BY: Mike Enayah/Contributing Writer In November of 1963, I was born in Kuwait to Palestinian refugee parents, which made me a Palestinian refugee by default. For the first few years of my life, I couldn’t tell that I was a refugee. We were fortunate to belong to the professional class and had all the amenities … Continued
Associated Press The Washington Post The Palestinian president has awarded his people’s highest honor to a former U.N. official who was forced to resign last week after authoring a report that accused Israel of establishing an “apartheid regime.” The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said Sunday that President Mahmoud Abbas informed Rima Khalaf by phone … Continued
By AMIR COHEN Reuters A U.N. agency published a report on Wednesday accusing Israel of imposing an “apartheid regime” of racial discrimination on the Palestinian people, and said it was the first time a U.N. body had clearly made the charge. Israel’s Foreign Ministry spokesman likened the report, which was published by the U.N. Economic … Continued
By Scott Roth and Philip Weiss Mondoweiss In the last few days The New York Times has run several opinion pieces from the Israeli or American Zionist point of view. We’ve seen none from Palestinians. Last Wednesday was a low point. Right alongside Tom Friedman urging Donald Trump to “save the Jews” from division over Israel, … Continued
BY: Alicia Naser/Contributing Writer Heavily involved in the American Palestinian community, I’ve been fortunate enough to meet young adults my age through youth summits, conventions, and leadership conferences. Upon meeting so many fellow Arab Americans, and having traveled much of the globe, I’ve come to realize the increasing number of Arab individuals who identify as … Continued
BY: Daughter of the Diaspora/Ambassador Blogger The worry beads are set in motion, By steady fingers and buried emotions, By a restless mind still agitating. It keeps the beads tap-tapping, Nudged one against the other, Long enough for thoughts to linger In the crystal of the amber. He ponders, The tribulations of today. The worry … Continued
By Max Greenwood The Hill The Obama administration sent $221 million to the Palestinian Authority on Friday, as President Obama prepared to leave the White House for the last time, The Associated Press reports. The outgoing administration formally notified Congress of the decision just hours before President Trump was inaugurated. Congress had initially approved the … Continued
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands next to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump during their meeting in New York on Sept. 25, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/Government Press Office/Reuters) By Ishaan Tharoor The Washington Post In his last meaningful act as America’s top diplomat, U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry will go to Paris for an international conference on Sunday … Continued
By Pierre Krahenbuhl Al Jazeera Over the many years I spent working in conflict zones, certain encounters will always stand out in a very special way. Meeting young Rana, a 12-year-old UNRWA student from the Qabr Essit refugee camp in southern rural Damascus, had a deep impact on me. At 3:50pm on February 21, 2016, … Continued
BY: CHRISTINA OBOLENSKAYA Grassroots International Under Israeli occupation, Palestinians have suffered as their lands and water resources are confiscated, homes are destroyed and free movement within Palestine threatened. Palestinian’s lack of autonomy over their own resources creates shortages in food, shelter and employment leaving communities in poverty. This is why Grassroots International has supported the … Continued
By George Hale KETR The mayor of the little town where Jesus was born is denouncing Neiman Marcus for misrepresenting the origin of Christmas gifts imported from Bethlehem. “I’m astonished … This is illegal,” Vera Baboun said of the Dallas-based luxury chain’s sales of imported olive wood labeled incorrectly as products of Israel. The mayor … Continued
BY: Huda Dawood/Contributing Writer We Are Not Numbers “اخشى ما اخشاه ان تصبح الخيانة وجهة نظر.” This quote is from Palestinian cartoonist Naji El Ali, creator of the little refugee boy Handala. It translates roughly as, “I fear the day that deception and betrayal are regarded as the norm.” We are living that day now, when … Continued
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