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Sen. James Abourezk's Prolific Life
Rep. Nick Rahall (l) reviews a document with Sen. James Abourezk. The two men can trace their heritage back to same village in Lebanon.

The family of James G. Abourezk recently announced that he has entered hospice care in his native South Dakota. Click here to learn more about Abourezk, including his time in the Senate, his founding of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, his advocacy for Native Americans and his robust legal work. ([link removed])

Below are some of the articles Abourezk wrote for the Washington Report over the years. A full archive can be found here ([link removed]) .
Wolf Blitzer, AIPAC, and the Saudi Peace Initiative
July 2007 Issue

Abourezk recalls the hostility he received after touring the Middle East as a senator in 1973. “After I finished with my statement a rather short person, who identified himself as Wolf Blitzer, who was then writing for the newsletter of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), rose to ask three or four hostile questions, after which he left,” he recalls. “The next issue of the AIPAC newsletter that came out had a story headlined, ‘Abourezk Sells Out to the Arabs.’”

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The Hidden Cost of Free Congressional Trips to Israel
April 2007 Issue

Abourezk overviews the many trips members of Congress take to Israel, often paid for by the pro-Israel lobby. “One wonders what policies Congress might support toward Israel and the Palestinians absent the distorting influence of these Israel trips—or if more members toured Palestinian lands,” he writes.
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Name That Terrorist
July 2008 Issue

Abourezk notes that Nelson Mandela was once placed on the U.S. terrorist watch list at the behest of the apartheid government in South Africa. “Why are people who are defending their homeland with violence inevitably called terrorists?” he asks. He also questions why Israelis, such as settlers, who terrorize Palestinians are not slapped with the terrorist label.

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Advise and Dissent: Memoirs of an Ex-Senator
By James Abourezk
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Published in 2011, Advise and Dissent tells the life story of James Abourezk, the founder of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, from his parents' farm in South Dakota to the halls of the Senate, where he refused to compromise his principles.

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