Relocate

In a spirited and rare display of unity, the foreign ministers of five Arab countries have come forth with a resolute joint statement, unequivocally denouncing any efforts to forcibly displace Palestinians from their ancestral lands. It’s a strong, collective rebuke to the controversial proposal laid out by none other than the former US President, Donald Trump. The document, released over the past weekend, took aim squarely at Trump's suggestion that Egypt and Jordan should open their doors to Palestinians from the…

Over the course of Barack Obama's presidency, roughly 54,000 Somali refugees found new homes in the United States, a far cry from the widely circulated but inaccurate claim that he relocated 70,000 Somalis to Minnesota. Contrary to some eyebrow-raising social media posts, this was not a cunning plan to manipulate future elections in favor of Ilhan Omar, the Somali-American Congresswoman representing Minnesota. Around the time of the U.S. presidential election on November 5th, messages floating around Facebook declared,…