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Go topWhen asked at last night’s Democratic debate about his decision to skip the AIPAC Israeli Lobby conference this week, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said, “I am very proud of being Jewish, I actually lived in Israel for some months, but what I happen to believe is that right now, sadly, tragically, in Israel, through … Continued
By: John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer This is a story about Arab Americans getting a place at the table in one of the U.S, bluest states, California. It’s about their inclusion in California’s Ethnic Studies Education Curriculum. Strong resistance is coming from Jewish lawmakers and their constituents to the omission of Antisemitism and the Jewish … Continued
By: Fred Shwaery/Arab America Contributing Writer In 2020, Arab Americans will pick a President. With the Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada primaries and caucuses behind us, and South Carolina’s primary on Saturday and Super Tuesday less than a week away. we are about eleven months from inaugurating a new president and vice president. Much has … Continued
Fifty Palestinian artists urge Céline Dion to cancel her August 2020 concerts in apartheid Tel Aviv BDS Movement We Palestinian singers, songwriters, musicians, actors, and other artists read with concern that Céline Dion has scheduled two performances at Yarkon Park, Tel Aviv. The far-right Israeli regime exploits all performances by international artists to whitewash, or art-wash, its … Continued
U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Mark Pocan (WI-02) today sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, urging the administration to immediately restore all U.S. funding for humanitarian aid in Gaza, including United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) funding. The letter also urges an … Continued
By Heba Mohammad/Arab America Contributing Writer The last two years have seen unprecedented involvement from Arab Americans who want to run for office. In 2018, over 125 Arab Americans ran for office, and 2019 saw over 40 Arab Americans throw their hats into the ring of local, state, and federal level elections. The 2020 election … Continued
By: Lina Abirafeh/Arab America Contributing Writer Without a single Palestinian insight, two wealthy, entitled, white men took it upon themselves to determine the fate, not only of the state of Palestine but of the entire Arab region. On January 28th, United States President Donald Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered up the so-called … Continued
David Sheen The Intercept February 6 2020, 8:00 a.m. ALEX ODEH WAS born in 1944 in British Mandate Palestine to a Christian family in the West Bank village of Jifna, near Ramallah, just four years before the founding of Israel. He immigrated in 1972 to the United States, where he became a spokesperson for the Arab … Continued
New York Times By: Zena Agha/Ms. Agha is a writer and policy analyst./Feb. 5, 2020, 5:00 a.m. President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah, the West Bank, on Jan. 22, 2020. President Abbas said “a thousand no’s” to President Trump’s peace plan.Credit…Majdi Mohammed/Associated Press Palestinians have remained glaringly absent throughout the grand unveiling … Continued
John Mason, Contributing Writer/Arab America This is not a fair deal, it’s not even a deal at all–it’s a pure giveaway. The Trump Peace Plan of the Century is a ruse, a charade, a cynical, Machiavellian ploy to help Netanyahu in his upcoming election but more dangerously, a road map to destroy the peace process … Continued
By: Bishara A. Bahbah/Arab America Featured Columnist President Trump’s peace plan states in section XVI, “A just, fair and realistic solution to the Palestinian refugee issue must be found in order to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” Beyond this reasonable statement on the issue of refugees — except when it comes to how you would define … Continued
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) made the following statement after the Trump Administration announced its Mideast Israeli-Palestinian peace proposal: “This is not a peace plan, it actually aggravates issues in the region. The negotiations did not include Palestinians or buy-in from regional partners such as Jordan and Egypt. For peace to prevail, both states need to … Continued
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