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Go topBy: 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
On Tuesday at noon, President Donald Trump unveiled his “Deal of the Century” with Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and members of the administrations from both countries. Nowhere to be seen representatives from the Palestinian leadership, who have already rejected the plan. In a later development on Tuesday, the Washington Post reported that Israeli Prime … Continued
Popular Quiz Show ‘Jeopardy’ Got it Wrong—Jesus was not Born in Israel By John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer The host of marathon quiz ‘Jeopardy,’ Alex Trebek, asked a contestant on last Friday’s broadcast of the show to identify the place of Jesus’ birth. Specifically, she was asked, “Built in the 300s A.D., the Church of … Continued
By John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer The deadly removal of Iranian Al-Quds Force leader, Qassem Soleimani, by the U.S. government on Friday, January 3 has generated a new and dangerous Middle East-and-beyond geopolitical landscape. It has complicated the lives of Iraqi, Syrian, Lebanese, and Yemeni Arabs, where Al-Quds surrogate militias operate. It also complicates Arab … Continued
By Bishara Bahbah/Arab America Featured Columnist Last Friday, the United States assassinated Iran’s most important and most visible military commander, the head of the Quds Brigade, along with a powerful Iraqi militia leader who was also a government official. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei promised: “hard revenge” for the killing of Maj. General Soleimani. … Continued
By Elif Selin Calik/Arab America Contributing Writer On June 26, 2020, the international community will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations Charter. Recently, at the Doha Forum 2019, the leader of the UN discussed the UN’s future at its 75th anniversary. “We have no room for either cynicism or apathy” President of the … Continued
By Heba Mohammad/Arab America Contributing Writer As the new year (and a new decade!) draws near, this is a natural opportunity to look back on the events, moments, and policies of 2019 that shaped Arab America. From groundbreaking new television shows to heart-wrenching political moments at home and abroad, this year has played a pivotal … Continued
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