, largely due to the Biden administration's more accommodating stance toward Iran, which has significantly improved its economy<\/a>. However, Beijing's previous readiness to act as a strategic lifeline has created a wellspring of political goodwill among Iran's ayatollahs, and Iranian officials have been tenacious in their efforts to persuade the PRC to increase its level of involvement in their nation. Russian and Chinese ships have not yet been targeted by the Houthis; however, it has been claimed that the latter are avoiding the Red Sea-Gulf of Aden route. Up till now, the Houthis have only attacked Israeli merchant boats and American<\/a> and British warships. China, meanwhile, sees the Red Sea battle waged by the Houthis as a direct outcome of the Gaza conflict and the ensuing \"humanitarian<\/a>\" catastrophe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Geopolitical Dynamics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Beijing therefore has a great deal of influence on Tehran<\/a>. Whether China's leaders are inclined to employ it is the question. It appears that the response is \"not really.\" Chinese officials did, in response to American pleading, recently contact their Iranian colleagues and ask them to put an end to Houthi actions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Beijing's influence has been distinctly surface-level. The PRC has shown no indications that it is willing to take any significant action to stabilize the larger area, and instead appears to be only concerned with defending its own economic interests<\/a>. China has been trying to persuade governments in the Middle East for years now that it can provide a strong substitute for the current regional order that is dominated by the United States. This has been accomplished by diplomatic measures such as mediating a d\u00e9tente between regional foes Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran last spring and novel security ideas such as its well publicized \"new security architecture for the Middle East\"<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In conclusion, Maybe the White House is only reaching out to China out of courtesy, knowing full well that all of this. Or if Team Biden<\/a> genuinely thinks that despite the PRC's \"managed competition\" with the US, there are ways to encourage Beijing to take a more positive role in the area. It is inevitable that the Biden administration will be deeply let down. A careful analysis of China's response to Iran's misbehavior in the Middle East reveals that Washington<\/a> is currently exactly where Beijing wants Tehran to cause problems.<\/p>\n","post_title":"China Unlikely To Stop Iran: Complex Sino-Iranian Dynamics","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"china-unlikely-to-stop-iran-complex-sino-iranian-dynamics","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6868","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6857,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-02-07 16:30:30","post_date_gmt":"2024-02-07 16:30:30","post_content":"\n
Israel has been requested by the International Court of Justice to take action to stop any conduct in Gaza that might be considered genocide<\/a>. China backed the UN court's non-binding interim decision in the South African case. Israel has denied the accusations made by the latter. More than 26,000 Palestinians<\/a> and at least 1,200 Israelis have died in the conflict<\/a>, which began with Hamas strikes on Israel more than three months ago. Over 130 hostages are being held in Gaza, and the majority of Gazans have been internally displaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Economic Expansion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
According to analysts, Beijing's geopolitical and economic objectives align with China's challenge to US dominance in the Middle East<\/a>, as seen by its remarks and diplomatic missions there. Galia Lavi, an Israeli specialist on China at the Institute for National Strategic Studies in Tel Aviv<\/a>, stated, \"China has taken a pro-Palestine, anti-Israel stance.\" In its \"position paper\" on the war, released late last year, China reaffirmed its support for the two-state solution and demanded a cease-fire and the release of hostages, all without mentioning Hamas. China's perception of the Arab world and the war is incorrect. Arab nations<\/a> have denounced Hamas by either adopting its name or denouncing its deeds, according to Lavi. According to China's \"Arab policy paper\" from 2016, the nation is in favor of the creation of an independent, fully sovereign state<\/a> of Palestine based on its pre-1967 boundaries, with East Jerusalem serving as its capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diplomatic Maneuvering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
China has always been pro-Palestinian<\/a>, said Manuel Hassassian, the Palestinian Ambassador to Denmark, adding that as China grows in strength, its influence in geopolitics would inevitably increase. China and Russia are said to be challenging the US, Israel's principal supporter, at the UN Security Council<\/a>, where the three's vetoes prevented the passage of many resolutions pertaining to war.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UN Security Council is asked in the Chinese statement of 2023 to demand a cease-fire, oppose the \"forced transfer\" and displacement of Palestinians, free the hostages, get ready for the international community to back Gaza's reconstruction after the war, establish diplomatic mediation, and \"support the good offices of the UN secretary-general\". China talks a lot about the conflict, but only provides $4 million in humanitarian help to Gaza. By contrast, the US has committed $100 million<\/a>, and Japan has offered $65 million,\" Lavi stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Military and Security Cooperation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As a result of getting Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran to communicate, China has goodwill in the Middle East, according to Hemant Adlakha, associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University's Center for Chinese and South East Asian Studies in New Delhi. The first trilateral meeting was held in Beijing in December of last year, and China mediated the peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran<\/a> in March. Adlakha stated at a recent conference of the Institute of Chinese Studies, a think-tank located in Delhi, that \"China has exploited the 'anti-US, anti-Israel' sentiment to present itself as the spokesperson for the Palestinian cause in the global south.\" \"The war<\/a> has provided China an opportunity to end its isolation of the Covid years,\" he stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of its \"zero-Covid\" strategy, China implemented travel and visa restrictions from 2020 to 2023. Soon after the Israel-Hamas war broke out, Zhai Jun, the Chinese envoy to the Middle East, paid a visit to the area. Subsequently, the Foreign Ministry<\/a> of China declared that the Arab League, with 22 members, was prepared to \"maintain close communication with China to make concerted efforts to end the conflict\". China issued a statement along with the Secretariat General of the Arab League in Cairo during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Egypt<\/a> in January, expressing concern over the Red Sea situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that the fight is drawing US attention away from the Taiwan<\/a> Strait and the South China Sea and that China has not done enough to persuade Iran, its partner, to stop the Houthi militia's attacks on Red Sea ships. This week, three US soldiers in Jordan<\/a> were killed in a drone strike that the US claims was carried out by another group with Iranian support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's January visit to Egypt, China and the Secretariat General of the Arab League released a statement expressing concern about the Red Sea situation. Four nations abstained from a UN<\/a> vote denouncing the Houthi strikes, including China and Russia. According to a January commentary by the Washington-based think-tank Brookings, China \"will not pass up the opportunity to use the current and future crises<\/a> to discredit the US while amplifying its alignment with its non-Western friends,\" but it \"is likely to remain a nominal power broker in the Middle East by choice for the foreseeable future.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"China's Ascendance: Challenging U.S. Influence In The Middle East","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"chinas-ascendance-challenging-u-s-influence-in-the-middle-east","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6857","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6838,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_content":"\n
The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The conflict was between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, particularly Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
\u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Economic Considerations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Beijing and Tehran signed a massive $400 billion, 25-year<\/a> framework agreement back in 2021. This arrangement gave the PRC a first-mover advantage in areas such as access to Iranian ports, the expansion of Iran's telecom network, and infrastructure<\/a> construction and transportation projects in the Islamic Republic. It was made to lessen the negative effects<\/a> of the Trump administration's \"maximum pressure\" policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, it set the stage for improved collaboration between the two nations' forces. After three years, the accord is still mostly symbolic, largely due to the Biden administration's more accommodating stance toward Iran, which has significantly improved its economy<\/a>. However, Beijing's previous readiness to act as a strategic lifeline has created a wellspring of political goodwill among Iran's ayatollahs, and Iranian officials have been tenacious in their efforts to persuade the PRC to increase its level of involvement in their nation. Russian and Chinese ships have not yet been targeted by the Houthis; however, it has been claimed that the latter are avoiding the Red Sea-Gulf of Aden route. Up till now, the Houthis have only attacked Israeli merchant boats and American<\/a> and British warships. China, meanwhile, sees the Red Sea battle waged by the Houthis as a direct outcome of the Gaza conflict and the ensuing \"humanitarian<\/a>\" catastrophe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Geopolitical Dynamics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Beijing therefore has a great deal of influence on Tehran<\/a>. Whether China's leaders are inclined to employ it is the question. It appears that the response is \"not really.