The Arab American News back issues from June 2007:
U.N. votes to establish Hariri tribunal
Jun 02, 2007; ... UNITED NATIONS - On face value, no politician or diplomat would be against prosecuting a serious crime, or bringing its perpetrators to justice. No politician or diplomat would ever say that it is acceptable to assassinate political opponents and then proceed to assassinate other key ...
U.S. plans airbase at Kleiaat, Lebanon
Jun 02, 2007; ... On July 14, 1982, (Bastille Day) the late Bashir Gemayel sat with Ariel Sharon, Raphael Eitan, and Danny Yalon at the French flag-draped Le Chef Restaurant in Ashrifeyih, East Beirut for one of their working lunches. As was by now their habit, the Israelis were inclined to pressure their ...
In Iraq, nobody is accountable
Jun 02, 2007; ... BAGHDAD - Killings, crime, lack of medical care, the collapse of education - the list goes on. But with the occupation by U.S.-led forces now into its fifth year, and a supposedly democratic government in place, no one knows whom to hold accountable for all that is going wrong. It is the ...
America's palace in Baghdad
Jun 02, 2007; ... BAGHDAD - In the chaos that is Iraq, there is only one project that is on schedule and within budget: The new American embassy in Baghdad. It is less of a diplomatic facility and more of a military fortress. With an administration that has problems keeping secrets, the divulged architectural ...
Bush authorizes new covert action against Iran
Jun 02, 2007; ... The CIA has received secret presidential approval to mount a covert "black" operation to destabilize the Iranian government, current and former officials in the intelligence community tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com. The sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the ...
British university union backs academic boycott of Israel
Jun 02, 2007; ... "The international campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel for its policies and practices towards the Palestinian people was boosted recently by a historic vote in support of an academic boycott." On May 30, 2007, the UK University and College Union (UCU) Congress ...
End 40 years of occupation
Jun 02, 2007; ... This week we observe the 40th anniversary of what the Palestinians call Al Naksa, or The Setback. During the second Arab-Israeli war in June 1967, some 400,000 Palestinians were displaced. Half of them were refugees who had been displaced from the part of Palestine that became Israel during the ...
Gaza burns as Palestine's leadership fiddles
Jun 02, 2007; ... In assessing the escalating violence in the Gaza Strip, nearly every Arab analyst has placed the blame on Israel, avoiding the real challenges posed by rising strife in Palestinian society itself. Gaza remains in turmoil, but not solely because Israel maintains the upper-hand in the ...
International coalition needed for boycott
Jun 02, 2007; ... South Africa's Minister of Intelligence, Ronnie Kasrils, whispered to me just as I sat down following a most enthusiastic speech at a recent conference in Cape Town: "If you want the world to heed your call for boycotting Israel, the call has to originate from the Palestinian leadership ...
Peace locked in a closet of moral denial
Jun 02, 2007; ... When refugee host-regimes like Lebanon, Syria or Jordan face intense political pressures, they tend to displace their anger on the marginalized communities. The confrontation between the Lebanese army and the pseudoIslamic militants has focused attention on the 350,000 Palestinian refugees in ...
Going beyond the minority vision
Jun 02, 2007; ... In addressing his audience at the recent convention of the Islamic Society of North America, Tariq Ramadan spoke out against Muslims in the West seeing themselves as a minority and adopting a minority vision. They must, he argued, change their vision of themselves, of society and of their role ...
Exhibit for Palestine in Milwaukee
Jun 02, 2007; ... MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee chapter of American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) here held an exhibit recently featuring memorials of Al Nakba (1948) and Al Naksa (1967). The exhibit was themed "Palestine is a Just Cause." It was held downtown on Saturday, May 26, 2007. The exhibit was divided ...
Arab American writers meet in Dearborn
Jun 02, 2007; ... COMMUNITY NEWS DEARBORN - Leading Arab-American scribes came together here recently to discuss the state of Arab-American literature, from the challenges of publishing to moving past the themes that have become all too common. With a lot of energy and excitement, the Radius of Arab ...
