By: Michael Springmann/Arab America Contributing Writer According to the Arab Center, Nikki Haley, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, participated in an August 28 discussion at the pro-Israel Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. After accepting the Jeanne J. Kirkpatrick Award for Statesmanship from the Washington, D.C.-based “think-tank”, Haley went on to attack the UN, … Continued
The Chaldean State during the 11th-6th centuries B.C. controlled an area along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in what is now present-day Iraq By John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer The Chaldean faith is an old Middle Eastern Christian sect that is little known in much of that part of the world and even less so … Continued
SOURCE: SEVEN DAYS BY: KYMELYA SARI In the American classic The Souls of Black Folk, W. E. B. Du Bois asked, “How does it feel to be a problem?” The book, written during the Jim Crow era, consisted of several essays on the black experience, including the rise of the black church, education in the … Continued
‘With the Netanyahu government ramping up the racism, our struggle for survival is more precarious than ever.’ Palestinian Arab MPs in the Knesset commend Jeremy Corbyn for his ‘longstanding solidarity with all oppressed peoples around the world’ SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN As members of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, representing our fellow Palestinian Arab citizens of … Continued
SOURCE: DEFENSE NEWS BY: CHIRINE MOUCHANTAF BEIRUT — The Trump administration has in recent months been quietly working on creating a new security alliance comprised of six Gulf Arab states plus Egypt and Jordan, unofficially known as the “Arab NATO,” and also dubbed the “Middle East Strategic Alliance,” or MESA. The six Gulf Arab nations … Continued
The US Campaign for Palestinian Rights issued the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s announcement that the US will end all financial assistance to UNRWA–the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees: The decision to cut all US funding to UNRWA, the UN agency that serves 5 million Palestine refugees across the occupied Palestinian … Continued
SOURCE: VOICE OF AMERICA UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council warned Thursday that violations of the cease-fire agreement between Lebanon and Israel could lead to a new conflict and urged international support for Lebanon’s armed forces and their stepped up deployment in the south and at sea. The council’s warning against “a new conflict … Continued
By: Alena Khan/Arab America Contributing Writer Throughout Trump’s presidency, there have been major setbacks when it comes to US-Palestine relations, a major one was recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and transferring the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Now there have been cuts in funding and set limitations on Palestinian refugees. When … Continued
By: Ahmed Mansour/Arab America Contributing Writer What is the Arab American story for 2018? What stories most honor their struggle, their triumph, their pain? I never set out to find such a story, but in 2017, almost by accident, I did. A documentary filmmaker captures the action. Then in the editing room, he gets to … Continued
By: Alena Khan/Arab America Contributing Writer Immigrants have been fighting against the expansion of immigration enforcement for years. Before Trump became President, it was mainly immigrants who knew of ICE, the US Immigration, and Customs Enforcement. However, under Trump’s presidency, it’s become more of a “household name—even in the households that don’t have to worry … Continued
By: Kareem Rosshandler/Arab America Contributing Writer Since George H.W. Bush, every American president has made direct negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis a top priority on his foreign policy agenda. The breakthrough of the Madrid Conference in 1991 and the initial momentum spawned from the Oslo agreement in 1993 established the US credentials as the ultimate … Continued
By: John Mason/ Arab America Contributing Writer Arab Christian Maronites (a sect of Catholic) of Lebanon present a complicated picture historically. Their history is typical of other minority religions adapting to the vast sweep of Sunni Islam in the 7th century. Some historians date their origin to the early time of Jesus. Whether they date … Continued
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