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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 584

Palestinian Americans

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks with members of the press on board Air Force Two at Philadelphia International Airport, October 21, 2024, in Philadelphia, before departing to Michigan. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
October 29, 2024, 7:40 pm
Disillusioned with Harris’s Israel support, some Arab Americans consider backing Trump
Community members in Michigan say they can’t forgive support for Israel in Gaza war, but don’t want a Republican victory given former US president’s anti-Muslim views
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI
A view of the Jerusalem Coffee House in Oakland, California, from a video posted to social media in March, 2024. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 12, 2024, 6:49 pm
Palestinian cafe in California offers ‘Sweet Sinwar’ drink for October 7 anniversary
New menu at Oakland eatery also features ‘iced in tea fada’ celebrating ‘intifada’, inverted red triangles; Jewish groups decry glorification of Hamas terror group, deadly massacre
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Osama Abu Irshaid speaks at a press conference organized by the Council on American-Islamic Relations on August 12, 2024. (Screen capture/YouTube)
August 13, 2024, 6:45 am
US government sued over alleged discrimination against Palestinian Americans
Lawsuit relates to placement of one plaintiff on no-fly list and the seizure of an electronic device belonging to another complainant who organized anti-Israel protest
By Reuters
US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks following a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Thursday, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
July 29, 2024, 5:31 pm
Harris tries to restore Arab American faith in Democratic leadership
Arab American leaders watch the US vice president for signs she will be more forceful than Biden about Gaza war
By AP and ToI Staff
Mo Husseini's article on the Israel-Hamas war was widely shared on social media by Jewish readers. At rear is an image from the essay. (Courtesy Mo Husseini/ via JTA)
May 10, 2024, 4:40 pm
A Palestinian-American’s call for compromise strikes a chord on social media
Profanity-laden overview by Mo Husseini — a distant relative of the infamous Mufti of Jerusalem — spares neither side, enticing the ‘silent majority’ with commonsensical optimism
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
A poster with the name and picture of Mohammad Khdour, 17, reading "glory for the martyr hero who was martyred on Saturday February 10, 2024," is posted at the entrance to the family's house during his funeral in the West Bank village of Biddu, southwest of Ramallah, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
February 16, 2024, 10:05 am
US sends investigators to West Bank following killings of two Palestinian-Americans
Both Mohammad Ahmad al-Khdour and Tawfic Abdel Jabbar were killed by gunfire while driving their cars
By AP and ToI Staff
This undated image provided by Yasmeen Elagha shows Elagha, right, with her cousin Borak Alagha. Relatives of Borak Alagha, 28, and Hashem Alagha, 20, two American brothers trapped in Gaza, say Israeli forces have detained the two US citizens, along with their Canadian father, in a raid on their home early Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (Yasmeen Elagha via AP)
February 8, 2024, 10:58 pm
US seeking answers after Chicago brothers, Louisiana mom detained in Gaza, West Bank
Relatives of Borak and Hashem Alagha allege family was tied up during overnight raid on home in al-Mawasi refugee camp; woman held over social media posts backing Hamas
By AP and Jacob Magid
Shaimaa Zayan, left, holds Odi Doar, the mother of stabbing victim Zacharia Doar, as they stand near the podium during a press conference outside City Hall, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, in Austin, Texas. (Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
February 8, 2024, 3:37 am
Stabbing of Palestinian American in Texas meets hate crime standard, police say
Authorities say Bert James Baker tried to rip flagpole with a keffiyeh scarf reading ‘Free Palestine’ off vehicle in which 23-year-old Zacharia Doar was riding
By AP
Tawfic Abdel Jabbar. (Courtesy)
January 23, 2024, 12:41 am
US seeks probe into death of Palestinian-American teen in West Bank clash
State Department ‘devastated’ by death of Tawfic Abdel Jabbar, who his uncle says was killed in confrontations with security forces that included stone-throwing
By Reuters
This undated image provided by Fadi Sckak shows a family photo of Abedalla Sckak with his wife Zahra Sckak and children. (Fadi Sckak via AP)
January 4, 2024, 3:24 pm
Mother and uncle of a US serviceman are rescued from Gaza in secret operation
US official says Zahra Sckak and her brother-in-law Farid Sukaik made it out of war-torn enclave on New Year’s Eve in combined effort by US, Israel, Egypt and others
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In this Nov. 23, 2023, photo provided by family attorney Abed Ayoub, three college students, from the left, Tahseen Ali Ahmad, Kinnan Abdalhamid, and Hisham Awartani, stand together for a photograph. (Rich Price via AP, File)
December 5, 2023, 9:12 am
Nearly $1 million raised for Palestinian student shot in Vermont
GoFundMe page set up by family of Hisham Awartani, who has bullet lodged in spine after possible hate crime, reaches $950,000
By Lisa Rathke
File: The campus of the University of Vermont, in Burlington, Vermont, on March 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
November 26, 2023, 11:20 pm
Three Palestinian men shot in Vermont in possible hate crime, US authorities say
Shooter, a white man with a handgun who fired ‘without speaking,’ fled the scene; two of the victims were wearing black-and-white Palestinian keffiyehs
By Jacob Magid
Palestinians wait to cross into Egypt at the Rafah border crossing in the Gaza Strip on October 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
October 25, 2023, 9:37 am
Foreign nationals in besieged Gaza await evacuation, plead for Rafah crossing to open
Stranded at Egypt border amid heavy Israeli bombardment, some have been waiting for more than a week, and others have been injured in strikes or lost family members
By Agencies and ToI Staff
From left, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and US President Joe Biden listen during a meeting with European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the Cabinet Room of the White House, October 20, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
October 22, 2023, 8:41 pm
Blinken: Israel needs to think about who will rule Gaza if Hamas is toppled
US secretary of state says that despite Jerusalem’s insistence it doesn’t want to remain in enclave, it must think about ‘day-after’ strategy, even as it plans ground operation
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Passengers head to the departure gates at Ben Gurion International Airport, June 6, 2022. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
October 20, 2023, 12:33 am
Israeli entry into US Visa Waiver Program goes into effect
Citizens with biometric passport can travel to US by filling out online form up to 72 hours before trip, will be able to remain in US for up to 90 days for business or pleasure
By Jacob Magid
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