SOURCE: FORWARD BY: MAIRAV ZONSZEIN This week, the Israeli government announced its plan to ban the entry of key activists from 20 groups who advocate Boycott Divestment and Sanctions of Israel. The move is neither surprising nor new. Israel has for years been barring people from entering the country over their politics – even Jews. In 2010, … Continued
The White House has confirmed that Vice President Mike Pence will travel to the Middle East later this month for consultations in Egypt, Jordan and Israel. Pence is set to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on January 20 and with Jordanian King Abdullah II on January 21; this, before spending two days in … Continued
SOURCE: AL ARABIYA The political and rift between Arab states led by Saudi Arabia and Qatar over the latter’s support for terror groups in the region and Doha’s political meddling in the neighborhood has resulted in the slowdown of stadia being readied for the 2022 World Cup. The slow progress in construction since June on … Continued
January 9, 2017 CONTACT: media@aiusa.org Amnesty International launches a campaign today to mark the three year anniversary of the public flogging of Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi. He received the first 50 out of 1000 lashes on 9 January 2015 for setting up a website focused on social and political debate. In the wake of his … Continued
SOURCE: WKYC BY: CHRISTOPH HASSELBACH, USA TODAY A study by Germany’s Friedrich Ebert Foundation shows that young people from Arabic-speaking countries have an optimistic outlook on life, but little faith in politics. DW spoke to the study’s co-editor for more insight. DW: Mr. Gertel, which of the study’s findings surprised you most? Jörg Gertel: I … Continued
AMMAN (Reuters) – Arab states will soon embark on a diplomatic drive to persuade the United Nations to recognize a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital on territory captured by Israel in the 1967 war, Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said. SOURCE: REUTERS Six Arab foreign ministers met in Amman on Saturday to … Continued
Saudi Air Defense intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Yemen’s Houthi militia on Friday over Najran city. The official spokesperson of the Arab Coalition, Colonel Turki al-Maliki, said that at 7:56am Saudi Air Defense shot down a ballistic missile targeting Saudi Arabian soil. Al-Maliki added that the missile was launched deliberately from Yemen targeting residential areas. … Continued
SOURCE: AL ARABIYA The year 2017 witnessed important developments linked to the ongoing movement of change in the Arab world. Some indicate that military clashes and terrorist acts will decrease, such as in Iraq, Syria and Libya, while others indicate that they will continue, such as in Yemen and terror attacks in Egypt’s Sinai. On … Continued
SOURCE: HUFFPOST BY: PETER VAN BUREN America’s serial wars in Iraq are ending with a whimper, not a bang. And in the oddest of ironies, it may be President Donald Trump, feared as a war monger, the fifth president to make war in Iraq, who has more or less accidentally ended up presiding over the … Continued
PlanetObserver / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 SOURCE: TRUTHDIG BY: JUAN COLE In some ways, the United States faces a more favorable foreign policy environment in 2018 than it has in some years, with regard to facts on the ground. Ironically, some of the more severe challenges emanate not from objective conditions abroad but from the erratic and … Continued
SOURCE: PULITZER CENTER BY: REZA SAYAH TRANSCRIPT Judy Woodruff: Now the final installment in our series Iran Rising in Iraq that examines Tehran’s influence there, and what it means for U.S. policy in the region. Washington is worried about that sway and presence in Iraq, and is taking measures to counter it, raising U.S.-Iran tensions. But, … Continued
J. Michael Springmann/Arab America Contributing Writer Rabbi Shmuley Boteach placed a full-page ad in the Washington Post’s Sunday, December 31, 2017, edition. Spending thousands for the astonishingly prejudiced page, Boteach and his World Values [!!!] Network, are apparently ready to begin the New Year with a wave of hate. Rabbi Boteach and his inaptly-named organization … Continued
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