Robert Naiman (activist)

Robert Naiman is Policy Director at Just Foreign Policy and president of the Truth Out organisation. He has master's degrees in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Illinois.

He writes on U.S. foreign policy at Huffington Post[1] and is a frequent commentator on the region's events.[2][3][4][5][6]

Naiman has worked as a policy analyst and researcher at the Center for Economic and Policy Research and the Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch. He has studied and worked in the Middle East, where he has participated in actions "for the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people" and "against injustice,"[7] such as the 2011 attempt to break Israel's blockade of Gaza.[8]

Naiman's writings and policy positions have received criticism from supporters and opponents of Israeli policy towards the Palestinians.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Naiman in HuffPost
  2. ↑ "Is War with Iran Next?" by Mark Weisbrot and Robert Naiman , Huffington Post, 22 February 2007
  3. ↑ "Welcome to Palestine: 'Even prisoners are allowed visits'" by Robert Naiman, Al Jazeera, 14 April 2012
  4. ↑ "Israeli Army: We have been instructed to Hit Hamas Hard" by Robert Naiman, Informed Comment, 11 July 2014
  5. ↑ Robert Naiman Discusses Netanyahu's AIPAC Speech, RT television, March 2015
  6. ↑ "The Iran Deal's Latest Hurdle: Big Donors" by Robert Naiman, Talking Points Memo, 2 September 2015
  7. ↑ "From the Tel Rumeida CPTnet Archives: March-April 1996 Updates", CPT website
  8. ↑ "US activists prepare to break Israel’s blockade on Gaza", Electronic Intifada website, 10 June 2011
  9. ↑ "Robert Naiman Uses Saudi Arabian Human Rights Violations as Pretense to Impugn Israel", CAMERA website, 20 May 2015
  10. ↑ "Can the US Congress bring justice for the Palestinians? : A response to Robert Naiman" by Joel Beinin, 29 September 2014

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