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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...
Michigan’s jobs numbers show more people looking for, finding work
January 27th, 20240 Michigan’s monthly unemployment number remained steady from November to December of last year at 4.3 percent and the state’s 2023 average is below where it was in 2019 just before the COVID pandemic. The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget released the seasonally adjusted December jobless numbers released this...
Thieves smash through Detroit dispensaries, steal “barrels of weed”
January 27th, 20240 DETROIT — Detroit Police are searching for the people responsible for a series of smash-and-grabs at dispensaries in the city that have left many businesses with massive holes and marijuana plants visible. The first marijuana smash-and-grab happened on Monday at Wyoming and Puritan where a black pickup truck backed into a building....
World health leaders warn of pandemic 20 times worse than COVID
January 27th, 20240 At the recent World Economic Forum, the World Health Organization issued a warning to world leaders, saying the world could face a pandemic 20 times worse than COVID-19 in the future. Scientists call it Disease X, a term that recognizes the next global pandemic could come as the result of an unknown pathogen rather than the spread...
A book chronicles the fight and legacy of Imad Fadlallah, the revolutionary principal of Dearborn Schools
January 27th, 20240 They thought the truth died when he did. But he left the truth behind. The Late Sayed Imad Fadlallah, God rest his soul, is widely recognized as the most revolutionary principal in the history of the Dearborn Public Schools. And now—seven years after his sudden passing—he is publishing a new book. The shocking memoir—which...
WHO chief breaks down describing “hellish” Gaza conditions
January 27th, 20240 GENEVA – The head of the World Health Organization called for a ceasefire and a "true solution" to the Israel-Palestinian conflict in an emotional plea to the global health body's governing body on Thursday, where he described conditions in Gaza as "hellish." WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who lived through war as...
The U.S. and Iraq will begin talks soon on ending the mission of the U.S.-led military coalition in Iraq
January 27th, 20240 The United States and Iraq will begin talks soon to wind down the mission of a U.S.-led military coalition formed to fight ISIS in Iraq, both governments said Thursday. The Pentagon said the size of the U.S. military footprint in the country will be part of the discussions. The announcement comes as U.S. forces in Iraq have been......
Protesters says they were sprayed with hazardous chemical at pro-Palestinian rally in New York
January 27th, 20240 Protesters at Columbia University were allegedly sprayed with a hazardous chemical while attending a pro-Palestinian “divestment now” rally on Low Steps on Friday, Jan. 19, according to nearly two dozen students who reported a foul smell, physical symptoms or property damage after the protest. The Columbia Spectator...
Feds open an investigation into the Ann Arbor Public Schools over alleged Islamophobic incident
January 27th, 20240 ANN ARBOR — The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights opened a formal investigation into the Ann Arbor Public Schools district on Tuesday, Jan. 23. The investigation will look for signs of discrimination over shared ancestry, a category that includes racial and nationality-based discrimination. The investigation......
CAIR-MI sues Oakland County Sheriff’s Office for allegedly removing Dearborn woman’s hijab
January 27th, 20240 On Monday, the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) said it is suing the Oakland County Sheriff 's Office for allegedly removing by force the hijab of a Dearborn Muslim woman when she was detained last year in the Oakland County jail. On Jan. 16 CAIR-MI sent a Notice of Claim alerting Oakland...
Dearborn native Hussein Tarraf appointed to the IRS Advisory Council
January 19th, 20240 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Dearborn resident Hussein Tarraf has been selected by the IRS as one of 12 new members of the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council. Tarraf is the president of Tarraf & Associates, PC, in Dearborn. He has been working in public accounting for more than 20 years, providing tax advisory and assurance...
Dearborn Fire Chief Joseph Murray sentenced for drunk driving
January 19th, 20240 DEARBORN – The chief of the Dearborn Fire Department was sentenced Wednesday for operating while intoxicated, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office announced. On January 17, Joseph Patrick Murray, 44, was sentenced by Judge Mark J. Plawecki to one year of probation with 120 hours of community service as directed by the city of...
Ann Arbor Public Schools approves resolution calling for a bilateral ceasefire in Gaza and Israel
January 19th, 20240 ANN ARBOR — Early Thursday morning, the Ann Arbor school district became the first in the state to pass a resolution calling for a bilateral cease-fire in Gaza and Israel, and encouraged its educators to discuss the international conflict in classrooms. The board heard more than two hours of heated public comment before approving......
Netanyahu tells U.S. he opposes Palestinian state in any postwar scenario
January 19th, 20240 On Thursday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected U.S. calls to scale back Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip or take steps toward the establishment of a Palestinian state after the war, drawing an immediate scolding from the White House. The tense back and forth reflected what has become a wide rift between the two...
A Florida hotel cancels a Muslim conference, citing security concerns after receiving protest calls
January 19th, 20240 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A South Florida Marriott Hotel canceled a Muslim group’s conference at the last minute after a protest group claimed the coalition was "promoting Hamas, terrorism and anti-Semitism." The South Florida Muslim Federation, a coalition of about 30 mosques and Muslim groups, said Friday that it was told by the......
Dearborn Heights officials remind residents and business owners to keep sidewalks clear of snow and ice
January 18th, 20240 DEARBORN HEIGHTS – The recent blast of snow and cold temperatures have left many Dearborn Heights sidewalks still covered in ice and snow. The city’s Ordinance and Animal Control Department staff reminds all residents and business owners that it is important to keep all residential and business sidewalks clear of these...
Study: More than 2.7 million Michiganders claim to speak more than one language, but state among the least multilingual
January 12th, 20240 The notion that Americans seldom venture beyond their borders, showing little interest in the cultures or languages of their destinations, is a long-held stereotype that may not hold true. In reality, we are becoming increasingly active in global travel and show a growing interest in language learning as part of our travel......
