Incoming
members of Congress, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, have both come out
in favor of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement —
the first House members to ever do so. Critics, however, suggest that
BDS is anti-Semitic and undermines a two-state solution in the Middle
East. Others say supporters of BDS aren't consistent in their
criticism of human rights and unfairly focus on the actions of
Israel. In his latest video essay, The Intercept's Mehdi Hasan
examines — and debunks — some of the myths and controversies
surrounding the BDS movement.
BreakThrough News Saudi Arabia has $142 billion in American weapons. Yemen is the poorest country in the Arab world. So why can't Riyadh win? Last month, Ansar Allah seized Mokha and Perim Island, and with them the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, cutting off Saudi Arabia's alternative oil route around the closed Strait of Hormuz. Mohammed bin Salman begged Trump for US airstrikes, then backed "Dawn of Yemen," a 100-warplane offensive aimed at Sanaa, as crude oil again tops $100 a barrel. Veteran war correspondent and analyst Elijah Magnier joins Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra on the Red Sea front, as nearly 1,000 Yemenis have been killed and 184,000 displaced since fighting resumed. But Magnier argues Ansar Allah – often referred to in US media as the Houthis – hasn't lost much ground. He explains why Saudi warplanes are largely powerless in Yemen's mountainous terrain, and why he sees the movement advancing on Taiz and Marib. And Magnier breaks down how Hormuz and Bab ...
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