Washington employs a blatant double standard, which is both evident and hypocritical
March 30th, 20240 By Jamal I. Bittar After numerous unsuccessful efforts spanning five months during Israel's destructive conflict in Gaza, the United Nations Security Council finally approved a resolution on Monday, urging for an immediate ceasefire. The United States, previously the sole obstacle to such a decision, opted not to veto the resolution...
The big question about the U.N. Security Council’s Gaza ceasefire resolution
March 30th, 20240 On March 25, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 2728, regarding the ongoing war in Gaza, by a vote of 14-0. The United States abstained rather than — as it usually does when the Israeli regime dislikes a resolution — using its "permanent member" veto. The meat of the resolution "emands an immediate ceasefire for...
Immigrants drive U.S. economy
March 15th, 20240 The American economy is thriving, and immigration should get some of the credit. That’s the message from experts who highlight the critical role that immigrants are playing in the workforce. This may seem surprising when immigration is under attack and chaos at the border is a staple of political rhetoric. But immigrants are filling...
Words vs. action: A supplication for Gaza, and humanity
March 15th, 20240 “All we can do for Gaza is just offer our Du’a.” This is an oft-repeated statement by enraged Arabs and Muslims who feel helpless before the Israeli genocide in Gaza. But is it true that only invocations and supplications are possible, as tens of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are being killed and wounded by the...
Confessions of a Condor | The Gaza genocide and the war in Ukraine: More connected than we realize
March 15th, 20240 “America does not have a functioning democracy at this point in time” — Jimmy Carter, July 16, 2013 “The government in Washington represents powerful interest groups, not American citizens.” — former Reagan assistant Treasury Secretary Paul Craig Roberts, February 6, 2016 The statements above, remember, were made BEFORE the...
United against Israel: Time to end world’s longest occupation
March 8th, 20240 Left to its own devices, Israel would never grant Palestinians their freedom. In the past, some, whether ignorantly or not, claimed that peace in Palestine can only be achieved through “unconditional negotiations.” This mantra was also championed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, when he cared enough to pay lip...
Suicide vs genocide: Rest in power, Aaron Bushnell
March 1st, 20240 By Belén Fernández On Sunday, February 25, 25-year-old active duty member of the United States Air Force Aaron Bushnell set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in the U.S. capital of Washington, DC, in a one-airman revolt against the U.S.-backed slaughter currently being perpetrated by the Israeli military in the Gaza...
Netanyahu’s last battle – no victory, just slaughter in Rafah
February 28th, 20240 The Palestinian city of Rafah is not just older than Israel, it is as old as civilization itself. It has existed for thousands of years. The Canaanites referred to it as Rafia, and Rafia has been almost always there, guarding the southern frontiers of Palestine, ancient and modern. As the gateway between two continents and two worlds,...
Women: Are you a victim of overthinking?
February 27th, 20240 By Jumana Judeh, PhD Imagine finally getting a chance to sit down and relax at the end of your day and then it happens, your mind starts wondering. Did I get everything done that I needed to? Are the kids ok? Am I over my budget on the family expenses? How can I continue working long hours and maintain a certain level of...
On Feb. 27: Punish Biden, VOTE “uncommitted.” But, VOTE YES for the schools and college millage proposals
February 24th, 20241 Michigan's presidential primary elections on February 27 constitute an exceptional milestone, as they include very important decisions for the Arab American community. Next Tuesday, Democratic and Republican voters will select their respective presidential candidates to face off in the November general election. This is an important...
“Two-state solution” as a distraction – the problem is Zionism
February 23rd, 20240 The problem is not the absence of a Palestinian state, but Zionism itself. What is the use of a Palestinian state, if Zionism, as a racist, exclusivist ideology continues to define Israel, and impose that definition on the Palestinians? This ideology calls for racial purity of Jews in Palestine, of course, at the expense of the native...
The unrepentant West: Olaf Scholz and the right to commit genocide in Gaza
February 17th, 20240 On February 8, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was in Washington on an official visit, aimed at working jointly with the United States to make “sure that Israel has what it needs to defend itself.” If such a statement was made soon after the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation of October 7, one may cognize its logic, based on the well-known,...
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...
Breaching the “Iron Wall”: How Palestinians crushed Jabotinsky’s century-old ideas
February 13th, 20240 It seemed strange, if not out of context, when Israeli politician Moshe Feiglin told Arutz Sheva-Israel National News that “Muslims are not afraid of us anymore.” Feiglin’s comments were made on October 25, less than three weeks following the Palestinian Al-Aqsa Flood operation and the genocidal Israeli war which...
Europe exposed: Is the EU a direct partner in the Israeli genocide in Gaza?
February 4th, 20240 Europe stayed silent when Israel began pounding the besieged Gaza Strip with the kind of ferocity that could only lead to a genocide. In fact, Europe remained silent when the word “genocide” quickly replaced the earlier reference to the “Israel-Hamas war”, starting on October 7. Those familiar with Europe’s political discourse......
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...
Election 2024: It’s not the economy, stupid
February 1st, 20240 In the run-up to 1992’s presidential election, chief strategist James Carville relentlessly hammered on a simple message for Bill Clinton’s Democratic campaign: “It’s the economy, stupid.” Social issues and foreign policy, Carville theorized, were mere distractions. Voters would prioritize their pocketbook prospects over such......
U.S. Foreign policy rises in public attention
January 31st, 20240 Americans seem to be more interested in foreign policy than usual. Four in 10 U.S. adults named it as an important issue to address in 2024, according to a recent poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs. That’s twice as many as a year earlier. That sounds right to me. From what I can tell, Americans are paying...
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...
Genocide in Gaza as an opportunity: What Ben-Gvir wants in the West Bank
January 25th, 20240 If what is currently happening in the occupied Palestinian West Bank took place before October 7, our attention would have been completely fixated on that region in Palestine. The ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza, however, has devalued the important, if not earth-shattering events underway in the West Bank, which is now a stage for...
Confessions of a condor | Who are the real anti-Semites?
January 19th, 20242 Last December 5, the United States House of Representatives, in another spectacularly successful attempt to prove to everyone that it doesn’t know anything about anything which it openly debates, passed a nonbinding resolution that equates anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism. The vote was 311 in favor, 14 against, and 92 members voting......
More than 100 days of war and resistance: Legendary Palestinian resistance will be Netanyahu’s downfall
January 19th, 20240 Law number one in the “law of holes” is that “if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” Law number two, “if you are not digging, you are still in a hole.” These adages sum up Israel’s ongoing political, military and strategic crises, 100 days following the start of the war on Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Genocide or not, Israel has lost the moral high ground
January 12th, 20241 By Avraham Shama, Opinion contributor to THE HILL Israel will likely be found guilty of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza by the International Court of Justice in the Hague. If so, the court could call for an immediate ceasefire and consider compensation for Gazans. Even if the court would not find guilt, Israel......
Israeli officials candidly admit to genocide
January 12th, 20240 Letter to the editor: The government of South Africa — whose people know a thing or two about the evils of apartheid — is charging Israel with the crime of genocide before the International Court of Justice. Israeli spokespersons and apologists may scream and howl in protest, but, as Pretoria’s legal brief documents, the...
Women and life’s lessons
January 12th, 20240 By Jumana Judeh, PhD As we begin a new year, many of us will reflect on what went right in 2023 and what didn’t. We will also make promises to ourselves of changes we want to make to improve our lives in this new year. But let’s be realistic and have a fresh perspective on the challenges we surely will face. First, what......
