Zionist officials make first open visit to Saudi

> A Zionist delegation attended a UNESCO meeting in #Riyadh on Monday, marking the country’s first publicly announced visit to #SaudiArabia as speculation grows about a potential normalization of ties. The five-member delegation arrived on Sunday, a Zionist official told AFP, for the meeting to update UNESCO’s world heritage list of cultural and historic sites. “We are happy to be here — it’s a good first step,”
https://www.kuwaittimes.com/zionist-officials-make-first-open-visit-to-saudi/ #Israel

Many of these #subpoenas came in the form of so-called #EmergencyDataRequests —a mechanism #hackers have lately gotten into the habit of abusing to vacuum up #data from #technology cos outside of usual #review processes. Apparently, these requests were often approved w/in hours.
Why did #Twitter treat #SaudiArabia so generously? The answer, critics charge, is #money. One of the largest investors in the company is Prince #AlwaleedbinTalal, …whose $2B stake was purchased through SaudiArabia’s KHC.

The platform #X shouldn’t do #SaudiArabia’s dirty work

Saudi Arabia this summer sentenced a man to death based solely on his #SocialMedia activity — including his tweets & retweets on #Twitter, now known as X. #MuhammadalGhamdi, a retired schoolteacher, had only 10 followers, but the regime used his harmless posts as evidence against him. Worse, there’s reason to worry that the #platform has made the job of #repression even easier.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/11/x-twitter-saudi-lawsuit-data/

Why is 95% of Saudi Arabia empty?

https://youtu.be/SMpMKeamtiY?si=WptkyPy5N58COlj5

#SaudiArabia #geography #MiddleEast #Asia #Africa #Europe #empty #EmptyQuarter

#Vice Pulled a #Documentary Critical of #SaudiArabia. After taking money from the Saudis. But Here It Is. "Inside Saudi Crown Prince's Ruthless Quest for Power" is a 9-minute film which received over 750,000 views before being deleted just days after being posted.
Vice’s hard-nosed coverage on Saudi Arabia changed after investment deals with the repressive kingdom. The deleted documentary is not completely gone, however. https://theintercept.com/2023/09/09/vice-deleted-documentary-saudi-arabia/

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud held a bilateral meeting in New Delhi to discuss cooperation in areas such as energy security, trade and investment, defense and security, healthcare, and food security. They also reviewed the progress made under the India-Saudi Arabia Strategic Partnership Council and signed over two dozen Memoranda of Understanding.
#India #SaudiArabia
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/why-india-and-saudi-arabias-strategic-partnership-matters-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-al-saud-prime-minister-narendra-modi/articleshow/103573680.cms

#SaudiArabia #Vice #Media #News #Journalism #Censorship: "IN THE PAST, Vice has documented the history of censorship on YouTube. More recently, since the company’s near implosion, it became an active participant in making things disappear.

In June, six months after announcing a partnership deal with a Saudi Arabian government-owned media company, Vice uploaded but then quickly removed a documentary critical of the Persian Gulf monarchy’s notorious dictator, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, or MBS.

The nearly nine-minute film, titled “Inside Saudi Crown Prince’s Ruthless Quest for Power,” was uploaded to the Vice News YouTube channel on June 19, 2023. It garnered more than three-quarters of a million views before being set to “private” within four days of being posted. It can no longer be seen at its original link on Vice’s YouTube channel; visitors see a message that says “video unavailable.” Vice did not respond to a request for comment on why the video was published and then made private or if there are any plans to make the video public again."

https://theintercept.com/2023/09/09/vice-deleted-documentary-saudi-arabia/

#SaudiArabia, the #truth👇

https://theintercept.com/2023/09/09/vice-deleted-documentary-saudi-arabia/

I am not surprised by #ElonMusk’s reaction. This is why I think any attempts by @EU_Commission to reign in #X / #Twitter via #GDPR & #DMA will also not work.

#Musk will not bow to governmental decrees—so long as they do not target #SpaceX or #Tesla (which authoritarian governments like #SaudiArabia 🇸🇦 & #China 🇨🇳 have figured out).

👉🏾 Elon Musk’s X is suing California over its online moderation reporting bill - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/9/23865828/elon-musk-x-corp-suing-california-ab-587-first-amendment-challenge-free-speech-twitter-social-media

#SaudiArabia and #Sport — An an attempt to improve the nation’s image and divert attention from a poor human rights record, chart @economics https://tinyurl.com/3tc38t38

North Africa And Middle East News week of 3 Sep. - 9 Sep. 2023 #News #FocusNewsAfrica #Morocco #SaudiArabia #Africa #News https://tinyurl.com/mpahv5kr

I hope the thread helps put some things into perspective. For more background, here's my coverage from a few weeks ago for the Middle East Eye, which features interviews with survivors. Also, keep a look out for a big story of mine which is about to drop soon.

Thank you for your time.
-ZZ.

#Yemen #Ethiopia #SaudiArabia #migrants #MENA #Africa

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ethiopian-survivors-mass-killings-saudi-yemen-border-recount-horrors-massacre

#SaudiArabia and #UAE promoting an #economic corridor between the #East and the #West

https://youtu.be/n1XzPxD--yw

Pink News: Euro 2024: Jill Scott makes her view on Jordan Henderson move clear https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/09/jordan-henderson-jill-scott-euro-2024-england-ukraine-saudi-arabia/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #GarethSouthgate #Jordanhenderson #SaudiArabia #euro2024 #football #England #Sport #News #UK

#SaudiArabia - Evolution of #electricity production by source for 2000-2021 (in TWh) #renewables #fossilfuel

https://ember-climate.org/data/

India, US, UAE, and Saudi Arabia to Build Strategic Links.

#INDIA #US #UAE #SaudiArabia #Europe #RailwayLinks #Belt #Connectivity #WorldNews

https://www.ganganews.com/world/india-us-uae-and-saudi-arabia-to-build-strategic-links/

X “unfit” for banking because of complicity in Saudi spying, lawyers argue - Enlarge (credit: Manuel Augusto Moreno | Moment)

Just two week... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1966584 #digitalpayments #twitterpayments #onlineprivacy #dataprivacy #humanrights #saudiarabia #elonmusk #fintech #twitter #policy #xcorp #x

Ars Technica: X “unfit” for banking because of complicity in Saudi spying, lawyers argue https://arstechnica.com/?p=1966584 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #digitalpayments #TwitterPayments #onlineprivacy #dataprivacy #Humanrights #SaudiArabia #ElonMusk #fintech #Twitter #Policy #xcorp #X

Saudi push for $100 oil brings new headache for Biden administration

> A renewed effort by #SaudiArabia and #Russia to push the price of oil towards $100 a barrel threatens to become another headache for President #JoeBiden as he puts his record on the #US economy — and thwarting inflation — at the centre of his re-election bid.

> Brent crude this week breached $90 a barrel for the first time in 2023 after Riyadh and Moscow extended supply cuts to the end of the year

https://archive.is/2023.09.08-044429/https://www.ft.com/content/79ce0cd9-0926-4509-8197-66f6785152cb

Is There A Secret Plan To Merge #Jordan, #Gaza And The #WestBank As Part Of A Normalization Agreement Between #Israel And #SaudiArabia? http://endoftheamericandream.com/is-there-a-secret-plan-to-merge-jordan-gaza-and-the-west-bank-as-part-of-a-normalization-agreement-between-israel-and-saudi-arabia/