\" Chinese officials did, in response to American pleading, recently contact their Iranian colleagues and ask them to put an end to Houthi actions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Beijing's influence has been distinctly surface-level. The PRC has shown no indications that it is willing to take any significant action to stabilize the larger area, and instead appears to be only concerned with defending its own economic interests<\/a>. China has been trying to persuade governments in the Middle East for years now that it can provide a strong substitute for the current regional order that is dominated by the United States. This has been accomplished by diplomatic measures such as mediating a d\u00e9tente between regional foes Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran last spring and novel security ideas such as its well publicized \"new security architecture for the Middle East\"<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In conclusion, Maybe the White House is only reaching out to China out of courtesy, knowing full well that all of this. Or if Team Biden<\/a> genuinely thinks that despite the PRC's \"managed competition\" with the US, there are ways to encourage Beijing to take a more positive role in the area. It is inevitable that the Biden administration will be deeply let down. A careful analysis of China's response to Iran's misbehavior in the Middle East reveals that Washington<\/a> is currently exactly where Beijing wants Tehran to cause problems.<\/p>\n","post_title":"China Unlikely To Stop Iran: Complex Sino-Iranian Dynamics","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"china-unlikely-to-stop-iran-complex-sino-iranian-dynamics","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6868","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6857,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-02-07 16:30:30","post_date_gmt":"2024-02-07 16:30:30","post_content":"\n
Israel has been requested by the International Court of Justice to take action to stop any conduct in Gaza that might be considered genocide<\/a>. China backed the UN court's non-binding interim decision in the South African case. Israel has denied the accusations made by the latter. More than 26,000 Palestinians<\/a> and at least 1,200 Israelis have died in the conflict<\/a>, which began with Hamas strikes on Israel more than three months ago. Over 130 hostages are being held in Gaza, and the majority of Gazans have been internally displaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Economic Expansion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
According to analysts, Beijing's geopolitical and economic objectives align with China's challenge to US dominance in the Middle East<\/a>, as seen by its remarks and diplomatic missions there. Galia Lavi, an Israeli specialist on China at the Institute for National Strategic Studies in Tel Aviv<\/a>, stated, \"China has taken a pro-Palestine, anti-Israel stance.\" In its \"position paper\" on the war, released late last year, China reaffirmed its support for the two-state solution and demanded a cease-fire and the release of hostages, all without mentioning Hamas. China's perception of the Arab world and the war is incorrect. Arab nations<\/a> have denounced Hamas by either adopting its name or denouncing its deeds, according to Lavi. According to China's \"Arab policy paper\" from 2016, the nation is in favor of the creation of an independent, fully sovereign state<\/a> of Palestine based on its pre-1967 boundaries, with East Jerusalem serving as its capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diplomatic Maneuvering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
China has always been pro-Palestinian<\/a>, said Manuel Hassassian, the Palestinian Ambassador to Denmark, adding that as China grows in strength, its influence in geopolitics would inevitably increase. China and Russia are said to be challenging the US, Israel's principal supporter, at the UN Security Council<\/a>, where the three's vetoes prevented the passage of many resolutions pertaining to war.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UN Security Council is asked in the Chinese statement of 2023 to demand a cease-fire, oppose the \"forced transfer\" and displacement of Palestinians, free the hostages, get ready for the international community to back Gaza's reconstruction after the war, establish diplomatic mediation, and \"support the good offices of the UN secretary-general\". China talks a lot about the conflict, but only provides $4 million in humanitarian help to Gaza. By contrast, the US has committed $100 million<\/a>, and Japan has offered $65 million,\" Lavi stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Military and Security Cooperation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As a result of getting Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran to communicate, China has goodwill in the Middle East, according to Hemant Adlakha, associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University's Center for Chinese and South East Asian Studies in New Delhi. The first trilateral meeting was held in Beijing in December of last year, and China mediated the peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran<\/a> in March. Adlakha stated at a recent conference of the Institute of Chinese Studies, a think-tank located in Delhi, that \"China has exploited the 'anti-US, anti-Israel' sentiment to present itself as the spokesperson for the Palestinian cause in the global south.\" \"The war<\/a> has provided China an opportunity to end its isolation of the Covid years,\" he stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of its \"zero-Covid\" strategy, China implemented travel and visa restrictions from 2020 to 2023. Soon after the Israel-Hamas war broke out, Zhai Jun, the Chinese envoy to the Middle East, paid a visit to the area. Subsequently, the Foreign Ministry<\/a> of China declared that the Arab League, with 22 members, was prepared to \"maintain close communication with China to make concerted efforts to end the conflict\". China issued a statement along with the Secretariat General of the Arab League in Cairo during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Egypt<\/a> in January, expressing concern over the Red Sea situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that the fight is drawing US attention away from the Taiwan<\/a> Strait and the South China Sea and that China has not done enough to persuade Iran, its partner, to stop the Houthi militia's attacks on Red Sea ships. This week, three US soldiers in Jordan<\/a> were killed in a drone strike that the US claims was carried out by another group with Iranian support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's January visit to Egypt, China and the Secretariat General of the Arab League released a statement expressing concern about the Red Sea situation. Four nations abstained from a UN<\/a> vote denouncing the Houthi strikes, including China and Russia. According to a January commentary by the Washington-based think-tank Brookings, China \"will not pass up the opportunity to use the current and future crises<\/a> to discredit the US while amplifying its alignment with its non-Western friends,\" but it \"is likely to remain a nominal power broker in the Middle East by choice for the foreseeable future.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"China's Ascendance: Challenging U.S. Influence In The Middle East","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"chinas-ascendance-challenging-u-s-influence-in-the-middle-east","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6857","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6838,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_content":"\n
The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The conflict was between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, particularly Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.breakinglatest.news\/world\/qatargate-panzeri-repents-and-confesses-120-140-thousand-euros-paid-to-tarabella\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lalibre.be\/international\/europe\/2023\/01\/31\/saisies-chez-pier-antonio-panzeri-une-trace-des-emirats-dans-le-qatargate-A2NGMU7DWNDTFGCM3EQMNA4TJM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/esteri\/2022\/12\/15\/news\/qatargate_da_panzeri_a_eva_kaili_da_giorgi_ai_politici_e_funzionari_di_bruxelles_tutti_i_personaggi_coinvolti_nello_scand-12415094\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[9]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/354145\/scandal-at-the-european-parliament-panzeri-to-collaborate-with-belgian-authorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/uae\/bilateral-relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ansamed.info\/ansamed\/en\/news\/nations\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatar-giorgi-paid-by-doha-through-algerian-media_06756682-b76b-4baf-afff-43acd88e84d5.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[23]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bolsamania.com\/nota-de-prensa\/mercados\/el-presidente-del-parlamento-europeo-pide-que-se-refuerce-la-cooperacion-con-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos-en-el-trabajo-humanitario-y-de-ayudauae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswireuae-humanitarian-exhibition-at-the-european-parliament-in-brussels-belgium-photo-aetoswire--3938223.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/suqia-board-approves-projects-and-discusses-2nd-round-of-mohammed-bin-rashid-global-water-award-senpay16<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303118885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[30]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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With over 25% of all Iranian commerce going to the People's Republic of China (PRC), the PRC<\/a> is now the Islamic Republic's biggest commercial partner. Amidst soaring Iranian oil output over the last year, it has been Iran's main oil client, averaging more than a million barrels per day of imports. Beijing<\/a> has influence beyond the economy. Additionally, Tehran is significantly influenced politically and strategically by the leaders of China. The United States (US) finds itself in a precarious scenario where it must handle three global flashpoints, with two conflicts burning in one of the theaters in the Middle East<\/a> as a result of China's failure to persuade Iran to stop the Houthis' attacks on the Red Sea.