Helen Thomas: Media watchdog
Jun 02, 2007; ... 57 years in the front seat at White House press briefings Helen Thomas has been the epitome of journalistic integrity for over 57 years, serving as a correspondent and White House bureau chief for United Press International. She has covered every U.S. president since John F. Kennedy, and ...
American public to honor U.S.S. Liberty vets
Jun 02, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Americans will gather in Washington on June 8th at 4:00 p.m. at the Navy Memorial Plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue to honor U.S.S. Liberty veterans on the 40th anniversary of Israel's unprovoked attack on their ship. The American intelligence ship sustained 70 percent casualties ...
Detroit International RiverWalk ready
Jun 09, 2007; ... DETROIT - It's finally here and it's real. It's the Detroit International RiverWalk, paving the way to a new and vibrant Detroit RiverFront, from Cobo Hall to just past the Belle Isle Bridge at Gabriel Richard Park. On June 22, the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy is going to kickoff the ...
Tensions flare in southern Yemen
Jun 09, 2007; ... Demonstrations and armed conflict in southern Yemen are heightening fears of growing instability in the impoverished nation, already battling an insurgency in the North. Yemen has experienced marked instability since September's 2006 presidential election. In the northern Sa'ada ...
Support congressional resolution for peace
Jun 09, 2007; ... The Arab American News welcomes the Congressional resolution introduced this week that reaffirms the United States' commitment to Israeli-Palestinian peace in the context of a two-state solution to the conflict. The resolution, cosponsored by Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Richard ...
Are the Lebanese revisiting 1975?
Jun 09, 2007; ... COMMENTARY The U.S. has contrasting relations with Syria and Lebanon. For the U.S., Syria is on the devil's track, but Lebanon is a darling. This is a scenario for much drama. Syria considers itself Lebanon's elder sister (Arabic: al shakika al kubra) and it views Beirut's intimacy with ...
Palestinian U.N. ambassador visits Ottawa
Jun 09, 2007; ... On June 5, Dr. Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer for the Palestine Authority at the United Nations, engaged in a wide-ranging discussion with representatives of NGOs and other interested parties in the offices of the National Council on Canadian Arab Relations in Ottawa. In discussing ...
Conference focuses on status of Jerusalem
Jun 09, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - On June 4, 2001, the American Task Force on Palestine, Americans for Peace Now, and the Foundation for Middle East Peace held a joint congressional briefing entitled. "Jerusalem on the 40th Anniversary of the Six Day War: Challenges to the Viability of a Two State ...
Symposium looks at impact of 1967 War
Jun 09, 2007; ... After four decades of Israel's occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, the people of the region are no closer to peace. After the Six Day War of 1967, Israel slowly took control of East Jerusalem, completely annexed the Golan Heights and developed an ...
Cleveland Clinic agrees to manage Abu Dhabi facility
Jun 09, 2007; ... CLEVELAND - Cleveland Clinic announced this week it has signed an agreement with the Health Authority of Abu Dhabi to manage Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC), a network of healthcare facilities in Abu Dhabi. The agreement is designed to transform health services in Abu Dhabi, the capital city ...
School grants to promote learning Arabic
Jun 09, 2007; ... DEARBORN HEIGHTS - The U.S. Department of Education presented Star International Academy with a $339,586 check for a federal Foreign Language Assistance Program grant on Friday to promote Arabic among America's most populous Middle Eastern population. This program provides grants to establish, ...
Local Arab Americans call for unity
Jun 09, 2007; ... DEARBORN - In the midst of what seems to be growing unrest and conflict among Arabs in the Middle East, local Arab Americans are calling for nationalized unity, particularly among the Lebanese, Palestinian and Iraqi communities. In a rally organized by local activist Tarek Baydoun, ...
Building bridges through volunteerism
Jun 09, 2007; ... HAMTRAMCK - Arab Americans gathered from across Metro Detroit on Saturday, June 2 to volunteer their time and effort toward civic beautification. The National Arab American Service Day mobilized volunteers throughout the country to carry out community service projects with non-Arab American ...
