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The Historic Scale of Syria’s Refugee Crisis

Mar 13, 2015

The Syrian refugee crisis has exploded from about 270,000 people a year ago to today’s tally of more than two(...)

How The Guardian told me to steer clear of Palestine

Mar 13, 2015

When I started out as a journalist in the 1980s, I asked an experienced Irish reporter for advice. “Read The(...)

Palestinian-American activist sentenced to prison for immigration fraud

Mar 13, 2015

A Palestinian-American activist was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Thursday for immigration fraud after failing to tell U.S.(...)

Refugees endure worsening conditions as Syria’s conflict enters 5th year

Mar 12, 2015

Geneva, 12 March 2015 - As the Syrian conflict enters its fifth year, millions of refugees in neighbouring(...)

Rasmea Odeh sentenced to 18 months

Mar 12, 2015

Over the objections of a prosecution team that called for 5-7 years in federal prison, a harsh sentence with terrorism(...)

March 15, 2015: A day of fasting, prayer for war-torn Syria

Mar 12, 2015

Damascus, Syria, Mar 12, 2015 / 04:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As the fourth anniversary of the beginning of the Syrian(...)

Family Denies Palestinian Killed by ISIS Was Spy

Mar 12, 2015

Mohamed Musallam can be seen in a video released Tuesday on his knees wearing the familiar orange jumpsuit of an(...)

UC Berkeley Israel group wants to ban imaginary word rhyming with intifada as 'triggering, terrifying'

Mar 12, 2015

What rhymes with intifada and is reportedly offensive to Jews?The answer, of course, is “Dintifada.”Last Sunday, UC Berkeley student Sumayyah Din(...)

In support of a just sentence for Rasmea Odeh

Mar 12, 2015

Rasmea Odeh has dedicated fifty years of her life to serving her community by supporting immigrants and refugees and serving(...)

Why is Israel still blind to settler violence against Palestinians?

Mar 12, 2015

In May of 2003, the government of then-Likud Chairman Ariel Sharon (in which Netanyahu served as one of the top(...)

Hana Salah on why she writes

Mar 12, 2015

Al-Monitor: Why did you decide to become a journalist?Salah: Ever since I was young, I had ambitions of becoming a(...)

An Open Letter to 47 Republican Senators of the United States of America From Iran’s Hard-Liners

Mar 12, 2015

March 11, 2015Dear senators:Thank you for your letter of March 9 explaining your system of government. We were unfamiliar with(...)