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
SOURCE: CNN BY: SCHAMS ELWAZER, ELENA GYLDENKERNE, AND MICHAEL SCHWARTZ (CNN) Argentina has called off a pre-World Cup exhibition match with Israel following political pressure and claims of threats towards players, sparking outrage from Israeli officials. Argentina’s players decided to pull out of the game, which was scheduled to take place in Jerusalem on Saturday, … Continued
By: Emiliya Strahilova/Arab America Contributing Writer BDS supporters of a boycott against Israel were jubilant on social media yesterday as it was announced that pop superstar, Shakira, will not sing in Israel this summer. Lebanese over the top hitmaker, Shakira, faced a dilemma; Is it righteous to perform in Israel or not? The news about her show … Continued
SOURCE: HAARETZ BY: IRIS LEAL Sometimes I wonder what it’s like to be an Arab in Israel. What’s the day-to-day most banal sense of such an existence? And when I think about this, shamefully not often enough, I imagine that the feeling resembles a ponderous self-awareness that a person has to carry around almost all the … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATION BY: IAN S. LUSTICK The barrier enclosing the two million Palestinians “living” in the Gaza Strip is not a border between two countries, as the media have insistently called it. It is a wall erected by Israel to make the suffering of those living inside the Gaza ghetto as invisible as possible … Continued
SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES BY: DAVID B. KIRKPATRICK, ELIZABETH DIAS AND DAVID M. HALBFINGER A night after the dedication of the new United States Embassy in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel convened American evangelicals to plan their next steps. In a conference room off his office, Mr. Netanyahu thanked the small circle of prominent … Continued
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY: PETER BEAUMONT The UN’s senior human rights official has castigated Israel, saying there is little evidence that its armed forces attempted to minimise casualties during protests by Palestinians this week during which dozens of demonstrators were killed. As a special session of the UN human rights council voted to set up a commission … Continued
SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST BY: KAREEM FAHIM AND RUTH EGLASH ISTANBUL — Turkey’s government on Tuesday ordered the Israeli ambassador to leave the country, retaliating for Israel’s killing of dozens of Palestinian protesters in the Gaza Strip and underscoring the growing international fallout from the bloodshed. The ambassador, Eitan Naeh, was told by Turkey’s foreign minister … Continued
Watch the Video Here SOURCE: DEMOCRACY NOW Two U.S. human rights lawyers were detained Sunday for 14 hours at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport before being deported back to the United States. Columbia University’s Katherine Franke and Center for Constitutional Rights executive director Vincent Warren were repeatedly questioned about their associations with groups critical … Continued
SOURCE: THE TIMES OF ISRAEL BY: ERIC CORTELLESSA WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump reportedly asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last year whether he seriously cared about making peace with the Palestinians. According to Axios, the mercurial American president went off script in a phone call between the two leaders. The report said the call came … Continued
SOURCE: PALESTINE SQUARE BY: KHELIL BOUARROUJ As part of Donald Trump’s “America First” campaign, he pledged to substantially cut foreign aid. As a result of this campaign promise, during the first year of his presidency, foreign aid declined to $23 billion from $49b in 2016, and 2018 is on trend to be roughly $10b less than 2017. This has meant … Continued
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