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
SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES BY: BEN HUBBARD AND MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ BEIRUT, Lebanon — At a summit meeting in Tehran on Friday, the presidents of Russia, Turkey and Iran agreed that “there could be no military solution” to the war in Syria, but Russia rejected Turkey’s call for a cease-fire while Iran called for a … Continued
SOURCE: THE HILL BY: DOUGLAS SCHOEN For more than half a century, American public support for Israel and its “special relationship” with the United States spanned the political divide and was a consensus issue for both parties, from the Eisenhower years through the beginning of the Obama administration. But an analysis of recent developments in … Continued
SOURCE: WASHINGTON POST WHEN PRESIDENT Trump moved the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem in May, some speculated the controversial step could serve to jolt Middle East diplomacy out of a deep rut and open the way for the Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative the White House has been promising. That’s not what happened: Instead, an angry Palestinian … Continued
SOURCE: THE INTERCEPT BY: MURTAZA HUSSAIN JARED KUSHNER has yet to formally unveil his highly touted peace planfor resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict. But in the past weeks and months, its outlines have become increasingly clear. Recent moves by the United States to recognize Israel’s capital in Jerusalem and deprive Palestinians of refugee status have taken key issues off the table before … Continued
SOURCE: BBC Paraguay’s new government has announced that it will move its embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv – just three months after shifting it to Jerusalem. President Mario Abdo Benítez, who was sworn in last month, said he wanted to help achieve “a just and durable peace” in the Middle East. In response, … Continued
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