Dangerous Liaisons: Coupling Israel Love With Islam Hate
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: The campaign of hate against American Muslims has weakened the United States as a whole, degrading the core values of the many in the targeting of the few.
Israel’s Moral Crisis ‘Is Driving Its Youth Away’
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: The recent case of a young Israeli who has given up citizenship highlights a crisis of faith among its youth.
Israel: Erasing the Beauty of East Jerusalem
Palestinians whether Muslim or Christian believe they are witnesses of an unwritten Israeli agenda: Erase all traces of non-Jewish heritage.
For Peace, Israel Must Recognize the Nakba
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: Palestinians were not subjected to the same level of cruelty of the Holocaust – but right is not and should not be a relative value.
The ‘Israeli-fication’ of America: Fear Breeds Fences
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: Enhanced interrogation, detention without trial and now a Separation Wall…
U.S Turns Funding Off, Punishes Palestine’s Christians
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: They too now have a glimpse of the wrath of Congress and their funders for daring to speak against the occupation
BDS: It’s Become Mainstream in the United States
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: A prominent Zionist commentator has advocated BDS as a means of saving Israel from itself.
Norman Finkelstein: No Traitor to the Palestinian Cause
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: His recent comments surprised many but his defence of Palestine remains resolute.
Palestine: Embrace Neutrality to Unlock Independence
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: Neutrality would allow Palestinians to focus all their energies and resources on social development and nation building…
Hate peddling: Why Republicans are Failing Israel, Palestine – and Themselves
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: They have yet to understand they can support Israel without desecrating Palestinians; that their pandering is harmful to everyone.
Opinion Shift: Support Weakening for Once Unquestionable Israel Funding
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: In the past, anyone who dared question military support for Israel would have been taken to task, labeled anti Semitic…
Incitement to Hate Should not go Unpunished
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: Ignoring Rachel Abrams’ immoral bigoted tirades are not helpful or constructive. Our collective silence allows her to continue spreading her hateful poisonous ideas
Is Israel’s Iron Grip on U.S Politics Slipping?
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: There appears to be increasing public support for Palestinian statehood in the U.S. Does the ‘internationalising’ of the issue mean that US politicians will be free of the Israeli yoke?
The Loss of the U.S Ideal of Fairness, Freedom
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: Muslim Americans are also mourning the loss of our belief in the ideal of a country that would protect our constitutional rights.
Palestinians Chart Own Path to Self Determination
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: The consistent failure of American intervention to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli issue has led Palestinians to take matters into their own hands. This strategy is paying off.
The Shame and Pain of this Sorrowful Ramadan
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: Whenever I finish my fast I cannot help thinking of the plight of Somali mothers, fellow Muslims, who have no food for their children.
Dangerous Liaisons: Clerics & Conservative Women
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: A dangerous liaison is taking place in the Arab world with Muslim clerics advancing outlandish religious views using the voice of Muslim conservative women.
Washington Ad Campaign Questions U.S. Israel Funding
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: As of 2010, US taxpayers have granted $61.3 billion in military aid to Israel that has yet to produce any peace or end violence.
Opening of Rafah Crossing to Usher in New Dawn
MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: Allowing the Rafah will undoubtedly end the absolute and confounding isolation of the Gazans and the need of smuggling through the tunnels.
