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SUBSCRIBE TO THE GEOPOLITICS ALERT NEWSLETTER "The combat feels like a revolution for MMOs" - Eurogamer - Play on PC Email address: Your email address Opt-in Subscribe Subscribe 12 Reasons Why the Yemen Crisis is Saudi Arabia’s Gaza The Yemen crisis provides virtually a mirror image of Gaza in terms of the oppressor’s strategy. Here are just a few ways the Saudi and Israeli strategy overlaps. 1. Inhumane Blockade and Collective Punishment in Yemen Crisis Saudi Arabia imposed a land, sea, and air blockade over its southern neighbor in 2015 shortly after revolutionary forces took control of the capital, Sana’a. Yemenis and human rights groups alike say these measures amount to collective punishment. Amnesty International (https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/11/yemen-usa-uk-and-france-risk-complicity-in-collective- punishment-of-civilians/) says that the United States and Saudi coalition in Yemen have prohibited roughly 500,000 metric tons of food and fuel on 29 vessels from entering the country’s main lifeline: Hodeidah port. Likewise, both the United Nations Secretary-General (https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/press-encounter/2016-06-28/secretary-generals-remarks-press-encounter) and Amnesty (https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2008/08/trapped-collective-punishment-gaza-20080812/) have condemned the over ten- year-long blockade of Gaza as collective punishment. A coalition offensive to occupy Hodeidah port from indigenous Yemenis is currently underway which the UN warns (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security/u-n-says-assault-on-yemens-hodeidah-port-could-cost-250000-lives- idUSKCN1J40Z5) would lead to widespread humanitarian disaster taking the lives of some 250,000 civilians. In comparison, the coalition to retake Mosul from Daesh (ISIS) — an actual terror group — killed over 9,000 civilians. 2. Hyper-restricting the Flow of Movement The Rafah Border Crossing is Gaza’s only point of access to the outside world via Egypt. Israeli Occupying Forces handed control of the gateway to Egyptians in 1982 who effectively operate on Israel’s behalf in this instance. For years, Egyptian forces have opened and closed Rafah sporadically and arbitrarily. In comparison, Saudi Arabia’s allies control Yemen’s only access points to the outside world with the only operational airport in the occupied city of Aden. Anyone entering or leaving the country must pass through checkpoints controlled by Saudi or Emirati-backed mercenaries or troops. The tens of thousands of Yemenis requiring urgent medical care as well as innocent civilians cannot leave the country unless they have several thousand dollars to pay smugglers. These dangerous routes take travelers through either al-Qaeda territory en route to Oman or across the treacherous Gulf of Aden en route to Somalia. Hundreds die on this route each year (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/12/african-migrants-face-death-at-sea-yemen-20141230114436126121.html). (African refugees often travel this route to Yemen as well.) RELATED: Yemenis Sit Between the Hammer and Anvil of US-backed Saudi Siege and Airstrikes (http://geopoliticsalert.com/saudi- blockade-yemen) 3. Destroying Economy and Civilian Livelihood The Saudi-led coalition has also launched an economic war against Yemen through their blockade. In October, the Yemeni rial plunged to a record low of 830 amounting to just one U.S. dollar. This war against Yemen’s economy has prohibited public sector workers from receiving their salaries for years. As a result, many public sector employees like teachers, engineers, doctors, nurses, and sanitation workers to seek employment in the private sector. The Yemen crisis has caused unemployment to skyrocket. Estimates from the Social and Economic Development Research Center (http://www.srdcyemen.org/) (SEDRC) suggest general unemployment stands around 50% and shoots up even higher to over 73% for young adults. The sharp drop in the Yemeni rial’s value indicates when Saudi Arabia enacted their blockade and economic war. 4. Control of International Dialogue on Yemen Crisis Saudi Arabia has effectively isolated Yemen from the international community on several fronts by controlling and manipulating the international dialogue to its advantage. Waleed Al Ibrahim (https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp? personId=145865532&privcapId=65325341&previousCapId=65325341&previousTitle=Middle%2520East%2520Broadcast%2520Corporation) the Middle East Broadcasting Center in 1991 in London and later moved the company’s headquarters to Dubai. This media conglomerate controls about a dozen outlets — including Al Arabiya, a Saudi-owned pan-Arab television news channel broadcast throughout the Middle East. Another influential Saudi tycoon, Al-Waleed bin Talal, is the grandson of the first Saudi king, Ibn Saud. He also happens to be the second largest voting shareholder of 21st Century Fox. Subsidiaries of this conglomerate include the Fox News network, National Geographic, Star TV, Regency Enterprises, and even Hulu. In late 2011, Al-Waleed invested (http://fortune.com/2011/12/19/twitter-doesnt-really- raise-money-from-saudi-prince/) $300 million in Twitter, which amounted to over a 3 percent share at the time. In June of 2017, Saudi investor Sultan Muhammad Abuljadayel purchased a stake (https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jul/29/saudi-investor-buys-up-significant-stake-in-the-independent) of between 25 percent and 50 percent in London-based outlet The Independent. Outside the public eye, Riyadh utilizes various embassies and subscriptions to guide the narrative wherever possible. Through embassies, the Saudis can monitor local media agencies to spot outlets ripe for manipulation. The “Saudi Cables (https://wikileaks.org/saudi-cables/),” published by WikiLeaks, display how precisely the kingdom takes a systemic approach to projecting a positive — or at least neutral — image across the Arab world and beyond. The cables refer to the Saudi strategy as either “neutralizing” or “containment.” Once Saudi authorities select an outlet to target, they will either purchase thousands of subscriptions (http://www.businessinsider.com/wikileaks-saudi-arabia-has-bailed-out-failing-middle-east-media-organizations-in- exchange-for-pro-saudi-coverage-2015-6?r=UK&IR=T) at inflated rates or merely funnel money directly to the outlet. In exchange, Riyadh expects favorable, or at least neutral, coverage. In other cases, Riyadh will simply sanction media outlets that provide damaging coverage. In 2012, Riyadh attempted to blackmail London-based Financial Times (https://wikileaks.org/saudi-cables/doc118285.html), demanding it close its Saudi bureau and fire its correspondent for publishing what Riyadh called “lies.” The cable went on to state that if the Financial Times did not adopt an “objective” approach, Riyadh would consider legal action. RELATED: Saudi Weapons of War: Bullets, Bombs, Mercenaries, Media, Blackmail (http://geopoliticsalert.com/saudi-weapons-war- bullets-bombs-mercenaries-media-blackmail) 5. Erasing History and Cultural Identity Despite its composure of mainly European and Western settlers, Israel infamously absorbs
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