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Go topThe head of the Arab League and the Egyptian foreign minister on Friday urged President Barack Obama to present his own outline of an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, in order to break the current logjam and spur negotiations. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas remain far apart on what it takes to … Continued
“As a former president, I can say just about anything I want to now!” While former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s humorous response was directed toward last week’s comments about Rep. Joe Wilson, it also indicated how frank he is in his message of peace. In a highly anticipated event Monday night at the James Madison … Continued
In a historic visit to Dearborn, CIA Director Leon Panetta reached out to metro Detroiters with roots in the Middle East at a Ramadan dinner aimed at engaging Arab Americans. “The reason I’m here … is very simple: Your country needs you,” he told a crowd of about 150 Arab Americans and Chaldeans on Wednesday … Continued
Arab leaders are bracing for disappointment as the Obama Administration prepares to unveil the next stage of its plan to restart the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. The Administration is hoping to announce the resumption of final-status negotiations over a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians later this month, either during the U.N. General Assembly meeting or … Continued
The heated race to lead the UN’s educational, scientific and cultural agency got underway in Paris on Monday, with the leading contender – Egypt’s Farouk Hosny – embroiled in a controversy over anti-Israel comments. Hosny, Egypt’s culture minister for more than two decades, is one of nine candidates looking to succeed Japan’s Koichiro Matsuura as … Continued
Rashida Tlaib isn’t put off by a challenge. Even the threat of a recall campaign, linked in part to her opposition to a second span of the Ambassador Bridge, potentially endangering her position as the first Muslim woman to serve in the Legislature, leaves her unfazed. “I am a person that has a very strong … Continued
During the past 16 months I have visited the Middle East four times and met with leaders in Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, the West Bank and Gaza. I was in Damascus when the US President Obama made his historic speech in Cairo, which raised high hopes among the more optimistic Israelis and … Continued
A very popular sport but still amateur, football in the Palestinian territories is facing great difficulties due to the conflict with Israel, although progress has been made in recent years. “Today the situation is not perfect, but it has improved in comparison to previous years,” said Ismail Azzam, a leader of the Palestinian Federation of … Continued
Today, in a letter to British Ambassador Sir Nigel Elton Sheinwald, the American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee (ADC) expressed its serious concern over attack that took place yesterday by a gang of approximately twenty youth against worshippers leaving a mosque after Ramadan sunset prayers in Tooting south of London. The attack resulted in several serious injuries … Continued
George J. Mitchell likes to remind people that he labored for 700 days before reaching the Good Friday accord that brought peace to Northern Ireland. So the fact that Mr. Mitchell has shuttled back and forth to the Middle East for the last 190 days without any breakthroughs, he said, does not mean that President … Continued
A lawyer for a north Florida school district says a handful of students have been sent home from Alachua County schools this week for wearing shirts that read “Islam is of the Devil.” School district staff attorney Tom Wittmer says the shirts might have offended or distracted others and violated the district’s dress code. The … Continued
On August 26, the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) will hold a news conference in Southfield to announce the filing of a federal lawsuit against a Wayne County judge who demanded that a Muslim woman remove her religious headscarf (hijab) in court. The Muslim plaintiff felt so intimidated by the judge’s … Continued
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