Ethical Danish pension fund considers excluding Israel over human rights
May 29th, 20210 A Danish pension fund, which prides itself on being the world's strictest on human rights violations, says it is considering adding Israel to a long list of countries it excludes following this month's conflict with Palestinians. The $22 billion Akademiker looks after the pensions of Denmark's teachers and university lecturers and has...
U.N. rights chief says Israel’s attacks in Gaza may be war crimes
May 27th, 20211 GENEVA — In remarks to the Human Rights Council on Thursday, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said Israeli forces may have committed war crimes in their 11-day assault on the Gaza Strip. Israeli airstrikes killed at least 248 in Gaza, including 66 children and 39 women, before a ceasefire was announced last...
Tlaib calls for end to censorship of Palestinian voices on social media; activists tank Facebook ratings
May 27th, 20210 On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) sent a letter to the parent companies of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok, urging the platforms to cease censorship of Palestinian political speech in the wake of a report they’ve been censoring content and disabling user accounts raising awareness about recent Israeli state-backed...
Two local protests held in ongoing support of Palestinian liberation, drawing crowds in Wayne and Macomb Counties
May 24th, 20210 SOUTHEASTERN MI — Two “Free Palestine” rallies and marches were held last Sunday, May 23, by some 2,000 residents of Wayne and Macomb Counties at Warren City Hall and in Downtown Detroit. These are the latest in a series of protests held within the last two weeks as local resistance efforts continue to organize against the...
Three thousand protesters mobilize in downtown Ann Arbor, demand “Free Palestine”
May 23rd, 20212 ANN ARBOR — Some 3,000 protesters rallied and marched in downtown Ann Arbor last Saturday, May 22, to demand justice for the ongoing state-sanctioned attacks by Israel on the Palestinian people. Despite a ceasefire declared between the Israeli Occupation Forces and Hamas leaders, Israel immediately violated the armistice when the...
Local CINA Radio show host terminated for “Palestine protest” comments on air
May 21st, 20210 DEARBORN — After co-hosting the locally broadcast weekly radio show, “Talking Real Estate” on CINA Radio (102.3 FM) for two years, local attorney Ali Dagher claimed his contract was wrongfully terminated Wednesday. Dagher said this was due to general comments he made on air regarding the local community protests for Palestine he...
Abdul El-Sayed: American taxpayers are subsidizing Gaza’s destruction
May 21st, 20211 — This essay, penned by Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, originally appeared in his newsletter The Incision on Thursday under the title "Gaza." It has been edited for style. In 2004, a couple childhood friends and I decided, like many 20-somethings, to spend the summer abroad. We headed to the Middle East, land of our forefathers. Our goals were...
The evolution of apartheid: Why Israel is becoming a pariah state
May 20th, 20210 On April 27, one of the world’s largest and most credible rights groups, Human Rights Watch (HRW), concluded, in a comprehensive 213-pages report, that Israel is an apartheid state. “Across these areas and in most aspects of life, Israeli authorities methodically privilege Jewish Israelis and discriminate against Palestinians....
Dems offer resolution blocking $735 million Israel weapons sale, Hamas official predicts ceasefire within days
May 19th, 20210 On Wednesday, Democratic U.S. lawmakers introduced a resolution seeking to block a $735 million sale of precision-guided weapons to Israel, in a response to continuing devastating attacks on Palestinians by Israeli forces. Since the fighting began on May 10, Palestinian health officials say 228 people have been killed in aerial...
Abdullah Hammoud talks of his interaction with Biden in Dearborn, handing him letter on Palestine
May 19th, 20210 DEARBORN - During Tuesday’s visit to Ford’s new electric vehicle factory in Dearborn, President Biden had an interaction with Democratic State Rep., and Dearborn mayoral candidate, Abdullah Hammoud. The visit sparked multiple protests in Dearborn on Tuesday. During that brief conversation, Hammoud was able to hand Biden a letter...
Protests persist in response to Biden visit to Dearborn and Palestine’s call for “Day of Action”
May 18th, 20210 DEARBORN — On Tuesday, more than 3,000 local activists and protesters returned to the streets for three separate rallies and marches throughout the day in response to President Biden’s planned visit to the Ford Motor Company’s electric vehicle plant in the city’s Southend. The protests arose in reaction to Biden expressing...
Arab Americans to protest Biden’s visit to Dearborn on Tuesday
May 17th, 20210 DEARBORN – President Biden is expected to visit the Ford’s new Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn on Tuesday, May 18, with a possible reception and speech planned to begin around 1:30 p.m. This visit comes as Biden has repeatedly expressed his unwavering support for Israel, whose government is currently bombarding families in...
