Tag: Israel
The Green Party Declares a Global Environmental and Peace Emergency!
(The Declaration was adopted by the Green Party of the United States National Committee by a majority vote of 38 States/Caucuses. It was introduced by the Green Party Peace Action Committee (GPAX) and endorsed by five state parties, the Green Party of Hawaii, the Green Party of New Jersey, the Green Party of Michigan, Green Party of ...
Blueprint or Band-Aid? Why the “Levant Peace” Pitch Misses the Mark
A newly advanced U.S. vision for Syria and Lebanon frames them as “next pieces” in a regional peace architecture. But from a pro-Green-Party, pro-Palestine vantage, the plan falls short on sovereignty, justice and lasting remedy. We unpack the fault lines in Tom Barrack’s article and relate them to the values we champion at Dearborn Blog. The ...
NO THANKS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP
The Gaza ceasefire is a necessary relief for a starving, shattered people. It is not a favor from Washington—certainly not from President Trump, a possible war criminal whose prosecution needs to be submitted to the ICC. The United States helped arm the devastation, moved unconscionably late, and tried to kneecap the very court tasked with ...
Young Dearborners Moving to Livonia
As Dearborn swells with new generations, many younger Arab Americans are redefining what “home” means — staying in the city, moving outward, or building communities differently. This shift reflects growth, tension, and hope in metro Detroit’s evolving Arab American identity. The skyline of influence in metro Detroit is changing. No longer is the Arab American ...
Naming Too Late: Silence in 2023–24 Was a Crime
Some now confess genocide in 2025—but those who did not speak or act in 2023 or 2024 share in the responsibility. Redemption demands more than regret: structural rupture, accountability, reparations, and sustained justice. When a crime of mass scale is underway, hesitation is not just cowardice—it partakes in the violence itself. In the Gaza war ...
Waves, Warnings, and a World Gone Quiet
In the Mediterranean this week, Israeli naval forces boarded and seized dozens of civilian boats in the Global Sumud Flotilla as they sailed in international waters toward Gaza. European leaders had promised “protection” and “safety,” yet activists were detained and towed to Ashdod. Meanwhile, despite fiery speeches, Colombia has not formally tabled a “Uniting for ...
Qatar, Campus Claims, and the Politics of Research
By Dearborn Blog Staff ExcerptA U.S. research outfit, the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP), has put Qatar at the center of a campaign tying foreign funding to campus antisemitism. Policymakers have repeated ISGAP’s numbers; critics say the evidence is thin and the messaging serves geopolitical aims. This article unpacks the ...
Cairo–Ankara–Riyadh–Islamabad: Sketching a New Security Spine
Excerpt:A flurry of high-level calls between Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia is reviving an old conversation with new urgency: can four pivotal states in the Arab-Islamic world assemble something NATO-like—a durable security architecture with shared planning, procurement, and political leverage—without importing the downsides of bloc politics? This piece maps the real building blocks already ...
Michigan Senate Race: Leaked Audio Suggests McMorrow Has “Outstanding” AIPAC Position Paper — But Voters Deserve Clarity
Excerpt:A recent donor call has revealed that Mallory McMorrow, a Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, allegedly drafted a private “AIPAC position paper” described by a supporter as “outstanding.” The document has not been shared publicly; for many voters—especially Palestinian supporters and those concerned about foreign policy transparency—this raises critical questions. What is McMorrow’s true stance ...
Dems Using Palestine for Votes—But Do They Truly Support Liberation?
September 8, 2025 | by Anam Raja, Arab Muslim American Caucus of the Green Party of NJ Summary: The Democratic Party has increasingly invoked Palestinian suffering to draw in progressive support—but its actions fall far short of meaningful solidarity. From rejecting arms embargos to silencing Palestinian voices, the evidence shows that the party remains beholden ...
“Made in America”—Dropped on Gaza: The U.S. Supply Chain Behind Israel’s Bombing, and What Our Communities Can Do
Excerpt:U.S.-made bombs and components—assembled in plants from St. Charles, Missouri, to Tucson, Arizona, to Camden, Arkansas—are a backbone of Israel’s air war on Gaza. This WordPress-ready investigation maps the companies, towns, and tax breaks behind those weapons; summarizes the evidence of unlawful strikes; and lays out concrete, non-violent steps communities can take to halt complicity ...
Israel, Gaza, Genocide: Scholars Confirm the Crime
By Professor Ron Stockton, University of Michigan–Dearborn Excerpt:The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS)—the world’s foremost body of experts on genocide—has declared that Israel’s actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide under the 1948 UN Genocide Convention. With 86% of its voting members in agreement, this resolution is a historic milestone. For Arab ...
