Anti-Arab, Islamophobic rhetoric center stage in the US
RAY HANANIA February 08, 2024 Chicago last week became the largest American city to adopt a resolution calling for both a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and the immediate and unconditional […]
My ‘worst frustration’ is I have no power to end Gaza war, UN chief tells Arab News
SPECIAL UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. (Reuters) Updated 58 min 50 sec ago EPHREM KOSSAIFY February 07, 2024 NEW YORK: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday expressed deep sadness at his […]
A ridiculous, insulting number!
Feb 08,2024 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen Four! Four is the number of violent West Bank Israeli settlers the Biden administration has decided to sanction. Most Western press headlines […]
Oppressive West vs. moral West
BY MUHITTIN ATAMAN FEB 07, 2024 – DAILY SABAH A protester holds a placard reading “75 years of colonization apartheid & state terror” as lawyers and supporters protest on Gaza, Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 5, 2024. (EPA Photo) Western powers must reject the discriminatory views of ultranationalists due to global interdependence […]
Cutting off UNRWA funding is immoral and damaging
YOSSI MEKELBERG February 06, 2024 In times of war, the tactic of deflecting from your own wrongdoings by highlighting others’ shortcomings is as old as conflict itself. During the last […]
Israel belatedly beginning to face some accountability
CHRIS DOYLE February 05, 2024 One element has always been painfully absent from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Its absence has allowed a more powerful bullying occupying power to dominate and subjugate […]
The land of wars, surprises and earthquakes
GHASSAN CHARBEL February 05, 2024 The developments in the Middle East are not simple. Operation Al-Aqsa Flood unleashed an earthquake and, the very next day, it sparked a limited war […]
Attacks on US forces spark escalation, geopolitical shift
Feb 04,2024 – JORDAN TIMES / Amer Al Sabaileh The recent targeting of American forces has thrust the conflict in the region into a new dynamic, compelling Washington to formulate […]
CNN staff say network’s pro-Israel slant amounts to ‘journalistic malpractice’
Source: The Guardian Insiders say pressure from the top results in credulous reporting of Israeli claims and silencing of Palestinian perspectives Chris McGreal Sun 4 Feb 2024 CNN is facing […]
Regional war is upon us if Biden doesn’t halt the Gaza carnage
BARIA ALAMUDDIN February 05, 2024 The recent missile strikes against Iran-backed Hashd Al-Shaabi militants in Iraq may have been one of America’s largest military interventions in years, but they were […]
EU diplomat says defunding UN Palestinian agency would be dangerous
European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell speaks on the day of a meeting of foreign ministers from the EU, Indo-Pacific and ASEAN countries, in […]
How the West devalued Arab lives for generations
FAWAZ A. GERGES February 02, 2024 As the war in Gaza approaches its fifth month, many in the Middle East and across the Global South have been struck both by […]
Babies Killed In Gaza Are ‘Not Innocent Palestinian Civilians,’ House Republican Says
It isn’t the first time Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) has questioned the existence of innocent Palestinians. By Matt Shuham Feb 1, 2024, 01:44 PM EST|Updated 5 hours ago 718 COMMENTS According to one congressional Republican, babies in the Gaza Strip should not be considered “innocent Palestinian civilians” during Israel’s ongoing military operations.Rep. […]
Reflections on ‘Underage’ Marriage
WRITTEN BY RIZWAN KHAN| OCTOBER 2023| ISLAM, SOCIETY, WOMEN Any attempt to pin down a single universal number as a minimum age for marriage is baseless. Therefore, we see the variance in the age of sexual consent even within countries situated next to each other. Within Europe, the age of consent is fourteen years old […]
Millions of Palestinians rely on UNRWA. Why is the US suspending funding based on Israeli accusations?
OpinionUS foreign policy Moustafa Bayoumi Twelve of the agency’s 13,000 Gaza employees were allegedly part of the 7 October attack – so the US and its allies are meting a […]
There is a seismic shift in the Muslim American community
Muslim and Arab Americans are no longer placated by cultural tolerance and interfaith gestures. Published On 29 Jan 2024 On November 1, less than a month into Israel’s onslaught on […]
Biden’s double standard on Israeli, Palestinian accusations
RAY HANANIA ARAB NEWS When Israel last week accused a small number of UN Relief and Works Agency employees of participating in the violent Oct. 7 attack on the country, […]
Gazan children orphaned by war suffer as war continues
Palestinian men and children gather for a demonstration in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 30, 2024, calling for continued international support to UNRWA. (File/AFP) ARAB NEWS January […]
Destroying UNRWA disastrous, destabilising for the entire region
Jan 31,2024 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen The United States has long called itself the “indispensable nation” to justify its claim to global leadership. Through its inane policies and destructive actions, the US has lost both international regard and support from world leaders who expected better of the world’s […]
West should not have bought Israel’s claims against UNRWA
DAOUD KUTTAB January 30, 2024 The synchronized decisions of many Western countries to suspend their financial support to one of the most important UN agencies in the Middle East is […]