The time has long since come to embrace a new paradigm based on equal rights for all in Palestine/Israel. SOURCE: THE NATION BY: RASHID KHALIDI September 13, 2018, marks 25 years since the first of the Oslo Accords was signed by Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on the … Continued
SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST BY: NOURA ERAKAT Noura Erakat is a Palestinian American human rights attorney and assistant professor at George Mason University. She is the author of “Justice for Some: Law as Politics in the Question of Palestine,” which will be published next year by Stanford University Press. The Trump administration’s decision to end … Continued
On September 13, U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02), James P. McGovern (MA-02), Barbara Lee (CA-13), Betty McCollum (MN-04), Raúl Grijalva (AZ-03), and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) today released the following statement condemning the Trump Administration’s recent actions harming the Palestinian people. “We are alarmed by the Trump Administration’s blatant attempts at exacerbating the ongoing humanitarian crisis in … Continued
The Trump administration’s policies don’t represent a radical shift. The White House has simply abandoned the facade of neutrality and rubber-stamped the Israeli government’s agenda. SOURCE: FOREIGN POLICY BY: DALIA HATUQA For decades, Palestinian leaders have engaged in a rigged peace process, seeking to force the international community’s blueprint for a Palestinian state onto the … Continued
SOURCE: DETROIT NEWS BY: MARK HICKS The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, advocacy groups and separated families are renewing a legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive order barring travelers from some countries with majority Muslim populations. The amended complaint filed Thursday in Detroit’s U.S. District Court argues that the restrictions are unconstitutional and … Continued
SOURCE: FORWARD BY: JOSH NATHAN-KAZIS AND JUSTIN ELLIOTT/PROPUBLICA In 2016, as Palestinian-American poet Remi Kanazi performed at college campuses around the United States, his appearances seemed to spark student protests. Before his visit to John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, a page called “John Jay Students Against Hate” appeared on Facebook … Continued
Cuts to UNRWA will mean refugee children have less access to education. Cuts to an East Jerusalem hospital will mean less treatment. Why? Why go out of his way like that? SOURCE: DAILY BEAST BY: DEAN OBEIDALLAH Cruel. To me, that one word best sums up Donald Trump. We’ve seen Trump’s cruelty on display time … Continued
Buoyed by the Oslo Accords, I moved to the West Bank as a legal adviser to the PLO team. I was wrong. 25 years since that iconic Arafat-Rabin handshake, it’s clear talks are futile – and Palestinians are no closer to freedom SOURCE: HAARETZ BY: DIANA BUTTU Twenty-five years ago this month, on the White House … Continued
By: Alena Khan/Arab America Contributing Writer As faith is gone for America to solve the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, all eyes are on EU as the only hope. However, since Israel has passed the new nation-state bill confirming Israel as a Jewish nation-state, and all other recent developments, EU’s stance may have changed. The resolution of the … Continued
(Washington DC – September 11th, 2018) – Yesterday, the Trump Administration has solidified its demise as a peace broker in the Middle East. In a reverse move of its international agreements, the US moved forward with its decision to close the office of the Palestine Liberation Organization Delegation in Washington DC. The move marks the … Continued
By: Bishara A. Bahbah/Arab America Featured Columnist On Monday, September 10, 2018, the Trump administration announced that it will be shutting down the PLO diplomatic delegation in Washington, DC. The State Department’s statement justified the US’s decision because it alleged that “the PLO has not taken steps to advance the start of the direct and … Continued
Statement by Ambassador Dr. Husam Zomlot, head of the PLO General Delegation to the United States, on the US administration’s decision to close the Palestinian mission to the US. “We condemn in the strongest terms, the US administration’s decision to close the Palestinian mission to the US. However, we are not surprised. Such a … Continued
1,451 Results (Page 49 of 121)
Loading ...