Arab towns and villages have become unpoliced territory, so criminals can keep operating as the masters of Israeli-Arab society SOURCE: HAARETZ Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan washes his hands of the problem of the police shirking responsibility for shootings and other serious crime in the Arab community. According to figures provided by Erdan in response … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: JACOB WIRTSCHAFTER The Arab Parliament gave a co-ordinated, region-wide response on Thursday to Washington’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, by moving to block Israel’s 2019-2020 candidacy for a seat on the United Nations Security Council. Israel is the only country in the Middle East that has never obtained a … Continued
SOURCE: JTA BY: RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — Reports that the U.S. ambassador to Israel asked the State Department to stop calling the West Bank “occupied” are misleading, a department official said. Israel’s Kan public broadcaster reported on Tuesday that David Friedman asked the U.S. State Department to stop calling Israel’s control over the West … Continued
SOURCE: MA’AN NEWS AGENCY BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian officials are reportedly urging Arab leaders to block Israel’s bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), according to a report on Wednesday from official Palestinian Authority (PA)-owned Wafa news agency.Wafa reported that the Palestine committee in the Arab Parliament — formed at the … Continued
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY: PETER BEAUMONT Israel’s transport minister is pushing ahead with a controversial plan to extend Jerusalem’s soon-to-open high-speed rail line to the Western Wall, where he wants to name a station after the US president, Donald Trump. Yisrael Katz’s proposal for the “Donald John Trump” station, which is in the initial planning stage, … Continued
The first year of the Donald Trump era was nothing less than a catastrophe for Muslims. SOURCE: NEW REPUBLIC BY: OMER AZIZ Thomas Jefferson was expecting a dinner guest. It was December 1805 and the nascent republic that Jefferson led was mired in a series of battles with the Barbary States of North Africa, whose … Continued
SOURCE: ALJAZEERA Palestinian billionaire businessman Sabih al-Masri has been detained in Saudi Arabia on a business trip to Riyadh, his family confirmed to Reuters news agency. The 80-year-old founder of Zara Investment Holding and chairman of Arab Bank was held in the Saudi capital for questioning last week about “information related to corruption”, according to Rai al-Youm. … Continued
SOURCE: MIDDLE EAST MONITOR After Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan invited the members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to attend an urgent meeting to discuss the status of Jerusalem, only 16 out of 57 heads of state went along, Quds Press reported on Wednesday. Although most sent lower-level ministers and officials to represent them, this … Continued
By: J. Michael Springmann/Arab America Contributing Writer Divide et Impera. In Imperial Rome, the cornerstone of its foreign policy was divide and rule. Its essence was to set groups, tribes, and other existing power structures against each other, enabling or facilitating Roman control of a region. Causing discord and fomenting rivalries helped eliminate opposition to … Continued
SOURCE: DAILY MAIL BY: AFP Israel’s defence minister called Sunday for an economic boycott of Arab citizens from area where unrest erupted over Donald Trump’s Jerusalem declaration, saying they “don’t belong” in the country. Avigdor Lieberman’s comments about Arab Israelis, who account for some 17.5 percent of the country’s population, drew condemnation for their harshness. … Continued
SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST BY: HAMZA HENDAWI CAIRO — Arab foreign ministers on Sunday demanded that the United States rescind President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, calling it a “grave” development that puts Washington on the same side as “occupation” and the violation of international law. In a resolution long on … Continued
SOURCE: THE JERUSALEM POST BY: BEN LYNFIELD Politicians and commentators in the Arab world voiced dismay on Wednesday night in response to Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and his plan to move the American Embassy, with a prominent Jordanian figure proclaiming, “Peace is dead.” Abdul-Hadi Majali, former speaker of the Jordanian Parliament, told … Continued
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