How the UAE serves as America s duplicate Israel
A road is decorated with the flags of (L-R) the US, the United Arab Emirates, Israel and Bahrain, in the resort city of Netanya in central Israel, on September 13, 2020 [JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images] January 28, 2021 at 1:33 pm
Last year s Abraham Accords agreement, under which the United Arab Emirates officially normalised ties with Israel, was seen largely as an unmasking of the UAE s long-standing covert links to the occupation state. How important, though, has Abu Dhabi become for the US in Middle East affairs?
The UAE s active role in shaping the region to suit the US and Israeli colonial interests cannot be understated. With its newly-signed weapons deals and additional trade agreements on the horizon, the Emirates looks increasingly like a duplicate Israel as far as Washington is concerned. Just look at the way in which it exerts its influence in favour of US policy and its largely under-reported role in helping pres
UNESCO Provides Morocco with 7 Earthquake Early Warning Equipment
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) mobilized, between January 17 and 21, 2021, seven high-tech earthquake early warning equipment for the benefit of the National Center for Scientific and Technical Research (CNRST).
These high-tech early warning equipment, one of which has been installed at the National Institute of Geophysics (ING) and the others in the cities of Kénitra, Larache, Tangier, Al Hoceima, Nador and Fez, will allow to detect quakes just before their occurrence and to launch warning messages through loudspeakers, said a press release from the UN Organization.
The same source added that this equipment, fruit of the mobilization by the UNESCO Office for the Maghreb of a donation provided by the Japanese company Challenge Company Limited for the benefit of the CNRST, are also of great use for tsunami warning and can trigger the immediate shutdown of cert
Tangier Port Processes Grow by 23% in 2020
Moroccan ports handled a total of 81 million tons in 2020, an increase of 23 percent compared to the previous year.
A total of 5,771,221 TEU containers were handled at the Tanger Med port complex in 2020, an increase of 20 percent compared to 2019.
Recent activities at the port of Tangier Med have shown sustained growth throughout 2020, according to the Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA). Tanger Med alone processed 47 percent of the total port tonnage of Morocco last year, making it the leading port on the Mediterranean.
Liquid bulk traffic grew by 26 percent compared to 2019, with total traffic of 7,968,485 tons of treated hydrocarbons. This is mostly due to bunkering activity by ships passing through the Strait of Gibraltar, which generated traffic of nearly 1.6 million tons.
DUBAI: While the coronavirus rages on, most art fairs are continuing within the digital sphere. International travel is, of course, still challenging. The process of mounting an in-person event, abiding by government protocols, quarantines and safety measures, is an extraordinary effort in the current situation.
Yet the show goes on for 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, which debuted in London in 2013 as the first major international art fair dedicated to contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora.
It now shows regularly in New York and Marrakech. The latter, which launched in 2018, has been postponed for 2021. Instead, 1-54 has expanded to the French capital, opening yesterday until Jan. 23 at Christie’s Paris on Avenue Matignon.