Why Obama can make a difference Aref Assaf I used to fear that President Obama was overestimating the power of his personal history as an instrument of foreign policy. Now I wonder if he might have been underestimating. In several |
Obama goes for the kill Aref Assaf Immense popular support, coupled with wide congressional baseline, President Obama is asserting America’s national interests in the Middle East- and he may succeed. The emergence of Zionist-Jewish colonialism – otherwise euphemistically called “Israeli |
| Standing with the Perpetrator: US State Attorneys defend Israeli atrocities in Gaza Aref Assaf In response to a series of reports by human rights organizations and international legal scholars documenting serious large-scale violations of international humanitarian law by Israeli armed |
| Featured Article: What Will Obama Say in Cairo? By William Pfaff Next week President Barack Obama travels to Cairo to deliver what is expected to be a major statement on relations between the United States and the Islamic |
| Dollars and Settlements; How the US dollar can be used to help achieve our objectives in the Middle East Aref Assaf Last Thursday, Rep. Gary Ackerman, speaking as chair of the House Subcommittee that addresses the Mideast, made it |
| Obama’s gestures towards the Muslim world Aref Assaf Some would argue that it has been a long time for the Muslim world to hear these words: “There is no reason why we cannot rebuild the same respect and the same |
| Can Mitchell deliver peace in the Middle East? Aref Assaf President Obama’s appointment of George Mitchell as special Middle East envoy is seen as a step in the right direction regarding U.S. policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But there remain |
| Israel must be held accountable Aref Assaf Daily Record Op-Ed Now that the guns have gone silent in Gaza, it is prudent to reflect on the causes and consequences of this latest round of mass carnage in the Middle East. |
| Hamas vs. Israel: The Needless War Aref Assaf Deservedly, body and rocket count of the invasion of Gaza has received much media coverage. The carnage, however, becomes more intolerable once we delve into Israeli’s miscalculations about its relation with Hamas, |
| The other side of hate Re: AHMED SOLIMAN’s Is anti-Arab discrimination alive and well? Dear Editor: While we share Ahmed Soliman’s joy at the qualitative reduction in the incidents of hate and discrimination against Arab Americans, we think there is |
