Thursday February 02, 2012
It is only in the environment created by such headlines that Michele Bachmann can make the utterly ridiculous claim that Iranian leaders have threatened to nuke the United States without immediate public ridicule. While no threat could have been made since Iran denies developing nuclear weapons in the first place, the allegation nevertheless sounds plausible because major information outlets are constantly reinforcing the idea Iran is threatening the United States. Read More »
Thursday February 02, 2012
Until the White House learns to consider Palestinians as equal partners in this process – and stop relying on the “expertise” of officials who refuse to recognize them as such – things will likely continue along as they have for the past thirty years. Read More »
Wednesday February 01, 2012
While the candidates performed in the expected order in Florida’s Republican Primary results, the wide gaps between them were a bit surprising. Romney won by a very comfortable margin, earning over 46% of the vote. Gingrich came in at second place with 31.9% of the vote. Santorum had a mere 13.4%, while Paul came in with a shabby 7%. Read More »
Tuesday January 31, 2012
By Jeffrey Wright
The United States Military Academy at West Point announced today that an Islamophobic retired general has withdrawn from his planned role as the speaker at West Point’s ceremony marking the National Prayer Breakfast. Read More »
Monday January 30, 2012
by Abraham Hassan
Palestinian American Republican Abraham Hassan follows up on his question from the CNN Florida debate on January 26th. Mr. Hassan, a Republican from Jacksonville, FL asked the candidates how they would achieve peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Referring to a controversial statement made by Newt Gingrich weeks earlier where he said Palestinians were an "invented people," Mr. Hassan asserted before the debate audience: "As a Palestinian American Republican, I'm here to tell you we do exist." Read More »
Monday January 30, 2012
Watch a live stream on the situation in Egypt one year after the beginning of the uprising, with author and journalist Ashraf Khalil and AAI president Jim Zogby on Capitol Hill today. Ashraf Khalil is author of the recently-published book Liberation Square: The Egyptian Revolution and the Rebirth of a Nation. Jim Zogby is president of the Arab American Institute and author of the book Arab Voices: What They Are Saying to Us, and Why it Matters. Read More »
Monday January 30, 2012
By Jeffrey Wright
An uprising that began as a conflict between peaceful protesters and violent state security forces is increasingly becoming a conflict between armed groups. Read More »
Friday January 27, 2012
Read AAI's statement on the continued advisory role of Dennis Ross. Read More »
Friday January 27, 2012
Responding to increasing requests from the Arab American community, the Department of Homeland Security has agreed to a meeting with community leaders to discuss the possibility of granting a Temporary Protected Status designation for Syrian nationals currently residing in the United States. Read More »
Friday January 27, 2012
Earlier today, the Arab American Institute formally submitted a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano regarding recent revelations of the widespread dissemination of an extreme anti-Muslim video in NYPD officer trainings. Read More »
Thursday January 26, 2012
The Arab American Institute is outraged by the targeting of Americans by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), Egypt's military government. The December 29 raid and confiscation of materials from the offices of the International Republican Institute (IRI) and National Democratic Institute (NDI), among others, by SCAF was a provocative step taken against non-governmental organizations engaged in important civil society work. The news that six Americans have now been prohibited from leaving Egypt is unacceptable. Read More »
Thursday January 26, 2012
By Dalal Hillou
Although U.S. troops have been pulled out of Iraq, our responsibility there is not over. There are people still relying on us, people who need our help to ensure their safety and to secure a steady, stable future. Why, then, are we leaving our allies behind? Read More »
Wednesday January 25, 2012
Next Tuesday, January 31, AAI will be hosting a congressional briefing on Egypt: One Year after the Revolution, featuring Ashraf Khalil and Dr. Jim Zogby. Read More »
Monday January 23, 2012
Though large-scale protests did not erupt in Syria until the March 15 uprising in Daraa, January 26 will be the one-year anniversary of the first Syrian demonstration. The mass movement to oust Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad has been fraught with complications, but despite an unimaginably brutal response by the Syrian government, the protests continue unabated. Read More »
Monday January 23, 2012
The RNC thinks they just did Israel a favor by whitewashing the illegality of its occupation of the Palestinian territories, but failed to notice that they just demanded that all these Palestinians living under occupation be granted equal rights as Israelis. In effect, the RNC just endorsed the maximalist position of the most ardent supporters of Palestinian rights: the one-state/one-man/one-vote solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Read More »
Thursday January 19, 2012
By shielding Israel from the criticism and pressures required to bring it to its senses so it can pursue a more constructive course with the Palestinians, so-called supporters of Israel are ensuring that the state will continue down this self-destructive path of perpetual conflict. Read More »
Friday January 13, 2012
You’d think someone in that government would’ve noticed by now that violence is futile and that a new course must be taken. Read More »
Thursday January 12, 2012
Those who are truly outraged with the “apartheid” characterization of Israel should spend less time condemning their opponents and more time combating Israel’s discriminatory policies so they can erase the ugly reality that will guarantee enduring conflict. Read More »
Thursday January 12, 2012
By Dalal Hillou
On January 10, 2012, at an event titled ‘Guantánamo Forever?’, four speakers at the New America Foundation discussed the ten-year anniversary of the highly controversial Guantánamo Bay detention facility. Read More »
Wednesday January 11, 2012
David Cole has a fantastic piece in The Nation about the ten year anniversary of the first indefinite detentions at Guantanamo Bay, exploring many of the legal, political, and social obstacles to the abolition of the most glaring modern contradiction of our civil liberties. Read More »
@AAIUSA BUT there is the issue of #delegates. For the constant #default candidate, #Romney nothing changes, #politically. #Rick!
about 9 hours, 41 minutes ago.
shouldn't be surprised by #Santorum sweep. Don't ever underestimated the strength of #GOP's "anybody but #Mitt" - Rick is new/old "anybody"
about 11 hours, 21 minutes ago.
@AAIUSA Be sure to follow Corey Stapleton’s campaign @stapletonCorey for an exclusive announcement today.
about 17 hours, 18 minutes ago.
Kahlil Gibran Awards Gala - April 18
Be Part of the Change!If we are to believe what we are hearing and reading from a variety of confirmed and unconfirmed sources, in Israel and the U.S., some day in the next few months we may wake up to the news that Israel has bombed Iran's nuclear facilities. Or maybe not. Read More »
Air Date: 12/29/2011
Rob Malley, Middle East and North Africa Program Director at the International Crisis Group; Amb. Hussein Hassouna, Chief Representative of the League of Arab States to the United States; Lara Friedman, Director of Policy and Government Relations for Americans for Peace Now. Read More »
The subcommittee's meeting today to explore whether there are risk factors or preincident indicators of terrorist activity identified by intelligence and law enforcement organizations to enable them in thwarting attacks while preserving -- let me repeat that -- preserving individuals' right to privacy and civil liberties. Read More »
