Ending the Other War in Yemen
While its death toll is much smaller, the U.S. drone attacks have a disproportional effect on Yemeni society.
While its death toll is much smaller, the U.S. drone attacks have a disproportional effect on Yemeni society.
The pro-Cairo lobby team includes a number of former politicians, including former Republican congressman Ed Royce, who chaired the influential Foreign Affairs Committee from 2013-2018. The most shocking PR agent for the Egyptian regime, however, is Nadeam Elshami, former chief of staff for House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi.
On February 3rd 2021, World BEYOND War moderated a webinar hosted by a coalition of 50+ organizations to oppose illegal Israeli military recruitment in Canada.
In a landmark decision, judges at the International Criminal Court say the body has jurisdiction over war crimes committed in the Palestinian territories, opening the door to possible criminal charges against Israel and militant groups like Hamas.
There seems to be a crack in the phalanx of the U.S. military-industrial-congressional-academic-media-complex’s opposition to making space a place for peace.
This week’s conversation with Suad Aldarra and Yaser Alashqar looks at militarism and human displacement.
Here is an article, first in the Swedish as published in the Finnish newspaper HBL, and then in English.
If the U.S. government follows through on what President Joe Biden said today about Yemen, that war’s days are numbered.
When we think of militaries, we mostly think of war. The fact that militaries are also almost exclusively used as peacekeepers is something we should take time to question.
