Avram Reisman, Author at Just Foreign Policy

Urge your Rep. to co-sponsor Khanna-Massie to stop the Saudi famine in Yemen

September 18, 2017

Reps. Ro Khanna, Thomas Massie, Mark Pocan, and Walter Jones have introduced a privileged bipartisan bill invoking the War Powers Resolution to force a floor vote on ending U.S. participation in Saudi Arabia’s famine-producing war in Yemen. The current cosponsors are: Conyers, Lieu, Capuano, Ellison, McGovern, Lee, Raskin, Jayapal, Gabbard, Bass, Pallone, DeFazio, Nolan, Lofgren,…

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Press for Real Diplomacy to End the Unwinnable Afghan War

August 22, 2017

Capitulating to his generals, President Trump has agreed to send thousands of more American soldiers to Afghanistan, even though experts agree that the war in Afghanistan is unwinnable. The only realistic alternative to endless war in Afghanistan is a negotiated peace that includes all the major Afghan factions and all the neighboring countries that are…

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Press your “Saudi Dem” Senator to stop arming Saudi war crimes

August 7, 2017

On June 13, only five Democratic Senators voted to keep arming Saudi Arabia’s famine-inducing war in Yemen: Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Mark Warner of Virginia, Bill Nelson of Florida, and Joe Manchin of West Virginia. The vote was 47-53. If these five Democrats had voted with the Senate Democratic leadership and…

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One Million Malnourished Kids At Risk Of Cholera In Yemen

August 3, 2017

More than a million malnourished children are living in areas of Yemen hit hardest by a cholera outbreak, NPR reports. Malnourished children have substantially reduced immune systems and are at least three times more likely to die if they contract cholera. Yemen’s cholera outbreak is already the world’s worst in a single year since records…

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Unacceptable: Congress blocked vote on the Saudi famine-war in Yemen.

July 31, 2017

Last week, efforts to get a floor vote in the House on U.S. participation in the Saudi-UAE famine-war in Yemen on the Defense Appropriation were blocked by the House Republican leadership. There’s only one path left to force a floor vote in the House on U.S. participation in the Saudi famine-war: press House Members to…

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Allow the House to vote on U.S. role in the Saudi war in Yemen

July 24, 2017

The House is now considering amendments to the Department of Defense Appropriation. The House Rules Committee will decide which amendments will get House floor votes. Five amendments have been submitted to the Rules Committee that would prohibit or limit U.S. military participation in the Saudi war in Yemen or would limit the transfer of weapons…

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With ACLU, MoveOn: Oppose Bills Criminalizing Free Speech Against Settlements

July 20, 2017

The ACLU has written to Congress urging opposition to pending bills that seek to criminalize advocacy of boycotts against Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The ACLU warned that proponents of the bills are “seeking additional co-sponsors,” and explained that the bills would “punish individuals for no reason other than their political beliefs.” MoveOn has…

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Nikki Haley: Back UN Envoy ‏Plan to Save Yemen from Famine

July 19, 2017

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed has announced a plan to remove the governorate of Hodeida from the Yemeni civil war. The plan includes a ceasefire for the port, including the halt of any attacks on the port by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [UAE]. The UN-recognized Yemeni government and…

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NYT, WaPo, NPR: Report That the House Voted Against the Saudi War in Yemen

July 15, 2017

As you know, on July 14 the U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to prohibit U.S. military participation in the Saudi-UAE war in Yemen, when it passed the Davidson and Nolan amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act [NDAA]. So far, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and NPR have failed to report this…

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Thank the House for Rejecting the Saudi War in Yemen

July 14, 2017

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to prohibit U.S. participation in the Saudi-UAE war in Yemen, when it passed the Davidson and Nolan amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act [NDAA]. Support the House action by signing our petition at MoveOn. The Davidson [R-OH] amendment prohibits U.S. military action in Yemen not authorized…

Author: Avram Reisman