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Go topBy Emiliya Strahilova/Arab America Contributing Writer For 70 years Palestinians around the world have been horrified by the events of the Nakba (Catastrophe) that took place in 1948 and still happening as of today. In December 2017, The Trump administration officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, as well as cutting UNRWA funding which … Continued
SOURCE: DEMOCRACY NOW WATCH THE VIDEO HERE Rashid Khalidi Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University. He’s the author of several books. His most recent is titled “Brokers of Deceit: How the U.S. Has Undermined Peace in the Middle East.” Palestinian protests against the Israeli occupation are continuing this week as Israel begins … Continued
By J. Michael Springmann/Arab America Contributing Writer Apologies to Woody Guthrie. However, the American Main Stream (Lame Stream?) Media (MSM) has started reporting on Israeli attacks on peaceful Palestinian protests over “Land Day”, commemorating the theft of Palestine by the Israelis. And the MSM (e.g. the Washington Post) has only started reporting the seven murders … Continued
By: Mohammed Alhammami/Arab America Contributing Writer Eight months ago, I achieved a dream: I was admitted to the graduate program at Southern Illinois University and actually “escaped” the blockade of Gaza—unlike so many hundreds of others who try and fail. But these days, it is hard to feel happy about it without feeling angry and guilty … Continued
SOURCE: ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE BY: DR. JAMES J. ZOGBY During the week of March 25, 2018, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi led a delegation of ten house democrats to Israel and Jordan. I sent her the following letter: Dear Leader Pelosi, I have just learned that you are leading a delegation of Democratic Members of Congress visiting … Continued
Kuwaiti draft Security Council statement demanded an investigation into Gaza’s Land Day rallies in which 17 were killed. SOURCE: ALJAZEERA The United States has blocked a draft statement by the United Nations Security Council that called for an investigation into the killing of 17 unarmed Palestinian protesters near the Gaza Strip‘s eastern border. The statement, which was proposed … Continued
SOURCE: NEWSWEEK BY: JACK MOORE Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics revealed a figure on Monday that will concern the country’s nationalistic right wing: As many Muslims (6.5 million) now live alongside Jews (6.44 million) between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea. But for one man in the midst of the Israeli-Palestinian quagmire, that number is full of encouragement. As the election … Continued
SOURCE: WAFA RAMALLAH, March 22, 2018 (WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas and his Bulgarian guest, President Rumen Radev, called on Thursday for enhancing bilateral relations and cooperation in all fields, particularly education. Radev arrived in Ramallah on Thursday on an … Continued
Pink Floyd co-founder says verses from Mahmoud Darwish, the Palestinians’ national poet, relevant to ‘all victims of settler colonialism everywhere’ SOURCE: THE TIMES OF ISRAEL BY: AFP AND TOI STAFF Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters joined a trio of Arab Israeli artists for a new song billed as a response to the US recognition of … Continued
SOURCE: THE TIMES OF ISRAEL A delegation of US diplomats had to cut short an event in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Tuesday, an attendee said, after protesters stormed their meeting. The protesters, who were objecting to US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, also kicked and threw tomatoes at … Continued
SOURCE: ALJAZEERA BY: ZENA TAHHAN It was 2008 in the Gaza Strip. When winter arrived, so did the Israeli warplanes. Reem Alfranji lived in a second-floor apartment with her husband, Mohammad, and two sons – five-year-old Aboud and Amro, a toddler. During glass-shattering uninterrupted bombardment, the family would stay at her uncle’s downstairs, where the vibrations … Continued
SOURCE: THE MIDDLE EAST MONITOR Informed Palestinian sources revealed Thursday that a number of Arab countries, including Gulf states, have refused to transfer aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) following the latter’s rejection of the US peace plan. The sources told Quds Press that Arab countries have refused to transfer funds at the beginning of this year … Continued
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