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CAAO to revisit Wygonik controversy
January 30th, 20090 DEARBORN — Representatives of the Congress of Arab American Organizations (CAAO) are expected to meet next week to revisit the issue of alleged disparaging comments made by 19th District Court Judge Richard Wygonik in July. 19th District Court Judge Richard Wygonik The group is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 6 p.m....
Hendrix among top candidates for Detroit mayorship
January 30th, 20090 While Ken Cockrel Jr. has served as the interim mayor of Detroit, Freman Hendrix is the candidate who has been closest to acquiring the position on a permanent basis. Freman Hendrix, shown here speaking at Eastern Market in Detroit, is a top candidate for mayor of Detroit. Hendrix defeated Kwame Kilpatrick, his main opponent,...
Dearborn group helps businesses
January 30th, 20090 With small businesses across Michigan struggling, the Dearborn Chamber of Commerce this week brought in public accountant Dale Bender for a presentation aimed at helping local business owners. It was titled "Mind Your Own Business." Bender, who runs his business out of Dearborn, spoke on a number of issues business owners can...
Tax season Q&A: First-time homebuyer credit
January 30th, 20090 Eric (Ahmad) Alzaroui Are you a first-time home buyer? If so, there is a new credit ($$) from the IRS. Q: What is the First-Time Homebuyer Credit and how it will impact your 2008 & 2009 Tax filing? A: If you are a first-time homebuyer, you may be able to claim a one-time tax credit of up to $7,500 ($3,750 if married...
Video: 60 Minutes explores apartheid and peace prospects in the Palestinian territories
January 27th, 20090 In this 60 Minutes segment, aired on Jan. 25, CBS News correspondent Bob Simon reports from illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, examining apartheid and waning hopes for peace in the region. He interviews Daniella Weiss, the mayor of a large West Bank settlement who unapologetically describes the goal of settlers as the...
Starbucks again a boycott target
January 24th, 20090 DEARBORN — Across the city of Dearborn, the Starbucks coffee store chain has been the subject of multiple discussions regarding its involvement and support of Israel. Recently boycotts, protests, and even acts of vandalism have broken out in the Arab world as well as in London, England against the company. The actions are based...Worse than an earthquake
RAFAH — Traffic on Sea Street, a major thoroughfare alongside Gaza's coastline, includes horses, donkeys pulling carts, cyclists, pedestrians, trucks and cars, mostly older models. Overhead, in stark contrast to the street below, Israel's ultra-modern unmanned surveillance planes crisscross the skies. F-16s and helicopters can also be...
Dearborn City Council passes Gaza resolution
January 24th, 20090 Body condemns civilian deaths, urges humanitarian aid to Palestinians DEARBORN — After having the matter brought to their attention last week, the Dearborn City Council voted unanimously to pass a resolution condemning the attacks on civilians in the 23-day Gaza war and urging a truce and an end to the Israeli blockade of the...
Obama names Mitchell Mideast envoy
January 24th, 20090 President moves to close Guantanamo, end torture, work on Mideast peace U.S. President Barack Obama (L) listens to newly appointed Mideast envoy George Mitchell at the State Department in Washington January 22, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Moving quickly to undo a contentious Bush administration national security program and...
Community reacts with measured optimism to Obama inauguration
January 24th, 20090 DEARBORN — Arab Americans watched the inauguration of President Barack Obama on Tuesday with as much pride and awe as the rest of the country, but seemingly with a little extra anticipation and apprehension. Palestinian rights activist Hasan Newash applauds as a group watches President Barack Obama take the oath of office in...
Detroit mayoral forum to address Arab American concerns
January 24th, 20090 Community organizers are putting together plans for a forum on the Detroit mayoral race to take place at the Islamic Center of Detroit, 14350 Tireman Street, giving candidates an opportunity to address concerns of the Arab American community. Ken Cockrel Jr. The current field of 15 candidates to replace disgraced former...Israel admits troops may have used phosphorus shells in Gaza
Amnesty warns Israel could be guilty of war crimes JERUSALEM — Israel has admitted – after mounting pressure – that its troops may have used white phosphorus shells in contravention of international law, during its three-week offensive in the Gaza Strip. Sabbah Abu Halima, who is suffering from very deep burns on her arm...
World optimism
January 24th, 20090 WASHINGTON (IPS) — Perhaps never in human history have the hopes of so many people for positive change in international relations rested on one person as they do on Barack Obama, inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States Tuesday at noon Washington time. U.S. President Barack Obama gestures while delivering his...The need for a humanitarian crisis
Targeting civilians was a deliberate part of this bid to humiliate Hamas and the Palestinians, and pulverize Gaza into chaos. The scale of Israel's attack on the Gaza Strip, and the almost daily reports of war crimes over the last three weeks, has drawn criticism from even longstanding friends and sympathizers. Despite the Israeli...
MLK rally highlights support for Gaza
January 24th, 20090 DETROIT (PANW) – For the sixth straight year, the annual commemoration of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was hosted at the historic Central United Methodist Church downtown. This year's event took on added significance since it was held just one day before the inauguration of the first African American president of the......
Ideology of racial supremacy will be the end of Israel
The merciless Israeli bombardment of Gaza has stopped — for now — but the death toll keeps rising as more bodies are pulled from carpet- bombed neighborhoods. What Israel perpetrated in Gaza, starting at 11:30 am on 27 December 2008, will remain forever engraved in history and memory. Tel al-Hawa, Hayy al-Zeitoun, Khuzaa and other...
Israeli decries house demolitions
January 24th, 20090 Jeff Halper is co-founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions and a Professor of Anthropology at Ben Gurion University. He has researched and written extensively on Israeli society and Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands. Jeff Halper, an American-born Israeli Jew, spoke at a Canadian Senate meeting room on Jan....Communities get help with digital crossover
DETROIT — New America Media and the Leadership Council on Civil Rights (LCCR) met with ethnic media in seven states this week to address the lack of information about the transition to digital television (DTV). Despite the government funds to subsidize the converter boxes and President Obama's request to Congress to postpone the...
Let us have the audacity of hope
January 24th, 20090 If the president's actions mirror his words, change is indeed upon us. President Barack Hussein Obama devoted about half of his inaugural speech this week to domestic issues, half to America's place in the......
Not to remain silent
I write simply not to remain silent in the face of U.S. and Israeli aggression against the Palestinian population in general, and the Gaza population in particular. A Palestinian woman sits amongst the ruins of her destroyed house in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip January 20, 2009. Israel planned to complete a troop pullout...
Local beatboxer in Jordan radio contest
January 24th, 20090 Stevie Soul Fans of local musician Stevie Soul can vote online for the unique beatboxer to be named "Jordan's Best Talent," in a contest put on by a Jordanian radio station seeking worldwide votes. Stevie Soul, a Redford Arab American of Palestinian and Jordanian heritage, regularly performs at local schools and community......
Reinstatement of sheriff’s deputies ordered
A Wayne County judge has ordered 44 staff members of the Sheriff's office back to work, ruling on Wednesday that County Executive Robert Ficano can't directly cut Sheriff Warren Evans' staff. In his decision, Circuit Court Judge Michael Sapala said the issue was separation of powers. He said it is the County Commission's responsibility...
ADC announces MLK scholarship winners
January 24th, 20090 The American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Michigan announced on Thursday the winners of its 10th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarships. Awardees are to be honored at the groups annual MLK awards dinner on Jan. 30 at the Greenfield Manor Banquet Hall, 4770 Greenfield Road in Dearborn, at 6 p.m. The competition was......
