Hundreds of Druze Arabs, some carrying Syrian flags, gathered outside the gates of a polling station on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday, trying to block their townspeople from voting in municipal elections. Israeli police wearing helmets cleared a path for would-be voters outside the balloting center in Majdal Shams. …
Read More »Pittsburgh synagogue massacre shocks world
The 11 victims murdered at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the deadliest attack ever on the Jewish community in the United States were mostly older worshipers, ranging in age from 54 to 97, officials said on Sunday. The suspected gunman, 46-year-old Robert Bowers of Pittsburgh, stormed the building during a Saturday …
Read More »Video: Police beat Hindu woman for being in the company of Muslim man
A video showing a Hindu woman being beaten up by the police for being in the company of a Muslim man has set Twitter on fire. The video posted by journalist @PiyushRaiTOI received thousands of retweets in a few hours, with tweeps expressing outrage at the fact that the common …
Read More »First Sikh Man inducted into Trump’s security detail
Ludhiana-born Anshdeep Singh Bhatia just became the first Sikh to be inducted into US President Donald Trump’s security team. Twitter users shared his story and congratulated him. According to a report by the Indian newspaper Hindustan Times, Bhatia moved to the US in the year 2000 and always dreamt of …
Read More »Rashida Tlaib in race to be first Muslim woman elected to US Congress
• Rashida Tlaib won the Democratic Party nomination for the US House of Representatives in Michigan on Tuesday. • She will run unopposed in November, putting her on course to become the first Muslim woman in Congress. • The 42-year-old is an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, having been …
Read More »Judge Orders Trump Administration To Fully Restore DACA
A Washington, D.C.-based federal judge ruled on Friday that the Trump administration must fully restore the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, saying the government’s rationale for dropping it is inadequate. The order by U.S. District Judge John Bates barring the administration from ending DACA is the third such mandate …
Read More »The Knesset Approved Racist Laws That Encourage Settlement and Establish Apartheid Regime
The Israeli Knesset approved the National Law with the majority of 62 members, 5 against and two abstentions, which means the establishment of racist regime. The National law stipulated that Israel is the Jewish people homeland, the right to self-determination in the Israeli State is merely limited to Jews, the …
Read More »Judge orders release of illegal immigrant detained by ICE during pizza delivery at military base
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the release of an illegal immigrant who was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in June when he delivered pizza to a military base in New York. Pablo Villavicencio must be immediately released from his holding facility in New Jersey, Judge Paul …
Read More »These Jews are ditching Israel tours to visit Occupied Palestine
An American Jew visiting Israel as a part of Birthright Israel tour has won the praises of many Palestinians and civil rights groups after a video of him lambasting his tour guide went viral on social media. Elon Glickman was one of a group of Jewish Americans travelling to Israel …
Read More »Christians no longer welcome in Israel, says Palestinian group
Johannesburg – Christians are no longer welcome in the Holy Land. This was the message from a Palestinian Christian delegation currently visiting South Africa. In an interview with the Afro-Palestine Newswire Service on Sunday, Father Jamal Khader and Dr Rifat Kasis documented the discrimination facing Christians, and how they are being denied the …
Read More »Ozil quits international football over ‘racism’
Mesut Ozil said Sunday he was quitting the German national football team, citing “racism” in the criticism of him in the side’s World Cup debacle. “It is with a heavy heart and after much consideration that because of recent events, I will no longer be playing for Germany at international …
Read More »Egypt says Israel’s Jewish nation-state law undermines Middle East peace
Egypt on Saturday said a new Israeli law giving Jews the exclusive right to self-determination in the country undermined the chances for peace in the Middle East and the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes. The law, which was passed on Thursday, drew a rebuke from the …
Read More »Jewish nation state: Israel approves controversial bill
The “Jewish nation state” bill downgrades Arabic as an official language and says advancing Jewish settlement is a national interest. It also states that the “whole and united” Jerusalem is its capital. Israeli Arab MPs condemned the legislation but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised it as a “defining moment”. The …
Read More »German court sentences woman to life for neo-Nazi murders
A German court on Wednesday found the main defendant in a high-profile neo-Nazi trial guilty over the killing of 10 people — most of them migrants — who were gunned down between 2000 and 2007 in a case that shocked Germany and prompted accusations of institutional racism in the country’s …
Read More »Trump’s travel ban: What does the Supreme Court ruling mean?
