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American Attitudes: Israeli Actions Increasingly Unpopular
40+ min ago (696+ words) 41% of likely American voters now believe that Israel has committed a genocide in Gaza. Among Democrats, that number rises to 57%, while only 17% believe Israel has not committed a genocide. Younger voters are also more likely to believe Israel committed a…...
Demand Congress Take Action to End the Devastation in Lebanon
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (174+ words) As in Gaza, our government's failure to uphold U. S. and international'weapon transfer'laws'has allowed'Israel to'act with impunity and'plunge'the region into'violence and chaos, killing tens of thousands'and displacing millions. It'has enabled the genocide in Gaza, and it is now'allowing the Israeli government to'pursue…...
COMMUNITY BRIEFING: Stop Ignoring Lebanon and its People
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (93+ words) As mainstream media largely fails to cover and policymakers largely fail to act on Israel's ongoing attacks on Lebanon, AAI is convening a virtual briefing to discuss Israel's continued violations of Lebanon's sovereignty and the complicity of the United States....
Trailblazer Helen Samhan: One of the Arab American Community's First Professional Advocates
3+ week, 6+ day ago (550+ words) Growing up, Helen was the only Arab in her'suburban New Jersey'neighborhood. Her parents'were Arab Americans'born in the'United States to Arab immigrant parents. Exposure'to Arabic'culture and community came through'visits'to'her family in New York City'or at family gatherings.'Helen said:" The connection…...
At the UN: Netanyahu vs the World
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (150+ words) In a sense, the threats are meaningless, not because Israel couldn't take measures to sabotage a Palestinian state, but because this is precisely what it has been doing for several decades'and it's accelerated its efforts in the past few years....
US Press Coverage of Gaza Continues to Be Disconnected From Realities
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (66+ words) Note: To discuss this column with me, please register here for my next "Coffee And A Column" event Wednesday via Zoom. Polling /Demographics /Census Information Center / Data Reports / " Voting Rights /Data Equity and Census / Educational Opportunity and Free Speech /Equal…...