An Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in the United Arab Emirates has gone missing, with Israeli authorities raising the suspicion on Saturday that he may have been kidnapped as tensions remain high with Iran. CBC | World News
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Some Arab Americans who voted for Trump are concerned about his picks for key positions
Just a week after winning several of the nation’s largest Arab-majority cities, President-elect Donald Trump has filled top administration posts with staunch Israel supporters, including an ambassador to Israel who has claimed “there is no such thing as Palestinians.” CBC | World News
Read More »Harris rallies with Michelle Obama, Trump courts Arab vote in all-important Michigan
Kamala Harris returned to Michigan on Saturday for a rally with former first lady Michelle Obama, the latest in a series of her campaign’s high-profile combinations intended to boost turnout among the Democratic Party faithful, as Republican rival Donald Trump sought to court the state’s Arab voters. CBC | World News
Read More »Arab American and Muslim voters helped Biden win in 2020. This year, they could sink Harris
Many Arab American and Muslim voters are shifting away from the Democratic Party because they feel betrayed, forgotten and angry over the Biden administration’s handling of the Middle East crisis. The sentiment in Michigan could have an outsize impact on the outcome of next month’s election. CBC | World News
Read More »Israel’s Arab neighbours want to see Hamas gone, but spurn role in governing Gaza afterward
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Read More »Arab leaders press U.S. to support Gaza ceasefire, but Blinken says move would let Hamas regroup
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Read More »Trump phones Arab leaders over plan to move U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
President Donald Trump informs Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and other Arab leaders by phone that he intends to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a holy city whose Israeli-annexed eastern sector the Palestinians seek as a future capital. CBC | World News
Read More »Tillerson seeks Arab nations’ help in U.S. effort to isolate Iran
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson took the Trump administration’s case for isolating and containing Iran in the Middle East and beyond to two Gulf Arab nations on Sunday, pushing for Saudi Arabia and Iraq to unite to counter growing Iranian assertiveness. CBC | World News
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