Palestinian author Susan Albulhawa shares a correspondence with an Israeli publisher where she explains why she won’t allow her books to be published in Israel: “How could I sell my novel rights to a people who have been destroying our society?”
Mahmoud El-Yousseph says that Donald Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the US is the worst public insult directed against Muslims he has heard in 40 years living in America. As he considered how to respond he looked to his faith and says it provides guidance for him and all Americans.
Defending her opposition to the Iran Deal, Rep. Carolyn Maloney mistakes Yemen for Sudan and misstates Qatar and the UAE’s nuclear policies.
The Haaretz New Israel Fund conference in New York was a revival meeting for young Jews who want to be in a progressive space, allowing them to stand up, a bit vaguely, for Palestinian rights.
In a personalized gesture of love and solidarity with Muslim members of their community, a coalition of citizens in Albuquerque, New Mexico reached out to the Islamic Center of New Mexico on Friday by personally delivering hand crafted cards and letters of support after Donald Trump’s racist called for a ban on Muslims entering US.
Since Israel began withholding funds to the Gaza Strip following the Hamas victory in the 2006 Palestinian legislative election, the payment of Gaza public sector employees has been a bone of contention between the rival Palestinian parties and a driver of internal unrest in the Gaza Strip. Despite promises from the national consensus government, more than 50,000 government workers in Gaza have not received their regular salaries since early 2013. Now, as anger is rising, Hamas is proposing a solution that is already proving controversial.
Rob Malley, Obama’s top aide on ISIS, says failure to resolve Israel Palestine conflict fuels ISIS in the Middle East and prevents open cooperation of states with Israel to take on a “common challenge”
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Ma‘an reports: Israeli forces shot and injured 20 Palestinians during demonstrations held in the occupied Palestinian territory on Saturday, locals and medics said. In the northern al-Bireh area of Ramallah, three Palestinians were hit by live fire and 16 by rubber-coated steel bullets when clashes erupted between Palestinian youth and Israeli forces.
Palestinian youth, Uday Irsheid, 22, was shot and killed by Israeli forces in Hebron on Friday, six weeks after Israeli forces killed his sister Dania, 17, in what Amnesty Int’l has said appeared to be a “summary execution.”