SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY: IAN BLACK Ben-Gurion Boulevard climbs from the bustling port on Haifa’s Mediterranean shore up Mount Carmel towards the famous Bahai shrine, its gleaming golden dome surrounded by lush terraced gardens. On the south side of the palm-lined road, on a spring lunchtime, the Fattoush restaurant is packed with customers chatting noisily … Continued
SOURCE: THE INTERCEPT BY: ZAID JILANI SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN, D-Mass., broke with the political establishment and called on the Israeli government to respect the rights of Palestinian protesters in Gaza in a statement to The Intercept on Wednesday. “I am deeply concerned about the deaths and injuries in Gaza,” Warren said. “As additional protests are … Continued
By J. Michael Springmann/Arab America Contributing Writer Apologies to Woody Guthrie. However, the American Main Stream (Lame Stream?) Media (MSM) has started reporting on Israeli attacks on peaceful Palestinian protests over “Land Day”, commemorating the theft of Palestine by the Israelis. And the MSM (e.g. the Washington Post) has only started reporting the seven murders … Continued
Demonstrators wave Palestinian flags, photos of dead journalist. One says: ‘What do they expect of a people who have been under blockade for more than 9 years?’ SOURCE: THE TIMES OF ISRAEL Some 1,500 people took part in a demonstration in the Israeli-Arab town of Sakhnin Saturday in solidarity with the people of the Gaza … Continued
Heir to Saudi Arabia’s throne says his country shares a lot of common interests with Israel. SOURCE: ALJAZEERA Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has declared that Israel has the right to its own land alongside Palestinians. In an interview with the US-based The Atlantic magazine, the 32 year old heir to the Saudi throne declared: “I believe … Continued
SOURCE: ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE BY: DR. JAMES J. ZOGBY During the week of March 25, 2018, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi led a delegation of ten house democrats to Israel and Jordan. I sent her the following letter: Dear Leader Pelosi, I have just learned that you are leading a delegation of Democratic Members of Congress visiting … Continued
Kuwaiti draft Security Council statement demanded an investigation into Gaza’s Land Day rallies in which 17 were killed. SOURCE: ALJAZEERA The United States has blocked a draft statement by the United Nations Security Council that called for an investigation into the killing of 17 unarmed Palestinian protesters near the Gaza Strip‘s eastern border. The statement, which was proposed … Continued
SOURCE: THE JERUSALEM POST BY: BEN LYNFIELD In the run-up to Friday’s Land Day events marking the anniversary of the 1976 shooting deaths of six Arab protesters against land expropriations, Arab MKs on Wednesday charged that today there is also a severe attack against Arab property. “Sometimes I feel that every day is becoming land day … Continued
By: John Mason/ Arab America Contributing Writer Most Arabs with Israeli citizenship identify as “Palestinian citizen of Israel,” “Palestinian Arab,” or just plain “Palestinian.” A minority, more conservatively, identify as “Israeli Arab” or “Arab Israeli.” The issue of Arab identity, as defined by those Arabs living in Israel, is fraught with politicization. As we … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: BEN LYNFIELD Relations between Jewish Israelis and citizens of the Arab minority are plummeting, with each side losing faith in coexistence and becoming less tolerant of the other, according to a key survey. The latest poll overseen by Haifa University sociologist Sammy Smooha, who has chronicled the attitudes of Israeli Arabs … Continued
SOURCE: THE TIMES OF ISRAEL BY: RAPHAEL AHREN Israel needs to make a well-funded, concerted effort to win back the support of progressives in the United States, Deputy Minister for Diplomacy Michael Oren said Wednesday, responding to a dramatic survey published the day before that showed that Democrats are almost as likely to sympathize with the Palestinians … Continued
SOURCE: THE NEWS-HERALD BY: KARIN LAUB AND MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH RAMALLAH, West Bank >> American Kate Hamad doesn’t dare leave Ramallah, fearing trouble, even deportation, if stopped at an Israeli checkpoint on the outskirts of the autonomous Palestinian city in the West Bank. Israel rejected her request for a visa renewal three months ago, she said, … Continued
342 Results (Page 20 of 29)
Loading ...