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Pathbreakers of Arab America—Rami Khouri

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This is the sixty-third of 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. Our sixty-third pathbreaker is Rami Khoury, a Palestinian Jordanian, educated in both the Middle East and the U.S. A widely respected, internationally syndicated, political columnist and professor of journalism, Khoury is known for his clear, honest analyses of the global influence of the Middle East, including the hot button topics of today. Contributing writer, John Mason, takes us through a recent interview, in which Khoury renders a clear-eyed assessment of the Gaza war, especially the complicated roles of Hamas, Israel, and the U.S. in reaching a ceasefire.

OP-ED: Voting Third-Party: A Principled, Strategic Choice

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By: Kareem Rosshandler Arab and Muslim Americans have good reason to be involved in the presidential elections. As frustrated observers of the Biden administration’s unbridled support for Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza over the last year, their choice at the ballot box should have a particularly powerful effect. But the question is how, given that … Continued

Pathbreakers of Arab America—Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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This is the fifty-third of 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, reports on our fifty-third pathbreaker is Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a Lebanese American essayist, mathematical statistician, former options trader, risk analyst, and aphorist. He has deep roots in Lebanon, his Greek Orthodox Christian family having played important roles in government dating from the mid-18th century to the country’s 1975 civil war. Taleb has strong, philosophically based opinions on the Hamas-Israel war.

U.S. Rabbis withhold Prayer for New Far-Right Israeli Government, now Justified as that Government Legalizes New West Bank Settlements despite U.S. Objection

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U.S. rabbis recently made a strong protest against Israel’s new far-right government by withholding their annual prayer for the government. Not just rabbis, but many American Jews expressed outrage at the new government. They are especially against the government’s anti-democratic leanings. As contributing writer, John Mason reports, true to form, the new government, just as soon U.S. Secretary of State Blinken ended his visit to Israel, legalized new West Bank Jewish settlements.

Israel’s Communications Offensive against the Palestinians continues Unabated

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Even before the State of Israel was formed, Zionists had been enacting information campaigns to justify their anti-Palestinian activities. Now their strategy to propagate a negative campaign against Palestinians is in full force. In reporting on this story, contributing writer, John Mason also depicts a masterful Palestinian initiative to counter Israel’s public relations war in the U.S.

Surveillance of Palestinians from Zionism’s Early Days till now has only become more Sophisticated and Intrusive

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While espionage and surveillances of Palestinians dates to the early Zionist period in the 1930s and 40s, more recent intelligence gathering by the Israel government has only become more sophisticated. It is now used to spy on key Palestinian human rights groups and perhaps even more nefariously to use facial recognition software known as ‘Blue Wolf’ to monitor Palestinians. To see the implications of such espionage, contributing writer John Mason describes its impact on the citizenry and on organizations.

The Rise and Fall of Arab Nationalism

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By Arab America Contributing Author/ Christian Jimenez Nationalism is one of the most powerful and influential movements in the world and one that began during the 19th century. The term nationalism refers to the idea that a nation of people with a common culture, language, history, etc. should have an independent state of their own.  … Continued

Dr. Edward Said: An Undying Voice of the Dispossessed

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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

Israel’s Eid Gift to Palestine

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The author analyzes the timing of the offensive on Gaza. There are still places in the world in which Muslims have been constant victims of ongoing war. They spend the holy month of Ramadan in conditions that the conservative media censors. Furthermore, the Eid festivals are celebrations that are observed in conflict. Humanity can longer neglect the Palestinian genocide and America has been an accomplice to Israel’s brutality for over half of a century.

Zionism Split the Women’s Movement in the ’70s. Will It Do the Same to BLM?

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SOURCE: +972 MAGAZINE BY: DIKLA TAYLOR-SHEINMAN  Three months after George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis, thousands are still marching in American cities to decry police brutality and racial injustice. Asymmetric confrontations between heavily armed police officers in protective gear and unarmed civilians — particularly Black people and people of color — have become an almost daily occurrence. Even … Continued

The Ideological Roots of Israel’s Troubles

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SOURCE: THE WEEK BY: RYAN COOPER For decades now, American liberals who support the idea of Israel as a Jewish state have been torn up over Israel’s behavior. Israel’s politics have veered increasingly hard right. It has caused the United States no end of trouble. And it refuses to give up its occupation of the … Continued

Birds of a feather: White supremacy and Zionism

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By: Nada Elia Source: The Middle East Eye A Confederate flag appeared in an apartment window in Manhattan’s East Village in New York City last week, and the neighbours were outraged. A few pelted it with stones, calling it a hate crime. Many said it did not belong in such a diverse city. What few … Continued

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