Tag Archives: Saudi Arabia

  What would make nations that are notoriously hostile to freedom, diversity, women’s rights, and, in short, everything the West believes in, donate billions of dollars to fund, of all things, liberal American universities? Foreign Nations Pay Millions: The answer seems clear enough: elite universities produce American leaders, and foreign money—“donations”—buys power and influence over those very same future leaders, …

  Saudi Arabia’s recent announcement that the government is open to accepting payment for oil in currencies other than the dollar is a major announcement ignored by the presstitutes.   The end of the petrodollar would have severe adverse effects on the value of the dollar and on US inflation and interest rates.  For a half century the petrodollar has supported …

  Herland Report: American Collapse: Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi are America’s best journalists. They are not talking heads on CNN or voices on NPR and they are not permitted to write for the New York Times. Moreover, they are both men of the left, so how can they be America’s best journalists? The answer is that they are honest. …

  Herland Report: The recent escalation U.S. sanctions blocking Europe, Asia and other countries from trade and investment with Russia, Iran and China has imposed enormous opportunity costs – the cost of lost opportunities – on U.S. allies. And the recent confiscation of the gold and foreign reserves of Venezuela, Afghanistan and now Russia, along the targeted grabbing of bank …

  Herland Report: Peace talks in the Middle East: Fruitless talks between Saudi and Iran have been ongoing for some months now. But the idea of ongoing talks to reduce tension in the region seriously spooks Empire, where any minor thaw in militarist tone gets alarm bells ringing inside Washington’s war machine. According to my source, the ongoing probe for rapprochement …

  Herland Report: A Saudi-Iran alliance: Since President Joe Biden took office, the United States has attempted to engage in negotiations with Iran to restore the secret agreement it signed under President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the Iranian nuclear negotiations. Let us remember that the 5+1 negotiations (the five members of the Security Council + Germany) with Iran began …

  Herland Report: Corrupt Palestinian leaders: The message the Arabs and Muslims are sending to the Biden administration and other Western donors: Stop showering money on corrupt and failed Palestinian leaders. The Palestinian Authority says that it should be the only party in charge of the reconstruction and that all funds must be channeled through its government. Hamas, on the other …

  Herland Report: The Biden presidency is already turning into very good news for Iran, Russia, Norway and Saudi Arabia, as oil prices soar and create massive wealth for these nations.  Biden’s choice to end shale, review oil permits, halting the Keystone XL Oil Pipeline and thereby end US oil independence, is a dream come true to many. Russia and …

  Herland Report: Morocco in peace treaty with Israel, joins UAE, Bahrain, Sudan, while Ramallah watches in silence. After its harsh denunciations of countries that established open ties with Israel failed to yield results, the PA is now keeping quiet on Morocco’s decision to normalize. In a sign of how much things have changed in just the past four months, …

  Herland Report: Netanyahu in first known meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Salman: Groundbreaking meeting said held in presence of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is seeking to persuade Riyadh to normalize ties with Jerusalem, reports Times of Israel. In the first visit of its kind, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Saudi Arabia on Sunday, where he …