PRO-PALESTINIAN MOVEMENT SHOULD NOT IGNORE MAGA SUPPORTIVE VOICES
Across the U.S., a small but growing chorus on the political right—including MAGA-aligned populists, libertarians, and non-interventionist conservatives—has broken with the bipartisan consensus to oppose more weapons for Israel, criticize AIPAC’s outsized role in our elections, and call for a ceasefire or an end to foreign aid. If we’re serious about saving lives in Gaza and ending U.S. complicity, the pro-Palestine movement should not ignore these voices. We can collaborate on concrete, issue-specific goals while holding firm to anti-racist, anti-sectarian principles—because coalitions win policy, not purity tests.
Settlers Seize 50 Acres from Palestinian-American Family in Masafer Yatta
Excerpt:Israeli settlers have seized 50 acres of farmland in Masafer Yatta, belonging to a Palestinian-American family connected to the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land. For Arab Americans in Dearborn—where land, heritage, and identity are intertwined—this isn’t just another news story. It’s personal. Photo credit: Community activists / via Middle East Eye At least 50 acres ...
The Collapse of the Abraham Accords: Empty Peace in the Shadow of OccupationBy Dr. Zaid bin Ali Al-Fadheel
The so-called Abraham Accords were sold as a new era of peace in the Middle East. But today, with Gaza burning, the West Bank under siege, and holy sites in Jerusalem under constant threat, the question practically asks itself: do these agreements have any real political value left? How can Washington, whose policy is openly ...
GREEN PARTY ARAB & MUSLIM CAUCUS PUSHES UN RES. 377(V) TO END THE GENOCIDE
Excerpt: The Green Party’s Arab & Muslim Caucus is teaming with the civil-society initiative Lifeline for Palestine to press governments to invoke the “Uniting for Peace” procedure — UN General Assembly Resolution 377(V) — so the General Assembly can act where the Security Council has been paralyzed. Organizers say the GA can recommend concrete steps, ...
GREATER ISRAEL IS NO LONGER A CONSPIRACY THEORY
Excerpt: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just said out loud what many long suspected: he feels “very” attached to a vision of “Greater Israel.” When you line that up with years of annexations, settlement expansion, open talk of “voluntary migration” from Gaza, and near-daily strikes across the region, the pattern is no longer deniable. This isn’t ...
The Zone of Interest, at the Beach
People enjoy the beach in Tel Aviv, August 9, 2025.A strip of sea and sand; a few miles south, a strip of siege and sand. The same Mediterranean light touches both. Only one side may enter the water. “Zone of interest” (after Jonathan Glazer’s film) names a moral geography: a private Eden maintained beside a ...
How U.S. and Israeli Interests Are Elevating a Faux Iranian Regent
By Dearborn Blog Staff An eye-opening essay in the Boston Review sheds light on a disturbing and ongoing campaign: the U.S. and Israeli-backed push to position Reza Pahlavi—the exiled son of Iran’s deposed shah—as the face of regime change in Iran. The article, “Our Man for Tehran” by Alex Shams, unpacks how this nostalgia-fueled political ...
Arab and Muslim American Green Party Caucus Condemns the Arrest of Dr. Jill Stein and Demands All Charges Be Dropped
https://www.instagram.com/p/DHdxHQhuHc7/?img_index=1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 20, 2025 Arab and Muslim American Green Party Caucus Condemns the Arrest of Dr. Jill Stein and Demands All Charges Be Dropped The Arab and Muslim American Green Party Caucus unequivocally condemns the unjust arrest and politically motivated charges against Green Party Presidential Candidate, Dr. Jill Stein. We demand the immediate ...
Our House is Destroyed by Our Paid Taxes
Hanna Bazzi stood in her kitchen in Dearborn, Michigan, staring at the images on her phone, her heart heavy with grief. The pictures showed the ruins of her sister’s house in Southern Lebanon—a home that had stood as a testament to decades of hard work and devotion. Now, it was nothing more than crumbled stone ...
My Answer to Senator Gary Peters of Michigan
Senator Gary Peters Letter: August 7, 2024 Dear Mr. Charafeddine, Thank you for contacting me about the war between Israel and Hamas. I appreciate you taking the time to express your views. Hearing directly from Michiganders like you helps inform me of the issues that matter to our state. I am so grateful for your ...
HOW NOT TO INTRODUCE YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT by Rabbi Falick
I urge our leaders to look in the mirror and ask themselves: What have we done to encourage real dialogue with those (otherwise non-violent) parties with whom we vigorously disagree? When we won’t even talk to Jews who take the Palestinian side how are we going to talk to actual Palestinians?
Why I Don’t Support Gal Gadot
I know what you're thinking-oh! just another angry Palestinian bitter that and Israeli woman, Gal Gadot, was casted to play Wonder Woman. But it's actually not that simple. No, I'm not anti Semitic for not support Gal Gadot, because being anti Semitic would be going against myself. In case you weren't aware, being Semitic relates ...
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