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“We have nothing”: Palestinians return to utter destruction in Gaza City after Israeli withdrawal
July 13th, 20240 Palestinians returned to breathtaking scenes of destruction in the Gaza City district of Shijaiyah after Israeli troops withdrew, ending a two-week offensive there. Civil defense workers said Thursday that so far, they had found the bodies of 60 people in the rubble. Families who fled the assault ventured back into Shijaiyah to...
Biden flubbed names, insists he is staying in the race, mixes Harris with Trump
July 13th, 20240 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Joe Biden failed another test on Thursday that he was trying to avoid so far this year — a solo news conference with questions from the White House press corps. The news conference was meant to reassure an increasing disheartened group of Democratic lawmakers, allies and persuadable voters in this year’s...
What issues do renters face?
July 5th, 20240 By Anna Burns When you want to know what’s happening in housing, you go to the experts. That’s why the FTC joined renters, renters’ advocates and researchers in Atlanta to hear about issues affecting renters. They told us that the rise of institutional investors and corporate landlords since the financial crisis has...
Biden’s approval deteriorates among Democrats after poor performance in first presidential debate
July 5th, 20241 The Democratic camp experienced a wave of disappointment, confusion, shock and disorder following President Biden's poor performance during the first presidential debate against former Republican President Trump on June 27. Many Democratic-leaning commentators and analysts are calling for Biden to bow out of the race, so the...
Israel sends delegation to negotiate hostage release deal with Hamas
July 5th, 20240 On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Biden he has decided to send a delegation to resume stalled negotiations on a hostage release deal with Hamas, their administrations said. A source in the Israeli negotiating team, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there was a real chance of achieving...
Armed vs. peaceful resistance – what you need to know about the Muqawama in Gaza
June 28th, 20240 The word Muqawama in Palestinian lexicon does not need elaboration beyond the immediate meaning it generates among ordinary Palestinians. Only recently, and specifically after the Oslo peace accords and the sudden infusion of Western-funded NGOs, did such terms as “peaceful resistance” and “non-violent resistance” begin to emerge...
Israel storms Gaza City neighborhood, surprises Palestinians and orders them to go south
June 28th, 20240 On Thursday, the Israeli army stormed a neighborhood in Gaza City, ordering Palestinians to move south as the tanks rolled in and bombing the southern city of Rafah in what it says are the final stages of an operation against Hamas fighters there. Residents of the Shejaia neighborhood in Gaza City said they were taken by surprise by...
Police ask Texas prosecutors to treat attempted drowning of 3-year-old Palestinian American child as a hate crime
June 28th, 20240 DALLAS — A Texas woman allegedly tried to drown a 3-year-old Palestinian American at an apartment complex pool in suburban Dallas after making racist remarks toward the child’s mother in a case investigators are asking to be treated as a hate crime, a police spokeswoman said Monday. Elizabeth Wolf, 42, has been charged with...
Gazans struggle to feed their children under Israeli continuous bombardments
June 27th, 20240 Famine approaches slowly for Gazans, who spend hours in queues for a few ladles of cooked food and the chance to fill plastic containers with drinkable water after nearly nine months of Israel's military campaign in the enclave. Sometimes there is nothing to queue for in the shattered streets and crowded schools that have been turned...
Adobe used hidden fee to trap people into paying for subscription plans, FTC says
June 22nd, 20240 By Andrew Rayo Maybe you want to try out a product for a little while before you make a long-term decision. So, you sign up for a monthly subscription plan. Everything is fine until you want to cancel and it turns out to be a yearly subscription with monthly payments. Surprise! That’s what the FTC says...
I lost my father in a drowning accident: How to prevent such tragedies
June 21st, 20240 Sixteen summers ago, I lost my dad due to a drowning accident. Death by drowning is an often overlooked cause of death and yet it affects thousands of people worldwide. In Michigan alone, drowning incidents are a significant concern, especially during the summer months when people flock to the Great Lakes and other bodies of water for...
Trump turns to his Lebanese son-in-law’s father to woo Arab American voters in Michigan
June 21st, 20240 A report published by the Associated Press highlighted the growing role of Lebanese American businessman Massad Boulos in swaying Arab voters in Michigan to vote for former President Trump in the upcoming presidential election. This effort is amid their strong dissatisfaction with President Biden's policies towards the brutal Israeli war...
Five sisters indicted in multi-state $1 million mail fraud and retail scheme
June 21st, 20241 Five sisters are facing decades in federal prison for an elaborate mail fraud scheme that netted them more than $1 million over about two years. Federal prosecutors say the sisters would make fraudulent returns by pretending to return an item through the mail to get a refund, then returning the item at an actual store to then get a...