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Economic Considerations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Beijing and Tehran signed a massive $400 billion, 25-year<\/a> framework agreement back in 2021. This arrangement gave the PRC a first-mover advantage in areas such as access to Iranian ports, the expansion of Iran's telecom network, and infrastructure<\/a> construction and transportation projects in the Islamic Republic. It was made to lessen the negative effects<\/a> of the Trump administration's \"maximum pressure\" policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, it set the stage for improved collaboration between the two nations' forces. After three years, the accord is still mostly symbolic, largely due to the Biden administration's more accommodating stance toward Iran, which has significantly improved its economy<\/a>. However, Beijing's previous readiness to act as a strategic lifeline has created a wellspring of political goodwill among Iran's ayatollahs, and Iranian officials have been tenacious in their efforts to persuade the PRC to increase its level of involvement in their nation. Russian and Chinese ships have not yet been targeted by the Houthis; however, it has been claimed that the latter are avoiding the Red Sea-Gulf of Aden route. Up till now, the Houthis have only attacked Israeli merchant boats and American<\/a> and British warships. China, meanwhile, sees the Red Sea battle waged by the Houthis as a direct outcome of the Gaza conflict and the ensuing \"humanitarian<\/a>\" catastrophe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Geopolitical Dynamics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Beijing therefore has a great deal of influence on Tehran<\/a>. Whether China's leaders are inclined to employ it is the question. It appears that the response is \"not really.\" Chinese officials did, in response to American pleading, recently contact their Iranian colleagues and ask them to put an end to Houthi actions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Beijing's influence has been distinctly surface-level. The PRC has shown no indications that it is willing to take any significant action to stabilize the larger area, and instead appears to be only concerned with defending its own economic interests<\/a>. China has been trying to persuade governments in the Middle East for years now that it can provide a strong substitute for the current regional order that is dominated by the United States. This has been accomplished by diplomatic measures such as mediating a d\u00e9tente between regional foes Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran last spring and novel security ideas such as its well publicized \"new security architecture for the Middle East\"<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In conclusion, Maybe the White House is only reaching out to China out of courtesy, knowing full well that all of this. Or if Team Biden<\/a> genuinely thinks that despite the PRC's \"managed competition\" with the US, there are ways to encourage Beijing to take a more positive role in the area. It is inevitable that the Biden administration will be deeply let down. A careful analysis of China's response to Iran's misbehavior in the Middle East reveals that Washington<\/a> is currently exactly where Beijing wants Tehran to cause problems.<\/p>\n","post_title":"China Unlikely To Stop Iran: Complex Sino-Iranian Dynamics","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"china-unlikely-to-stop-iran-complex-sino-iranian-dynamics","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6868","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6857,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-02-07 16:30:30","post_date_gmt":"2024-02-07 16:30:30","post_content":"\n
Israel has been requested by the International Court of Justice to take action to stop any conduct in Gaza that might be considered genocide<\/a>. China backed the UN court's non-binding interim decision in the South African case. Israel has denied the accusations made by the latter. More than 26,000 Palestinians<\/a> and at least 1,200 Israelis have died in the conflict<\/a>, which began with Hamas strikes on Israel more than three months ago. Over 130 hostages are being held in Gaza, and the majority of Gazans have been internally displaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Economic Expansion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
According to analysts, Beijing's geopolitical and economic objectives align with China's challenge to US dominance in the Middle East<\/a>, as seen by its remarks and diplomatic missions there. Galia Lavi, an Israeli specialist on China at the Institute for National Strategic Studies in Tel Aviv<\/a>, stated, \"China has taken a pro-Palestine, anti-Israel stance.\" In its \"position paper\" on the war, released late last year, China reaffirmed its support for the two-state solution and demanded a cease-fire and the release of hostages, all without mentioning Hamas. China's perception of the Arab world and the war is incorrect. Arab nations<\/a> have denounced Hamas by either adopting its name or denouncing its deeds, according to Lavi. According to China's \"Arab policy paper\" from 2016, the nation is in favor of the creation of an independent, fully sovereign state<\/a> of Palestine based on its pre-1967 boundaries, with East Jerusalem serving as its capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diplomatic Maneuvering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
China has always been pro-Palestinian<\/a>, said Manuel Hassassian, the Palestinian Ambassador to Denmark, adding that as China grows in strength, its influence in geopolitics would inevitably increase. China and Russia are said to be challenging the US, Israel's principal supporter, at the UN Security Council<\/a>, where the three's vetoes prevented the passage of many resolutions pertaining to war.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UN Security Council is asked in the Chinese statement of 2023 to demand a cease-fire, oppose the \"forced transfer\" and displacement of Palestinians, free the hostages, get ready for the international community to back Gaza's reconstruction after the war, establish diplomatic mediation, and \"support the good offices of the UN secretary-general\". China talks a lot about the conflict, but only provides $4 million in humanitarian help to Gaza. By contrast, the US has committed $100 million<\/a>, and Japan has offered $65 million,\" Lavi stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Military and Security Cooperation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As a result of getting Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran to communicate, China has goodwill in the Middle East, according to Hemant Adlakha, associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University's Center for Chinese and South East Asian Studies in New Delhi. The first trilateral meeting was held in Beijing in December of last year, and China mediated the peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran<\/a> in March. Adlakha stated at a recent conference of the Institute of Chinese Studies, a think-tank located in Delhi, that \"China has exploited the 'anti-US, anti-Israel' sentiment to present itself as the spokesperson for the Palestinian cause in the global south.\" \"The war<\/a> has provided China an opportunity to end its isolation of the Covid years,\" he stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of its \"zero-Covid\" strategy, China implemented travel and visa restrictions from 2020 to 2023. Soon after the Israel-Hamas war broke out, Zhai Jun, the Chinese envoy to the Middle East, paid a visit to the area. Subsequently, the Foreign Ministry<\/a> of China declared that the Arab League, with 22 members, was prepared to \"maintain close communication with China to make concerted efforts to end the conflict\". China issued a statement along with the Secretariat General of the Arab League in Cairo during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Egypt<\/a> in January, expressing concern over the Red Sea situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that the fight is drawing US attention away from the Taiwan<\/a> Strait and the South China Sea and that China has not done enough to persuade Iran, its partner, to stop the Houthi militia's attacks on Red Sea ships. This week, three US soldiers in Jordan<\/a> were killed in a drone strike that the US claims was carried out by another group with Iranian support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's January visit to Egypt, China and the Secretariat General of the Arab League released a statement expressing concern about the Red Sea situation. Four nations abstained from a UN<\/a> vote denouncing the Houthi strikes, including China and Russia. According to a January commentary by the Washington-based think-tank Brookings, China \"will not pass up the opportunity to use the current and future crises<\/a> to discredit the US while amplifying its alignment with its non-Western friends,\" but it \"is likely to remain a nominal power broker in the Middle East by choice for the foreseeable future.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"China's Ascendance: Challenging U.S. Influence In The Middle East","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"chinas-ascendance-challenging-u-s-influence-in-the-middle-east","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6857","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6838,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_content":"\n
The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The conflict was between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, particularly Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lecho.be\/dossiers\/qatargate\/qatargate-niccolo-figa-talamanca-libere-par-le-juge\/10445090.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[4]<\/a> https:\/\/dohanews.co\/eu-corruption-scandal-intensifies-as-primary-defendant-opens-up-in-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[22]<\/a> https:\/\/frankfurtmagzin.com\/exclusive-uae-officially-involved-in-qatargate-paid-for-antonio-panzeri-via-emirates-red-crescent\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/politica\/qatar-gate-un-eurodeputato-accusa-kaili-spiata-per-i-legami-con-i-russi-836691.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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It makes sense for the Biden administration to seek out. Speaking for the National Security Council<\/a>, John Kirby said that \"China has influence over Tehran and they have the ability to have conversations that we can't.\" Kirby clarified that Beijing is targeted by the administration in its efforts to \"help stem the flow of weapons and munitions to the Houthis<\/a>.\" The extent to which China may influence Iranian conduct is more than most people believe.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With over 25% of all Iranian commerce going to the People's Republic of China (PRC), the PRC<\/a> is now the Islamic Republic's biggest commercial partner. Amidst soaring Iranian oil output over the last year, it has been Iran's main oil client, averaging more than a million barrels per day of imports. Beijing<\/a> has influence beyond the economy. Additionally, Tehran is significantly influenced politically and strategically by the leaders of China. The United States (US) finds itself in a precarious scenario where it must handle three global flashpoints, with two conflicts burning in one of the theaters in the Middle East<\/a> as a result of China's failure to persuade Iran to stop the Houthis' attacks on the Red Sea.