Opponents conceded the supreme court had delivered a significant blow to their efforts with its 5-4 ruling in favour of Donald Trump’s travel ban on several Muslim-majority countries. But groups that challenged Trump’s policy told the Guardian they were already preparing “the next front” of legal challenges. Until then, travellers …
Read More »WATCH: Far-Right Israeli Protesters Celebrate Palestinian Baby Burned to Death
On Tuesday, two dozen far-right protesters celebrated the death of an 18-month-old Palestinian child murdered in July 2015 as the toddler’s remaining family members walked out of the Central District Court in Lod, Israel. In July 2015, 18-month year-old Ali Saad Dawabsha was killed in an arson attack by Jewish right-wing terrorists …
Read More »Trump to Hold Ramadan Dinner After Skipping It Last Year
President Trump will host a dinner in the coming week in honor of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, restoring a White House tradition that he had abandoned during his first year in office, a West Wing official said on Saturday. The dinner is expected to be held on Wednesday. …
Read More »Denmark bans burqa, niqab
Denmark has joined some other European countries in banning garments that cover the face, including Islamic veils such as the niqab or burqa. In a 75-30 vote with 74 absentees, Danish lawmakers on Thursday approved the law presented by Denmark’s centre-right governing coalition. The government says that it is not …
Read More »Stacey Abrams wins Georgia ‘Battle of the Staceys’ in bid to become first black female governor in U.S.
WASHINGTON — Stacey Abrams easily defeated Stacey Evans in the Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary Tuesday that attracted national attention. Now, Abrams will attempt to make history by becoming the nation’s first black female governor — and Georgia’s first woman governor — by winning the general election in November in a …
Read More »Israeli ambassador says Dutch parody of Eurovision song is anti-Semitic
Israel’s ambassador to the Netherlands made a formal complaint over a sketch show version of Israel’s winning Eurovision entry. The spoof song included references to Israeli violence in Gaza and has been called anti-Semitic. Israel’s ambassador to the Netherlands Aviv Shir-On has lodged an official letter of protest to BNNVARA, …
Read More »Philip Roth, Towering Novelist Who Explored Lust, Jewish Life and America, Dies at 85
Philip Roth, the prolific, protean, and often blackly comic novelist who was a pre-eminent figure in 20th century literature, died on Tuesday night at a hospital in Manhattan. He was 85. The cause was congestive heart failure, said the writer Judith Thurman, a close friend. Mr. Roth had homes in …
Read More »Boys aged 12 and 15 gunned down in London
Two boys aged 12 and 15 were gunned down in broad daylight in London on Sunday, the day after another teen was shot dead, police said, as the British capital grapples with a surge in violent crime. London’s Metropolitan Police said the pair were taken to hospitals after officers found …
Read More »Haneen Zoabi: Condemning Israel’s so-called Democracy from Within
By Geoffrey Cook It is hard to imagine a more thankless and demanding job than representing an Arab district in the Israeli Knesset or Parliament, but that is what Haneen Zoabi has been doing for three terms while remaining faithful to her constituents. Zoabi was born in 1969 within the …
Read More »White Man Convicted Of Beating Black Man At Charlottesville White Nationalist Rally
An Arkansas man has been convicted of malicious wounding for beating a black man during a white nationalist rally last year in Charlottesville, Va. Jacob Scott Goodwin, 23, will be sentenced in August. The jury is recommending 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine, local TV station NBC 29 reports. …
Read More »In Trumps America, Raising American Muslim Children in Trump Era.
By: Wasan Abu Baker* American Muslim Students : During my experience as a teacher, I have found that when working with English Second Language (ESL) learners it is important to understand the diversity of native languages spoken at home and the cultural background of each student. This …
Read More »Palestine files complaint against Israel under anti-racism treaty
Palestinian diplomats in Geneva have filed a complaint against Israel for what they say are breaches of its obligations under a UN anti-racism treaty, triggering what may be a lengthy and high-profile investigation. The complaint, handed in by the Palestinian ambassador to the UN, Ibrahim Khraishi, to the body that …
Read More »Trump’s would-be secretary of state has an Islamophobia problem
Mike Pompeo, the CIA director who was tapped by President Trump to lead the State Department, faces a confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday. For the White House, it couldn’t come sooner. It’s not an ideal moment for the post of the United States’ top diplomat to …
Read More »Texas Bombing Suspect Blows Himself up as Police Close In: Officials
An unemployed 24-year-old man suspected of a three-week bombing campaign in Texas that killed two people and injured five others blew himself up on the side of a highway as police closed in on him early Wednesday, authorities said. Police had tracked the suspect to a hotel about 20 miles …
Read More »Austin explosion may have been triggered by tripwire, police say
An explosion that injured two men Sunday night could’ve been triggered by a tripwire, said Austin Police Chief Brian Manley, after a fourth blast in the Texas city in little over two weeks. Authorities are working under the belief that the latest incident is connected to the previous three explosions …
Read More »Three ‘powerful’ package explosions in Austin that killed 2 are connected, police say
Police said Monday that they believe three packages that exploded at homes and killed two people here are connected, raising fears that a bomber is on the loose in a city hosting tens of thousands of people for a world-renowned music and technology festival. Authorities said it was too early …
Read More »‘Punish a Muslim Day’ letters shock UK communities
The anonymous letters arrived this weekend in plain white envelopes with second-class stamps, and were sent to people in at least five communities in England. Inside was a message so hateful that it has sent ripples of alarm across the country and prompted a national counterterrorism investigation. The message says …
Read More »The rapprochement between India and Israel
By Geoffrey Cook* The friendly ties between India and Israel are only about twenty years old whereas rapprochement started haltingly five years earlier in 1992. They have become most friendly with the rise of the Narendra Modi and his Islamophobic BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) during 2014. Today their ties …
Read More »Knesset advances ‘dangerous’ Jerusalem residency law
The Israeli Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved Feb. 18 a draft law that would make it possible to revoke the residency status of Palestinians living in occupied East Jerusalem and Syrians living in the Golan Heights if they are found to be engaging in anti-Israel activities. Ahmad Tibi, an Arab member of …
Read More »Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel: A ‘Fifth Column’?