“We are seeds”: More than 10,000 local residents protest murderous Israeli campaign against Palestine
May 17th, 20210 DEARBORN — More than 10,000 local residents and activists gathered last weekend in protest of the latest Israeli ethnic cleansing campaigns in occupied territories of Palestine over the weekend. The Israeli government has sanctioned tactics of attacks aimed at the dispossession of residents from their homes, recently targeting the...
In Our Opinion: Palestine needs us. Let’s not disappoint her
May 15th, 20210 On Sunday, March 16 at 1 p.m., we will be gathering outdoors at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in Dearborn for an important event, "the March for Jerusalem." This event will be sponsored by New Generation for Palestine, The Arab American News, Students for Justice at Wayne State University and many other...
Israel’s violent assault on Gaza continues, as death toll passes 100
May 14th, 20210 GAZA — Israel’s violent assault on Gaza continued into Friday, with the reports confirming Israel’s airstrikes had killed at least 115 killed, including 27 children, 11 women and wounding over 600. More bodies remain trapped under the rubble. The U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which has responsibility for the welfare of......
Israel levels third high rise as bombardment of Gaza continues
May 12th, 20210 PALESTINE — Israel’s assault on Gaza continued on Wednesday, leveling a third high rise, the 16-story al-Shorouk tower, which housed local and foreign media outlets as well as shops and apartments. Israeli authorities said Hamas members were using each of the three buildings it has so far targeted for military purposes, though...
20 Palestinians, including nine children, killed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza, amid days of violence
May 10th, 20210 PALESTINE — Israel directed military operations to Gaza, killing 20 Palestinians, including nine children, in airstrikes as violence and crackdowns by Israeli forces continued on Palestinians over protests stemming from threatened eviction of families from Sheikh Jarrah. Days of violence in Jerusalem, including the multiple raids......
Lebanon’s lights may go off as cash for electricity runs out
May 7th, 20210 BEIRUT – Lebanon's lights may go off this month because cash for electricity generation is running out, a lawmaker said on Thursday, as the country grapples with a deep economic crisis. Lebanon's parliament had approved a $200 million emergency loan to finance fuel imports for power generation in March, but a committee reviewing the...
A Palestinian prayer for Ramadan: May the voices of the oppressed be heard
April 26th, 20210 Palestinians COVID-19 cases, especially in Gaza, have reached record highs, largely due to the arrival of a greatly contagious coronavirus variant, which was first identified in Britain. Gaza has always been vulnerable to the deadly pandemic. Under a hermetic Israeli blockade since 2006, the densely populated Gaza Strip lacks basic...
U.S. restores assistance for Palestinians, to provide $235 million in aid
April 8th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C./WEST BANK — On Wednesday, the Biden administration announced it would provide $235 million in U.S. aid to the Palestinians, restarting funding for the United Nations agency supporting refugees and restoring other assistance cut off by former President Trump. The package, including humanitarian, economic and...
Israel says it does not recognize the International Criminal Court’s authority
April 8th, 20210 Israel will tell the International Criminal Court (ICC) it does not recognize the authority of the tribunal, which is planning to investigate possible war crimes in the Palestinian territories, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday. Netanyahu, after meeting with senior ministers and government officials ahead of a Friday......
Lebanon’s largest Christian bloc warns against sidelining president
March 27th, 20210 BEIRUT — Lebanon’s largest Christian bloc, the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), warned prime minister-designate Saad al-Hariri on Saturday against sidelining President Michel Aoun and other parliamentary blocs in talks over forming a cabinet. Hariri and Aoun have been at loggerheads over the cabinet for months, dashing hopes of a...
Roadblocks cleared in Lebanon after week of protests
March 12th, 20210 BEIRUT — Growing resentment and outrage among the Lebanese led to eight days of protests this week, with protesters using burnt tires to block roadways across the country in anger over the nation's economic meltdown and political deadlock amid a pandemic lockdown. The Lebanese army said on Wednesday it had started clearing......
Biden is on the verge of making the same dangerous mistakes as his predecessors
March 7th, 20210 By Frank Giustra and Andrew Bacevich If the escalating tensions between the United States and China aren't causing you concern yet, you've not been paying attention. Any conflict between the two superpowers would result in unimaginable devastation — if not physical, at least economic. And don't forget: Both China and the United...
Lebanese anger at economy grows as political deadlock persists
March 6th, 20210 BEIRUT — Protesters blocked some roadways in Lebanon for a second day on Wednesday, after the currency’s fall to a new low further enraged a population long horrified by the country’s financial meltdown. In the past year, Lebanon has been through a popular uprising against its political leaders, the bankruptcy of the state and......
