SOURCE: FORWARD BY: J.J. GOLDBERG Nobody outside the tight-lipped circle of principals knows what’s in the Trump administration’s planned Israeli-Palestinian “deal of the century.” But there are hints and rumors, and a coherent picture seems to be emerging. And based on what’s emerging, it looks like it’s going to be a letdown. The plan is … Continued
SOURCE: THE CALIFORNIA AGGIE BY: JUSTIN CHAU Seven years ago, hope resonated through the Arab world. In what became known as the Arab Spring, millions of people took to the streets of their towns and cities and demanded change. These demands usually revolved around desires for democratic reforms and an end to political corruption and … Continued
SOURCE: HAARETZ Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak held a discreet meeting with Britain’s then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1982 in which he said his country could take in displaced Palestinians fleeing the civil war in Lebanon, on the condition that a solution would be found to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Rare documents dating back to … Continued
Former Egyptian president says he rejected PM’s idea outright; remarks follow report on international bid to have Egypt take in Palestinians in 1983 SOURCE: THE TIMES OF ISRAEL BY: SUE SURKES Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had proposed settling Palestinians in the Sinai peninsula as part of … Continued
US-backed SDF controls about a quarter of the country, including oilfields SOURCE: FINANCIAL TIMES Weeks after capturing his Arab city from Isis, the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces abducted Abdelfattah Mohammed, interrogated him and locked him in solitary confinement for 34 days. The memory makes the tribal leader tremble with rage. And yet, given the choice, … Continued
SOURCE: DAILY COLLEGIAN BY: BONNIE CHEN On Wednesday, November 29, in the Integrative Learning Center at the University of Massachusetts, three professors spoke on the exploitation of the term “anti-Semitism.” The panel was sponsored by the Students for Justice in Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace, Media Education Foundation and the departments of communication, philosophy, history, … Continued
SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST BY: ASHLEY PARKER AND JOHN WAGNER President Trump on Wednesday shared three inflammatory anti-Muslim videos on Twitter posted by a far-right British activist, drawing backlash from across Britain, including a sharp rebuke from the British prime minister’s office. The videos — whose authenticity could not be independently verified — were first … Continued
SOURCE: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Responding to the news that a Cairo court convicted 16 men of “debauchery” and sentenced them to three years prison followed by three years’ probation, Amnesty International’s Najia Bounaim the North Africa campaigns director said: “These sentences strike at the very heart of being human and are another example of the ongoing persecution … Continued
SOURCE: JTA WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump continues to consider “when and how” to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, Vice President Mike Pence said. “President Donald Trump is actively considering when and how to move the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,” Pence said Tuesday at an event in New … Continued
Photo: Salvador Nasralla Salum, first Palestinian President of Honduras? By Michael Springmann/Arab America Contributing Writer According to November 27’s Deutsche Welle (DW), Germany’s overseas broadcasting service, “…TV personality Salvador Nasralla (Salum), had a five-point lead over the incumbent president [Juan Orlando Hernandez] with more than 50 percent of votes counted…” DW quoted third-place candidate Luis Zelaya … Continued
SOURCE: ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE BY: JAMES J. ZOGBY Imagine that you are a victim of a violent crime or theft but are forbidden from reporting it because Congress has passed a law that not only prohibits you from reporting the crime, but threatens punishment if you dare to do it. This is the situation in … Continued
SOURCE: HUFFPOST BY: MJ ROSENBERG The most common response to those who actively oppose Israel’s violations of human rights was encapsulated in a column in the New York Daily News that appeared last week. Written by author Susan Shapiro it attacks pretty much all critics of Israel, with special emphasis on pro-Palestinian rights advocate, Linda Sarsour, as biased against … Continued
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