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Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia (CDHR)

Founded in Washington, DC, in 2004, the Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia (CDHR) is an independent, nonsectarian, non-profit educational 501 (c) 3 organization. CDHR promotes reform based on gender equality, religious freedom, freedom of expression, accountability, and transparency under a pluralistic rule of law.
CDHR was established to provide authentic current and historical information and analysis about the Saudi dynasty’s fanatical doctrine, domestic and external policies, and its relations with regional and global states, specifically the U. S.

Attacking liberal institutions in America is a poisoned arrow aimed at the heart of our liberal democracy

Historically, Jews have been an easy target for religious, political, and economic turmoil, not only in America but globally. As correctly stated in this article, the goal of attacking liberal institutions in America is a poisoned arrow aimed at the heart of our liberal democracy and its second-to-none values, which made America the most scientifically, economically and militarily advanced and successful country in human history. No group, especially Arabs and Muslims in general, should take solace in Trump’s intended objective, one man’s supremacy, as amply demonstrated by his actions since he assumed power two months ago.

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Reconciliations Or Treacherous Maneuvers?

CDHR Commentary: In spite of momentous odds and uncertainties, one can only hope that the fragile ceasefire in Gaza, imposed by former and current US presidents, will hold and lead to durable coexistence between the Israeli and Palestinian peoples who have suffered colossally. In addition to Netanyahu and Hamas, there are many global and regional duplicitous forces whose dubious financial and strategic interests depend on exploitive stability in Middle East. For instance, the absolute Saudi rulers, especially Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and his Gulf dynastic allies’ priority is to normalize relations with Israel for regional economic security and domination reasons. Normalizing Saudi/Israeli relations is one of President Trump’s top priorities.  For decades, the Israeli and Palestinian peoples’ lives and livelihoods have been used by regional regimes and their global handlers as bargaining chips, as exemplified by the current bargains in the Qatari capital, Duha. After 16 months of death

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Cost Of Saudi/Israeli Normalization 

CDHR Analysis: Normalizing diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel with U.S. mediation is seen by many as an applaudable diplomatic step toward regional stability and economic prosperity. But is it? In return for the Saudi government’s acceptance of normalization, President Biden has to commit the U.S. to protecting the absolute Saudi monarchy, which has sided with America’s arch enemies time and again. By committing the U.S. to an open-ended military commitment to protect an oppressive ruling family whose domestic cruelty and regional destabilizing aggressive policies have been major sources of regional volatility, Biden continues the U.S.’s decades-old failed policy, as boldly stated by former Secretary of State Doctor Condoleezza Rice, “For 60 years, my country, the United States, pursued stability at the expense of democracy in this region here in the Middle East — and we achieved neither.” With fifty years in state and national public service and extensive

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