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Ali Hasan Abunimah ( ) (born December 29, 1971) is a Palestinian American journalist and co-founder of Electronic Intifada , a not-for-profit, independent online publication about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict . Born in Washington D.C. , he spent his early years in the United Kingdom and Belgium before returning to the United States to attend college. His mother is originally from the village of Lifta , now controlled by Israel , but became a refugee in the 1948 Palestinian exodus . His father is from the village of Battir , now in the West Bank , and is a former Jordanian diplomat who served as ambassador to the United Nations . Abunimah is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Chicago and is a frequent speaker and commentator on the Middle East , contributing regularly to the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times among other publications. He lives in Chicago , Illinois.1 He has also served as the Vice-President on the Board of Directors of the Arab American Action Network . He is a fellow at the Palestine Center .
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Ali Abunimah speaks at the Palestine Solidarity Conference in Stuttgart.Ali Hasan Abunimah ( , Levantine Arabic : ; born December 29, 1971) is a Palestinian American journalist who has been described as "the leading American proponent of a one-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict ." A resident of Chicago who contributes regularly to such publications as The Chicago Tribune and The Los Angeles Times , he has also served as the Vice-President on the Board of Directors of the Arab American Action Network , is a fellow at the Palestine Center , and is co-founder of The Electronic Intifada .He has appeared on many television discussion programs on CNN , MSNBC , PBS , and other networks, and in a number of documentaries about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including Collecting Stories from Exile: Chicago Palestinians Remember 1948 (1999).
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Ali Hasan Abunimah ( , Arabic : ; born December 29, 1971) is a Palestinian-American journalist who has been described as "the leading American proponent of a one-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict ." A resident of Chicago who contributes regularly to such publications as the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times , he has also served as the Vice-President on the Board of Directors of the Arab American Action Network , is a fellow at the Palestine Center , and is a co-founder of The Electronic Intifada . He has appeared on many television discussion programs on CNN , MSNBC , PBS , and other networks, and in a number of documentaries about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including Collecting Stories from Exile: Chicago Palestinians Remember 1948 (1999).
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Ali Hasan Abunimah ( , Arabic : ; born December 29, 1971) is a Palestinian-American journalist who has been described as "the leading American proponent of a one-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict ". A resident of Chicago who contributes regularly to publications such as the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times , he has served as the vice-president on the board of directors of the Arab American Action Network , is a fellow at the Palestine Center , and is a co-founder of The Electronic Intifada website. He has appeared on many television discussion programs on CNN , MSNBC , PBS , and other networks, and in a number of documentaries about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, including Collecting Stories from Exile: Chicago Palestinians Remember 1948 (1999).
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Ali Hasan Abunimah ( Arabic : علي حسن أبو نعمة , Arabic : [ˈʕali ˈħasan abuˈnɪʕme] ; born December 29, 1971) is a Palestinian-American journalist who advocates a one-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict . A resident of Chicago who contributes regularly to publications such as the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times , he has served as the vice-president on the board of directors of the Arab American Action Network , is a fellow at the Palestine Center , and is the executive director and a co-founder of The Electronic Intifada website. He has appeared on many television discussion programs on CNN , MSNBC , PBS , and other networks, and in a number of documentaries about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, including Collecting Stories from Exile: Chicago Palestinians Remember 1948 (1999). In 2014, he published The Battle for Justice in Palestine, which won the Palestine Book Award General Prize.
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palestinian american journalist and co-founder of electronic intifada
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palestinian-american journalist who advocates a one-state solution to the israeli–palestinian conflict
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