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Economic Considerations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Beijing and Tehran signed a massive $400 billion, 25-year<\/a> framework agreement back in 2021. This arrangement gave the PRC a first-mover advantage in areas such as access to Iranian ports, the expansion of Iran's telecom network, and infrastructure<\/a> construction and transportation projects in the Islamic Republic. It was made to lessen the negative effects<\/a> of the Trump administration's \"maximum pressure\" policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, it set the stage for improved collaboration between the two nations' forces. After three years, the accord is still mostly symbolic, largely due to the Biden administration's more accommodating stance toward Iran, which has significantly improved its economy<\/a>. However, Beijing's previous readiness to act as a strategic lifeline has created a wellspring of political goodwill among Iran's ayatollahs, and Iranian officials have been tenacious in their efforts to persuade the PRC to increase its level of involvement in their nation. Russian and Chinese ships have not yet been targeted by the Houthis; however, it has been claimed that the latter are avoiding the Red Sea-Gulf of Aden route. Up till now, the Houthis have only attacked Israeli merchant boats and American<\/a> and British warships. China, meanwhile, sees the Red Sea battle waged by the Houthis as a direct outcome of the Gaza conflict and the ensuing \"humanitarian<\/a>\" catastrophe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Geopolitical Dynamics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Beijing therefore has a great deal of influence on Tehran<\/a>. Whether China's leaders are inclined to employ it is the question. It appears that the response is \"not really.\" Chinese officials did, in response to American pleading, recently contact their Iranian colleagues and ask them to put an end to Houthi actions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Beijing's influence has been distinctly surface-level. The PRC has shown no indications that it is willing to take any significant action to stabilize the larger area, and instead appears to be only concerned with defending its own economic interests<\/a>. China has been trying to persuade governments in the Middle East for years now that it can provide a strong substitute for the current regional order that is dominated by the United States. This has been accomplished by diplomatic measures such as mediating a d\u00e9tente between regional foes Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran last spring and novel security ideas such as its well publicized \"new security architecture for the Middle East\"<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In conclusion, Maybe the White House is only reaching out to China out of courtesy, knowing full well that all of this. Or if Team Biden<\/a> genuinely thinks that despite the PRC's \"managed competition\" with the US, there are ways to encourage Beijing to take a more positive role in the area. It is inevitable that the Biden administration will be deeply let down. A careful analysis of China's response to Iran's misbehavior in the Middle East reveals that Washington<\/a> is currently exactly where Beijing wants Tehran to cause problems.<\/p>\n","post_title":"China Unlikely To Stop Iran: Complex Sino-Iranian Dynamics","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"china-unlikely-to-stop-iran-complex-sino-iranian-dynamics","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6868","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6857,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-02-07 16:30:30","post_date_gmt":"2024-02-07 16:30:30","post_content":"\n
Israel has been requested by the International Court of Justice to take action to stop any conduct in Gaza that might be considered genocide<\/a>. China backed the UN court's non-binding interim decision in the South African case. Israel has denied the accusations made by the latter. More than 26,000 Palestinians<\/a> and at least 1,200 Israelis have died in the conflict<\/a>, which began with Hamas strikes on Israel more than three months ago. Over 130 hostages are being held in Gaza, and the majority of Gazans have been internally displaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Economic Expansion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
According to analysts, Beijing's geopolitical and economic objectives align with China's challenge to US dominance in the Middle East<\/a>, as seen by its remarks and diplomatic missions there. Galia Lavi, an Israeli specialist on China at the Institute for National Strategic Studies in Tel Aviv<\/a>, stated, \"China has taken a pro-Palestine, anti-Israel stance.\" In its \"position paper\" on the war, released late last year, China reaffirmed its support for the two-state solution and demanded a cease-fire and the release of hostages, all without mentioning Hamas. China's perception of the Arab world and the war is incorrect. Arab nations<\/a> have denounced Hamas by either adopting its name or denouncing its deeds, according to Lavi. According to China's \"Arab policy paper\" from 2016, the nation is in favor of the creation of an independent, fully sovereign state<\/a> of Palestine based on its pre-1967 boundaries, with East Jerusalem serving as its capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diplomatic Maneuvering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
China has always been pro-Palestinian<\/a>, said Manuel Hassassian, the Palestinian Ambassador to Denmark, adding that as China grows in strength, its influence in geopolitics would inevitably increase. China and Russia are said to be challenging the US, Israel's principal supporter, at the UN Security Council<\/a>, where the three's vetoes prevented the passage of many resolutions pertaining to war.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UN Security Council is asked in the Chinese statement of 2023 to demand a cease-fire, oppose the \"forced transfer\" and displacement of Palestinians, free the hostages, get ready for the international community to back Gaza's reconstruction after the war, establish diplomatic mediation, and \"support the good offices of the UN secretary-general\". China talks a lot about the conflict, but only provides $4 million in humanitarian help to Gaza. By contrast, the US has committed $100 million<\/a>, and Japan has offered $65 million,\" Lavi stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Military and Security Cooperation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As a result of getting Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran to communicate, China has goodwill in the Middle East, according to Hemant Adlakha, associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University's Center for Chinese and South East Asian Studies in New Delhi. The first trilateral meeting was held in Beijing in December of last year, and China mediated the peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran<\/a> in March. Adlakha stated at a recent conference of the Institute of Chinese Studies, a think-tank located in Delhi, that \"China has exploited the 'anti-US, anti-Israel' sentiment to present itself as the spokesperson for the Palestinian cause in the global south.\" \"The war<\/a> has provided China an opportunity to end its isolation of the Covid years,\" he stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of its \"zero-Covid\" strategy, China implemented travel and visa restrictions from 2020 to 2023. Soon after the Israel-Hamas war broke out, Zhai Jun, the Chinese envoy to the Middle East, paid a visit to the area. Subsequently, the Foreign Ministry<\/a> of China declared that the Arab League, with 22 members, was prepared to \"maintain close communication with China to make concerted efforts to end the conflict\". China issued a statement along with the Secretariat General of the Arab League in Cairo during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Egypt<\/a> in January, expressing concern over the Red Sea situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that the fight is drawing US attention away from the Taiwan<\/a> Strait and the South China Sea and that China has not done enough to persuade Iran, its partner, to stop the Houthi militia's attacks on Red Sea ships. This week, three US soldiers in Jordan<\/a> were killed in a drone strike that the US claims was carried out by another group with Iranian support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's January visit to Egypt, China and the Secretariat General of the Arab League released a statement expressing concern about the Red Sea situation. Four nations abstained from a UN<\/a> vote denouncing the Houthi strikes, including China and Russia. According to a January commentary by the Washington-based think-tank Brookings, China \"will not pass up the opportunity to use the current and future crises<\/a> to discredit the US while amplifying its alignment with its non-Western friends,\" but it \"is likely to remain a nominal power broker in the Middle East by choice for the foreseeable future.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"China's Ascendance: Challenging U.S. Influence In The Middle East","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"chinas-ascendance-challenging-u-s-influence-in-the-middle-east","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6857","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6838,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_content":"\n
The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The conflict was between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, particularly Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
\u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Strategic Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
