April 8th, 20171Once more, the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002 is taking center stage. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas insisted during his speech before the recently concluded Arab League Summit in Jordan that the initiative is the only solution on the table; asserting that it will not be changed or even tweaked.
But why is this...
April 1st, 20170
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― A 55-year old Palestinian-American instructor at a North Carolina community college was “brutally beaten” by members of the Jewish Defense League (JDL) whil
e walking through a protest outside the AIPAC conference in Washington D.C. on Sunday.
The man was identified as Kamal Nayfeh.
The JDL members...
March 31st, 20170WASHINGTON, D.C.— Days before AIPAC’s national policy conference, a wide coalition of groups assembled for a counter-conference in Washington to address Israel’s ongoing P.R. ploy of mobilizing support for its policies and quelling dissent through Congress.
The counter-conference, called “the Israel Lobby and American...
March 30th, 20170JERUSALEM-On Thursday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the establishment of Israel's first new settlement in the West Bank in over twenty years.
President Donald Trump's recommendations to Netanyahu to hold off on settlement building contrasted with Netanyahu's pushes to approve settlement building in the West...
March 24th, 20170JERUSALEM — A law barring foreigners from entering Israel if they back boycotts against the country is causing alarm among liberal American Jews and others who perceive an attempt to suppress critical political opinion.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government has long campaigned against the Palestinian-led Boycott,...
March 17th, 20170American ambassadors are stationed in nearly 200 countries across the globe, each of which has a unique relationship with the United States. Depending on the diplomatic conditions and challenges present, an ambassador's responsibilities and functions can vary widely from country to country. At the most fundamental level, however, all...
March 17th, 20170ALBUQUERQUE — Issues affecting the Middle East continued to be brought to light at the 2017 annual general meeting of Amnesty International U.S.A. members, which gathered human rights advocates from around the nation.
The plight of refugees worldwide was commemorated in the #NoBanNoWall campaign— a slogan in defiant response to...
January 29th, 20170
TEL AViV ― Israel has completed successful tests of an advanced version of its 'David's Sling' intermediate missile interceptor system that it is developing jointly with the United States, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
The system is designed to shoot down rockets with ranges of 63 to 125 mile) such as those in the arsenal...
January 26th, 20170
WASHINGTON — In his last hours in office, the Obama administration transferred $221 million to the Palestinian Authority that despite opposition from GOP members of Congress, officials say.
A State Department official and several congressional aides told the Associated Press that the outgoing administration and former Secretary of...
January 21st, 20170
WASHINGTON — A recent study by the Pew Research Center has shown that support for Israel plummeted nearly 25 percent among members of the Democratic party in the last nine months.
Democratic party allegiance towards Israel has dropped 43 to 33 percent, according to the study.
For decades, Democratic support for Israel has...
January 20th, 20170
DEARBORN — A recent study by the Pew Research Center has shown that support for Israel plummeted nearly 25 percent among members of the Democratic party in the last nine months.
Democratic party allegiance towards Israel has dropped 43 to 33 percent, according to the study.
For decades, Democratic support for Israel has been...
January 13th, 20170
Last Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly supported a proposal condemning a recent U.N. Security Council Resolution reprimanding Israel for its illegal settlement activities in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The U.N. Security Council resolution passed 14-0, with the U.S. abstaining, citing that...
