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Tuesday May 31, 2011
Both resolutions are one-sided, blame the failure of the peace process on the Palestinians’ refusal to negotiate; seek to suspend US assistance to the Palestinian national unity government; and call on the Obama Administration to veto efforts to have the United Nations recognize a Palestinian state. Read More »
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Thursday May 26, 2011
The Mossawa Center is the leading advocacy organization for Arab Citizens in Israel. In light of recent speeches commenting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the center has called upon leaders from both countries to recognize "the unique status of the Arab Palestinian minority in Israel."
"The Palestinian citizens of Israel do not enjoy the basic rights that people in democracies enjoy. The Mossawa Center invites American lawmakers and journalists to come to Israel and see for themselves the situation of the unrecognized villages, and to witness the dual realities that have pervaded here for 63 years." Read More »
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Tuesday May 24, 2011
Whether Cantor believes his disgraceful comments or whether he was simply engaging in shameless pandering is not readily clear, but neither looks particularly good for him. While we cannot pretend that hate does not exist, we also shouldn’t pretend that it exists on one side, or that it is the “root” of the conflict rather than its inevitable consequence. Read More »
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Monday May 23, 2011
In a manner reminiscent of a family “intervention” into a member’s destructive drug habit, all that “you know we’re here for you” talk is really the reassurance given as a prelude to the core point of “but you have a problem that you really need to deal with responsibly.” That moment came a little past the halfway mark in President Obama’s speech, when he said: “I also believe that real friends talk openly and honestly with each other… Here are the facts we all must confront.” Read More »
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Friday May 20, 2011
Arab American Institute President Jim Zogby comments on today's meeting between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read More »
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Thursday May 19, 2011
AAI President, Jim Zogby reflects on President Obama's Middle East speech in an article written in the Guardian. Read More »
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Thursday May 19, 2011
The President will deliver a speech today addressing the vast political changes that have taken place in the Middle East and North Africa over the past few months. The President's address is scheduled for 11:40am and will be live streamed. Join the conversation on Face Book, Twitter @AAIUSA and the AAI website before, during and after the speech. Read More »
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Wednesday May 18, 2011
I received an email the other day from a community member who is no stranger to Washington politics. Her email reinforced frustration over an issue that has been a topic of discussion here in Washington for the past three months or so: the importance of an Arab American meeting with the President to discuss the Middle East. Now more than ever, Arab Americans are in a unique position to bridge the gap between the often flawed American policy toward Arab countries and U.S. interest in the region. Read More »
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Friday May 13, 2011
Even Mitchell’s patience couldn’t wear down Israeli intransigence. This is sad: for Israeli-Palestinian peace, for George Mitchell personally, and for the U.S. Either the President tries to recoup by making a tough and determined stand as to the steps that must be taken to achieve peace Read More »
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Thursday April 28, 2011
"The Palestinians need this unity and the US and the Israelis need the Palestinians to be unified. Palestinian reconciliation is a precondition to any peace agreement and to stability in that region." Read More »
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Monday April 25, 2011
But what if the situation were reversed? What if Israeli soldiers fired at suspicious Palestinians who drove into restricted Israeli areas without authorization? Would there be “severe” punishment for the “cold-blooded murder” of Palestinians? We don’t have to wonder. We merely need look a few years back at the case of Iman al-Hams. Read More »
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Friday April 22, 2011
“As Christians get ready to celebrate Easter, Palestinian Christians living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are envious of fellow Christians from all over the world who are able to visit Jerusalem’s holy Christian sites and worship freely while they cannot.” Read More »
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Wednesday April 20, 2011
I wanted to draw your attention to the work of the National Arab American Medical Association (NAAMA). Today NAAMA sent out a press release announcing their efforts to provide "urgently needed" medical supplies throughout the Arab World. The release cites the abysmal state of emergency medical care in Arab countries and highlights the organization's commitment to provide supplies where they are needed. NAAMA's future goal is to "have funds available not only for the ongoing tragedy in Libya but to have contingency plans for emergency medical relief wherever the need may suddenly arise in other parts of the Arab world." Read More »
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Tuesday April 05, 2011
If I can put Goldstone’s “reconsideration” into my own blunt words, it would sound something like this: while Israel’s lengthy and nontransparent investigations raise concerns, their conclusions about the cause of civilian deaths would have nevertheless been taken into account and probably influenced our report if Israel had cooperated with our investigation. Read More »
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Wednesday March 30, 2011
That people like Tobin still have the audacity, after all of this evidence, to claim that Netanyahu was making “peace moves” which were met with Palestinian rejectionism is truly remarkable. Read More »
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Tuesday March 29, 2011
Last night, President Barack Obama delivered a 20-something minute speech explaining US engagement in Libya. The general framework of his speech was to outline why his policy on Libya was the correct approach, responding to criticism from both directions, from those who thought we should be doing more and those who thought the US should not get involved at all. Read More »
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Wednesday March 16, 2011
Rachel was a 23 year old American activist who was moved into action by the assault on the humanity of Palestinians living under occupation. Her eloquent, thoughtful, and moving writings have brought her back to life for many of us who never had the privilege of knowing her. Read More »
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Wednesday March 16, 2011
Despite the furor, the Monday night screening of Miral didn’t only proceed as planned, but was attended by such celebrities as Robert De Niro, Dan Rather, Sean Penn, and others. Read More »
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Monday January 24, 2011
Much of the immediate reactions to this revelation have focused on the implications for the Palestinian Authority in light of these major and unpopular concessions for nothing in return. But the other half of that story, namely Israel ’s rejection of those concessions as insufficient, is more worthy of attention for us here in the US. Read More »
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Wednesday January 19, 2011
A group of over 40 former senior foreign policy officials, prominent academics and political figures have signed a public letter to President Obama urging him to vote in favor of a U.N. Resolution condemning illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories. Among the letter's signatories were AAI President, Jim Zogby and Chairman, George Salem. Read More »
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