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    The first of six UNHCR airplanes bringing urgently needed aid supplies landed safely in Yemen today boosting relief stocks in the war-ravaged country, on the third day of the temporary humanitarian pause.   The plane carrying blankets, kitchen utensils and sleeping mats from stockpiles in Dubai arrived at Sana’a International Airport at15:45 local … Continued

  DEARBORN, Mich. — Another major earthquake has struck Nepal two weeks after more than 8,000 people died in a devastating quake, the worst natural disaster to strike the country in decades, leaving millions in need of humanitarian aid. The response to the disaster has been remarkable, but there is still much more that needs … Continued

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2015 U.S.- Gulf Cooperation Council Camp David Joint Statement President Obama and Heads of Delegations of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states, the Secretary General of the GCC, and members the President’s Cabinet met today at Camp David to reaffirm and … Continued

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef (C) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington May 13, 2015. At left is Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTON, 13 May 2015 —The White House press pool reported on a brief interaction between President Obama and … Continued

Moving from your home country to the United States could be challenging sometimes. Apart from possible difficulties in language and dealing with different cultures, there is also the nostalgic side of it. In the morning, you sometimes long for your mother’s pastry, including the cheese and za’atar mana’eesh. In the afternoon, you feel like having … Continued

An unprecedented and extraordinary event is about to occur: a heads of state summit. These, by any standard, can be and often are extraordinary events. That’s what this one is. It is so because it gathers in the capital of the United States President Barack Obama with the representatives of the six Gulf Cooperation Council … Continued

  Washington, D.C. — In Defense of Christians (IDC) Executive Director Kirsten Evans today issued the following statement: On Friday, IDC’s President, Toufic Baaklini, and Senior Advisor, Andrew Doran, had an audience with His Holiness Catholicos Aram I of the Holy See of the Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church. The meeting took place two … Continued

  UNHCR is making final preparations for a huge airlift of humanitarian aid into Yemen’s Sana’a, to take place over the next days if today’s proposed ceasefire comes into effect and holds. Hundreds of thousands of people across Yemen are struggling to meet their basic needs and are in desperate need of help. UNHCR’s most … Continued

  Caption: Hiam Hamade, front right, cancer program manager of ACCESS’ Community Health and Research Center, rejoices at the annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Detroit. (Photo courtesy of ACCESS)   The ACCESS team will be joining once again in the fight against breast cancer at the 24th Annual Susan G. Komen Race … Continued

    The National American Arab Nurses Association (NAANA) will hold its fourth Angel of Mercy Awards Banquet at Byblos Banquets, 7258 Chase Road in Dearborn onThursday, October 29, 2015, at 5:30 p.m. Rose Khalifa, founder and president of NAANA, said, “The contributions of nurses often go without public acknowledgement.  We know that there are … Continued

    The White House FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 23, 2015 Today, the Senate finally confirmed Loretta Lynch to be America’s next Attorney General – and America will be better off for it.  Loretta has spent her life fighting for the fair and equal justice that is the foundation of our democracy.  As head of … Continued

Look at these numbers from a March 2015 Pew research poll closely. Overall, they state that Americans sympathize with Israel over the Palestinians. But drill down in the Democratic numbers and you see a different story.

And now look at Liberal Dems: They sympathize with Palestinians over Israel by 68 to 60! That’s Obama’s and Hillary’s base, I remind you. These are the folks who will vote for Donna Edwards in Maryland.

Now consider the numbers for blacks, Hispanics, and the young. Israel wins all three groups: 50-47 among blacks; 45-34 for Hispanics; 54-46 among those under 30.

Yes, all those groups sympathize more with Israel than Palestinians. But the margins are very close. It just shows how fluid US politics are on this question; and as we approach the jubilee year of the occupation, those numbers can only go one way. This is why Peter Beinart said at J Street two weeks ago that the coming battle inside the pro-Israel establishment is not between liberal Zionists and AIPAC, but between liberal Zionists and the left. These numbers are why other polls show growing support for a one-state solution in Israel and Palestine, based on the radical principle, one person one vote.

Source: mondoweiss.net