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Pathbreakers of Arab America: Helen Thomas

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This is the twenty-fourth in Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series includes personalities from entertainment, business, sports, science, academia, journalism, and politics, among other areas. Contributing writer, John Mason, writes about our twenty-fourth pathbreaker, Helen Thomas. Born in 1920 in Winchester, Kentucky, Thomas was the seventh of nine children of immigrants from Tripoli, Lebanon. Helen was an American reporter and author, and a long-serving member of the White House press corps. She covered the White House during the administrations of ten U.S. presidents—from the beginning of the Kennedy administration to the second year of Obama’s tenure. Thomas’ pro-Arab comments got her into hot water towards the end of her career.

Pathbreakers of Arab America: Rashid Khalidi

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This is the seventeenth in Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series includes personalities from entertainment, business, sports, science, academia, journalism, and politics, among other areas. Arab America contributing writer, John Mason, highlights our seventeenth pathbreaker, Rashid Khalidi, Palestinian-American and leading historian and analyst of the Middle East. Born in New York City, he is the son of Ismail Khalidi, a Saudi citizen of Palestinian birth in Jerusalem and his Lebanese-American mother. Khalidi is passionate about Palestine, where his distinguished family has deep roots in Jerusalem from Ottoman and British periods of rule. In this renewed time of war in the Middle East, Khalidi’s analyses are all the more important.

Israel’s Offer to Help Prevent the Collapse of the PA is Nonsensical 

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By: Bishara A Bahbah / Arab America Featured Columnist Israel’s cabinet on Sunday approved a measure submitted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “act to prevent the collapse of the Palestinian Authority.” The Israeli declarative statement came with many demands that Palestinian officials have quickly rejected. Those Israeli demands require that the Palestinian Authority (PA): … Continued

Al-Nakba: The 75th Anniversary Commemoration of ‘The Catastrophe’ of 1948

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2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the major displacement of Palestinians at the time of Israel’s founding in 1948, Al-Nakba, which the United Nations will commemorate on May 15 in New York. While Israel’s progress since 1948 as an economic and military powerhouse is remarkable, it has done so at the expense of its most vulnerable peoples, militarily occupied Palestinians. John Mason, contributing writer, reports on Al-Nakba and on a U.S. belated rush to initiate a Saudi-Israel accord that seems aimed to quell innumerable external threats against Israel.

Mahmoud Abbas should Step Down

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SOURCE: THE NATION BY: DR. JAMES J. ZOGBY With all due respect to his years of service, it is time for Mahmoud Abbas to step aside. He should not run for office in the upcoming Palestinian elections and he should cede the reins of Fateh to others. I say this not because of his age—that … Continued

What comes after Abbas and Netanyahu?

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By: Alaa Tartir Source: Palestine Square- Institute of Palestine Studies Blog With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing corruption charges and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat dealing with health issues, analysts say that a political upheaval is on the docket in the coming few months in Israel/Palestine. Although there is an increasingly narrow difference between … Continued

Abbas reportedly ready to suspend settlement freeze demand to restart peace talks

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President Donald Trump shaking hands with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas during a joint press conference in Bethlehem in the West Bank, May 23, 2017.(Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Source: JTA Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is willing to suspend his demand that Israel freeze West Bank settlement construction as a condition for restarting peace talks, a … Continued

Netanyahu’s Nightmare: Trump Visits Palestine

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By: Yousef Munayyer Source: Arab Center Washington DC President Barack Obama, Barack Hussein Obama, that is, never had a chance. From the day he arrived on the national political scene, Israelis were predisposed to distrust him. His middle name, his African ancestry, and his time spent in Indonesia as a child all led Israelis to … Continued

Top Palestinian Official Denies Report Trump Yelled At Abbas In Bethlehem

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BY: ADAM RASGON SOURCE: THE JERUSALEM POST A senior Palestinian official on Monday denied a report about a confrontation between US President Donald Trump and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during the American leader’s visit to Bethlehem last week. “It is a total fabrication and a lie,” Ahmad Majdalani, a confidante of Abbas, told The … Continued

Trump to back Palestinian ‘self-determination’

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The comment by McMaster came just nine days after a White House visit by Palestinian President Abbas (AFP) Source: Middle East Eye and agencies President Donald Trump will express support for Palestinian “self-determination” during a Middle East trip this month, a senior aide said on Friday, suggesting that Trump is open to a two-state solution … Continued

Trump Meets Abbas: Cause for Neither Confidence nor Optimism

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By: James J. Zogby Source: Arab American Institute  During a confusing and unsettling time, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas came to Washington to meet with US President Donald Trump. As has been the case with most issues, Trump has been remarkably unpredictable when addressing the Middle East. During his campaign for the White House, not … Continued

Trump’s Meeting With Abbas: Should We Laugh Or Cry?

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By: Peter Beinart Source: Forward “Mr. President, with you, we have hope.” So said Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during his joint press conference at the White House on Wednesday. As with so much in the Donald Trump era, it’s hard to know whether to laugh or cry. Hope? Trump’s Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, … Continued

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