A new poll conducted for the Arab American Institute carries a stark warning for Kamala Harris and Democrats: Israel’s bloody war in Gaza has eroded support among a once reliable constituency with a major presence in must-win Michigan. While Arab Americans voted nearly 60 percent for Joe Biden in 2020, …
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The war in the Middle East is continuing to spiral toward catastrophe: Iran fired nearly 200 ballistic missiles against Israel Tuesday, targeting what it said were three military bases around Tel Aviv. Only moments before, two attackers fired on a crowd of train passengers in the same city, killing seven …
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A 17-page memo from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) detailed instances of Israel deliberately interfering with humanitarian aid efforts including the killing of aid workers, bombing hospitals, and denying trucks carrying food and medicine from entering Gaza, where the United Nations has declared a “full-blown famine” in the …
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A wave of Israeli strikes aimed at dismantling Hezbollah in Lebanon has triggered a cycle of violence and escalation that could result in regional war, sources tell Rolling Stone. Israel’s military said it has conducted more than 1,600 strikes in Lebanon over the past two days, aimed at destroying Hezbollah’s …
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Israeli soldiers raided the West Bank offices of the Al Jazeera network early Sunday morning, forcing the bureau to shut down. Al Jazeera broadcast video of the military entering the bureau and ordering staff to evacuate and cease operations. “There is a court ruling for closing down Al Jazeera for …
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JERUSALEM — Before he was taken hostage on Oct. 7, during the Hamas-led massacre at the Nova music festival, Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin thrived in a Jerusalem refuge where Israeli Jews and occupied Palestinians escape from reality and engage freely as equals. Since then, the community at the bar, Sira, has …
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CHICAGO —On the first day of the Democratic National Convention, several thousand protesters gathered in Union Park, their numbers growing through the day until they began their march to a park near the United Center —the aggressively-fortified basketball arena where President Joe Biden was set to speak on Monday night …
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There is eerie silence on Israel’s border with Lebanon, when the air raid sirens from cross-border strikes aren’t ringing through abandoned towns and kibbutzim. The roads winding through the northern Israelis hills towards Kfar Yuval are empty, except for a burned-out Israeli military jeep and missile fragments embedded in the …
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Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to demonstrate against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address before a joint session of Congress. Netanyahu’s trip to the Capitol has been controversial since House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) first announced his plans to invite the prime minister in May. Several …
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A disgruntled George Clooney, a longtime supporter of Democratic candidates, rang up the White House last month after President Joe Biden denounced the International Criminal Court’s request to issue arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallant. The prosecutors also sought the arrest …
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