An investigative report "black funding" behind a new organization targeting Turkey in America

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watched After spotting an armed man, a security cordon and closure of a building at the United Nations headquarters in New York A UN spokesman said a building at the UN compound in Manhattan where New York City police are dealing with an incident outside the building has been sealed off, following media reports of a gunman's presence. A security cordon was imposed around the United Nations headquarters in New York Thursday, after an armed man was spotted in front of the building's external gate, according to officials in the international organization. "The UN headquarters is closed, and the police are on the move," UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told AFP, while an official, who asked not to be named, said that "a man armed with a rifle is threatening to kill himself" in front of one of the building's entrances. The avenue adjacent to the United Nations Headquarters was closed to traffic, and in a video circulating from the area, the man who closed the building was standing in front of the gate a short distance away, policemen behind a truck. The closure of the headquarters did not cause any disturbances to activities inside the building, as the Security Council continued its meeting devoted to Iraq. Thomas Friedman: The consequences of Trump's withdrawal from the nuclear agreement with Iran are catastrophic for America and Israel Beyond the news - How will Trump deal with the decision to limit the war against Iran? Author Thomas Friedman described former US President Donald Trump's decision - in 2018 - to cancel the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran as one of the most stupid and miscalculated US national security decisions in the post-Cold War era. In an article in the New York Times , Friedman said that the decision encouraged by Mike Pompeo, Trump's Secretary of State and then Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, had disastrous results for the United States and Israel. Do Washington and Tehran have alternative plans if the Vienna negotiations fail? He pointed out that former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, who had opposed the nuclear agreement when it was concluded, said in a press conference last week that "despite the badness of that agreement, Trump's decision to withdraw from it - with Netanyahu's encouragement - was worse than it." Ya'alon described the withdrawal as the biggest mistake in Iran-related policies over the past decade. Gadi Eisenkot - who was chairman of the Israeli Joint Chiefs of Staff when Trump canceled the nuclear agreement with Iran - also expressed a similar position, noting that exiting the agreement "is a negative thing for Israel, because it freed Iran from all restrictions, and pushed its nuclear program to a more advanced position." Friedman commented that this is exactly what happened, as a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency indicates that Iran has recently managed to collect a stockpile of enriched uranium hexafluoride, which independent nuclear experts believe is enough to produce enriched uranium for one nuclear bomb in less than 3 weeks. He said that the estimates of international inspectors before Trump withdrew from the nuclear agreement indicated that the time remaining for Iran to be able to produce enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon is one year, and Iran agreed to maintain that barrier for 15 years, but today it is just weeks. US officials believe that it will take Iran a year and a half or two to manufacture a launchable warhead, which Friedman finds unsatisfactory. The prominent American political analyst pointed out that pessimism prevailed in the Vienna talks, which began last Monday, in the hope of persuading Tehran to return to the nuclear agreement, as the Iranian government insists on the need to lift all economic sanctions imposed on it by the United States and the European Union. It also demands guarantees that if it returns to comply with the terms of the nuclear deal, the next Republican president of the United States will not tear it up again, as Trump did before, and these are demands that Friedman believes cannot be met. An investigative report "black funding" behind a new organization targeting Turkey in America An American research body revealed the existence of a new organization in the United States called the "Democracy Project in Turkey" that seeks to pass American policies targeting Turkey, and the research body added that there are indications that the organization's new funding comes from countries in the Middle East, with activists and politicians loyal to Israel and countries behind it. Arab Gulf. A European observatory reveals how the UAE harnesses pressure groups in Brussels to serve its agenda Two researchers at the Quincy Institute's "Responsible Statecraft" Center said in a report that the organization (Project Democracy in Turkey) aims to advance US foreign policies against Turkey, and the researchers' report said that the organization launched Its business in the summer of this year, without the presence of any Turkish citizen within their work force or its board of directors. The report quoted Sarah Lee Whitson, director of the "Democracy for the Arab World Now" organization - known simply as "Don" - commenting that the backgrounds of the officials of the organization targeting Turkey reflect political, not humanitarian, goals, considering that targeting a "flawed democracy" in the Middle East, while Its board members defend some absolute