ACC holds golf outing, scholarship dinner
Jun 09, 2007; ... LATHRUP VILLAGE - About 200 friends and supporters gathered at West Bloomfield's Shenandoah Country Club June 6 for the Arab American and Chaldean Council's (ACC) Fifth Annual Golf Outing and Scholarship Awards Dinner. The event was aimed at raising funds for scholarships and the Detroit-based ...
Secretary Rice urged to address Arab issues
Jun 16, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - A group of Arab American leaders met this week with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and urged her to address several pressing issues. Among them were the plight of Iraqi refugees, Israelidropped cluster bombs in south Lebanon, the treatment of U.S. citizens traveling to the ...
The silence of the bombs in Iraq
Jun 16, 2007; ... Three years have passed since most Americans came to the conclusion that the Iraq war was a "mistake." Reporting the results of a Gallup poll in June 2004, "USA Today" declared: "It is the first time since Vietnam that a majority of Americans has called a major deployment of U.S. forces a ...
Lieberman urges Iran air strike
Jun 16, 2007; ... WASHINGTON Sen. Joe Lieberman said Sunday the United States should consider a military strike against Iran because of Tehran's involvement in Iraq. "I think we've got to be prepared to take aggressive military action against the Iranians to stop them from killing Americans in Iraq," ...
Hamas seizes control of the Gaza Strip
Jun 16, 2007; ... GAZA CITY - Hamas seized full control of the Gaza Strip early Friday after days of ferocious gunbattles, hours after Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas sacked the government and declared a state of emergency. Masked Hamas fighters overran all security strongholds of Abbas's rival Fatah ...
Mourners lash out at Syria at Lebanon MP's funeral
Jun 16, 2007; ... Damascus denies the charges, condemns killing BEIRUT - Angry mourners lambasted Syria on Thursday at the funeral of a prominent MP whose killing in another Beirut bombing stoked fears of further instability in deeply divided Lebanon. Walid Eido, a vocal critic of the Syrian ...
Middle East war or peace this summer?
Jun 16, 2007; ... As Ehud Olmert, Israel's prime minister, prepares to travel to Washington next week to meet President George W. Bush on June 19, the Middle East is awash with rumors of war - but also of peace. Which will Olmert press for with his American "Big Brother"? Some observers predict a hot ...
Immigration bill is an anti-terrorism measure
Jun 16, 2007; ... All the Republicans on Capitol Hill who oppose the current immigration reform bill should stop and think about its effectiveness as an antiterrorism measure. Allowing diverse peoples to have a stake in America, allowing them to have vested interests in this country running safely and ...
UMD right to build footbaths
Jun 16, 2007; ... Practicing Muslims bathe their feet before praying five times a day. As a recent graduate of the University of Michigan-Dearborn and twoterm president of the student body, I was disappointed that some would attempt to twist a benign plan - spending $25,000 to help accommodate Muslim students to ...
Worldwide protests seek end to Israeli occupation
Jun 16, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - From South Africa to London to Washington, D.C, masses of people turned out last weekend to protest the 40th anniversary of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian people. As Palestinian in-fighting worsened, activists and many sympathizing with the Palestinians hit the streets to ...
Media panel discusses Arab issues at ADC National Convention
Jun 16, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Anti-Arab sentiment and Islamaphobia were the focus of a media panel at the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) Annual National Convention on Saturday, June 9, in Washington, D.C. The panel, moderated by acclaimed author and filmmaker Jack Shaheen, featured ...
Panel shares ideas about growing up Arab American
Jun 16, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Young Arab Americans met to share their personal experiences at the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) Annual National Convention on Saturday, June 9, in Washington, D.C. The panel, entitled "Growing up ArabAmerican," centered on issues of identity and culture ...
James Abourezk: Father of the Arab American civil rights movement
Jun 16, 2007; ... When James Abourezk moved to Washington more than three decades ago - serving first as a congressman and then as the first Arab American to be elected to the United States Senate - his knowledge of what was going on in he Middle East was modest. "It wasn't an issue that anyone talked about very ...
Convention draws record number to nation's capital
Jun 16, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Close to 2500 people attended the annual convention of the American-Arab AntiDiscrimination Committee (ADC) here last week. Distinguished attendees included Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, the wife of the UAE vice president, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, prime minister and ...
