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Ann Wright

The US Opened Its Borders to 750,000 Refugees After the Vietnam War and It Can Do so Again

Today’s refugees from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, along with the millions of people displaced by U.S.-backed military interventions in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East, deserve comparable consideration, especially given the U.S. role in disrupting their lives

December 17th, 2018

By Ann Wright

The US Opened Its Borders to 750,000 Refugees After the Vietnam War and It Can Do so Again

The thousands of people now trying to flee violence in Central America are small in number compared to those who were desperately trying to escape from Vietnam and other Indochina countries decades ago. In the spring of 1975—with the U.S. either on the brink of pulling out of Vietnam, or already gone—over 131,000 South Vietnamese fled the

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Nominee for US Ambassador to Yemen is No Friend of the Yemeni People

Confirming Christopher Henzel as the US Ambassador to Yemen will continue the US role in the starvation and deaths of millions of Yemenis.

December 06th, 2018

By Ann Wright

Nominee for US Ambassador to Yemen is No Friend of the Yemeni People

While the press has closely followed the Senate efforts to stop US support for the Saudi war in Yemen in the wake of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, a December 4 Senate Foreign Affairs Committee meeting introducing Donald Trump’s nominee for Ambassador to Yemen slipped under the radar. Christopher Henzel is presently the Charge d’Affairs,

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A Manufactured Crisis: How Saudi Arabia Uses Oil to Bring Yemen to its Knees

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“An Israeli Blitzkrieg” Signs Point to Imminent Israeli Military Action in Yemen

Freedom Flotilla Passengers Released by Israel

Defending their illegal blockade of Gaza against what they see as infiltrators rather than activists bringing aid and making a point, Israeli soldiers physically assaulted a number of delegates and arrested them, including a USS Liberty survivor.

August 09th, 2018

By Ann Wright

Freedom Flotilla Passengers Released by Israel

U.S. Navy Signalman Joe Meadors was standing watch on deck of the USS Liberty off the coast of Gaza on June 8, 1967 when a 90-minute aerial and sea attack by Israel against the ship killed 34 U.S. sailors and wounded 174 . Meadors 

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Court Rules Palestinian Filmmaker Must Pay Damages To Israeli Soldier Who Took Part in Massacre

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Israel’s Anti-Semitism Smears Backfire

Israel has often succeeded in silencing criticism of its treatment of Palestinians by calling critics anti-Semites and scaring politicians into canceling public events, but the tactic is now starting to backfire, writes retired U.S. diplomat Ann Wright.

March 03rd, 2017

By Ann Wright

Israel’s Anti-Semitism Smears Backfire

An often-used tactic to squelch criticism of Israeli state policies toward the Palestinians is to call the criticism anti-Semitic. The sponsors of the event become afraid of the label, anti-Semitism, false as it is, and cancel the event to avoid any controversy. The tactic is used widely across Europe and the United States. This week, the talk

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Intercepted By Israeli Commandos Aboard The Zaytouna Oliva, A Firsthand Account

“It doesn’t matter that the boats are towed (to Israel) and the passengers deported. Just knowing that supporters are still willing to keep trying (to get to Gaza) is enough.”

October 11th, 2016

By Ann Wright

Intercepted By Israeli Commandos Aboard The Zaytouna Oliva, A Firsthand Account

Five hours after our Women’s Boat to Gaza, the Zaytouna-Oliva, was stopped in international waters by the misnamed Israeli Defense Force (more appropriately called the Israeli Occupation Force), the coast of Gaza came into view. The Gaza shoreline was starkly visible – for its darkness. The contrast was startling between the bright lights of the

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