monarchies in the Persian Gulf, the apartheid state in Israel, and the dictatorship in Egypt "which suggests that the group's goal is political, not principled." Who is behind the organization? The researchers Eli Clifton and Mortada Hussein had revealed in their report that they had searched for the names of those behind the "Project for Democracy in Turkey" and found that they included Frances Townsend, who was responsible for the terrorism file in the administration of former President George W. Bush, and with her the hard-line former Senator Joseph Lieberman. Who was one of the biggest promoters of the war on Iraq, including John Bolton, the former national security advisor to former US President Donald Trump, and Bolton is known for his aggressiveness. In their report, the researchers said that the organization has links to a network of well-funded black money groups, and promotes US foreign policy positions in the Middle East, which are consistent with the security interests of Israel and a number of Arab countries in the region. It is noteworthy that the term black money refers to the hidden or unclear financing in the political field. Scholars Eli Clifton and Morteza Hussein said in their report that the Project on Democracy in Turkey has links to a network of well-financed black money groups, and promotes US foreign policy positions in the Middle East, which align with the security interests of Israel and a number of Arab countries in the region. However, one of the most important things that researchers Clifton and Hussein said in the report is that the one who stands at the heart of all this is Mark Wallace, the former ambassador to the administration of former US President George W. Bush to the United Nations. The report adds that Wallace is currently the head of not only the Turkey Democracy Project, but also the head of the anti-Iranian organization United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), and the arts-based non-profit organization. It focuses on human rights in Iran called PaykanArtCar. The report added that 8 out of 11 senior leaders of the Project on Democracy in Turkey and members of its advisory board hold positions in the "United Against Nuclear Iran", the "Countering Extremism Project" or both. "United Counter Extremism Project" The researchers' report said that all of these organizations are under the umbrella of a larger and more influential organization called the Counter Extremism United Project, which raised a whopping $101 million between 2016 and 2019, according to tax filing reviews. The report of the researchers on the "United Counter Extremism Project" says that the mentioned data make it "one of the largest foreign policy pressure networks operating now, which is calculated on black finance." According to the organization's website itself, which was examined by Al Jazeera, this body says that its role is to educate the public "against extremism and extremist groups and their fight for freedom." The Clifton and Hussein report mentioned that one of the largest investors and supporters of the organization is Thomas Kaplan, who is known for his funding and outspoken support for the Iran lobby groups run by Wallace. Kaplan also maintains extensive commercial and charitable relationships with the UAE, some of which are public. In an effort to track further funding sources for the people behind the organization targeting Turkey, the researchers based on a set of leaked emails released a few years ago, believed to be from the account of the Emirati ambassador to the United States, Yousef al-Otaiba. Behind them Kaplan and Wallace to obtain financing. Organization's largest funding sources In an attempt to track down more funding sources for the people behind the organization targeting Turkey, the two researchers relied on a set of leaked emails released a few years ago, believed to be from the account of the Emirati ambassador to the United States, Yousef Al-Otaiba, and these messages show the network’s pursuit Kaplan and Wallace are behind them for funding. An email from Wallace to Ambassador Otaiba on Sept. 3, 2014, referred to so-called "cost estimates" for a forum being prepared. Another exchange of leaked emails dated January 2015 referred to the UAE's support for the Counter Extremism Project. Frances Townsend requested the support of the Emirati ambassador in Washington in arranging meetings with Emirati officials, and Townsend concluded her email by thanking Al Otaiba for his "support of the project's efforts." ". And again in August 2016, former Republican Senator Norm Coleman wrote to Ambassador Otaiba in order to provide tax status to the Counter Extremism Project, which would allow it to receive donations from individuals. A model for pressure organizations in America It is noteworthy that Israel relies on a number of pressure organizations that often take the nature of political broadcasts, including the "Washington Institute for Near East Policy" which is the research branch of the American Israel Public Relations Committee, known for its acronym AIPEC. The institute also employs a number of Arab researchers and publishes several publications in Arabic and English. This model of pressure organizations is considered successful in passing policies in the United States, as a number of researchers in these organizations have been employed in successive American administrations, and some of them have worked for Al-Hurra TV channel funded by the US government and issued in Arabic. It should be noted that this investigative report was published in conjunction with the American website "The Intercept" for investigative journalism. .