Detroit Pistons owner funding Temple Mount excavations?
Jun 16, 2007; ... Go Pistons! Really? You might want to hold your applause. JERUSALEM - While Israel continues to receive billions of dollars in aid each year from American taxpayers, it also receives a great deal of philanthropic donations from prominent Jewish leaders and supporters from around the ...
A realistic view of Palestinian life
Jun 16, 2007; ... A realistic view of Palestinian life BOOK REVIEW: What Did We Do to Deserve This? Palestinian Life Under Occupation in the West Bank. By Mark Howell. Gamett Publishing Limited, Reading, UK. 2007. A different and realistic view of Palestinian life is presented in "What Did We Do ...
Islamic finance presents challenges to modern banking
Jun 16, 2007; ... Prior to the Canadian convention of the Islamic Society of North America, there was a two-day conference on Islamic banking, finance and insurance. The underlying principle was the Qur'anic prohibition of interest, called usury in the Qur'an: "Allah had permitted trade and forbidden usury." ...
Playing sports a challenge at Islamic schools
Jun 16, 2007; ... NEW YORK - Mohammad Rimawi, 17, a lanky six-foot threeinch senior, stands in one of the two outdoor basketball courts outside the Al Noor School in Brooklyn. The hoops on this playground don't have nets, the rims are bent, but for years, it's been Rimawi's home court. He is the captain of his ...
Michael Husseini is an exceptional graduate!
Jun 16, 2007; ... DEARBORN - When Michael Husseini was one year old, his father wondered why he was rolling over rather than crawling like other children. Michael was not a small child, his father Samy Husseini recalls, "but he was incapable even of riding a tricycle. I thought he was lazy, he needed ...
Palestine activists shut down CAT shareholders meeting
Jun 16, 2007; ... For the fourth year in a row, Palestinian rights activists made Caterpillar's sales to Israel the number one issue during their annual shareholders meeting in Chicago. Because of previous demonstrations, this year's meeting was moved from downtown to Chicago to an hour outside the city in a ...
Don't miss the fantastic fireworks
Jun 23, 2007; ... DETROIT - The Parade Company and Target are excited to present the 49th Annual Target Fireworks, one of the nation's most spectacular fireworks displays, on Wednesday, June 27 along the Detroit International Riverfront in downtown Detroit. To kick off the day-long celebration, Hart Plaza will be ...
How Israel and the U.S. aim toward disaster
Jun 23, 2007; ... What would it take to persuade Israel to rethink its attitude towards its Arab neighbors - and primarily towards the Palestinians? The Hamas victory in Gaza is surely a clear signal that an Israeli change of direction is urgently needed. All Israel's efforts to break the ...
Is there finally peace in Yemen?
Jun 23, 2007; ... The Sa'ada war in northern Yemen may be coming to a close. The Yemeni government announced on June 15 that a cease-fire had been negotiated through the good offices of the Emir of Qatar. Shi'a rebels agreed to lay down their arms after nearly three years of fighting. Hopes are high that an end ...
Israel planning attack on Gaza
Jun 23, 2007; ... GAZA CITY - Israel's new Defense Minister Ehud Barak is planning an attack on Gaza within weeks to crush the Hamas militants who have seized power there, a report in a British newspaper says. According to senior Israeli military sources, the plan calls for 20,000 troops to destroy much ...
Hamas wants Palestinian rights
Jun 23, 2007; ... The events in Gaza over the last few days have been described in the West as a coup. In essence, they have been the opposite. Eighteen months ago, our Hamas Party won the Palestinian parliamentary elections and entered office under Prime Minister Ismail Haniya but never received the handover of ...
Why Mahmoud Abbas has failed
Jun 23, 2007; ... The breakdown of the domestic political order in Gaza last week reflects the clear failure of the current Palestinian leadership under Mahmoud Abbas to achieve its people's national rights to statehood, security and a normal life, and the consequent need for a combination of new leadership blood ...
