Three decades ago, I was invited to address a Palestinian American audience on the work that was needed to change American policy towards Palestinian rights.

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have a lot in common. Both are in trouble, confronting problems that are more legal than political.

The tragic and deeply disturbing events in Charlottesville last week provoked a debate as old as America, itself.Our nation watched as a motley collection of bigots descended on that town, ostensibly to “save” the statues of their Confederate heroes. Some were armed, and man

It is fascinating to watch some US senators tripping over themselves as they attempt to defend their support for or opposition to proposed legislation that would make it a federal crime to support the international campaign to Boycott, Divest, or Sanction (BDS) Israel for its con

Immigration is a personal matter for me, as it is for many Americans.

We are only a little more than six months into the Trump presidency and I am already becoming emotionally exhausted by the antics of the president and his underlings.What I am beginning to suspect is that this may be the reaction Trump is seeking to elicit from his opponents.

During the past century, Arab Americans faced significant obstacles on the way to securing their place in the political mainstream — from pervasive media-projected negative stereotypes to the political pressures used by some groups to deny them a seat at the table.In addition to

Over a week ago, a pro-Israel media monitoring group accused me of making “an unsubstantiated charge that Israel supporters are responsible” for discrimination, hate crimes, and the political exclusion of Arab Americans.Because this issue is so important to Arab Americans and bec

While, as president, Donald Trump has worked to cultivate a relationship with Arab leaders, the antipathy towards Arabs and Muslims that he and his party have cultivated in recent years continues to have a worrisome impact on American public opinion and policy.Recent polling, con