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Efforts to broker a ceasefire in Gaza appear to gain new momentum
February 23rd, 20240 International efforts to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appeared to gain new momentum Thursday as the White House said a visit by a senior envoy with Israeli leaders was “going well” and other mediators reported encouraging signs from the warring parties. The new signs of progress came ahead of an expected summit this...
Henry Ford College President Russ Kavalhuna explains millage proposal
February 22nd, 20240 https://youtu.be/ex_91tK_z0M?si=cImbEytU-PdEYpa2
Special interview with Dr. Glenn Maleyko, superintendent of the Dearborn Public Schools
February 22nd, 20240 https://youtu.be/rIVecoDjWdw?si=yyOjg2_tY7lP6oIW
Hezbollah strikes at northern Israel in retaliation for deadly day in southern Lebanon
February 16th, 20240 BEIRUT — On Thursday, Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets at a northern Israeli town in a "preliminary response" to the killing of 10 civilians in southern Lebanon, the deadliest day for Lebanese civilians in four months of cross-border hostilities. The United Nations urged a halt to what it called a "dangerous escalation" of the...
U.N. warns Israel as international pressure mounts: Rafah invasion could “lead to slaughter”
February 16th, 20240 UNITED NATIONS – On Tuesday, the United Nations warned against an Israeli ground invasion of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, saying an offensive could "lead to a slaughter" in the southern region of the Palestinian enclave where more than 1 million people are sheltering. Israel says it wants to flush out Hamas militants from hideouts in...
Yemen’s Houthis vow to continue attacks in solidarity with Palestinians
February 16th, 20240 Yemen's Houthis will press on with attacks on Red Sea shipping in solidarity with the Palestinians as long as Israel continues to commit "crimes" against them, their leader said on Thursday. "Our operations have a big impact on the enemy, which constitute a great success and a real triumph," Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said in a televised...
Jewish American organizations launch distortion campaign against the publisher of The Arab American News, incite violence against him
February 16th, 20240 Several American Jewish organizations led by the Anti Defamation League launched a campaign of distortion and intimidation against the longtime publisher and editor-in-chief of The Arab American News, Osama Siblani. This campaign of maligning Siblani came after his meeting with senior White House officials in Dearborn last week. The...
Police: Stabbing of Palestinian American in Texas is a hate crime
February 13th, 20240 The recent stabbing of a 23-year-old Palestinian American in Texas meets the standard for a hate crime, police announced on Wednesday. Bert James Baker, 36, was arrested on Sunday for allegedly attacking 23-year-old Zacharia Doar after Doar and friends were returning from a pro-Palestinian protest on Sunday near the University of...
A message to Biden: Arab Americans are urged to vote “uncommitted” in Michigan’s presidential primary on Feb. 27
February 13th, 20242 Michigan community leaders are encouraging voters to select "uncommitted" in the Michigan primary elections, hoping to send a message to President Biden before November that they're unhappy with U.S. support for Israel in the conflict with Gaza. "The main push is Joe Biden's stance on the conflict taking place between Israel and...
Shame on you, Wall Street Journal. Dearborn is a jewel of Metro Detroit.
February 13th, 20241 By Randiah Camille Green Recently, the Wall Street Journal published an inflammatory op-ed under the headline “Welcome to Dearborn, America’s Jihad Capital.” Written by Steven Stalinsky, the article claims that “Imams and politicians in the Michigan city side with Hamas against Israel and Iran against the U.S.” This...
Detroit Metropolitan Airport launches SOAR program for small business operators
February 13th, 20240 DETROIT – Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), Michigan's gateway to the world, is committed to helping small businesses reach a global audience. Starting February 13, DTW will launch “Small Business Operators Arriving Ready” (SOAR). This program will create access and opportunity for business owners to operate their...
Trump wins the Nevada Republican caucuses, continuing his march to the nomination
February 11th, 20240 LAS VEGAS — Former President Trump easily won the Nevada caucuses on Thursday, the fourth contest he has captured on his march to the GOP nomination. It was a glide path for Trump, who faced no major competition in the caucuses after most of his opponents dropped out of the race and the last one standing, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki...
