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Florida lawyers fired for calling Palestinians ‘swine,’ ‘cockroaches’
Raticoff and Sheres.MIAMI — Two South Florida public defenders were fired Tuesday after making inflammatory remarks on social media about Palestinians allegedly celebrating the abduction and murder of three Israeli teenagers in June.In one Facebook post attorney Gary Sheres wrote: "they are the filthy swine they don’t eat,"...Obama seeks money, fast hearings to curb young migrant surge
WASHINGTON — The U.S. administration sought on Tuesday to halt a cross-border surge of unaccompanied children from Central America, asking Congress for $3.7 billion in emergency spending and putting in place plans to quicken the youngsters' deportation hearings.It was President Obama's most substantive effort to gain control of a...Two dozen rescued after being stranded on California roller coaster
Local media footage showed rescuers in hard hats working from an elevated platform and a perch atop the ride's support beams aiding the roller coaster's occupants, one of whom could be seen gripping a safety harness.LOS ANGELES — Two dozen people, four of them slightly injured, were left stranded high off the ground after a...Report: U.S. spies on prominent Muslim Americans
Nihad Awad.An online magazine reported Wednesday that the National Security Agency and the FBI covertly scanned the emails of five prominent Muslim-Americans under the government's secret surveillance program aimed at foreign terrorists and other national security threats.The report in The Intercept, a venture by journalist Glenn...Obama’s call for peace is insincere
On Tuesday, July 8, President Obama published an op-ed in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, with the misleading headline: "Peace is the only path to true security for Israel and the Palestinians."Obama urged all sides to act "with reasonableness and restraint, not vengeance and retribution."As I've said time and again, neither I nor...
Hamas rockets hit deep, Isreal intensifies attacks
July 11th, 20140 Palestinians carry the bodies of members of the Kaware family that hospital officials killed in an Israeli air strike on their house, during their funeral in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 9. GAZA...Syrian government forces squeeze insurgents in Aleppo
DAMASCUS — Syrian armed forces have taken strategic ground around Aleppo this week, residents and state media said on Wednesday, July 9, squeezing the main rebel supply line into the city after months of battlefield gains by Damascus.The government advance, after close to two years of stalemate, was bolstered by fighters from...Egypt’s Sisi: extremists threaten the world
Sisi.CAIRO — Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned world powers on Monday that Islamist militants are ravaging the Middle East and pose a threat to everyone's security."Be alert to what is happening in the region ... This region is being destroyed right now and we should not let this happen," Sisi said in a televised...Houthi rebels capture major city in northern Yemen
SANAA — Houthi fighters captured one of the main cities in northern Yemen on Tuesday, June 8, a local official and residents said, after fighting that has killed at least 200 people.The fall of Omran represents a major blow to the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who has been trying to stabilise the U.S.-allied country...UAE arrests Qatari “spies”
DUBAI — Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have arrested Qatari "spies," an Emirati daily reported on Wednesday in a new sign of mounting tensions between Doha and its Gulf neighbors.The report in Al-Khaleej newspaper, which cited Emirati sources, was in response to a report in Qatar's Al-Arab daily that three Qataris had been...Iraq tells U.N. that ‘terrorist groups’ seized nuclear materials
BAGHDAD — Insurgents in Iraq have seized nuclear materials used for scientific research at a university in the country's north, Iraq told the United Nations in a letter appealing for help to "stave off the threat of their use by terrorists in Iraq or abroad."Nearly 40 kilograms (88 pounds) of uranium compounds were kept at Mosul...Bahrain expels U.S. official, questions opposition chief
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Tom Malinowski (C) meeting with Bahrain's Al-Wefaq opposition group leader Ali Salman (L). MANAMA — On Wednesday, July 9, Bahraini police questioned the head of the largest opposition group, who was summoned after a meeting with a U.S. official later declared...Letter to the editor: Complacency or solidarity: Where do we stand?
The Presbyterian Church of the USA convened its General Assembly in Detroit last month and made history. The Church voted to divest more than $20 million from three U.S. corporations that profit from the Israeli occupation of Palestine. The divestment recommendations came from the Church’s own official committee responsible for...ADC-MI fights for fair housing in Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS — ADC-Michigan is meeting with officials in Grand Rapids to investigate allegations that two condominium owners were harassed, intimidated and threatened with bodily harm for housing Arab high school exchange students in their homes. According to the complaint, the condominium owners enrolled in an educational...Two men sentenced in mob attack of Steve Utash
DETROIT — On Monday, a judge sentenced one man to prison and a second to probation for their role in the mob attack on a motorist who accidently hit a boy with his truck in Detroit.Wonzey Saffold, 30, was sentenced in Wayne County Circuit Court to six years and four months to 10 years in prison and Bruce Wimbush, 18, is to serve a......
China criticized for banning Ramadan fast
WASHINGTON, DC – As Muslims around the world observe the holy month of Ramadan, Uighur Muslims in China face far-reaching restrictions on their religious practices. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) urges the Chinese government to end such actions, including bans on fasting and other religious...Israelis excel at vengeance, not Palestinians
Shock and anger have engulfed Israeli and Palestinian societies since they learned last week of the barbarous murder of children from their communities. Hours after three Israeli teenagers’ bodies were located, long after their abduction, a Palestinian youth, Mohammed Abu Khdeir, was kidnapped, beaten and burned to death, apparently as...Deadline to register to vote in the Aug. 5 primaries is Monday, July 7
The deadline to register to vote in the Aug. 5 primary is Monday, July 7. "Registering takes just a few moments of your time, and the benefits are boundless," said Secretary of State Ruth Johnson, Michigan's chief election officer. "Once you register, you are able to vote in Michigan elections and make your voice heard. I encourage...
AAPAC to host Wayne County executive candidate forum on Tuesday, July 8
July 4th, 20140 Wayne County executive candidates - Election 2014 - PrimaryDEARBORN—The Arab American Political Action Committee will host a Wayne County executive candidates forum, Tuesday, July 8 at 6 p.m. at the Lebanese American Heritage Club, 4337 Maple St. The forum is an opportunity for business and community leaders, residents and......
Community reacts to soccer game tragedy, Dearborn man in jail
July 4th, 20140 Bieniewicz, 44, pictured with his two children, died on Tuesday, July 2. LIVONIA — An adult soccer game at Mies Park turned tragic on Sunday, June 29 after a Dearborn man allegedly fatally punched a referee.John Bieniewicz, 44, of Westland, was pronounced dead on Tuesday, July 1, two days after the alleged assault by player Bassel...Amer Zahr’s new movie questions the absence of an “Arab” option on Census forms
DEARBORN — "We're not White." That's the name and thesis of Palestinian American comedian Amer Zahr's new movie, which premiered at the Arab American National Museum on Friday, June 27. However, the federal government disagrees with both the premise and the title of the film. "We're not White" examines the absence of an......
Arab Americans rally in solidarity with Palestinians
July 4th, 20140 DEARBORN—Palestinian activists held a demonstration outside Dearborn City Hall Thursday, July 3 to express solidarity with the people in Gaza and throughout Palestine. The demonstration took place as tensions between Palestinians and Israelis continue to intensify since the deaths of three Israeli teens whose bodies were found...
Detroit area Muslims visit Dearborn to break their fast
July 4th, 20140 DEARBORN — Restaurants in the city prepare for large crowds every night during Ramadan. Dearborn has become an attraction for Detroit area Muslims who visit it to break their fast throughout the holy month. The Arab American News spoke to people who were breaking their fast with Iftar dinner Wednesday night at restaurants in......
