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American Palestinian to Sail “The Liberty” in honor of the USS Liberty and his Mother

Posted on April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on American Palestinian to Sail “The Liberty” in honor of the USS Liberty and his Mother
American Palestinian to Sail “The Liberty” in honor of the USS Liberty and his Mother

Nabil Amra will captain “The Liberty” as one of 19 sailors in the 2018 Golden Globe Race who will travel 30,000 miles alone and without outside assistance for about nine months replicating a 1968 race that ended with one finisher. By Eileen Fleming Nabil Amra was born and lived in the USA from 1975 until…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

Mordechai Vanunu, Secret Weapon and Persistent Missions

Posted on April 17, 2018September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Mordechai Vanunu, Secret Weapon and Persistent Missions
Mordechai Vanunu, Secret Weapon and Persistent Missions

Mordechai Vanunu emerged from 18 years behind bars on 21 April 2004 under ongoing draconian restrictions because Israel claims Vanunu still has secrets about their nuclear weapons program. Three years into Vanunu’s first stint in solitary confinement the movie “Secret Weapon” about Israel’s nuclear bomb was released. By Eileen Fleming The logline for the film “Secret…

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In Honor of the USS Liberty Veterans Association and in Response to Anti-Semites

Posted on April 13, 2018April 17, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment on In Honor of the USS Liberty Veterans Association and in Response to Anti-Semites
In Honor of the USS Liberty Veterans Association and in Response to Anti-Semites

The Liberty Veterans Association’s Statement of Purpose concludes with the goal: TO BRING THE TRUE STORY OF THE ATTACK ON THE U.S.S. LIBERTY AND HER HEROIC CREW TO THE AWARENESS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. By Eileen Fleming ANTISEMITISM IS EXPRESSED AS HOSTILITY TOWARD OR DISCRIMINATION OF JEWS AS A RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC, OR RACIAL GROUP. This American reporter…

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In Honor of Ron Grantski USS Liberty Survivor of The Six-Day War

Posted on April 12, 2018April 12, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on In Honor of Ron Grantski USS Liberty Survivor of The Six-Day War
In Honor of Ron Grantski USS Liberty Survivor of The Six-Day War

Ron Grantski became internationally known for being Laci Peterson’s step-father who testified at the 2004 blockbuster trial of Laci’s husband, Scott Peterson, who was found guilty of her murder and their unborn child.  In 1967 Grantski became a survivor of Israel’s June 8 attack on the USS Liberty. On Sunday Grantski died at home in his…

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Love Story by USS Liberty Survivor of The Six-Day War

Posted on April 5, 2018April 5, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Love Story by USS Liberty Survivor of The Six-Day War
Love Story by USS Liberty Survivor of The Six-Day War

USS Liberty survivor of The Six Day War, Donald Pageler exemplifies love as described by Fyodor Dostoyevsky in “The Brothers Karamazov”: “Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams… active love is labor and fortitude.” By Eileen Fleming People with fortitude exemplify courage, endurance, resilience, moral fiber, strength of…

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Mordechai Vanunu: Nuclear Whistleblower or Tool?

Posted on April 3, 2018April 3, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Mordechai Vanunu: Nuclear Whistleblower or Tool?
Mordechai Vanunu: Nuclear Whistleblower or Tool?

Last week Adam Raz wrote for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, “Thirty years after the espionage case that rocked Israel and exposed its nuclear secrets, it can be asked whether Mordechai Vanunu is actually tool in the hands of vested interests.” The top three definitions of “tool” at the Urban Dictionary are: A guy with a hugely over-inflated ego, Someone whose…

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Martin Luther King Jr. and a Palestinian American

Posted on April 1, 2018September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Martin Luther King Jr. and a Palestinian American
Martin Luther King Jr. and a Palestinian American

Khaled Diab was a 1948 Palestinian Muslim refugee who realized the American dream, learned to forgive his enemy and live as a brother to all. Martin Luther King Jr. taught, “We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love….

