"SAUDI CROWN PRINCE Mohammed bin Salman reportedly accused President Joe Biden of hypocrisy during their meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Friday by asking why the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi seemed to matter more to him than the fatal shooting of Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh.
Biden, who said during his campaign for the presidency in 2019 that Khashoggi had been 'murdered and dismembered … I believe on the order of the crown prince,' told reporters that he had confronted Crown Prince Mohammed over the killing of the dissident Saudi journalist at the start of their meeting this week.
But according to a Saudi official who spoke to the state broadcaster Al Arabiya, the prince contrasted Biden’s concern about the brutal murder of Khashoggi, a long-term resident of the U.S., with his failure to hold Israel’s government accountable for the killing of Abu Akleh, an American citizen who was shot — according to witnesses and visual investigations — from an Israeli military convoy."
https://theintercept.com/2022/07/16/saudi-prince-taunts-biden-caring-khashoggi-shireen-abu-akleh/
-->Let's see if the NYT can get away with not covering this story. It exposes the hypocrisy of the US campaign for human rights in the Middle East.
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+972:
"On July 12, nine European governments declared that they had rejected Israel’s designation of six Palestinian civil society groups as 'terrorist organizations.' The announcement is a major victory for the organizations themselves, political activists, and the Palestinian communities they serve.
Following the declaration by Defense Minister Benny Gantz outlawing the six NGOs last October, the European donor countries opened their own investigations to look into Israel’s allegations. Nearly nine months later, they concluded that 'no substantial information was received from Israel that would justify reviewing our policy' toward the organizations, and as such, they would continue to fund and collaborate with the groups. ...
Now, the declaration of the nine countries — including Germany, the Netherlands, France, and Italy — reaffirms what +972 and Local Call exposed in our investigative reports on the matter: that Israel has absolutely no proof to back its claims, and that its dossier failed to sway even countries that are friendly to Israel, and who took its allegations seriously."
https://www.972mag.com/edition/israel-europe-ngos-palestinians/
-->Now this is another story that makes Israel look bad. So far, the NYT has left both of these stories out. Sometimes it is just a delay in covering such stories, and we will keep checking to see if the NYT gets around to printing it.
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Common Dreams:
"As U.S. President Joe Biden met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Friday, a top official at Human Rights Watch implored the American leader to not lift a ban on the sale of certain weapons to the repressive monarchy as it continues waging an atrocity-laden war in Yemen.
Responding to reports that the Biden administration is considering ending its vague proscription against the transfer of 'offensive' weaponry to Saudi Arabia, Michael Page, Human Rights Watch's (HRW) Middle East and North Africa deputy director, warned that such a policy reversal 'could lead to fresh rights violations in Yemen.'
'Since the beginning of the war in 2015, Human Rights Watch and other groups have documented how the Saudi- and [United Arab Emirates]-led coalition has used U.S. weapons in apparent unlawful airstrikes, including apparent war crimes,' wrote Page. 'The U.S. government's own report has detailed... oversight failures on these sales.' "
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/07/15/human-rights-watch-us-stop-selling-weapons-saudis
-->The mainstream media tries hard to disappear the US role in destroying Yemen. It is the same issue as in Palestine. The US touts human rights while denying such rights to tens of thousands in the Middle East. If the word got out, why the American people wouldn't support these war crimes.
