SOURCE: ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE BY: DR. JAMES ZOGBY The Supreme Court decision upholding the Trump Administration’s infamous “Muslim ban” will have consequences far beyond its restriction on visas for nationals from the affected countries. Of the greatest concern is the validation it has given to the president’s virulent anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant rhetoric. It was Trump’s inflammatory … Continued
SOURCE: THE JERUSALEM POST BY: DIMA ABUMARIA/THE MEDIA LINE An opinion piece published in the Israeli daily Haaretz has publicly articulated what many have expressed privately: that it is problematic that the Trump administration peacemaking team is comprised of “American Jews” who are “committed right-wing Zionists.” Referring to Jared Kushner, Jason Greenblatt and Ambassador David … Continued
SOURCE: HUFFINGTON POST BY: AKBAR SHAHID AHMED WASHINGTON ― If the Trump administration decides soon that Waddah Aldailami has to go back to Yemen, it’s not clear how he’ll get in. U.S.-backed forces in Aldailami’s home country have ended almost all commercial flights to the rebel-controlled capital, Sanaa, where his relatives live. The same coalition … Continued
SOURCE: HAARETZ U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that a lot of progress had been made in the Middle East, but he declined to say when the White House would release its plan for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Trump, during a meeting with King Abdullah of Jordan, said things had improved since he pulled the … Continued
SOURCE: BLOOMBERG BY: FADWA HODALI Top U.S. diplomats heading to the Middle East to discuss their plan to settle the Israel-Palestinian conflict are wasting their time if they disregard previous Arab initiatives to reach peace, according to the spokesman for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Peace proposals that ignore “the resolutions of the Arab summits, … Continued
WASHINGTON — The White House’s guest list last week for President Trump’s first dinner celebrating the Muslim holy month of Ramadan included a who’s who of diplomats from the Middle East. But the event turned out to be more notable for who apparently was not there: representatives from Muslim American groups. The night highlighted a … Continued
SOURCE: THE NEW YORKER BY: ADAM ENTOUS On the afternoon of December 14, 2016, Ron Dermer, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, rode from his Embassy to the White House to attend a Hanukkah party. The Obama Administration was in its final days, and among the guests were some of the President’s most ardent Jewish … Continued
SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES BY: DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK The billionaire financier Tom Barrack was caught in a bind. In April 2016, his close friend Donald J. Trump was about to clinch the Republican presidential nomination. But Mr. Trump’s outspoken hostility to Muslims — epitomized by his call for a ban on Muslim immigrants — was offending … Continued
SOURCE: NEWSWEEK BY: TOM O’CONNOR Saudi Arabia has reportedly begun talks to bolster the Arab element of a U.S.-backed force tasked with defeating the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in Syria. Turkey’s official Anadolu Agency reported Tuesday that three Saudi Arabian military advisers flew to the northern Syrian town of Kobani, also known as Ayn al-Arab, to … Continued
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY: OLIVER LAUGHLAND The call to prayer bounces off the walls of the Hamtramck Islamic centre, punctuated by the sipping of lemon juice and the chewing of dates. It’s 8.53pm, the sun has set, and around 100 Yemeni-American men and boys sit cross-legged on the carpet, giving thanks and breaking fast for … Continued
SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES The day the United States opened its embassy in Jerusalem is a day the world has longed for, because of what it was supposed to represent: the end of a seemingly endless conflict, a blood-soaked tragedy with justice and cruelty on both sides. Israelis and Palestinians have envisioned a capital … Continued
SOURCE: MOTHER JONES BY: PEMA LEVY An anti-gay, pro-Trump pastor from Dallas will give the opening prayer Monday night at the introduction ceremony of the new US embassy in Jerusalem. Pastor Robert Jeffress, a Fox News contributor and supporter of President Donald Trump, will add to the controversy surrounding the diplomatically awkward event. Jeffress, who … Continued
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