Baird commends move toward economic development in Mideast
Jun 23, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Following a visit to the World Economic Forum in Jordan to meet with government and business, leaders, Congressman Brian Baird (WA-03), along with Congressman Christopher Shays (CT-04), have introduced legislation commending the Middle East Investment Initiative and its contributors ...
Belly garners music award
Jun 23, 2007; ... NEW YORK - Hip-hop artist Belly, known as "Canada's God Father" took home a "Best Rap Video" award for "Pressure" featuring R crooner Ginuwine, during the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards, Canada's version of MTV, on Sunday June 17th, 2007. "This is such an honor for me," said Belly as he ...
Code guides rules for the American flag
Jun 30, 2007; ... DEARBORN - When it comes to honoring the Stars and Stripes, it's important to know proper flag etiquette, advises the Dearborn Allied War Veterans Council. "Each one of us should be aware of and follow the basic rules regarding how to display or otherwise use the American flag so that we ...
Those pesky Middle Easterners
Jun 23, 2007; ... How troublesome the Muslims of the Middle East are. First, we demand that the Palestinians embrace democracy and then they elect the wrong party - Hamas - and then Hamas wins a mini-civil war and presides over the Gaza Strip. And we Westerners still want to negotiate with the discredited ...
"Occuption 101" details Palestinian life
Jun 23, 2007; ... "Occuption 101" details Palestinian life Abdallah and Sufyan Omeish, the brothers who directed "Occupation 101," never attended film school. Abdallah earned his degree in international affairs and Sufyan studied management information systems. . However, after traveling to ...
Of gender inequality in Iran
Jun 23, 2007; ... Of gender inequality in Iran The idea that women should be barred from certain public places to be protected from the hooligan antics of men is a silly one, yet in countries like Iran, women aren't allowed to watch soccer games in stadiums for that reason. It's this issue that ...
Zero tolerance policy for illegal fireworks in neighborhoods
Jun 23, 2007; ... DEARBORN - As Independence Day approaches, Dearborn residents and businesses should be aware that the Dearborn Police Department will be continuing its "zero tolerance" policy regarding the illegal and unsafe sale and use of fireworks. "Each year, we see cases of personal injury and ...
Amer family's efforts pay off in foster care bill passed by house
Jun 23, 2007; ... LANSING - In an effort to improve Michigan's foster care system, the Michigan House of Representatives this week passed reforms that bolster the rights of relatives who want to care for children entering foster care, give the state new tools to help locate relatives when children need to be ...
Dearborn teacher arrested for internet sex
Jun 23, 2007; ... Suspect allegedly offered a cellphone in exchange for oral sex, intercourse DETROIT - Deputies of the Wayne County Sheriffs Internet Crimes Unit arrested a local schoolteacher who they say showed up for a meeting with whom he expected to be a 14year-old boy for the purpose of having sex ...
Civilian diplomat speaks about Iran trip
Jun 23, 2007; ... DETROIT - On Tues. June 19, approximately 50 people attended a lecture by local human rights activist Rudy Simons on his trip to han as a civilian diplomat with the Fellowship of Reconciliation. The lecture - called "Building Bridges to han: Diplomacy, Yes. Bombs No!" and sponsored by the ...
Lebanese American Chamber of Commerce celebrates Arab American achievements
Jun 23, 2007; ... TROY - The Lebanese American Chamber of Commerce neld its quarterly networking event on this week at the Lebanese Grill in Troy. The event was coordinated by John Akouri, and included such distinguished guests as Dr. G. Mustafa Mohatarem, the Chief Economist for General Motors; Martin ...
A camping trip to remember
Jun 23, 2007; ... DEARBORN -The Islamic Institute of Knowledge graduated 23 young girls from its Islamic teachings course last week. To reward its Islamic teachings course graduates, the ?G? treated the students to a camping trip, the first of its kind for young Muslim girls locally. Contrary to ...
LWV elects Mona Hammoud as president
Jun 23, 2007; ... DEARBORN - On June 14, 2007, the members of the League of Women Voters DearbornDearborn Heights (LWV-DDH) held their annual meeting and elected new officers. Mona Hammoud was elected president for a 2-year term starting Julyl, 2007. Hammoud has been the voter service director for the LWV-DDH for ...