Watched After spotting an armed man, a security cordon and closure of a building at the United Nations headquarters in New York


A UN spokesman said a building at the UN compound in Manhattan where New York City police are dealing with an incident outside the building has been sealed off, following media reports of a gunman's presence.

A security cordon was imposed around the United Nations headquarters in New York Thursday, after an armed man was spotted in front of the building's external gate, according to officials in the international organization.

"The UN headquarters is closed, and the police are on the move," UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told AFP, while an official, who asked not to be named, said that "a man armed with a rifle is threatening to kill himself" in front of one of the building's entrances.

The avenue adjacent to the United Nations Headquarters was closed to traffic, and in a video circulating from the area, the man who closed the building was standing in front of the gate a short distance away, policemen behind a truck.

The closure of the headquarters did not cause any disturbances to activities inside the building, as the Security Council continued its meeting devoted to Iraq.

Thomas Friedman: The consequences of Trump's withdrawal from the nuclear agreement with Iran are catastrophic for America and Israel


Beyond the news - How will Trump deal with the decision to limit the war against Iran?

Author Thomas Friedman described former US President Donald Trump's decision - in 2018 - to cancel the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran as one of the most stupid and miscalculated US national security decisions in the post-Cold War era.

In an article in the New York Times , Friedman said that the decision encouraged by Mike Pompeo, Trump's Secretary of State and then Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, had disastrous results for the United States and Israel.

Do Washington and Tehran have alternative plans if the Vienna negotiations fail?
He pointed out that former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, who had opposed the nuclear agreement when it was concluded, said in a press conference last week that "despite the badness of that agreement, Trump's decision to withdraw from it - with Netanyahu's encouragement - was worse than it." Ya'alon described the withdrawal as the biggest mistake in Iran-related policies over the past decade.

Gadi Eisenkot - who was chairman of the Israeli Joint Chiefs of Staff when Trump canceled the nuclear agreement with Iran - also expressed a similar position, noting that exiting the agreement "is a negative thing for Israel, because it freed Iran from all restrictions, and pushed its nuclear program to a more advanced position."

Friedman commented that this is exactly what happened, as a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency indicates that Iran has recently managed to collect a stockpile of enriched uranium hexafluoride, which independent nuclear experts believe is enough to produce enriched uranium for one nuclear bomb in less than 3 weeks.

He said that the estimates of international inspectors before Trump withdrew from the nuclear agreement indicated that the time remaining for Iran to be able to produce enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon is one year, and Iran agreed to maintain that barrier for 15 years, but today it is just weeks.

US officials believe that it will take Iran a year and a half or two to manufacture a launchable warhead, which Friedman finds unsatisfactory.

The prominent American political analyst pointed out that pessimism prevailed in the Vienna talks, which began last Monday, in the hope of persuading Tehran to return to the nuclear agreement, as the Iranian government insists on the need to lift all economic sanctions imposed on it by the United States and the European Union.

It also demands guarantees that if it returns to comply with the terms of the nuclear deal, the next Republican president of the United States will not tear it up again, as Trump did before, and these are demands that Friedman believes cannot be met.


An investigative report "black funding" behind a new organization targeting Turkey in America


An American research body revealed the existence of a new organization in the United States called the "Democracy Project in Turkey" that seeks to pass American policies targeting Turkey, and the research body added that there are indications that the organization's new funding comes from countries in the Middle East, with activists and politicians loyal to Israel and countries behind it. Arab Gulf.

A European observatory reveals how the UAE harnesses pressure groups in Brussels to serve its agenda
Two researchers at the Quincy Institute's "Responsible Statecraft" Center said in a report that the organization (Project Democracy in Turkey) aims to advance US foreign policies against Turkey, and the researchers' report said that the organization launched Its business in the summer of this year, without the presence of any Turkish citizen within their work force or its board of directors.

The report quoted Sarah Lee Whitson, director of the "Democracy for the Arab World Now" organization - known simply as "Don" - commenting that the backgrounds of the officials of the organization targeting Turkey reflect political, not humanitarian, goals, considering that targeting a "flawed democracy" in the Middle East, while Its board members defend some absolute monarchies in the Persian Gulf, the apartheid state in Israel, and the dictatorship in Egypt "which suggests that the group's goal is political, not principled."