It makes sense for the Biden administration to seek out. Speaking for the National Security Council<\/a>, John Kirby said that \"China has influence over Tehran and they have the ability to have conversations that we can't.\" Kirby clarified that Beijing is targeted by the administration in its efforts to \"help stem the flow of weapons and munitions to the Houthis<\/a>.\" The extent to which China may influence Iranian conduct is more than most people believe.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With over 25% of all Iranian commerce going to the People's Republic of China (PRC), the PRC<\/a> is now the Islamic Republic's biggest commercial partner. Amidst soaring Iranian oil output over the last year, it has been Iran's main oil client, averaging more than a million barrels per day of imports. Beijing<\/a> has influence beyond the economy. Additionally, Tehran is significantly influenced politically and strategically by the leaders of China. The United States (US) finds itself in a precarious scenario where it must handle three global flashpoints, with two conflicts burning in one of the theaters in the Middle East<\/a> as a result of China's failure to persuade Iran to stop the Houthis' attacks on the Red Sea.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Economic Considerations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Beijing and Tehran signed a massive $400 billion, 25-year<\/a> framework agreement back in 2021. This arrangement gave the PRC a first-mover advantage in areas such as access to Iranian ports, the expansion of Iran's telecom network, and infrastructure<\/a> construction and transportation projects in the Islamic Republic. It was made to lessen the negative effects<\/a> of the Trump administration's \"maximum pressure\" policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, it set the stage for improved collaboration between the two nations' forces. After three years, the accord is still mostly symbolic, largely due to the Biden administration's more accommodating stance toward Iran, which has significantly improved its economy<\/a>. However, Beijing's previous readiness to act as a strategic lifeline has created a wellspring of political goodwill among Iran's ayatollahs, and Iranian officials have been tenacious in their efforts to persuade the PRC to increase its level of involvement in their nation. Russian and Chinese ships have not yet been targeted by the Houthis; however, it has been claimed that the latter are avoiding the Red Sea-Gulf of Aden route. Up till now, the Houthis have only attacked Israeli merchant boats and American<\/a> and British warships. China, meanwhile, sees the Red Sea battle waged by the Houthis as a direct outcome of the Gaza conflict and the ensuing \"humanitarian<\/a>\" catastrophe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Geopolitical Dynamics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Beijing therefore has a great deal of influence on Tehran<\/a>. Whether China's leaders are inclined to employ it is the question. It appears that the response is \"not really.\" Chinese officials did, in response to American pleading, recently contact their Iranian colleagues and ask them to put an end to Houthi actions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Beijing's influence has been distinctly surface-level. The PRC has shown no indications that it is willing to take any significant action to stabilize the larger area, and instead appears to be only concerned with defending its own economic interests<\/a>. China has been trying to persuade governments in the Middle East for years now that it can provide a strong substitute for the current regional order that is dominated by the United States. This has been accomplished by diplomatic measures such as mediating a d\u00e9tente between regional foes Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran last spring and novel security ideas such as its well publicized \"new security architecture for the Middle East\"<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In conclusion, Maybe the White House is only reaching out to China out of courtesy, knowing full well that all of this. Or if Team Biden<\/a> genuinely thinks that despite the PRC's \"managed competition\" with the US, there are ways to encourage Beijing to take a more positive role in the area. It is inevitable that the Biden administration will be deeply let down. A careful analysis of China's response to Iran's misbehavior in the Middle East reveals that Washington<\/a> is currently exactly where Beijing wants Tehran to cause problems.<\/p>\n","post_title":"China Unlikely To Stop Iran: Complex Sino-Iranian Dynamics","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"china-unlikely-to-stop-iran-complex-sino-iranian-dynamics","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6868","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6857,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-02-07 16:30:30","post_date_gmt":"2024-02-07 16:30:30","post_content":"\n
Israel has been requested by the International Court of Justice to take action to stop any conduct in Gaza that might be considered genocide<\/a>. China backed the UN court's non-binding interim decision in the South African case. Israel has denied the accusations made by the latter. More than 26,000 Palestinians<\/a> and at least 1,200 Israelis have died in the conflict<\/a>, which began with Hamas strikes on Israel more than three months ago. Over 130 hostages are being held in Gaza, and the majority of Gazans have been internally displaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Economic Expansion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
According to analysts, Beijing's geopolitical and economic objectives align with China's challenge to US dominance in the Middle East<\/a>, as seen by its remarks and diplomatic missions there. Galia Lavi, an Israeli specialist on China at the Institute for National Strategic Studies in Tel Aviv<\/a>, stated, \"China has taken a pro-Palestine, anti-Israel stance.\" In its \"position paper\" on the war, released late last year, China reaffirmed its support for the two-state solution and demanded a cease-fire and the release of hostages, all without mentioning Hamas. China's perception of the Arab world and the war is incorrect. Arab nations<\/a> have denounced Hamas by either adopting its name or denouncing its deeds, according to Lavi. According to China's \"Arab policy paper\" from 2016, the nation is in favor of the creation of an independent, fully sovereign state<\/a> of Palestine based on its pre-1967 boundaries, with East Jerusalem serving as its capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diplomatic Maneuvering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
China has always been pro-Palestinian<\/a>, said Manuel Hassassian, the Palestinian Ambassador to Denmark, adding that as China grows in strength, its influence in geopolitics would inevitably increase. China and Russia are said to be challenging the US, Israel's principal supporter, at the UN Security Council<\/a>, where the three's vetoes prevented the passage of many resolutions pertaining to war.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UN Security Council is asked in the Chinese statement of 2023 to demand a cease-fire, oppose the \"forced transfer\" and displacement of Palestinians, free the hostages, get ready for the international community to back Gaza's reconstruction after the war, establish diplomatic mediation, and \"support the good offices of the UN secretary-general\". China talks a lot about the conflict, but only provides $4 million in humanitarian help to Gaza. By contrast, the US has committed $100 million<\/a>, and Japan has offered $65 million,\" Lavi stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Military and Security Cooperation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As a result of getting Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran to communicate, China has goodwill in the Middle East, according to Hemant Adlakha, associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University's Center for Chinese and South East Asian Studies in New Delhi. The first trilateral meeting was held in Beijing in December of last year, and China mediated the peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran<\/a> in March. Adlakha stated at a recent conference of the Institute of Chinese Studies, a think-tank located in Delhi, that \"China has exploited the 'anti-US, anti-Israel' sentiment to present itself as the spokesperson for the Palestinian cause in the global south.\" \"The war<\/a> has provided China an opportunity to end its isolation of the Covid years,\" he stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of its \"zero-Covid\" strategy, China implemented travel and visa restrictions from 2020 to 2023. Soon after the Israel-Hamas war broke out, Zhai Jun, the Chinese envoy to the Middle East, paid a visit to the area. Subsequently, the Foreign Ministry<\/a> of China declared that the Arab League, with 22 members, was prepared to \"maintain close communication with China to make concerted efforts to end the conflict\". China issued a statement along with the Secretariat General of the Arab League in Cairo during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Egypt<\/a> in January, expressing concern over the Red Sea situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that the fight is drawing US attention away from the Taiwan<\/a> Strait and the South China Sea and that China has not done enough to persuade Iran, its partner, to stop the Houthi militia's attacks on Red Sea ships. This week, three US soldiers in Jordan<\/a> were killed in a drone strike that the US claims was carried out by another group with Iranian support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's January visit to Egypt, China and the Secretariat General of the Arab League released a statement expressing concern about the Red Sea situation. Four nations abstained from a UN<\/a> vote denouncing the Houthi strikes, including China and Russia. According to a January commentary by the Washington-based think-tank Brookings, China \"will not pass up the opportunity to use the current and future crises<\/a> to discredit the US while amplifying its alignment with its non-Western friends,\" but it \"is likely to remain a nominal power broker in the Middle East by choice for the foreseeable future.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"China's Ascendance: Challenging U.S. Influence In The Middle East","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"chinas-ascendance-challenging-u-s-influence-in-the-middle-east","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6857","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6838,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_content":"\n
The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The conflict was between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, particularly Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
