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West Asia
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The Difficult But Necessary Road to Negotiations in Yemen
The continued aggression of Saudi Arabia against civilians in Yemen, and the use of cluster munitions, highlight the crucial links between human rights, arms control, and the resolution of conflicts through good faith negotiations.
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Iyad Burnat on Palestinian Resistance and the Meaning of Freedom
For the last 10 years, the West Bank village of Bil’in has been the site of weekly protests against Israeli occupation. Home to some 1,900 Palestinians and, in recent years, a rotating cadre of international activists and visitors, the village has become known around the world for its nonviolent tactics and its persistence against the Israeli Defense Forces.
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The Arab Boat: It’s an Arab-Palestinian Nakba, and We Are All Refugees
The Palestinian Nakba (the catastrophe of war, displacement and dispossession of 1948) has now become the Arab Nakba. Palestinian refugees know too well what their Arab brethren are going through: the massacres, the unredeemable loss, the despair, and the sinking boats.
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Obama’s Gulf Meeting Protocol: Shake Hands, Smile, Ignore Repression, Repeat
Washington DC is presently the converging point for some of the world’s most oppressive regimes. On May 13th and 14th, President Obama is hosting a billionaire conglomerate known as the Gulf Cooperation Council, which consists of the Middle Eastern countries of Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE and Oman.
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No Arab Bolivars: As Region Implodes, Arab Socialism Fizzles Out
A student group recently asked me to address socialism in the Arab world, with the assumption that there is indeed such a movement that is capable of overhauling inherently incompetent and utterly corrupt regimes, across the region. But of course, no such group, or configuration of socialist groups exist today, but in name.