10 years since the Arab Spring
Jul 05,2021 - Last updated at Jul 05,2021
A decade ago, we were in the throes of what observers in the West termed the Arab Spring. An assessment is now in order.
Because Western analysts assumed that these uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen were organically linked, mirroring the revolutions that brought down the Communist regimes operating under the protective cover of the Soviet Union, they termed them the Arab Spring”. These Arab uprisings, however, were not threads of one unraveling region. While sharing some common characteristics, in each instance local factors shaped them.
One shared feature was their almost exclusive occurrence in the so-called Arab Republics , countries that for decades had been ruled by military regimes that lacked broad legitimacy and had become increasingly ossified and corrupt. Also, each of these uprisings started as largely non-violent youth-led protests focused on poverty, employment, and the desire f
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Netanyahu is out but nothing has changed
Jun 28,2021 - Last updated at Jun 28,2021
One month after the end of the last hostilities between Israel and Hamas, events on the ground demonstrate that little has changed. And once again the US media is ignoring Israel s creeping annexation of Palestinian lands and their brutally aggressive behaviors toward the Palestinian people.
There appeared to be an awakening of the press last month, especially the extensive coverage given to Israel s effort to evict Palestinians from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah and the Israeli military s brutal assault on Palestinians at Al Aqsa, signalling greater sensitivity to the Palestinian plight. Although these Israeli actions and the mass uprisings of Palestinian youth they precipitated were drowned out by the more familiar storyline of Israeli bombardments of Gaza in response to Hamas rocket fire, after the ceasefire, positive coverage of Palestinian suffering continued, but only for a time.
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In the 45 years since launching the Palestine Human Rights Campaign, I’ve witnessed more tragic wars than I can care to count and defended Palestinians against more heinous crimes than I can bear to list. During all this time, we’ve had American supporters who have embraced the cause of Palestinian rights and supported our calls for justice. But never have I witnessed the sea