UPDATE 2/12/2021: Due to the tireless efforts of Loujain al-Hathloul’s family, the international solidarity community, and YOU, Loujain has been released and is now home with her family!  But there is still work to be done. Loujain remains banned from travel and has a suspended sentence of nearly three years on charges that define her women’s rights activism as crimes under Saudi Arabia’s terrorism regulations, meaning authorities can return her to prison at any time if she decides to speak out or to resume her activism. Why does the Saudi government need high-profile stars and lavish events like the Jeddah music festival, fashion week, Formula 1, and MDL Beast? It’s part…

In recent years, right-wing terrorism has been on the increase in Germany. The worst case of right-wing terrorism was perpetrated by the National-Socialist Underground or NSU. The NSU murdered ten people, including a police officer, while also committing forty-three attempted murders, three bombings and several robberies between 2000 and 2007. Today Germany’s radical right has created a follow-up organisation called NSU 2.0. Despite a court case against the NSU, right-wing terrorism continues unabated. In 2019, a Neo-Nazi tried to kill fifty Jewish worshipers in a synagogue in the eastern German city of Halle. Though this extremist failed to kill Jews but he still managed to…

En réunion, il y a presque dix ans avec Maître Madame Ben Braham et une personalité nationale dans son bureau, j'ai reçu un appel de mon honorable mère, je devais repartir vers la maison en urgence. Cherchant un taxi à Hussein Dey, ne trouvant pas, je prenais un bus direction place 1 mai, là j'ai pris un taxi pour aller vers les hauteurs d'Aldjazair. Sitôt installée près du chauffeur l'esprit…

Le lendemain, Lewis Backthrom était convié à un déjeuner chez le maire de Nassérah. Un autre convive avait été invité, l’actuel ambassadeur Américain en poste à Jérusalem. En visite d’agrément en Galilée, Gouvim fut désagréablement surpris en entendant le parlementaire Israélien amener sur le tapis de la conversation l’affaire El Aed. Il minimisa tout de suite les choses. Backthrom l’en empêcha : -Aux dernières nouvelles, Ayam El Aed veut engager une…

While support for Israel across the political spectrum remains strong in Washington, the traditional bipartisan consensus in favor of unconditional support for Israel has begun to fray in recent years. More than a half century of Israeli occupation, the rightward drift in Israeli politics, and shifts in the American political landscape, have led growing numbers of Americans, particularly left-leaning Democrats, to become more vocal in their support for Palestinian rights and in their opposition to unconditional support for Israel. This trend has been anything but uniform, however, as the bulk of American liberal and progressive politicians continue to adhere to…