Monday March 25, 2013
The Jerusalem speech was markedly different from its Cairo counterpart in a number of ways, and these may well indicate the shifting perspective of the Obama administration’s foreign policy agenda. Read More »
Friday March 22, 2013
On the second day of his Middle East trip and his first official trip to Israel, President Obama met with President Abbas in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Ramallah in hopes of reinitiating a peace process. Read More »
Wednesday March 20, 2013
Rena Zuabi, posting on behalf of a group of Palestinian Americans living in the West Bank, published an op-ed in the Huffington Post calling on Obama to fulfill his own promises of “tolerance and opportunity; human dignity and justice,” and break from Washington’s politics-as-usual that have undermined the peace process for decades. Read More »
Wednesday March 13, 2013
By Jennine Vari
Despite the growing need for refugee assistance, the work of a United Nations organization devoted to Palestinian refugees has recently been called into question by Congress. Read More »
Monday March 11, 2013
Today, President Obama met with Arab American community leaders in advance of his trip to the Middle East. They released the following statement today: Read More »
Friday March 08, 2013
AIPAC's hawkish resolutions undermine American claims that it would prefer to solve the dispute diplomatically and add suspicion to an already fractious Iranian-American relationship. Such needless provocations only hurt the US and Israel, since both countries would be much better off seeing the Iranian conflict resolved diplomatically. Read More »
Wednesday March 06, 2013
It’s disappointing when civil rights icons and progressive political leaders fail to live up to their own self-professed ideals of equality when it comes to Israel. They may be frightened of the political consequences of standing up to militant right-wing groups like AIPAC, but one can’t help but wonder if Biden and other leaders, decades in the future, will not once again regret their inaction when an oppressed people needed them the most. Read More »
Tuesday March 05, 2013
Today, at the the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC, AAI President James Zogby releases key findings from a 20-nation poll conducted by Zogby Research Services (ZRS) on Arab and Muslim attitudes toward Iran. Zogby is joined by an impressive panel of experts to comment on the poll including, Jane Harman, Marc Lynch, Hisham Melhem, Barbara Slavin, and Haleh Esfandiari. Today's poll is released alongside an e-book with full analysis of the results: Looking at Iran: the Rise and Fall of Iran in Public Opinion", which is available for purchase on Amazon. Read More »
Friday March 01, 2013
On Wednesday, we brought you a list of six Washington figures that thoroughly embarrassed themselves during the saga of Chuck Hagel’s nomination to head the Defense Department. But the news was not all bad. Some in Washington, both journalists and politicians, had the common sense to see Hagel for what he was: a decorated war veteran with policy views well within the American mainstream. We’ve recognized some of those who distinguished themselves during this process below. Read More »
Friday March 01, 2013
Nour’s case provides a clear example of the irrationality of the Israeli border policy, and the wide-ranging effects of occupation politics. The fear engendered at the Israeli borders and the boundless suspicion of all Palestinian people has created an untenable situation that adversely impacts Palestinians and Israelis alike. Read More »
Thursday February 28, 2013
AAI President Jim Zogby will deliver a presentation at the Woodrow Wilson Center next Tuesday on the results of a 20-nation poll of Arab and Muslim attitudes toward Iran. The Wilson Center has organized an impressive panel of experts to comment on the findings. The poll, which will become available Tuesday at 12:30pm, was conducted by Zogby Research Services (ZRS)and shows significant shifts in attitudes across the region that have occurred in just the past six years, all of which have serious policy implications: Read More »
Thursday February 28, 2013
By Jennine Vari
Leeor Kaufman is a Brooklyn-based photographer from Israel, who began documenting the daily lives of Palestinian villagers and took a particular interest in a small village in the West Bank called Wadi Fuqin. Read More »
Wednesday February 27, 2013
Now that the Hagel confirmation fight is over, we can look back at what a strange and sad spectacle it’s been: Senators quoting the fever dreams of conservative activists on the Senate floor, McCarthyite insinuations of guilt by association, men who received Vietnam-era draft deferments questioning the patriotism of a man with two Purple Hearts, and attempts to smear Hagel merely because of his association with organizations representing Arab Americans, including AAI. Read More »
Tuesday February 26, 2013
The Senate finally approved Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense today, culminating a month-long ordeal of attacks, character assassinations, and questions about the Republican former Senator's loyalty to the United States. Read More »
Monday February 25, 2013
The outcry of Palestinian prisoners held on administrative detention sheds light on Israel’s ongoing human and civil rights abuses of the Palestinian people. Read More »
Friday February 22, 2013
By Jade Zoghbi
Emad Burnat, his wife Soraya, and their son Gibreel were on their way to Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony when the family was stopped and threatened to be sent back home from the Los Angeles International Airport. Read More »
Friday February 01, 2013
These types of questions dominated the proceedings. In the course of the hearing, Israel was referenced 166 times, mostly on questions that have no bearing on the responsibilities of a Secretary of Defense. Meanwhile, questions about the many challenges that do fall within Hagel’s jurisdiction were practically ignored: 20 mentions of Afghanistan, and 2 passing references to the epidemic of troop suicides. Read More »
Thursday January 31, 2013
Today, Senator Chuck Hagel undergoes a nomination hearing held by the Senate Armed services Committee. Though Hagel is expected to ultimately be confirmed, he is sure to face some opposition in the form of verbal grilling from Republicans and Democrats alike, especially with regard to his views on Israel, Iran, and defense spending cuts. Read More »
Wednesday January 30, 2013
The New York Times published an op-ed yesterday from Palestinian American law professor George Bisharat entitled, “Why Palestine Should Take Israel to Court in The Hague.” Bisharat argues that “The [International Criminal Court] could prosecute major international crimes committed on Palestinian soil anytime after the court’s founding on July 1, 2002.” Read More »
Friday January 25, 2013
Sen. Johnson got a heated response from Secretary Clinton when he asked about UN Ambassador Susan Rice “purposefully misleading the American public” on what happened in Benghazi. He continued to push, asking why a phone call wasn’t made to people on the ground after the attack to ascertain whether or not the attack was the result of a protest or a planned terrorist assault. Read More »
Latest poll to be released Friday finds Americans are divided on continuing aid to #Egypt: http://t.co/1spZM1m9d2
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RT @MaiE_89: In the 1990’s, #Egypt had a 60% favorable rating among Americans, while today only 36% of US views the country positively via @AAIUSA
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The Muslim Brotherhood has a negative favorable/unfavorable ratio of 30%–47%
http://t.co/rMKu4JJrgW
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Looking at Iran by James Zogby
Kahlil Gibran Awards Gala - April 16, 2013President Obama got it just about perfect in his Jerusalem speech when he urged Israelis to see the world through the eyes of Palestinians. That portion of his remarks was so compelling it deserves to be quoted in full: Read More »
Air Date: 5/31/2012
Fellows from Syracuse University’s “Leaders for Democracy Fellowship Program (LDF); Bill Press, Host of the “Bill Press Show” and author of the new book, The Obama Hate Machine: The Lies, Distortions, and Personal Attacks on the President---and Who Is Behind Them. Read More »
The story of Arab Americans coming of age as an organized community is a classic American tale of immigrants seeking opportunity, benefiting from America’s freedoms, but also experiencing, at times, the dark side of exclusion and discrimination that has so often been a part of our nation’s history. Read More »
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