On November 7, 1995, just a few days after the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin by a right-wing Jewish settler, I hosted my first A Public Affair show. My guest was Professor Joel Beinin of Stanford University and we discussed the assassination and other issues relating to Israel and Palestine. Marking my 26th […]
Americans Are Finally Speaking Up for Palestinian Rights
In spite of laws restricting the United States from giving military aid to countries that use them for aggressive purposes or to commit human rights violations, the U.S. “continues to give Israel $3.8 billion of our tax dollars every year in military funding.” More and more Americans are speaking out on this issue, including representatives […]
A peace deal where there was no conflict provides a show for Nobel
Last week, as Trump signed the U.S.-brokered agreement to normalize diplomatic relationships between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and between Israel and Bahrain — the so-called Middle East Peace Plan, demonstrators outside the White House protested the “Fake Peace Deal”. Huwaida Arraf, International Human Rights Attorney and founder of the International Solidarity Movement for […]
The Problem with Trump’s Israeli–Gulf “Peace Deals”...
On Tuesday, the Trump administration hosted a ceremony celebrating a new peace agreement between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain. “The problem is that it’s not a peace agreement,” says lawyer and activist Huwaida Arraf. Today, we’re joined by Arraf to talk about the problem with Trump’s “peace deals” and why she protested at […]