Hezbollah’s leader Sayed Hassan Nasrallah warns Israel against wider war
June 21st, 20240 BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Hezbollah has new weapons and intelligence capabilities that would allow it to target and destroy more critical Israeli military and infrastructure positions deeper inside Israel in case of an all-out war, the powerful group’s leader warned on Wednesday. Sayed Hassan Nasrallah’s comments came as the...
Rifts growing between Israel’s political and military leadership over conduct of the war on Gaza
June 21st, 20240 On Wednesday the Israeli army’s chief spokesman appeared to question the stated goal of destroying the Hamas group in Gaza in a rare public rift between the country’s political and military leadership. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted Israel will pursue the fight against Hamas, the group running the besieged......
Biden’s stance on Israel will cost him Michigan in November
June 14th, 20240 Joe Biden will lose the state of Michigan in the November election. Whether that leads to him losing the presidency is an open question. Even though the alternative is worse, actually much worse, many voters like myself cannot stomach voting for a president who has approved of and supported the intentional killing of tens of thousands of...
Court denies Beydoun’s request to reconsider placing his name on Michigan ballot in U.S. Senate primary
June 14th, 20240 DETROIT – The Michigan Court of Appeals has denied the petition of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Nasser Beydoun to have his name placed on the ballot for the August primary election. This decision follows his disqualification by state election authorities due to a technical error in his nomination petition. The Michigan Board of......
New House bill would increase fines for loud cars and showy drivers in Michigan
June 14th, 20240 LANSING – As the school year ends and high school graduation parties take place during a period that annually sees a significant increase in reckless and annoying driving behaviors, the Michigan legislature is moving towards passing a new bill aimed at tightening the pursuit of noisy drivers. Under...
Trump to visit Detroit, participate in a public conference and a roundtable discussion
June 14th, 20240 DETROIT – In another sign of Michigan's crucial role in the U.S. presidential race, Republican presumptive presidential candidate Donald Trump is expected to visit Detroit on Saturday, June 15. He is anticipated to participate in a roundtable discussion hosted by a local church in the northwest of the city and to be the keynote...
Arab American Civil Rights League board elects Nabih Ayad as its new chairman
June 14th, 20240 DEARBORN – On June 11, the Arab American Civil Rights League (ACRL) board elected Nabih H. Ayad, Esq. as the new chairman of the civil rights group. Ayad, the founder of the ACRL, served as the chairman for the organization's first five years and now resumes this pivotal role. With more than 25 years of private practice at Ayad Law,...
Hezbollah hits deep in Israel with most rockets yet in war after Israel kills a top field commander, revealing more of its capabilities
June 14th, 20240 Hezbollah fired the most rockets it has launched at Israel in a single day since cross-border hostilities broke out eight months ago, as part of its retaliation on Wednesday for an Israeli strike which killed a senior Hezbollah field commander. The Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel have been trading fire since the eruption of the Gaza......
Israeli forces advance deeper into Rafah, Hamas fighters re-emerge in central Gaza as diplomacy falters
June 14th, 20240 Israeli tanks advanced deeper into the western area of Rafah, amid one of the worst nights of bombardment from air, ground and sea, forcing many families to flee their homes and tents under darkness, residents said on Thursday. Residents said the Israeli forces thrust towards the Al-Mawasi area of Rafah near the beach, which is...
“Immense” scale of Gaza killings amount to crimes against humanity, U.N. inquiry says
June 14th, 20240 GENEVA — Both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes in the early stages of the Gaza war, a U.N. inquiry found on Wednesday, saying that Israel's actions also constituted crimes against humanity because of the immense civilian losses. The findings were from two parallel reports, one focusing on the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and another......
Spain applies to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide at top U.N. court
June 7th, 20240 On Thursday, Spain became the first European country to ask a United Nations court for permission to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza. South Africa filed its case with the International Court of Justice late last year. It alleged that Israel was breaching the genocide convention in its military assault...
Mayor Hammoud’s young age prevents his nomination for vice president by Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein
June 7th, 20240 DEARBORN – The young age of Dearborn’s mayor, Abdullah Hammoud, has prevented his nomination for U.S. vice president by the Green Party in the Nov. 5 presidential elections. Had it not been for this age restriction, Hammoud, of Lebanese descent, would have been the first Arab and the first Muslim to run for vice president in U.S.......
