Advertisement Close

Politics

Israel opens synagogue in confiscated Palestinian property

By: Nasouh Nazzal Source: Gulf News Palestine Ramallah: Residents of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem have appealed to the Israeli Higher Court of Justice against the establishment of a new Jewish synagogue in this Palestinian neighbourhood of the holy city. Israeli colonists opened their new synagogue last Saturday in a five-storey building seized from the Abu Nab … Continued

Talk Show Host Conan O’Brien Tweets from Bethlehem, Palestine

Today, TBS network talk show host Conan O’Brien tweeted from Bethlehem, Palestine enjoying hookah and coffee.. O’Brien surprised viewers when he announced on August 16 that he was traveling to Palestine/Israel. This week he is filming for his TBS show, “Conan without Borders.” In his announcement on August 16th he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, due … Continued

The Future of Palestine in the Age of Trump: Is there Hope?

By Michaela Schrum/Contributing Writer Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and presidential advisor, met with both Palestinian and Israeli officials on August 24 to discuss what some are hoping will produce a comprehensive peace initiative to be implemented in the future. Former U.S. presidents have had this conflict on their to-do lists for a while now. … Continued

Symbolic step of Ireland recognising Palestine would mean so much

By: TP O’Mahony. Source: Irish Examiner It is time for Ireland to stop procrastinating, show some real vision, and summon up the courage to formally recognise the state of Palestine, writes TP O’Mahony. WHEN David Ben-Gurion, the leader of the Jewish community in Palestine, stood up in Museum Hall in Tel Aviv to proclaim the … Continued

Iraqi American Receives Humanitarian Award

BY: DR JOHN ANDREW MORROW SOURCE: THE ISLAMIC MONTHLY Meet Haneen Alsafi, recipient of a humanitarian award from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA and quite an inspiration. Raised in al-Hillah, in Babil, Iraq, she is the daughter of an Arab Shia father who grew up in Baghdad and a Turkmen Sunni mother who grew up … Continued

Judge dismisses suit against American Muslims for Palestine

BY: MAUREEN CLARE MURPHY SOURCE: THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA A lawsuit against two Palestine advocacy groups and three individuals involved with them was dismissed by a US federal judge in Chicago on Friday, the Muslim Legal Fund of America announced this week. The parents of David Boim, a 17-year-old American killed by a Hamas gunman in the … Continued

Survey: U.S. Muslims uneasy under Trump, feel targeted

BY: KIM KOZLOWSKI SOURCE: THE DETROIT NEWS After more than a decade of work assisting impoverished women and children, a local humanitarian organization recently was targeted with hate mail. The letter was sent to executives of Zaman International and filled with anti-Muslim rhetoric, even though the organization is not Islamic, said Najah Bazzy, founder/CEO of … Continued

Arab Americans are Increasingly Running for Public Office

By Dan Gil / Arab America Contributing Writer One of the most integral and intrinsic aspects of our democracy is the right to vote. In order for the entirety of a diverse society’s needs to be represented, a significant portion of each minority group must actively participate. Although presidential elections tend to take up the … Continued

American Israel Education Foundation Pays for Fifty-Three Congressmen to Visit Israel

By Jonah Gellman/Contributing Writer The American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF), a branch of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), paid for fifty-three Congressional representatives to visit Israel at the beginning of August. AIEF lobbies for AIPAC, raising the moral question of whether or not AIEF is using its status as an educational foundation to … Continued

How to be a Palestinian supermom

Source: Al Jazeera By: HyoJin Park8 Nabi Saleh, occupied West Bank – Friday is a day of protest in Nabi Saleh. Manal Tamimi has been going to these protests for as long as she can remember. To her, to be a Palestinian parent is to be an activist. It’s impossible to separate the two roles. Taking … Continued

Why It’s Important to call the White Nationalists Terrorists

By Dan Gil/Contributing Writer This weekend gave the United States a long look into the past. Protests at the University of Virginia turned the college campus into a violent and deadly scene of mayhem as a rally of white nationalists convened in Charlottesville to protest the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee the … Continued

1,530 Results (Page 71 of 128)