SOURCE: EGYPT INDEPENDENT A young Muslim-American of Egyptian origin, Nadeem Mazen, a councilor in the US city of Cambridge in Massachusetts, recently launched his electoral campaign to run as a candidate for the upcoming congressional elections. Mazen, 34, arrived in the US at age five and is the son of an Egyptian-born father and Indiana-born … Continued
SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST BY MUSTAFA SALIM AND TAMER EL-GHOBASHI WATCH THE VIDEO HERE DIBIS, Iraq — Iraqi forces have reclaimed the town of Hawijah from the Islamic State, Iraq’s prime minister said Thursday, though fighting continued in pockets of the last significant urban territory controlled by the militant group. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi made the … Continued
SOURCE: THE INTERCEPT BY AIDA CHAVEZ AIPAC ACTIVISTS ARE paying a visit to Washington, D.C., in mid-October, threatening to bring renewed focus on legislation a leading civil liberties group warns will criminalize support for the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee lists support of the Israel Anti-Boycott Act … Continued
SOURCE: HUFFPOST BY DANIEL MARANS Watch the video here Leading progressive organizations hope to turn the reform of government surveillance programs into a litmus test for 2020 presidential candidates. In a letter to congressional Democrats, 34 groups, led by the digital rights-focused Demand Progress Action, demand new protections for civil liberties in the reauthorization of a … Continued
SOURCE: THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA BY TAMARA NASSAR Since 2009, at least 53 churches and mosques have been vandalized in present-day Israel and the occupied West Bank. The vast majority of those cases – 45 – have been closed without any charges against perpetrators. In all, there have been just nine indictments and seven convictions, according … Continued
SOURCE: ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE BY JAMES J. ZOGBY Last week Israel announced that the heart of Hebron would henceforth be a separate municipality directly governed by Israel’s Civil Administration. There are about 700 extremist Israeli settlers currently living in a few compounds in the center of the city protected by the Israeli military. While this … Continued
SOURCE: CARNEGIE Many Palestinians and outsiders are skeptical of Palestinian reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas. This arises from several past failures, starting with the Mecca Agreement in February 2007 through the Beach Refugee Camp Agreement in April 2014. There are also a number of unsettled issues between the two parties, which can be seen as landmines facing Palestinian reconciliation. Among … Continued
Exclusive: This progressive millennial wants to replace a two-term Republican SOURCE: INDEPENDENT BY EMILY SHUGERMAN Fayrouz Saad had just started university when two planes struck the World Trade Centre on 11 September, 2001. The child of immigrants and a practising Muslim, Ms Saad grew up in the heavily Arab-American city of Dearborn, Michigan. Up to that point, she … Continued
A resolution passed by the UN Human Rights Council today, mandating a group of international experts to investigate abuses by all parties to the conflict in Yemen, is a momentous breakthrough that will pave the way for justice for countless victims of human rights abuses and grave violations of international law, including war crimes, … Continued
The emergence of an independent Kurdish state will continue to face serious hurdles and obstacles. SOURCE: MIDDLE EAST ONLINE BY EDMUND GHAREEB Sheikh Ubaydullah al-Nahri, a prominent religious and tribal leader who is known as the grandfather of Kurdish nationalism, in 1880 established the Kurdish League, an alliance of 200 tribes, and launched a revolt … Continued
SOURCE: MONDOWEISS September 27, 2017 — Today’s media reports revealed that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights began sending letters two weeks ago to 150 companies in Israel and around the globe, warning them that they could be added to a database of complicit companies doing business in illegal Israeli settlements based in the occupied Palestinian West Bank, including East … Continued
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT BY JEFFREY HELLER ‘The State of Palestine and the Solomon Islands are now Interpol member countries’ Palestine joined Interpol as a member state on Wednesday, a move opposed by Israel, in a vote at the international police organisation’s general assembly in Beijing, Interpol said. “The State of Palestine and the Solomon Islands are … Continued
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