I experienced my first up-close encounter with the Yemeni Civil War during summer 2019 while working with the World Health Organization in Cairo, Egypt. I was tasked with helping countries build infection prevention and control capacity. In other words, if an outbreak did start, I helped control it. And so, it was no surprise that my team received a call from the WHO’s Yemen Office asking for help. They were (are) experiencing the largest cholera outbreak in recorded human history caused in large part by the strategic bombing of water sanitation supplies and hospitals and the blockade of medical equipment and humanitarian aid at Yemeni ports. The vast majority of these bombs and blockades were led by Saudi Arabia. I was on the team responding to the absolute destruction of livelihood in Yemen, so I refused to turn a blind eye to their complicit role in this catastrophe when visiting Saudi Arabia. When presented the opportunity to ask Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud of Saudi Arabia about the fierce Saudi-led intervention that ensued, I was therefore strategic about the framing of my question. I asked whether or not Saudi Arabia took their response too far. I did not ask whether or not it was wrong to intervene; I asked if their response was taken too far. He does not think so and answered by justifying the interventions, pointing out for example that the Houthis attacked Saudi Arabia first. Between March and December 2015, the United Nations’ (UN) human rights division said that more than 81,000 civilians were killed in Yemen – most of which were due to Saudi-led airstrikes. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) cited severe damage to essential Yemeni infrastructure caused by the Saudi-led military coalition and revealed that the Saudi government was obstructing humanitarian aid and the movement of humanitarian personnel. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O'Brien in August 2015 said that Saudi Arabia’s airstrikes on Yemeni ports, further obstructing food, medicine, and other humanitarian supplies, was a “clear contravention of international humanitarian law.” An Oxfam humanitarian program manager in Yemen said that these blockades and bombings make it “impossible to bring anything into the country” and made clear that “there are lots of ships, with basic things like flour, that are not allowed to approach. The situation is deteriorating, hospitals are now shutting down without diesel. People are dying of simple diseases.” Archaeologists even joined the conversation, raising concerns about how over sixty of Yemen’s culture sites – old cities, monuments, mosques, churches, museums, tombs – have been bombed by Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia took the intervention too far, and I wanted to dive straight into discussion with the Prince. Mere diplomatic answers and refutations like the ones he offered only mask the ongoing slaughter of people in Yemen. On the other hand, Saudi Arabia is going through a major process of nation-building as I write this. Their bold Vision 2030 plan calls for a bold restructuring of the entire economy for the better and puts the country on the map for direct foreign investment. They are promoting domestic development, transparency, and much more. It is nothing short of impressive. But unfortunately, a plan as extraordinary as Vision 2030 does little to nation-build if its focus remains exclusively domestic. Saudi Arabia’s foreign affairs were not mentioned a single time throughout the plan, despite place in the international playing field being an important component of nation-state legitimacy. On my college campus recently was a major vote among the student body that was part of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. The BDS movement calls for various forms of boycott against Israel until it meets Israel's obligations under international law, in this case withdrawal from the occupied Palestinian territories, removal of the separation barrier in the West Bank, equality for Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel, and respect for the Palestinians’ right to return to their homes. The BDS movement poses a major challenge to Israel’s legitimacy and international standing – and I, and many other members of my generation, are not afraid to push for the exact same for Saudi Arabia if it continues its destructive and reckless foreign policy.