Tag Archives: Bahrain
The Five Minutes to Midnight Podcast
Listen: Saudi and Gulf relations and influence in the Arab world
Saudi religious diplomacy targets Jerusalem
James Dorsey analyses Saudi-UAE efforts to seize control of Israeli-occupied Jerusalem’s Islamic sites from Jordan, which include overtures to Israel and coopting Palestinian collaborators, foremost disgraced former security official Muhammad Dahlan. Read more [...]
Trump’s chaos produces results: Gulf states upgrade ties to Israel
James Dorsey examines moves by Arab Gulf states to seduce Israel, with Bahrain even denouncing the boycott of the Zionist state, possibly in the hope that they can benefit from the Jewish community’s influence in the US. Read more [...]
Say “no” to the Saudis and their Gulf allies
Nureddin Sabir views the Saudi role in promoting Islamist cults, criminal groups and deviant, primitive variants of Islam in Arab societies, and calls for mass actions to expose and eradicate Saudi influence. Read more [...]
The Arab Spring: was it worth it?
Nureddin Sabir says there is no alternative to the pain unleashed by the Arab Spring if Arabs are to realize their aspirations for democracy, accountability, civil society and the rule of law. Read more [...]
Bahrain and the Israeli connection
Lawrence Davidson argues that USA’s double standards in Bahrain can be directly linked to its desire to control the Gulf’s oil supplies and to the Bahraini ruler’s friendship with Israel. Read more [...]
Arab dinosaurs play sectarian card
Yvonne Ridley argues that the dinosaur rulers of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Arab world would go to any length, including fomenting sectarianism, to maintain their grip on power. Read more [...]
Bahrain bleeds for liberty
Mamoon Alabbasi views the hypocrisy and double standards displayed by Western politicians and media towards the pro-democracy movement in Bahrain. Read more [...]