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Biden Rebuilds Ties with Saudi Arabia, Sanders Silent on Stopping Yemen War
The Biden administration has recently made efforts to reconcile with Saudi Arabia. The US has been complicit in the war Saudi Arabia has waged on Yemen, being the former’s largest weapons supplier. Sacc Evans-Frant, a member of Action Corps said, “Bernie’s apparent silence — as the historic leader on the Yemen War Powers Resolution in…
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Will Congress Finally Stop U.S. Support for Saudi’s War in Yemen?
The group signed a letter along with 105 other organizations recently in support of the Sanders legislation: “March 26th, 2022, marked the start of the eighth year of the Saudi-led war and blockade on Yemen, which has helped cause the deaths of nearly half a million people and pushed millions more to the edge of…
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Saudi War on Yemen: Is Congress Finally Ending U.S. Support?
Peace activist and author Kathy Kelly recently wrote, “It seems that [Biden’s] trip will not include Yemen, though if this were truly a ‘sensitive’ visit, he would be stopping at one of Yemen’s many beleaguered refugee camps.”
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Ignoring U.S.-Backed Saudi War Against Yemen
Aisha Jumaan, Preaident of the Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation, condemned the US backed Saudi attack on Yemen in her latest piece. She says, “The causes of this devastation include a Saudi-led bombing campaign that targets infrastructure, food sources and health services, as well as coercive measures, including a blockade, directed at destroying Yemen’s economy.…
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Will Congress Stop the Worst Humanitarian Crisis, the Saudi Attack on Yemen?
A just-published piece in Forbes, “Ti…
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Congressional Moves to Stop Biden Arming Saudi Assault on Yemen
“The Biden administration’s decision to sell $650 million in air-to-air missiles and related equipment to Saudi Arabia is a violation of President Biden’s pledge to treat Saudi Arabia as a ‘pariah’ and to end the sale of weapons that can be used in its brutal war in Yemen, a conflict in which nearly a quarter of…
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Biden “Continues to Support Saudi Aggression on the People of Yemen”
“The Biden administration needs to delink the blockade from the political negotiations. We should NOT use the Yemeni population, who are being starved, as hostages to gain concessions from warring parties. Blockade on all points of entry to Yemen MUST be lifted. Aid alone can not support a population of 30 million.”
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Saudi Starvation Blockade of Yemen — Why is Biden Admin Denying it’s Happening?
“See the letter the coalition of groups just sent to the Biden administration and news release. The letter states: “We are deeply concerned that prior to the CNN report, no U.S. official in the new administration had explicitly publicly acknowledged the six-year-old, Saudi-imposed blockade — much less criticized it. U.S. special envoy for Yemen, Tim Lenderking, declined to…
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Fasting for Yemen and Against U.S. Support for Saudi as Over 2 Million Children Face Extreme Malnutrition
“The hunger strikers and their supporters, largely from Detroit, are “demanding an end to any U.S. support for the blockade — including military, intelligence, diplomatic, or other support — and call for President Biden to use all diplomatic tools to pressure Saudi Arabian dictator Mohammed bin Salman to end it.”
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Military Spending: * Pentagon’s Massive Accounting Scandal * Backing Saudi Aggression in Yemen
“Congress has another opportunity to show that it will not stand idly by as the Trump administration acts with impunity — and disregards the war-making authority that the founders vested in the legislative branch — as he facilitates the slaughter of tens of thousands of people,”