Sarah Leah Whitson

The new name of the street in front of the Saudi consulate in #LosAngeles

@Aeternum7 Yes so it relies on the government of Armenia to secure legislation that will require Parliament to approve; so the ability to deliver on that promise will depend on the current government's ability to retain control over parliament...

@sarahleah1 "To fulfill the objectives of Agreement, the Government of Armenia shall facilitate: (a) the adoption, amendment, maintenance, and enforcement of relevant legislation; and (b) the grant of timely licenses, permits, approvals, and regulatory processes for the TDC and its SPVs"

Framework Agreement between #Armenia and #US TRIPP Introduction * Armenia retains full sovereignty, territorial integrity, and jurisdiction over all TRIPP project areas within Armenia’s sovereign territory BUT Article 5. 3

For a detailed discussion and review of evidence about how these US officials aided and abetted Israeli crimes, see @dawnmenaorg's 200 page subimssion to the ICC: dawnmena.org/wp-content/upl…

Just to be clear, the Biden officials who absolutely need to be excluded from future administrations and in fact should be prosecuted by the ICC for aiding and abetting Israeli war crimes are (after Biden): Blinken, Austin, Sullivan, McGurk, and Gina Raimondo among others.

A welcome decision by the Park Slope Food Coop and hopefully a precedent for others. Banning the sale of Israeli products is consistent with international law and complies with the UNGA's 2025 resolution ordering states, municipalities and entities in their jurisdiction to end business transactions with Israel that support the illegal occupation. Israel gains tax revenue from the sale of Israeli products and uses this revenue to fund its security forces and maintain its occupation over Palestine.

Erdogan ordered Turkey’s police to raid the opposition party’s HQ days after a kangaroo court ousted the opposition leader.

We cannot keep ignoring Turkey’s descent into authoritarianism. We must stand for the people's right to democracy for allies & adversaries alike.  bbc.com/news/articles/…

Any member of Congress who takes money from AIPAC and other pro Israel lobbies should recuse him/herself from decision-making on the Iran negotiations. They have a conflict of interest and can't be trusted to make decisions solely in the interests of the American people. pbs.org/newshour/polit…

A US appeals court has blocked the deportation of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, granting a stay as he seeks Supreme Court review, after he was targeted over his role in 2024 Gaza encampment protests at Columbia University. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/sslnch

First American journalist visits Minab, Iran where over 150 girls were killed on the first day of the war by a double tap US missile strike. youtu.be/QRSTJIIqzGM?si… @SayahTweets @mehdirhasan @tparsi @sarahleah1

Your question is misleading & false; no organization i know is "mad" about good US-Armenia relations & indeed every US based organization has advocated & helped secure US aid for the Armenian government for decades (you're welcome). What many are concerned about is the efforts to push Armenia to "take sides" and cut ties with Russia, which is dangerous and unproductive for a tiny country that should balance its relations with all important neighbors. Stop casting aspersions to forestall serious discussion and debate. You're not doing the poeple any favors.

Why are *some* Armenian based organizations in the US mad about the positive growth in US-Armenia relations? Wasn’t the whole point of these organizations to do exactly that? Isn’t that what they collected millions in donations for?

Jordan at 80 faces an existential crisis internally and externally, leaving it in a precarious position amid a rapidly evolving region, writes Yara Bataineh. dawnmena.org/as-jordan-turn…

New AIPAC-aligned spending vehicle in disguise just dropped. "Better Blue Fund" is a new JFC bankrolled by DMFI/AIPAC donors supporting dem candidates, many of whom are in competitive primaries where direct AIPAC support has become radioactive. Blue Fund acts as a workaround. That includes Ben McAdams in Utah's first. Previously McAdams was DMFI endorsed but not this cycle. Hence, his inclusion in the JFC makes it all the more significant.

"Soldiers are spitting, too. The soldier, in uniform!"

Democrats have provided reflexive & unconditional support to Netanyahu & Israeli governments, even as they undermined the values we claimed to stand for.   It's time to end taxpayer-funded support & condition arms sales to end the occupation & salvage a 2-state solution. nytimes.com/2026/05/26/opi…

Notice how the Armenian MFA's statement on Rubio's visit is strikingly bland and devoid of any context? She could’ve simply said: May 26. US. Armenia. Meeting. That's not an accident. Because the only real context is endorsing Pashinyan ahead of elections. That's all this is.

Armenian president Nikola Pashinyan is accused of sexual misconduct.

Chilling: cowards in UAE using poor Columbian mercenaries to fight in Sudan in support of brutal RSF militia, just as they used Colombians to fight in Yemen... New @hrw report has the receipts: hrw.org/report/2026/05…

US and Israel are working to end Jordan’s custodianship of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque and replace it with a new Israeli-controlled “multi-faith” administration. The proposed plan would allow expanded Jewish prayer access and give Israel influence over mosque leadership and Friday sermons. Source: MEE

The main road to Nabatieh, Lebanon

BREAKING: George Deek, Israel's Special Envoy to the Christian World, says "We never got involved or took position in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, per se", which led to the ethnic cleansing of Christian Armenians and their Churches from Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). You have to admire that carefully placed "per se". The amount of heavy lifting it does for Israel's image in the Christian world would've been commendable had it not been a typical hasbara escape hatch, absolving Israel of any responsibility or accountability, and invariably collapsing under the weight of Israel's own record during that war. In no particular order: ⁃According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), between 2016 and 2020, leading up to the 44 Day War, roughly 69% of weapons exports to Azerbaijan came from Israel, in a war that butchered 5,000 Armenian soldiers, barely adults. So neutral. ⁃The highly advanced Israeli weapons systems included loitering munitions (suicide drones) such as the IAI Harop and Elbit SkyStriker, Hermes 900 reconnaissance drones, Spike anti-tank guided missiles, and LORA surface-to-surface ballistic missiles. ⁃Israeli weapons manufacturer Aeronautics Defense Systems used a suicide drone by attacking Armenian positions during a sale presentation at the behest of Azeri officials who requested a live demonstration. ⁃Israeli military personnel trained Azeri soldiers in piloting drones. ⁃Azerbaijan supplies 65% of Israel's crude oil imports, which are pumped via the BTC pipeline through Georgia and Turkey. A clear energy security and arms agreement: you send oil, we give you weapons. So neutral. ⁃In December 2023, Azerbaijan effectively blockaded the Lachin Corridor, the only route between Armenia and Artsakh. A starvation campaign ensued for 9 months, targeting hundreds of thousands of Armenian indigenous Christians: Food shortages, supermarket shelves emptied, families lining up for hours for a piece of bread. No fuel. No medicine. Cancer patients requiring urgent treatment were stranded. Malnutrition. Miscarriages. George Deek was Ambassador at that time. He was there in Baku. Did he voice concern for the besieged Christians in Artsakh? No. His country enabled it. Haaretz, an Israeli outlet, even published a bombshell report entitled "Israel's fingerprints all over the ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh". To quote the Special Christian envoy himself: "When violence against a vulnerable minority is ignored because acknowledging it is politically inconvenient, there is a name for it: abandonment." For Israel, the defense of the Armenian Christian presence in Artsakh was politically inconvenient. That is why they were complicit in the ethnic cleansing of 150,000 indigenous Christian Armenians from their 2,000-year-old homeland.