By: Alena Khan/Arab America Contributing Writer In politics, everything you say or do is open to the public, and open to the public’s own interpretation. As a politician, what you say can and will most likely be used against you in the media, news, etc. Many topics in politics, of course, raise some controversy, and … Continued
By: Udochi Esomonu/Arab America Contributing Writer As a candidate, President Trump promised to instill the sentiment of “America First,” which included the molding of America’s political agenda to solely cater to and preserve the most fundamental sentiments of America’s identity. This policy has led to an increase in nationalistic values and very staunch non-interventionalist foreign … Continued
By: Alena Khan/Arab America Contributing Writer Recently Israel has passed into law a bill that defines the nature of the state of Israel. The nation-state bill sparked controversy as it establishes Israel as the historic home of Jewish people, saying that only Jewish people have the “right to self-determination.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who advocated … Continued
The Episcopalian Church has officially terminated its economic involvement with Israel in protest of the government’s illegal and inhumane occupation of the Palestinian territories. The 300-million strong Episcopalian church is the 10th American religious group to publicly declare support for the Palestinian people.
By: Alena Khan/Arab America Contributing Writer It has come to the public’s attention that the United State Citizenship and Immigration Services announced a new denaturalization task force. This force aims to investigate “bad” naturalization cases wherein the agency will hire lawyers and immigration officers to find US citizens who should not have been naturalized. Upon … Continued
By: Alena Khan/Arab America Contributing Writer Throughout Trump’s campaign and his presidency, his views on immigration have not only been clear but controversial. It has come to the point where our Supreme Court must decide whether or not the US Constitution allows the President to implement policies which are driven by bigotry, and unfortunately, our … 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
According to senior administration officials, today at 1 pm from the White House, President Donald Trump will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and instruct the State Department to begin the process to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Palestinian national and Islamic groups issued a joint statement calling for three … Continued
BY: MAUREEN CLARE MURPHY SOURCE: THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA A lawsuit against two Palestine advocacy groups and three individuals involved with them was dismissed by a US federal judge in Chicago on Friday, the Muslim Legal Fund of America announced this week. The parents of David Boim, a 17-year-old American killed by a Hamas gunman in the … Continued
Source: Press and Guide By: Keith Salowich A podcast named one of the best new podcasts of 2016 by The New York Times and iTunes recorded its latest episode before a live audience in Dearborn. The Arab American National Museum’s Aliya Hassan Auditorium held a near capacity crowd Saturday for the recording of Ahmed Ali … Continued
By Dan Gil/Contributing Writer This weekend gave the United States a long look into the past. Protests at the University of Virginia turned the college campus into a violent and deadly scene of mayhem as a rally of white nationalists convened in Charlottesville to protest the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee the … Continued
Al Jazeera has threatened to take legal action over Israel’s decision to close its bureau in Jerusalem, in a statement issued on Monday. The pan-Arab news network based out of Qatar declared the move was “undemocratic” in its statement. “Al Jazeera stresses that it will closely watch the developments that may result from the Israeli … Continued
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