\u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slembassyuae.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.fabworldtoday.com\/is-emirati-access-to-the-european-parliament-the-result-of-intense-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190110005325\/es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tgcom24.mediaset.it\/mondo\/inchiesta-qatar-soldi-panzeri-kaili-belgio_58629372-202202k.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[31]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikibrief.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[32]<\/a> https:\/\/dorzeczy.pl\/kraj\/23465\/jacek-saryusz-wolski-kandydatem-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/12\/21\/eva-kaili-lawyer-claims-her-innocence-in-qatargate-corruption-scandal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[35]<\/a> https:\/\/poland.postsen.com\/world\/199928\/Eva-Kaili-was-under-the-surveillance-of-the-intelligence-services-of-two-EU-countries-She-fell-in-connection-with-%E2%80%A6-contacts-with-Russia.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Biden administration<\/a> has devised a new tactic in its increasingly desperate attempts to dissuade the Houthis, the Yemeni rebels who are currently endangering maritime trade in the Red Sea<\/a>: pleading with Beijing for assistance. Senior White House officials have urged China's government to intervene on behalf of the Houthis with their primary geopolitical backer, the Islamic Republic of Iran<\/a>, in an effort to stop the extremist militia's disruptive actions over the course of the last several weeks. This past weekend, in Thailand, national security advisor Jake Sullivan even met with China's foreign minister to discuss the matter further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Strategic Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
It makes sense for the Biden administration to seek out. Speaking for the National Security Council<\/a>, John Kirby said that \"China has influence over Tehran and they have the ability to have conversations that we can't.\" Kirby clarified that Beijing is targeted by the administration in its efforts to \"help stem the flow of weapons and munitions to the Houthis<\/a>.\" The extent to which China may influence Iranian conduct is more than most people believe.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With over 25% of all Iranian commerce going to the People's Republic of China (PRC), the PRC<\/a> is now the Islamic Republic's biggest commercial partner. Amidst soaring Iranian oil output over the last year, it has been Iran's main oil client, averaging more than a million barrels per day of imports. Beijing<\/a> has influence beyond the economy. Additionally, Tehran is significantly influenced politically and strategically by the leaders of China. The United States (US) finds itself in a precarious scenario where it must handle three global flashpoints, with two conflicts burning in one of the theaters in the Middle East<\/a> as a result of China's failure to persuade Iran to stop the Houthis' attacks on the Red Sea.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Economic Considerations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Beijing and Tehran signed a massive $400 billion, 25-year<\/a> framework agreement back in 2021. This arrangement gave the PRC a first-mover advantage in areas such as access to Iranian ports, the expansion of Iran's telecom network, and infrastructure<\/a> construction and transportation projects in the Islamic Republic. It was made to lessen the negative effects<\/a> of the Trump administration's \"maximum pressure\" policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, it set the stage for improved collaboration between the two nations' forces. After three years, the accord is still mostly symbolic, largely due to the Biden administration's more accommodating stance toward Iran, which has significantly improved its economy<\/a>. However, Beijing's previous readiness to act as a strategic lifeline has created a wellspring of political goodwill among Iran's ayatollahs, and Iranian officials have been tenacious in their efforts to persuade the PRC to increase its level of involvement in their nation. Russian and Chinese ships have not yet been targeted by the Houthis; however, it has been claimed that the latter are avoiding the Red Sea-Gulf of Aden route. Up till now, the Houthis have only attacked Israeli merchant boats and American<\/a> and British warships. China, meanwhile, sees the Red Sea battle waged by the Houthis as a direct outcome of the Gaza conflict and the ensuing \"humanitarian<\/a>\" catastrophe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Geopolitical Dynamics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Beijing therefore has a great deal of influence on Tehran<\/a>. Whether China's leaders are inclined to employ it is the question. It appears that the response is \"not really.\" Chinese officials did, in response to American pleading, recently contact their Iranian colleagues and ask them to put an end to Houthi actions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Beijing's influence has been distinctly surface-level. The PRC has shown no indications that it is willing to take any significant action to stabilize the larger area, and instead appears to be only concerned with defending its own economic interests<\/a>. China has been trying to persuade governments in the Middle East for years now that it can provide a strong substitute for the current regional order that is dominated by the United States. This has been accomplished by diplomatic measures such as mediating a d\u00e9tente between regional foes Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran last spring and novel security ideas such as its well publicized \"new security architecture for the Middle East\"<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In conclusion, Maybe the White House is only reaching out to China out of courtesy, knowing full well that all of this. Or if Team Biden<\/a> genuinely thinks that despite the PRC's \"managed competition\" with the US, there are ways to encourage Beijing to take a more positive role in the area. It is inevitable that the Biden administration will be deeply let down. A careful analysis of China's response to Iran's misbehavior in the Middle East reveals that Washington<\/a> is currently exactly where Beijing wants Tehran to cause problems.<\/p>\n","post_title":"China Unlikely To Stop Iran: Complex Sino-Iranian Dynamics","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"china-unlikely-to-stop-iran-complex-sino-iranian-dynamics","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6868","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6857,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-02-07 16:30:30","post_date_gmt":"2024-02-07 16:30:30","post_content":"\n
Israel has been requested by the International Court of Justice to take action to stop any conduct in Gaza that might be considered genocide<\/a>. China backed the UN court's non-binding interim decision in the South African case. Israel has denied the accusations made by the latter. More than 26,000 Palestinians<\/a> and at least 1,200 Israelis have died in the conflict<\/a>, which began with Hamas strikes on Israel more than three months ago. Over 130 hostages are being held in Gaza, and the majority of Gazans have been internally displaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Economic Expansion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
According to analysts, Beijing's geopolitical and economic objectives align with China's challenge to US dominance in the Middle East<\/a>, as seen by its remarks and diplomatic missions there. Galia Lavi, an Israeli specialist on China at the Institute for National Strategic Studies in Tel Aviv<\/a>, stated, \"China has taken a pro-Palestine, anti-Israel stance.\" In its \"position paper\" on the war, released late last year, China reaffirmed its support for the two-state solution and demanded a cease-fire and the release of hostages, all without mentioning Hamas. China's perception of the Arab world and the war is incorrect. Arab nations<\/a> have denounced Hamas by either adopting its name or denouncing its deeds, according to Lavi. According to China's \"Arab policy paper\" from 2016, the nation is in favor of the creation of an independent, fully sovereign state<\/a> of Palestine based on its pre-1967 boundaries, with East Jerusalem serving as its capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diplomatic Maneuvering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
China has always been pro-Palestinian<\/a>, said Manuel Hassassian, the Palestinian Ambassador to Denmark, adding that as China grows in strength, its influence in geopolitics would inevitably increase. China and Russia are said to be challenging the US, Israel's principal supporter, at the UN Security Council<\/a>, where the three's vetoes prevented the passage of many resolutions pertaining to war.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UN Security Council is asked in the Chinese statement of 2023 to demand a cease-fire, oppose the \"forced transfer\" and displacement of Palestinians, free the hostages, get ready for the international community to back Gaza's reconstruction after the war, establish diplomatic mediation, and \"support the good offices of the UN secretary-general\". China talks a lot about the conflict, but only provides $4 million in humanitarian help to Gaza. By contrast, the US has committed $100 million<\/a>, and Japan has offered $65 million,\" Lavi stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Military and Security Cooperation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As a result of getting Saudi Arabia<\/a> and Iran to communicate, China has goodwill in the Middle East, according to Hemant Adlakha, associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University's Center for Chinese and South East Asian Studies in New Delhi. The first trilateral meeting was held in Beijing in December of last year, and China mediated the peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran<\/a> in March. Adlakha stated at a recent conference of the Institute of Chinese Studies, a think-tank located in Delhi, that \"China has exploited the 'anti-US, anti-Israel' sentiment to present itself as the spokesperson for the Palestinian cause in the global south.\" \"The war<\/a> has provided China an opportunity to end its isolation of the Covid years,\" he stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of its \"zero-Covid\" strategy, China implemented travel and visa restrictions from 2020 to 2023. Soon after the Israel-Hamas war broke out, Zhai Jun, the Chinese envoy to the Middle East, paid a visit to the area. Subsequently, the Foreign Ministry<\/a> of China declared that the Arab League, with 22 members, was prepared to \"maintain close communication with China to make concerted efforts to end the conflict\". China issued a statement along with the Secretariat General of the Arab League in Cairo during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Egypt<\/a> in January, expressing concern over the Red Sea situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that the fight is drawing US attention away from the Taiwan<\/a> Strait and the South China Sea and that China has not done enough to persuade Iran, its partner, to stop the Houthi militia's attacks on Red Sea ships. This week, three US soldiers in Jordan<\/a> were killed in a drone strike that the US claims was carried out by another group with Iranian support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's January visit to Egypt, China and the Secretariat General of the Arab League released a statement expressing concern about the Red Sea situation. Four nations abstained from a UN<\/a> vote denouncing the Houthi strikes, including China and Russia. According to a January commentary by the Washington-based think-tank Brookings, China \"will not pass up the opportunity to use the current and future crises<\/a> to discredit the US while amplifying its alignment with its non-Western friends,\" but it \"is likely to remain a nominal power broker in the Middle East by choice for the foreseeable future.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"China's Ascendance: Challenging U.S. Influence In The Middle East","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"chinas-ascendance-challenging-u-s-influence-in-the-middle-east","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6857","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6838,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-25 17:37:07","post_content":"\n