Detroiters can weigh in on election district maps
February 9th, 20240 DETROIT —Residents are being asked to show up, speak up and choose their preferred district map this month when the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC) convenes public hearings for comments. The commission wants resident feedback to select from nine versions of a proposed district map plus an independent...Wall Street Journal opinion spews hate and incites violence against Arab Americans in Dearborn, receives widespread condemnation
February 9th, 20240 An offensive opinion article on the city of Dearborn published by the Wall Street Journal last week sparked feelings of anxiety and resentment among the local community, summoning a widespread wave of condemnation that included President Biden, Governor Whitmer and other prominent officials, while local Arab American leaders called in a...
Saudi Arabia rejects normalization with Israel without end to Gaza war and a credible path to a Palestinian state, contradicts Biden admin claims
February 9th, 20240 In a sharply worded rebuke likely to postpone any talk of expanding the Abraham Accords until after the U.S. election, Saudi Arabia said unequivocally it will not normalize relations with Israel as desperately hoped for by the Biden administration in Washington, and would only consider it if the war in Gaza stops and an independent......
Biden white House team meets with Arab American and Muslim leaders in Michigan
February 9th, 20240 DEARBORN – On Thursday, top Biden administration officials met with Arab American and Muslim leaders in Michigan at the Henry Hotel in an effort to mend ties with a community that has an important role in deciding whether President Biden can hold on to a crucial swing state in the November election. Biden is facing increasing...
Palestinian Americans decline an invitation to meet Blinken
February 4th, 20240 WASHINGTON, D.C.— Some members of the Palestinian American community who received an invite to meet U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday declined the invitation over their frustration with Washington's policy toward the conflict and crisis in Gaza. "A meeting of this nature at this moment in time is insulting and......
Half of U.S. adults say Israel has gone too far in war in Gaza, AP-NORC poll shows
February 2nd, 20240 WASHINGTON, D.C.— Half of U.S. adults say Israel’s 15-week-old military campaign in Gaza has “gone too far,” a finding driven mainly by growing disapproval among Republicans and political independents, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Broadly, the poll shows support for...
Arab citizens are livid over Gaza. The U.S. ignores them at its peril
February 2nd, 20241 By DANA EL KURD, The Nation Nearly four months have passed since Hamas attacked Israel and Israel launched its bombardment of the Gaza Strip. The scale of the tragedy in Gaza is impossible to comprehend: over 26,000 killed, 70 percent of homes destroyed, 90 percent of the people of Gaza displaced. Famine in Gaza has begun, with a...
Swope assumes interim police chief role in Dearborn Heights
February 2nd, 20240 DEARBORN HEIGHTS – A veteran law enforcer whose career spans more than a quarter century is going to lead the Dearborn Heights Police Department while its chief is on medical leave. Dearborn Heights Mayor Bill Bazzi announced the appointment of Dearborn Heights Police Department Operations Director Kevin Swope to the role of interim...
U.S. city councils increasingly call for Israel-Gaza ceasefire, analysis shows
February 2nd, 20240 Some 70 U.S. cities, including Chicago and Seattle, have passed resolutions on the Israel-Gaza war with most calling for a ceasefire, a Reuters analysis of city data shows, placing more pressure on President Biden ahead of a November general election to help end the fighting. At least 48 cities have passed symbolic resolutions calling......
Arab Americans in Dearborn cancel a scheduled meeting with Biden-Harris campaign: Ceasefire first
February 2nd, 20240 DEARBORN – The efforts of President Biden's campaign to restore the dialogue with Arab and Muslim American voters in the Detroit area failed following the cancellation of a meeting last Friday scheduled to bring together Biden-Harris National Campaign Manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez, local elected Arab American officials and community...
ICJ ruling: Key takeaways from the court decision in Israel genocide case
January 27th, 20240 THE HAGUE – On Friday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel to take action to prevent acts of genocide as it wages war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip but stopped short of calling for an immediate ceasefire. The top United Nations court for handling disputes between states was ruling in a case brought by......
Jury trial set for a White man who allegedly assaulted Black shoppers at Dearborn market
January 27th, 20240 A man facing charges in an alleged racially motivated attack at a grocery store in Dearborn will face a jury trial. Jason Edward Lucas, who is White, is set to go on trial on March 20. He has been charged with four counts of felonious assault and two counts of ethnic intimidation. The charges are in connection with an alleged...
Organization ranks Metro Airport among best in country during holiday
January 27th, 20240 After analyzing data pertaining to airport travel during the busy month of December, a national organization ranked Detroit Metro Airport above nearly all hubs with more than 2,000 flights. During the past holiday season that saw Transportation Service Administration agents have its busiest day in history, Metro Airport ranked No. 2......
