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Pathbreakers of Arab America: Ayman Mohyeldin

This is the fifteenth in Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series includes personalities from entertainment, business, sports, science, academia, and politics, among other areas. Arab America contributing writer, John Mason, highlights our fifteenth pathbreaker, Ayman Mohyeldin, born in Egypt of an Egyptian father and Palestinian mother, who moved to the States when Ayman was five years old. He has made a truly remarkable impact on broadcast journalism in reporting on the 2011 ‘Arab Spring’ events in Cairo and across the Arab World and presently he continues his broadcast career with his own show on cable MSNBC TV. Ayman has prominently made clear his support of the Palestinian people.

Florida Governor DeSantis exports his Repressive Vision for America to Israel, Intruding on Israeli Politics at a Sensitive Moment

Florida Governor Ron Desantis visited Israel recently to promote business with his state and hint at his yet unannounced candidacy for the U.S presidency. He brought with him all of his baggage of intolerance of anyone and everything different from himself and other supremacists. Desantis unfortunately dragged the Palestinians into his purview to underscore his intolerant view of people who are different. Contributing writer, John Mason reviews the governor’s trip to underscore similarities between Desantis’ vision and Prime Minister Netanyahu’s intentions for his far right wing government.

Grim Prospects for Palestinian Reality of Self-Rule, Reputable American Scholars Assert

By: John Mason / Arab America Contributing Writer Three prominent American scholars express their pessimism about an equitable solution to the situation of occupied Palestinians. First, Noam Chomsky suggests that neither of the two-state/one-state solutions is viable and suggests a third alternative, one of ‘Greater Israel,’ which explicitly leaves out Palestinian population concentrations. Peter Beinart … Continued

Jewish Settlers Attack Palestinian Town with Approval of Israeli Minister Smotrich, White House then Refuses to Meet Him During U.S. Visit

Here we see a compassionate Orthodox Jew’s view of Jewish settlers’ hateful attack on the Palestinian town of Hawara. John Mason, contributing writer, also reports on Minister of Finance, Betzalel Smotrich’s inflammatory command to “wipe out” Hawara. That is followed by a report on the White House vow not to meet with Smotrich when he plans to visit the U.S. later this month. The writer then expresses fear over the ultra-right government’s future impact on the West Bank and its intentions to further emasculate Palestinians.

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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