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Bahbah: The Ice Cream War: Israel vs. Ben & Jerry’s

By: Bishara A Bahba / Arab America Featured Columnist It is incredulous to hear and read about the ongoing war between Israel and Ben & Jerry’s famous Vermont-based ice cream!  Israel and many of its diehard supporters have lost their wits over Ben & Jerry’s decision to cease selling its ice cream in the “Occupied … Continued

Netanyahu is Out but Nothing has Changed

SOURCE: THE JORDAN TIMES BY: JAMES J. ZOGBY One month after the end of the last hostilities between Israel and Hamas, events on the ground demonstrate that little has changed. And once again the US media is ignoring Israel’s creeping annexation of Palestinian lands and their brutally aggressive behaviors toward the Palestinian people. There appeared … Continued

Dr. Edward Said: An Undying Voice of the Dispossessed

By: Qaïs S. Ahmadī / Arab America Contributing Writer “Edward Said is one of America’s most distinguished literary scholars and critics. He is an exile in the very particular sense that the country in which he was born, spent his childhood, no longer exists.” Exiles (1986 BBC Documentary) Exiled This quote is from the 1986 … Continued

The Armenian Quarter: Stuck Between Israel and Palestine

By Evan Ploeckelman / Arab America Contributing Writer The Armenian Quarter is the quarter of Jerusalem that does not seem to fit alongside the Muslim, Jewish, and Christian quarters. However, it has been an integral part of Jerusalem for centuries, and still plays a role in the conflict between Palestine and Israel. History of Armenians … Continued

Roots of Gaza conflict to be probed by UN

By: John Quigley / Contributing Writer After prior rounds of hostilities between Gaza and Israel, the United Nations Human Rights Council has set up inquiry commissions to look into violations of humanitarian law. This time it is going one step further. By Resolution S-30/1 (27 May 2021) titled Ensuring respect for international human rights law … Continued

History Is Being Re-Written, and It’s About Time!

By: Arab America Contributing Writers / Hala Gores and Ned Rosch This time is different. We are living in remarkable times: a turning point in the historic struggles for justice not only in Palestine but also all over the world. Palestinian-Canadian attorney Diana Buttu speaks about how the pine trees planted by Israel in her … Continued

Israel and the Religious Right: A Bad Bet

SOURCE: PAKISTAN TODAY BY: JAMES J ZOGBY At a recent conference in Israel, Ron Dermer, former Israeli Ambassador to the USA, was asked to respond to the criticism that during his tenure in Washington he focused more on courting conservatives than on liberal Americans. In response, Dermer noted that he had, indeed, devoted attention to … Continued

The US Debate on Israel/Palestine is Changing

SOURCE: THE JORDAN TIMES BY: JAMES J. ZOGBY In the 45 years since launching the Palestine Human Rights Campaign, I’ve witnessed more tragic wars than I can care to count and defended Palestinians against more heinous crimes than I can bear to list. During all this time, we’ve had American supporters who have embraced the … Continued

Disputes Over Water and The Jordan River

By: Christian Jimenez/Arab America Contributing Writer Introduction Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century as tons of carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere, changing the climate at an unforeseeable pace.  Millions would be affected and new problems will arise, one of them … Continued

More balanced U. S. conversation about Palestinians following latest round of Israel-Hamas conflict

By: John Mason / Arab America Contributing Writer A shift in Washington’s perspective of the latest war began to rapidly evolve as the Israeli military machine pounded Gaza. The Biden decision to communicate bluntly with Netanyahu emerged from Biden’s listening to “a lot of loud progressive voices.” Boastful victory statements by the two enemies, however, … Continued

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