November 15th, 20242Arab and Muslim American voters did not remove Democrats from office, nor did they cost Kamala Harris the Oval Office. They merely sent a strong message that Palestine matters, not only to Arabs and Muslims but to many Americans as well.
The ones who cost the Democrats the elections are the Democrats themselves. Their humiliating...
October 14th, 20240No one had expected that one year would be enough to recenter the Palestinian cause as the world’s most pressing issue, and that millions of people across the globe would, once again, rally for Palestinian freedom.
The last year witnessed an Israeli genocide in Gaza, unprecedented violence in the West Bank, but also legendary...
October 14th, 20240Stein fourth visit to Dearborn: I'm the candidate against genocide!
With less than a month to go before the presidential election on November 5, Arab and American Muslim voters in Michigan remain staunch in their refusal to support Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, despite their campaigns'...
September 14th, 20240When asked why his latest map has erased the whole of the West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu retorted with the most detestable answer.
“I didn’t include the Dead Sea. It’s not shown on the map. I didn’t show the Jordan River. It’s not on this map. I didn’t show the Sea of Galilee,” was Netanyahu's...
September 13th, 20242ARAB AMERICAN VOTERS' CHOICE IN NOVEMBER
As the intensity of the race to the White House increases following the first debate between the Republican candidate, former President Trump, and the Democratic candidate, Vice President Harris, on Tuesday, the electoral significance of Arab and Muslim American votes in Michigan and other swing...
September 7th, 20240Braving the constant threat of airstrikes and bombings, 15-year-old Youssef Saad, a Gazan oud player, rides his bicycle through the war-ravaged streets of northern Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp, his instrument strapped to his back.
Saad sings for children who have endured daily horrors in 11 months of conflict, trying to offer them a...
September 6th, 20240The presidential race between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump is a jump ball in Michigan with just over 60 days remaining until the Nov. 5 election, according to a new statewide poll commissioned by the Detroit News and WDIV-TV (Channel 4).
The Aug. 26-29 survey of 600 likely Michigan voters found 44.7 percent of...
August 30th, 20240San Francisco State University has begun the process of divesting from four weapons manufacturers currently involved in Israel's war on Gaza, in a move activists are describing as a "major victory" for Palestinian rights advocacy in the United States.
The announcement by Students for Gaza SFSU comes at a crucial time for the student...
August 30th, 20241ANN ARBOR— Pro-Palestinian activists at the University of Michigan were frustrated by their inability to persuade the university to divest endowment funds from Israel and military-weapons manufacturers, so they came up with an idea: Run a slate of candidates for student government based on a provocative platform. If elected, they’d...
May 31st, 20240Forty percent of Arab Americans in key U.S. swing states, including Michigan, say they are "not enthusiastic at all" about November’s election.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Biden’s support among Arab American voters in critical swing states has plummeted during the war in Gaza, a new poll found, in the latest sign that the United...
May 8th, 20240By Jamal I. Bittar
Last Friday, Israel launched an assault on Iran in response to an Iranian incursion onto Israeli soil the weekend prior, involving over 300 missiles and drones. Among the various options available to the Israeli government – ranging from assaults on numerous nuclear facilities, military bases and key national...
January 19th, 20240ANN 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...
January 5th, 20240THE HAGUE — South Africa has launched a case at the United Nations’ top court alleging that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza amounts to genocide.
The filing and Israel’s decision to defend itself at the International Court of Justice set up a high-stakes showdown before a panel of judges in the Great Hall of...
January 5th, 20240McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski said on Thursday several markets in the Middle East and some outside the region were experiencing a "meaningful business impact" due to the Israel war on Gaza as well as "associated misinformation" about the brand.
Major Western fast-food chains, including McDonald's and Starbucks, have seen largely...
December 1st, 20230WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than a dozen state lawmakers and activists in the U.S. — including actor Cynthia Nixon from Sex and the City — have started a hunger strike calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
The five state lawmakers taking part in the hunger strike beginning Monday are Delaware State Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton, New...
November 17th, 20230WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. public support for Israel's war on Gaza is eroding and most Americans think Israel should call a ceasefire to a conflict that has ballooned into a humanitarian crisis, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Some 32 percent of respondents in the two-day opinion poll, which closed on Tuesday, said "the U.S. should...
October 24th, 20232BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI — On Wednesday, October 25th, at 2:15 p.m., Students Organized for Palestine, a student-led group at Bloomfield Hills High School will be participating in the nationwide walkout for Palestine in front of the school's main entrance. The group released the following statement on Tuesday, alongside several student-led...