Who is behind the organization?
The researchers Eli Clifton and Mortada Hussein had revealed in their report that they had searched for the names of those behind the "Project for Democracy in Turkey" and found that they included Frances Townsend, who was responsible for the terrorism file in the administration of former President George W. Bush, and with her the hard-line former Senator Joseph Lieberman. Who was one of the biggest promoters of the war on Iraq, including John Bolton, the former national security advisor to former US President Donald Trump, and Bolton is known for his aggressiveness.

In their report, the researchers said that the organization has links to a network of well-funded black money groups, and promotes US foreign policy positions in the Middle East, which are consistent with the security interests of Israel and a number of Arab countries in the region.

It is noteworthy that the term black money refers to the hidden or unclear financing in the political field.

Scholars Eli Clifton and Morteza Hussein said in their report that the Project on Democracy in Turkey has links to a network of well-financed black money groups, and promotes US foreign policy positions in the Middle East, which align with the security interests of Israel and a number of Arab countries in the region.

However, one of the most important things that researchers Clifton and Hussein said in the report is that the one who stands at the heart of all this is Mark Wallace, the former ambassador to the administration of former US President George W. Bush to the United Nations. The report adds that Wallace is currently the head of not only the Turkey Democracy Project, but also the head of the anti-Iranian organization United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), and the arts-based non-profit organization. It focuses on human rights in Iran called PaykanArtCar.

The report added that 8 out of 11 senior leaders of the Project on Democracy in Turkey and members of its advisory board hold positions in the "United Against Nuclear Iran", the "Countering Extremism Project" or both.

"United Counter Extremism Project"
The researchers' report said that all of these organizations are under the umbrella of a larger and more influential organization called the Counter Extremism United Project, which raised a whopping $101 million between 2016 and 2019, according to tax filing reviews.

The report of the researchers on the "United Counter Extremism Project" says that the mentioned data make it "one of the largest foreign policy pressure networks operating now, which is calculated on black finance."

According to the organization's website itself, which was examined by Al Jazeera, this body says that its role is to educate the public "against extremism and extremist groups and their fight for freedom."


The Clifton and Hussein report mentioned that one of the largest investors and supporters of the organization is Thomas Kaplan, who is known for his funding and outspoken support for the Iran lobby groups run by Wallace. Kaplan also maintains extensive commercial and charitable relationships with the UAE, some of which are public.

In an effort to track further funding sources for the people behind the organization targeting Turkey, the researchers based on a set of leaked emails released a few years ago, believed to be from the account of the Emirati ambassador to the United States, Yousef al-Otaiba. Behind them Kaplan and Wallace to obtain financing.

Organization's largest funding sources
In an attempt to track down more funding sources for the people behind the organization targeting Turkey, the two researchers relied on a set of leaked emails released a few years ago, believed to be from the account of the Emirati ambassador to the United States, Yousef Al-Otaiba, and these messages show the network’s pursuit Kaplan and Wallace are behind them for funding. An email from Wallace to Ambassador Otaiba on Sept. 3, 2014, referred to so-called "cost estimates" for a forum being prepared.

Another exchange of leaked emails dated January 2015 referred to the UAE's support for the Counter Extremism Project. Frances Townsend requested the support of the Emirati ambassador in Washington in arranging meetings with Emirati officials, and Townsend concluded her email by thanking Al Otaiba for his "support of the project's efforts." ".

And again in August 2016, former Republican Senator Norm Coleman wrote to Ambassador Otaiba in order to provide tax status to the Counter Extremism Project, which would allow it to receive donations from individuals.

A model for pressure organizations in America
It is noteworthy that Israel relies on a number of pressure organizations that often take the nature of political broadcasts, including the "Washington Institute for Near East Policy" which is the research branch of the American Israel Public Relations Committee, known for its acronym AIPEC. The institute also employs a number of Arab researchers and publishes several publications in Arabic and English.


This model of pressure organizations is considered successful in passing policies in the United States, as a number of researchers in these organizations have been employed in successive American administrations, and some of them have worked for Al-Hurra TV channel funded by the US government and issued in Arabic.

It should be noted that this investigative report was published in conjunction with the American website "The Intercept" for investigative journalism. .
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