by Munshi Zubaer Haque Introduction: The creation of State of Israel in 1948 resulted in the formation of an ethnic and religious minority of Palestinian Arabs in the new country, who eventually became citizens of this nascent nation.70 years on, this involuntary minority within a Jewish majority is often …
Read More »UK man convicted of running over Muslim woman in hate attack
A British man has been convicted of attempted murder for running over a Muslim woman in a hate crime he saw as revenge for extremist attacks. A jury found Paul Moore guilty on Friday of the Septembe 20 attack, which left 47-year-old Zaynab Hussein with life-changing injuries. Prosecutors say 21-year-old …
Read More »California school science project that connected race and IQ is pulled after complaints
A science fair project at a California high school faced criticism earlier this week after it compared race and IQ levels in connection to participation in an elite program at the school, The Sacramento Bee reported Saturday. The project, titled “Race and IQ,” was put together by a C.K. McClatchy …
Read More »Israel Begins Distributing Deportation Notices to Africans
Israeli authorities have begun distributing deportation notices to thousands of African migrants. In letters delivered Sunday, Israel says the migrants have 60 days to accept the offer to leave the country for an unnamed African destination in exchange for $3,500 and a plane ticket. Those who don’t by Apr. 1 …
Read More »Islamophobia :A real threat or a relevant political instrument?
By Sarah Safa* — From the mocking of children victims in a time of war, on the example of how, in a very bigoted, xenophobic, and intolerant way, the Syrian child, “Aylan Kurdi” was by a fanatical “Charlie Hebdo” French magazine, without any objection or position registered by the French government …
Read More »Trump ready to apologize for retweeting anti-Muslim videos from far right British group
President Trump said he was ready to apologize for retweeting anti-Muslim videos from a far right British group and reiterated that he was not a racist, in an interview with Good Morning Britain on Friday. Piers Morgan, the presenter, pushed him about the November retweet of three videos by Britain …
Read More »‘I just don’t like Muslim people’: Trump appointee resigns after racist, sexist and anti-gay remarks
An appointee of President Trump has resigned from the federal agency that runs AmeriCorps and other service programs after remarks he made disparaging blacks, Muslims, gays, women, veterans with PTSD and undocumented immigrants surfaced in the news media. Carl Higbie lasted less than six months as the chief of external affairs in the Corporation for …
Read More »Two of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Children Speak Out Against Trump
As the nation paid tribute to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., some of his relatives sharply criticized President Trump on Monday over his outlook on race and its effect on the country nearly half a century after Dr. King’s death. “Our collective voice in this hour must always …
Read More »South Africa to formally protest Trump’s ‘shithole countries’ remarks
South Africa will issue a diplomatic protest to the United States Monday over US President Donald Trump’s “shithole countries” comments, according to its foreign ministry. During an Oval Office meeting on immigration Thursday, Trump expressed frustration with people coming to the United States from countries in Africa and elsewhere, sources …
Read More »‘Here is what my #shithole looks like:’ African countries and Haiti react to Trump’s remark
President Trump’s dismissal of Haiti, El Salvador and all of Africa as “shithole countries” whose people are not desirable for U.S. immigration shocked people around the world and provoked swift condemnation. The president made the remarks Thursday during a White House meeting with lawmakers. And reactions were swift. “The African Union Commission is …
Read More »Alleged White Supremacist Is Charged With Terrorism After Stopping Amtrak Train
An armed man who stopped an Amtrak train in Nebraska is facing a terrorism charge, after the FBI discovered ties to “an ‘alt-right’ Neo-Nazi group,” a cache of weapons, and allegations that the suspect, Taylor Michael Wilson, had talked about a desire to kill black people. Federal authorities have filed …
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