Friday April 05, 2013
As the demographics researcher at the Arab American Institute, I’m often asked about the total number of Arab Americans in the country. Though the question seems simple, the answer is anything but. Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Tuesday February 12, 2013
President Obama will deliver his fifth State of the Union address tonight, amidst a flurry of political activity on the Hill. The speech will be his first substantive foray into the political agenda of his second administration, and many are hoping to get a sense of Obama’s priorities for the coming years. 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 »
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 »
Wednesday January 23, 2013
In the past week there have been some great articles about the misleading torture narrative in Zero Dark Thirty, the popular movie chronicling the assassination of Osama Bin Laden. Read More »
Tuesday January 15, 2013
Last week, a group of Palestinians erected a “tent village” on Israeli-occupied land that had been seized for Jewish settlement construction. They named the city Bab Al Shams, after the powerful novel Gate of the Sun by Lebanese writer Elias Khoury. The book tells the story of the Palestinian struggle through the eyes of an aging freedom fighter, his relationship with his wife, and his forced exile from his home. Read More »
Friday January 11, 2013
One of the silver linings of the incoming 113th Congress was that Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), the controversial chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, had reached the term limit of her position and would be stepping down from the chairmanship. Unfortunately, The Hill revealed this week that Ros-Lehtinen has been appointed to serve as the chair of the committee’s Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee. Read More »
Wednesday December 12, 2012
The Daily Beast has a fascinating article yesterday about Josh Begley, a graduate student at NYU who designed an iPhone app that tracks compiles and maps information on drone strikes. Read More »
Monday December 10, 2012
It’s hard to escape the conclusion that Congress may need to rethink their understanding of the phrases “unilateral scheme” and “violation of the spirit of the Oslo Accords.” Read More »
Thursday November 29, 2012
Watch the UN General Assembly as it deliberates whether to upgrade Palestine to a "Non Member State." Read More »
Tuesday November 20, 2012
As was the case in 2009’s Operation Cast Lead, the new Israeli offensive into Gaza has been met with unequivocal support from senior US policymakers. Though President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and UN Ambassador Susan Rice have all expressed “regret” for the loss of Palestinian lives, and called on Israel to “minimize civilian casualties,” all levels of government continue to support the Gaza offensive. Read More »
Monday November 19, 2012
Last Friday, Lara Friedman, the Director of Policy and Government Relations for Americans for Peace Now, published an article about how the Senate’s resolutions on Gaza have changed in the past 3 years. I’ve created a mash-up of the two senate resolutions so you can judge for yourselves. Read More »
Monday October 29, 2012
On Wednesday, the Washington Post published a story about the Obama administration’s continued expansion of the drone war, the counterterrorism security apparatus, and the secretive “kill-list” of high-value assassination targets. The article is a shocking look at the extent to which the war on terror has profoundly eroded our civil liberties and inched us ever-closer to a state of perpetual war. Read More »
Monday October 22, 2012
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in Detroit last week has produced a strong backlash after immigration officials detained two undocumented immigrants in front of their children’s schools. Jorge Hernandez and Hector Orozco Villa were followed by ICE agents as they drove their children to class, and were detained blocks from the school buildings. Read More »
Monday October 15, 2012
On Friday, October 12, AAI and the Arab American Cultural & Community Center (ACC) hosted a town hall discussion entitled “Israeli-Palestinian Peace: A U.S. Policy Imperative.” The event focused on the latest political developments in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the role that the Arab American community must play in helping to guide U.S. policy. Read More »
Thursday October 11, 2012
In almost all of these issues, including Israel/Palestine, Iraq & Afghanistan, and the approach to Libya and Syria, Romney’s stated goals are near-indistinguishable from Obama’s, many of which are continuations of Bush-era foreign policy priorities, with one central difference. 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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