By Lara Friedman The Hill The nomination of David Friedman to be the next ambassador of the United States to Israel has stirred a fierce debate, focused primarily on Friedman’s well-documented bombastic rhetoric and his views on settlements, the occupation, and the Palestinians — views that are at odds with decades of bipartisan U.S. policy. … Continued
By Sarah Harvard Mic The Los Angeles Times published a draft copy of President Donald Trump‘s expected executive order on immigration on Wednesday. The executive order, which is expected to be signed on Thursday or Friday, is expected to include a ban on refugees, and the suspension of visas from seven Muslim-majority countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Sudan, Syria and Somalia. The Trump administration will likely place a 120-day ban on … Continued
Arab-American activist Linda Sarsour and other activists at CAIR-NY’s emergency rally against President Donald Trump’s Muslim travel ban. Madina Toure/Observer By Madina Toure Observer A massive demonstration convulsed the Greenwich Village less than 24 hours after word surfaced that President Donald Trump was planning to implement, in part, the ban on Muslim immigration he proposed on the campaign … Continued
Bana al-Abed, known as the girl who tweeted from Aleppo, poses during an interview in Ankara, Turkey, in December 2016. (Adem Altan /Agence France-Presse via Getty Images) By Peter Holley The Washington Post Bana al-Abed used her riveting Twitter account to give the world a glimpse into war-torn Syria, amassing hundreds of thousands of followers along … Continued
By Karl Sharro POLITICO Dear America, We have been watching the drama of your presidential elections with much interest and curiosity for some time now. It’s hard not to notice the many similarities between our own countries and yours. From fiery inauguration protests and bitter disputes about crowd size, to the intelligence service’s forays into … Continued
By Rajai R. Masri The New Middle East Donald Trump’s Presidency is already not to a good start. Rather, with women marching in mass demonstrations across many American cities and across major world capitals only one day after Donald Trump’s inauguration, protesting and vowing to actively resist Trump’s national programs and policies, Trump’s audacious initiatives … Continued
By Rashid Khalidi The New Yorker With the advent in Washington of an Administration with radical new priorities regarding Israel, and a disdain for Palestinian rights, Palestine is facing a daunting reality. In recent years, ascendant political currents in America and Israel had already begun to merge. We have now reached the point where envoys … Continued
By Justin Wm. Moyer The Washington Post The Jbawi family arrived in Baltimore in July after fleeing war in Syria, carrying four suitcases into a nearly empty apartment. Nadia Jbawi, 35, didn’t get to choose the art on the walls — two pictures of garden scenes and one of seashells — but she likes them. … Continued
Associated Press The Vatican stressed the sacred nature of Jerusalem on Saturday as the Palestinian leader warned that prospects for peace could suffer if the incoming Trump administration goes ahead with plans to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The developments came as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Pope … Continued
By Diane C. Lore SiLive Singer Paul Anka is the latest entertainer supposed to perform at the inauguration of Donald Trump as the nation’s 45 president. Trump will be sworn in Friday, Jan. 20, on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. According to a report in Radar Online, the 75-year-old crooner will perform his … Continued
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer Dina Habib Powell, president of the Goldman Sachs foundation, has accepted a senior role focused on entrepreneurship, economic growth, and women’s empowerment in the Trump administration. Two sources close to Powell told Politico that Powell is expected to work closely with President-elect Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, to help the administration form … Continued
By Philip Weiss Mondoweiss Donald Trump has now named his son-in-law Jared Kushner as a senior adviser, notably on Middle East/Israel issues, and as Kushner fired me ten years ago over these issues, it seemed a good time to review my memories of our (limited) interactions and do what journalists do, make a prognosis about … Continued
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