Washington Watch Articles From 2004
AN OPPORTUNITY?
n the past month, following the US election and the death of Yasser Arafat, several leading US policy makers and analysts have written opinion pieces, each beginning with a variation on a single theme
Arab American Voters Need Not Despair
It should not be surprising that Arab Americans, like most Americans, are deeply troubled by the horrific events unfolding in the Middle East.
THE OSCE CONFERENCE AND THE TWO ANTI-SEMITISMS
The Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) conference on anti-Semitism completed its first meeting without addressing the problem in its totality.
PALESTINIANS: STILL VICTIMS OF POLITICS, BIGOTRY AND PASSIVITY
With Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon promising still more assassinations, including that of Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat,
CLARKE VS. RICE AND THE PARTISAN DIVIDE
These days, a deeply divided America is caught up watching two dramas playing out simultaneously on their TV screens.
SHARON’S VICTORY?
Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon may be facing criminal indictments that could end his political career, but the Bush Administration appears ready to hand him the victory he has long sought.
ARAB LEADERSHIP IS NEEDED
Israel’s brutal and politically stupid murder of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin has stunned world opinion while threatening to further escalate the already numbing cycle of violence.
MY CASE AGAINST THE BUSH AD
Last week I became involved in a controversy with the Bush reelection committee. The dispute was over a new television advertisement released by the President’s campaign that, I believe, negatively stereotypes Arabs.
SILENCING DEBATE
Four years ago, Arab American leaders met with a prominent Democratic Senator, who had sponsored and fought to pass legislation that called on the United Sates to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, and was now rethinking his views.
HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF
The more things change, the more things stay the same. The dynamic in today’s Israeli-Palestinian and U.S. relationship is disturbingly similar to the Zionist-Palestinian-British relationship of the 1920s.