The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The conflict was between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, particularly Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of over 1,200 people, mostly Israeli citizens, made it the deadliest day for Israel since the country's independence. During the raid, about 240 persons were also held hostage. Israel declared war on itself the following day, marking the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to start the conflict, and weeks later, armored vehicles and ground forces invaded the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 240 more people were kidnapped and transported as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Some were removed from the music event, while many more were abducted from their houses. More than half of those taken hostage, including dual-citizen Israelis, had passports from over twenty different nations combined, enlisting the aid of other nations in the struggle to free their individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ceasefire as a Precursor to Diplomacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the end of 2008, Israel launched its first major offensive against Hamas, involving airstrikes and a land invasion. There were more incidents of hostilities, mostly in 2012, 2014, and 2021. The dense population and extensive network of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip were two of the many elements that complicated the conflicts. Hamas and other Gazans utilized the tunnels to evade the siege, carry out activities, and conceal themselves from Israeli forces. It was challenging to find or destroy them, particularly when they were built beneath residential buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of war<\/a> objectives that Israel has declared is ever-growing and includes eliminating Hamas, freeing all hostages, guaranteeing that Gaza won't ever pose a threat to Israel, prohibiting the Palestinian Authority from having any authority over the region, stopping any \"element\" that \"educates its children for terrorism, supports terrorism, finances terrorism and calls for the destruction of Israel,\" and establishing a large buffer zone inside Gaza that divides Israel from the people living there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Support For Palestinian Statehood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For the eighth week in a row, thousands of people have marched through Jordan in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, marking the end of a humanitarian ceasefire and the beginning of Israeli strikes. Hebron was the center of a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against the Israeli attack on Gaza. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians through Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Western nations along with those of Japan, South Korea, and India. numerous foreign ministries, including those of Turkey, Russia, China, and numerous Arab nations, advised moderation rather than outright denouncing Hamas. In addition to pledging unwavering support for Israel, US President Joe Biden visited the country on October 18, making history as the first president to do so during a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Israel came under intense international pressure to permit restricted supplies into the Gaza Strip as the conflict caused the situation there to worsen in terms of humanitarian relief. There were also worries expressed about the war's potential to turn into a larger regional struggle. Strong feelings generated by the conflict also gave rise to a surge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism against Arabs and Palestinians. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 312 anti-Semitic acts in the US during the first few weeks of the conflict, an increase over the 64 instances they documented during the same period in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wrap Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hamas is a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that aims to build an autonomous Islamic state in the historical region of Palestine. Meanwhile, only a two-State solution could bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently. Both Israelis and Palestinians must see the fulfillment of their justifiable demands for security and the establishment of a completely autonomous, self-governing state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising pro-Hamas and anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world is expected to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to abandon efforts to publicly embrace Israel indefinitely, according to Hamas and its allies in the Axis of Resistance. For Egypt and Jordan, who have taken in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the past but have refused to admit any more during the current conflict, the relocation of millions more Palestinians poses a challenge. They worry that when they depart, Gazans, many of whom were previously uprooted from other parts of Israel won't be able to return.<\/p>\n","post_title":"End of Israel-Hamas War Coincides with Creation of Palestine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"end-of-israel-hamas-war-coincides-with-creation-of-palestine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6667,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-06-14 14:24:10","post_content":"\n
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$\"\"\/$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers of the European Parliament, is a new strand of investigation that reveals the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the Panzeri case [1]<\/a>, a former Italian MEP arrested in December last year on charges of being the figurehead of a vast corruption network, in which other individuals were also entangled, including Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed (a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament), her companion Francesco Giorgi and Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca, secretary general of the NGO 'No Peace Without Justice' (later released unconditionally [2]<\/a>). Antonio Panzeri is now serving the investigators as a 'repentant'[3]<\/a> and his revelations are opening up interesting scenarios [4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As time goes by, it is becoming more and more evident that the revelations of illicit payments by Qatar have come at the same time as the atrocious World Cup publicity stunt, and are the product of the intelligence work of those in the Persian Gulf who are fighting Qatar by all means: the alliance between the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which sees in the Doha monarchy dangerous allies of Turkey and Iran, and the Palestinians who are currently being crushed by the vicious and genocidal policy pursued by the new government of Bibi Netanyahu. The positive fact is that, at last, there is talk of corruption in Brussels, which is a very serious matter, and the Pandora's box of intolerable interference by foreign powers in the administration of the European Union has been uncovered - whether they come from the East, the West or the South, always dangerous and certainly seriously damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest twist, however, came about almost by chance: among the photographs taken during the seizure of the money used to bribe Panzeri, circulated by the Belgian federal police, an envelope with the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent (the Red Cross of the Persian Gulf States [5]<\/a>) turned up: as we had widely predicted [6]<\/a>, it turns out that Qatar, in the context of political pressure on the European Union, plays an important and dangerous role, but not nearly as important as that played by Qatar's arch-enemies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confessions: money from the Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrancesco Giorgi, Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed, Niccol\u00f2 Fig\u00e0-Talamanca and Pier Antonio Panzeri, the four main actors in Qatargate[8]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pier Antonio Panzeri, on 17 January 2023, in exchange for a reduced sentence (the charges are money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal organisation) decided to confess, signing a memorandum deposited with Belgian officials, in which he admitted his role and began to provide new names, figures, dates, and functions of the corruption scheme in which he was involved [9]<\/a>. Other nations, besides Qatar, have allegedly generously transferred rivers of money to promote their strategic goals within the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything is done through intermediaries using mostly non-profit organisations such as the Middle East Dialogue Center [10]<\/a>, founded in 2018 by two lawyers from the Qatari embassy in Brussels [11]<\/a>, or the Global Network for Rights and Development, a Norwegian NGO funded by a company from the United Arab Emirates [12]<\/a>. Panzeri, for his part, uses the NGO Fight Impunitiy as a front: founded by him in 2019 [13]<\/a>, it has never registered for transparency, a compulsory act for receiving any funding [14]<\/a>. Francesco Giorgi, on the other hand, uses the company Equality Consultancy, set up in 2018 by Francesco's father and brother, only to be taken over by the Milanese accountant Monica Rossana Bellini, who is also under arrest: the company uses one of its twins in Estonia to evade controls on the passage of money from Qatar [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the states involved is Morocco, with its foreign secret services, the