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Responsible Statecraft: Saudi Arabia’s bid for control of the PGA isn’t just about golf

By Sarah Leah Whitson. As Congress begins hearings into the LIV merger, it must also reckon with Riyadh’s larger effort to silence American critics with cash. On July 11, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations will hold a hearing on the proposed merger of PGA Tours with the Saudi government-owned LIV Golf. As committee chairContinue reading “Responsible Statecraft: Saudi Arabia’s bid for control of the PGA isn’t just about golf”

Rai al-Youm: Back to the ‘Deal of the Century’?

By Abdel Bari Atwan. With the return of Netanyahu and maybe Trump, Jordan’s worst fears are coming true At a meeting in London last year, Jordan’s King Abdullah told a select group of British journalists that what worried him most was the prospect of Benjamin Netanyahu regaining power as Israeli prime minister and Donald TrumpContinue reading “Rai al-Youm: Back to the ‘Deal of the Century’?”

Dissident Voice: End of the Deal: By Revoking Stance on Jerusalem, Australia Isolates Israel, Not Palestinians

By Ramzy Baroud. US President Donald Trump’s so-called ‘Deal of the Century’ was meant to represent a finality of sorts, an event reminiscent of Francis Fukuyama’s premature declaration of the ‘End of History’ and the uncontested supremacy of western capitalism. In effect, it was a declaration that ‘we’ – the US, Israel and a fewContinue reading “Dissident Voice: End of the Deal: By Revoking Stance on Jerusalem, Australia Isolates Israel, Not Palestinians”

Rai al-Youm: Jared Kushner: Superman of the Middle East

By Abdel Bari Atwan. Why did so many Arab leaders and princes grovel to Trump’s son-in-law? Published excerpts from former US presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner’s memoir, Breaking History, give the impression he was a veritable ‘Superman’ in the Middle East: giving instructions to Arab leaders and officials and never being disobeyed, formulating policies, imposing conditions,Continue reading “Rai al-Youm: Jared Kushner: Superman of the Middle East”

Rai al-Youm: Bin-Salman banks on a Trump comeback – Why has Saudi Arabia invested billions in Jared Kushner’s private equity firm?

By Abdel Bari Atwan. The New York Times report that the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) headed by Crown Prince Muhammad Bin-Salman has invested $2bn in a private equity firm set up six months ago by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner can be viewed in three ways. First: Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler and futureContinue reading “Rai al-Youm: Bin-Salman banks on a Trump comeback – Why has Saudi Arabia invested billions in Jared Kushner’s private equity firm?”