June 15th, 20250President Trump’s repeated public appeals to Israel not to launch a military strike on Iran failed to dissuade Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from igniting a major regional conflict in a desperate bid to save his faltering government — and potentially drag Washington into the chaos. This comes just days before the sixth round of...
June 13th, 20250By Sunita Sohrabji
In a powerful show of solidarity, leading Black and Latino civil rights organizations held a joint press conference June 11 to denounce what they called “authoritarian overreach” by the Trump administration.
Their remarks, delivered during a virtual press conference, expressed outrage over the deployment of...
June 6th, 20250The past week brought no breakthroughs in the multiple flashpoints across the Middle East. Israel’s genocidal campaign against Palestinians in Gaza raged on, alongside escalated military aggression on Lebanon and Syria. Meanwhile, negotiations between the United States and Iran made no meaningful progress, as Tehran insisted on its...
June 6th, 20250DEARBORN – Under the theme “Fight for Justice” the Arab-American Civil Rights League (ACRL) held its 13th Annual Gala at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in Dearborn, drawing a large crowd that included public officials, civil rights activists and representatives from numerous communities across Metro Detroit,...
May 29th, 20250The decision resonated as shocking for all sides. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose entire war strategy hinges on the starvation of Palestinians in Gaza, unilaterally decided on May 19 to allow “immediate” food entry to the famine-stricken Strip.
Of course, Netanyahu still maneuvered. Instead of permitting at least...
May 28th, 20250One thing of which we can be certain is that there will be consequences to the genocide in Gaza.
It is difficult to wrap one’s arms around the excruciating pain being endured by Palestinians in Gaza. We only know the rough outline of the devastation. Tens of thousands have been murdered in aerial bombardments, over 100,000 have...
May 23rd, 20250There was a time when Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to have all the cards. The Palestinian Authority was largely passive, the occupied West Bank was relatively calm, Israel's diplomatic reach was expanding, and the United States seemed ready to bend international law to accommodate Israel's desire for complete control over Palestine.
The...
May 23rd, 20250On May 20, Israeli forces bombed two homes in Gaza, where, Reuters reports, "children were among the 18 dead." The attack was justified, the Israeli regime claims, because — who knows? — there might have been a Hamas member hiding in one of the closets or something. To criticize those killings, we're told, is "anti-Semitic", even...
May 23rd, 20250Amid Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza, and the harrowing images of starvation and genocide emerging from the devastated territory, international voices intensified last week, calling for urgent restraint against Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government. European leaders hinted at punitive measures ranging from economic boycotts to...
May 23rd, 20250WASHINGTON, D.C. – Amid ongoing international accusations of genocide against Israel in Gaza, now entering its 17th month, tensions surrounding rising hostility toward Israelis have been reignited after two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. were fatally shot during an attack in which the attacker reportedly...
May 16th, 20250The United Nations’ top humanitarian official blasted Israel on Tuesday for “deliberately and unashamedly” imposing inhumane conditions on Palestinians, including the risk of famine — one of the strongest condemnations by a high-ranking U.N. official during the war in Gaza.
Tom Fletcher, head of the U.N. Office for the...
May 15th, 20250By Khalil Abu Shammala
Mr. President:
Palestinians don't pay much attention to presidential elections in any country, but they are always keenly following the presidential elections in the United States and the candidates' campaign platforms. They believe that their prospects depend on the U.S. administration's positions on the...
May 9th, 20250American voters want an end to the war in Gaza and for President Trump to withhold U.S. aid, if necessary, to pressure Israel to end it.
During last year’s campaign, Donald Trump promised big changes in U.S. Middle East policy. He said that the Gaza war never would have happened had he been president; promised he would end it; boasted...
May 2nd, 20250"Rights are granted to those who align with power," Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student, eloquently wrote from his cell. This poignant statement came soon after a judge ruled that the government had met the legal threshold to deport the young activist on the nebulous ground of "foreign policy."
"For the poor, for...
April 18th, 20250DETROIT — In a powerful show of solidarity and compassion, Metro Detroit welcomed four Palestinian children on Sunday who were severely injured during the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza. The children — Waheed, Mohammed, Lana and Saher —arrived at Detroit Metropolitan Airport to begin a long journey of physical and psychological...
April 18th, 20250DETROIT — The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) has filed a formal complaint with the Michigan Department of Civil Rights (MDCR), accusing Wayne State University (WSU) campus police of racial and religious discrimination against Arab and Muslim students. The complaint follows a pro-Palestinian...
April 18th, 20250In just 24 hours, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nominated Eli Sharvit as the new chief of Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security agency, only to quickly retract the nomination.
This episode highlights the lack of coherence in Netanyahu’s leadership, reinforcing the perception that decisions at the highest levels of...
April 11th, 20250ANN ARBOR –As part of a federal crackdown on pro-Palestinian student voices at U.S. universities, at least five universities in Michigan have reported the cancellation of student visas by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The University of Michigan stated that visas for four international students were revoked, including...
April 11th, 20250WASHINGTON, D.C. – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s surprise visit to the White House dominated headlines about Middle East developments, yet it was President Trump who set the tone for the next phase in regional policy — one that Netanyahu, labeled by critics as a “war criminal”, found entirely unpalatable.
At the...
April 4th, 20250DETROIT – On Wednesday, religious leaders and human rights activists in Michigan sent an open letter to Wayne State University President Kimberly Andrews Espy and members of the university’s Board of Governors, expressing deep concern over what they described as repressive campaigns targeting students protesting acts of genocide in...
April 4th, 20250The phrase “civil war” is one of the most dominant terms used by Israeli politicians today. What began as a mere warning from Israeli President Isaac Herzog is now an accepted possibility for much of Israel’s mainstream political society.
“(Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu is ready to sacrifice everything for his...
April 4th, 20250The Weekly Arab Report by The Arab American News staff
From the expansion of aggression on Gaza, to blatant violations of the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon, to the breach of Syrian territory by land and air, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continued last week to stoke the flames of war in the Middle East. This comes as a...
March 29th, 20250
BOSTON - U.S. immigration authorities have detained and revoked the visa of a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University near Boston who had voiced support for Palestinians in Israel's war on Gaza.
Rumeysa Ozturk's supporters say her detention, late on Tuesday, is the first known immigration arrest of a...
March 28th, 20250The Arab American News weekly Arab world report:
The Middle East remains in the eye of the storm, with many of its nations burdened by decades-old political, security, economic and social crises. These issues continue to erupt in connection with regional conflicts. Against this backdrop, Iran’s announcement of its willingness to...
March 21st, 20250On Wednesday, in a positive development in the case of the Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, one of the leading figures in the protest movement on U.S. college campuses against the Israeli war on Gaza, a federal judge ordered the case to be transferred to a court in New Jersey from Louisiana, the hardline state chosen by the Trump...
March 21st, 20250With a green light from President Trump and no deterrent in sight — except for Yemen’s steadfast support front — Israel’s killing machine has resumed its genocide in Gaza during the holy month of Ramadan, as desired by Benjamin Netanyahu, who is desperately trying to preserve his shaky ruling coalition committed to pursuing...
March 15th, 20250WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) reported a 7.4 percent increase in discrimination and attacks against Muslim and Arab Americans in 2024 compared to the previous year, detailing crackdowns on university students protesting in support of Palestine. The annual report, titled "Unconstitutional...
March 7th, 20250NEW YORK — Columbia University senior Maryam Alwan was visiting family in Jordan over winter break when she received an email from the school accusing her of discriminatory harassment. Her supposed top offense: writing an op-ed in the student newspaper calling for divestment from Israel.
The probe is part of a flurry of recent...