DGED Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Estudes et de la Documentation; two DGED agents are mentioned in the Belgian court documents, and \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's companion, Francesco Giorgi, admits to 'having been part of an organisation used by Morocco with the aim of interfering in European affairs'[16]<\/a>. He is forced to admit it, because the Belgians have in their hands documents provided by the hacker Chris Coleman, who copied emails, contracts, transfers - everything: according to the investigation, Antonio Panzeri was chosen by Morocco at least 11 years earlier to defend Rabat's interests in the European Parliament [17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also involved in the scandal is the Moroccan ambassador to Poland, Abderrahim Atmoun [18]<\/a>, who pays money into the account of Panzeri's wife, who was also arrested, together with his daughter [19]<\/a>. His involvement provoked an angry reaction from an extreme right-wing Polish parliamentarian, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who, in order to avoid the extension of the investigation to the role played by his country's diplomacy in the Brussels bribery system, raised accusations against Panzeri, Giorgi and Kaili. After all, since 1989, Poland has had steely ties with Abu Dhabi, not only financially, but also commercially, militarily and diplomatically, as evidenced by the important work carried out by the Warsaw government's political appointee in Dubai, the lobbyist Mariusz Ka\u017amierski [20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian magistrates, fortunately, do not give anyone a pass (so far), and continue undaunted in their analysis of the evidence seized from the Italian lobbyists: the investigations also include the government of Mauritania, which allegedly gave Francesco Giorgi, Panzeri's parliamentary assistant at the time, 25,000 euros in cash, and for a long period paid his rent (1800 euros per month) and the expenses for his flat in Brussels [21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A galley photo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPictures released by the Belgian police of the money and files seized from Antonio Panzeri: in the top left-hand corner, an envelope bears the Emirates Red Crescent logo[22]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania, now the involvement of the Emirates comes up. In some of the photos of the suitcases found in Panzeri's lodgings, taken by the Belgian Federal Police and circulated by the newspaper Le Soir, an envelope containing documents or perhaps money can be seen bearing the logo of the Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation representing the UAE's main relief and aid agency [23]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 8 January 2019, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (FNC) is organising a three-day expo inside the Parliament: an event with the evocative name, 'Humanitarian aid for stability', to praise an organisation with which, according to Fahad Abdelrahman Bin Sultan (Deputy Secretary General for International Aid at the Emirates Red Crescent), the UAE has reportedly committed as much as $32.01 billion between 2013 and 2017 in humanitarian aid and development activities, and which has benefited millions of people around the world, including 10 million Yemenis [24]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bin Sultan is also a politician, and is the head of Suqia, which is the Emirati state agency for drinking water [25]<\/a> and the strategic use of water and electricity in diplomatic negotiations - especially in the Saharan and Sahel countries [26]<\/a>. The event he organised appears to be a marvellous showcase for a human, tolerant and charitable face of the Emirates, which thus conceal the war crimes committed in Yemen or the humanitarian crimes committed daily within their own borders: not even the public present is allowed to intervene or comment in any way [27]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also present at the opening were Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the FNC (the Federal Government of the Emirates), several members of the European Parliament and several ambassadors. The event was presided over by the then President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, who expressed great appreciation for the activities of the Emirate Red Crescent, describing them as \"impressive\"; the initiative for the exhibition came from Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, Secretary General of the European People's Party and MEP [28]<\/a> who chairs the \"United Arab Emirates-European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group\", a think-tank formed by members of Parliament and the European Commission, notoriously at the centre of lobbying activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a 200-page dossier submitted by Niccol\u00f2 Figa-Talamanca [29]<\/a>, Panzeri, like Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White, is also paid by the Emirates [30]<\/a>. The latter is considered one of Europe's most committed far-right parliamentarians, and is linked not only to former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, but also to several far-right groups in the US Republican Party, such as the Republican Study Committee and Senator John McCain's International Republican Institute [31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polish slanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski accuses Eva Ka\u00efl\u00ed of being on the Russian payroll[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poland is playing an important role in this scandal. A new twist: the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski of the Law and Justice party, through the TV channel Telewizja Republika, is making heavy accusations against the former Vice-President of the European Parliament \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed: 'she was allegedly under surveillance by the intelligence services of two EU Member States and the Belgian police, not because of her relations with Qatar, but because of her relations with Russia'[33]<\/a>. An infamous accusation that Ka\u00efl\u00ed not only denied, but to which she reacted with a defamation complaint [34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusation makes a lot of noise, not least because there have long been suspicions about Russia's attempts at political interference not only with the United States, but also with the right wing of the European Union [35]<\/a>. The affair fits into the groove of the bad relations between Warsaw and Brussels in this historical phase. But also backing up Saryusz-Wolski's statements is Polish MEP Dominik Tarczy\u0144ski who, on the TV channel TVP Info, speaks of \u00c9va Ka\u00efl\u00ed's links with the Russian-Greek oligarch Ivan Savvidis; Tarczy\u0144ski adds 'Savvidis is one of Putin's men, one of the first to be sanctioned. His property was seized. He is also a friend of Mrs Ka\u00efl\u00ed'[36]<\/a>. Another accusation dryly denied by the Greek MEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, two days after the scandal broke out, opened the plenary session with these words: 'The European Parliament is under attack. European democracy is under attack. Our way of open, free and democratic societies is under attack [...] These malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries, have allegedly used NGOs, trade unions, individuals, assistants and MEPs as weapons in an attempt to subjugate us': a fair and decisive stance, but one important detail is missing - we are not only attacked by an external enemy, but we also have a mechanism that feeds corruption through inefficiencies all within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Qatargate a game is being played between Qatar and the Emirates, a game between the anti-European right and advocates of federalism, another game between Brussels and Warsaw, and individual parliamentarians settle some old personal scores. The result is that the credibility of the European institutions is at the lowest point in their history, and that nothing is being done in a decisive sense - as at the time of the Mani Pulite investigation, which swept away a political class but did not even manage to make the slightest dent in the system of corruption. One thing is certain: we are only at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emiratesrc.ae\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6]<\/a> L\u2019ONDA LUNGHISSIMA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a> ; HANNAH NEUMANN, L\u2019ALTRA FACCIA DELLA CORRUZIONE A BRUXELLES | IBI World Italia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gulf-tensions-qatar-doha-seek-friends-brussels\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[11]<\/a> https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.qa\/en\/all-mofa-news\/details\/2017\/09\/13\/qatari-ambassador-inaugurates-activities-of-middle-east-dialogue-center-in-brussels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[12]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2014\/09\/18\/mondiali-2022-mazzette-morti-sul-lavoro-e-minacce-isis-cresce-il-fronte-anti-qatar\/1124132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[13]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/339646\/qatargate-a-mysterious-ngo-with-former-european-commissioners-in-the-board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/22_dicembre_15\/commissione-diritti-droi-arena-ddcea210-7cc6-11ed-840c-2c5260b7208b.shtml?refresh_ce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/qatargate-panzeri-ha-preso-25mila-euro-anche-mauritania-AE9YjgYC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[16]<\/a> https:\/\/al24news.com\/fr\/le-maroc-implique-dans-le-scandale-de-corruption-au-parlement-europeen\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
[17]<\/a> https:\/\/quatschgeschenke.de\/this-is-how-emirates-red-crescent-funded-antonio-panzeri\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18]<\/a> https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/343769\/qatar-corruption-scandal-stunning-testimony-highlights-sinister-role-of-panzeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[19]<\/a> https:\/\/cirypopulation.de\/emirates-red-crescent-hat-mdep-antonio-panzeri-finanziert\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Israel has been requested by the International Court of Justice to take action to stop any conduct in Gaza that...

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The battle broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an air, sea, and land attack on Israel from...

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© IBI World Limited The investigations into the Qatargate scandal never cease to provide surprises. This time, shaking the chambers...

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