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Ali Abunimah

ALI ABUNIMAH—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.[1] 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,[2] and is the executive director and a co-founder of The Electronic Intifada website.[3] 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).[4] In 2014, he published The Battle for Justice in Palestine, which won the Palestine Book Award General Prize. Abunimah strongly criticized Obama's approach to Mid-East affairs, writing that the president "entrenched" the policies of his predecessor, George W. Bush, and has not contributed to "even the pretense of a serious peace effort."