By: Udochi Esomonu/ Arab America Contributing Writer Palestine has had a long history of occupation by various countries, empires, and dynasties dating back to BCE. From being occupied by the ancient Egyptians thousands of years ago right down to being recently occupied by Israel. Gaza’s identity has long been reset and re-identified by the standards … Continued
SOURCE: ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE BY: DR. JAMES J. ZOGBY One evening, almost two decades ago, I was on CNN’s “Crossfire” sitting opposite a Democratic Congressman (who is no longer in office, having repeatedly disgraced himself in “sexting” scandals). We were there to debate Israel’s botched assassination of a Hamas leader in Gaza. They did kill … Continued
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Qatar has said it is sending $480m (£370m) to Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip after a ceasefire deal ended the deadliest fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants since 2014. Qatar’s foreign ministry said $300m would go towards supporting health and education programmes of the Palestinian … Continued
SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES BY: DAVID M. HALBFINGER KHUZAA, Gaza Strip — A young medic in a head scarf runs into danger, her only protection a white lab coat. Through a haze of tear gas and black smoke, she tries to reach a man sprawled on the ground along the Gaza border. Israeli soldiers, … Continued
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY: DONALD MACINTYRE Gaza is home to a mere 1,100 Christians, who must obtain permits just to visit Jerusalem. We ask them how they see their future Palestinian Christians at the Holy Family Church in Gaza City before mass this month. Photograph: Ashraf Amra/Alamy As Hatem al-Far waited with dwindling hope for … Continued
SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES BY: ISABEL KERSHNER AND IYAD ABUHEWEILA JERUSALEM — Thousands of Gaza residents on Monday attended funerals of three Palestinian boys killed by an Israeli airstrike along the security fence with Israel the day before. The Israeli military said three figures had been spotted trying to sabotage the security fence and … Continued
SOURCE: MEPC Book Author Norman G. Finkelstein Reviewer Noam Chomsky Reviewer Title Professor emeritus, MIT Publishing Info University of California Press, 2018. 419 pages. $24.67, hardcover. To plumb the depths of human savagery is a formidable task, and not a pleasant one. The task is undertaken with rigorous argument and scrupulous scholarship in Norman Finkelstein’s … Continued
SOURCE: WASHINGTON REPORT ON MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS An Israeli sniper killed 21-year-old Palestinian medic Razan al-Najjar on June 1, as she ran toward the border fence to provide medical aid to a wounded protester. Unconcerned that Israel persistantly violates international law, the U.S. dutifully protected Israel by vetoing a United Nations resolution that urged protection … Continued
SOURCE: MONDOWEISS BY: NORMAN G. FINKELSTEIN Human Rights Watch (HRW) is among the leading guardians of human rights in the world. Sari Bashi is HRW’s Israel/Palestine Advocacy Director. She can lay claim to an impressive academic pedigree (BA, Yale; JD, Yale), and she co-founded the important Israeli human rights group Gisha. It thus cannot but … Continued
SOURCE: IF AMERICANS KNEW As the “freedom flotilla” vessels made their way to Gaza with humanitarian aid, they encountered unexpected trouble: in spite of being thoroughly searched by French police, 2 of the boats were forbidden from docking. “[We] didn’t know that Israeli waters now begin in the Seine,” commented one passenger. from Press TV … Continued
SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES BY: RICK GLADSTONE Criticism of Israel’s lethal force against Palestinian protesters at the Gaza border shifted on Wednesday to the United Nations General Assembly, which overwhelmingly passed a resolution that basically blamed the Israelis for the casualties in 10 weeks of clashes. Loud applause greeted the outcome of the vote … Continued
By: Udochi Esomonu/Arab America Contributing Writer Popular Chef, television personality, storyteller, and author, Anthony Bourdain, through his exploration of global cuisine and culture, was an enthusiast for bringing to light the often unheard and neglected stories of the silenced and marginalized people of our world. In 2013, for one of the episodes of his show … Continued
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