CONTACT@IFAMERICANSKNEW.ORG Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and national director of the Anti-Defamation League, May 2, 2017 Jonathan Greenblatt insists that Israel is innocent of the crime of apartheid, and that the US should not employ supporters of […]
The failure to take responsibility for our own behaviours and actions – let’s call it “blamism” – is one of the biggest ills of modern times. Rapists blame the victims (“she was wearing a short […]
Can the left really fall in love with fascist supremacists? The short answer is no. In theory at least, the left stands for justice, fairness, equality and progress. But that is the real left, and […]
By James M. Dorsey Billed as a bid to stimulate inter-faith dialogue, Pope Francis, on a visit to Egypt, is tiptoeing through a religious and geopolitical minefield. Designed to improve the fragile position of Christians and other […]
By James M. Dorsey Recent Algerian media reports detailing Saudi propagation of a quietist, apolitical yet supremacist and anti-pluralistic form of Sunni Muslim ultra-conservatism raises questions about the scope of Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman’s commitment to […]
It seems the UK trains killers and supplies weapons with no regard for the humanitarian consequences. By Stuart Littlewood The toxic situation (by which I mean the continuing mega-slaughter of innocents) surrounding the Saudi crown prince’s […]
The Saudi-Israeli liaison By Lawrence Davidson Two Saudi leaders – then and now In a 2 April 2018 interview in the Atlantic, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman publicly declared that the Israelis “have a right to live […]
By James M. Dorsey There has long been debate about the longevity of the Saudi ruling family. One major reason for doubts about the Al Sauds’ viability was the Faustian bargain they made with the Wahhabis, […]
By James M. Dorsey Lurking in the background of a Saudi-Moroccan spat over World Cup hosting rights and the Gulf crisis is a more fundamental competition for the mantle of spearheading the promotion of a moderate interpretation of […]
By James M. Dorsey A United Arab Emirates-backed Saudi effort to wrest control from Jordan of Islam’s holy places in Jerusalem signals a sharper, more overt edge to Saudi religious diplomacy and the kingdom’s quest for […]