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Resurrecting Mary Magdalene, Old Crones, Antichrists and Holy Wisdom

Posted on March 31, 2018September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment on Resurrecting Mary Magdalene, Old Crones, Antichrists and Holy Wisdom
Resurrecting Mary Magdalene, Old Crones, Antichrists and Holy Wisdom

Mary Magdalene was a Jewish follower of Jesus who traveled with him, witnessed his public torture, crucifixion and resurrection. Mary Magdalene disappeared from the New Testament Gospels immediately after she reported to the male disciples that she had seen Jesus three days after his dying on a wooden cross. By Eileen Fleming Mary Magdalene is named at least 12…

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March for Our Lives A-Changin’ Our Times and Sounds of Silence

Posted on March 25, 2018March 25, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on March for Our Lives A-Changin’ Our Times and Sounds of Silence
March for Our Lives A-Changin’ Our Times and Sounds of Silence

March For Our Lives is a USA youth driven grassroots movement who on Saturday delivered a wake up call to every elected official that the time has come to support common sense gun laws or face being voted out of power. By Eileen Fleming On Saturday more than 800 protests in every American state and…

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John Bolton Neo-Con, Neo-Christian VS The Sermon on The Mount

Posted on March 23, 2018September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info 2 Comments on John Bolton Neo-Con, Neo-Christian VS The Sermon on The Mount
John Bolton Neo-Con, Neo-Christian VS The Sermon on The Mount

John Bolton’s ascension to national security is alarming to those with a memory of recent history. John Bolton claims to be a Lutheran, but he also is a Neo-Christian meaning one who reinterprets Christianity to conform with Neo-Con philosophy that promotes responding with military means to international conflicts. By Eileen Fleming When POTUS Trump announced…

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Masters of War and Christian Zionism

Posted on March 11, 2018September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Masters of War and Christian Zionism
Masters of War and Christian Zionism

In “Masters of War” Bob Dylan sang about those who lie and deceive, build guns, death planes, big bombs and hide behind masks, desks, and walls. Dylan concludes they will find that when death takes its toll, all the money they made will never buy back their soul. WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS is an unincorporated…

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To: The Associated Press and Washington Post Re: Israel’s WMD and Mordechai Vanunu

Posted on March 8, 2018August 20, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on To: The Associated Press and Washington Post Re: Israel’s WMD and Mordechai Vanunu
To: The Associated Press and Washington Post Re: Israel’s WMD and Mordechai Vanunu

The Washington Post’s banner proclaims “Democracy Dies in Darkness”. On Thursday a WaPo headline read: “For Pyongyang, Mideast offers cautionary nuclear tale” with a bullet point titled “ISRAEL’S DENIABLE DETERRENT” Because The Washington Post does not allow republishing their article; and as this reporter’s response could die in the darkness at The Washington Post we…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

I’ve Been Thinking about Maria Shriver, Book Tours, Vanunu and a USS Liberty LOVE Story #IveBeenThinking

Posted on March 4, 2018March 4, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on I’ve Been Thinking about Maria Shriver, Book Tours, Vanunu and a USS Liberty LOVE Story #IveBeenThinking
I’ve Been Thinking about Maria Shriver, Book Tours, Vanunu and a USS Liberty LOVE Story #IveBeenThinking

“I’ve Been Thinking” is Journalist Maria Shriver’s latest book. Maria Shriver’s The Sunday Paper email newsletter is one of my Sunday ‘must reads’ and today’s also provided the inspiration for this article. By Eileen Fleming Maria Shriver’s The Sunday Paper email is a free gift filled with “news and views above the noise” delivered by “powerful,…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

Major Gun Retailer Dick’s CEO with Common Sense Implores Politicians for Children’s Sake

Posted on February 28, 2018September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Major Gun Retailer Dick’s CEO with Common Sense Implores Politicians for Children’s Sake
Major Gun Retailer Dick’s CEO with Common Sense Implores Politicians for Children’s Sake

Edward Stack, the 63-year-old chief executive of Dick’s Sporting Goods makes it clear that the company’s new gun policy was a direct response to the Parkland Florida shooting. By Eileen Fleming The New York Times headline on Wednesday morning hit me like a bullet: “Dick’s, Major Gun Retailer, Will Stop Selling Assault-Style Rifles.” After reading Edward W….

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Opinion

A CMEP Reflection and this American’s Experience of Jesus at the Pool of Bethesda

Posted on February 25, 2018September 25, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on A CMEP Reflection and this American’s Experience of Jesus at the Pool of Bethesda

CMEP stands for Churches for Middle East Peace, a coalition of national church denominations and organizations, including Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant traditions. On the Second Sunday of Lent this American opened an email from CMEP because the subject was: “Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem” Because the content of the CMEP email reminded me of…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

Spielberg’s “The Post” and This American and Israel’s Nuclear Whistleblower VANUNU Mordechai

Posted on February 13, 2018September 25, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Spielberg’s “The Post” and This American and Israel’s Nuclear Whistleblower VANUNU Mordechai
Spielberg’s “The Post” and This American and Israel’s Nuclear Whistleblower VANUNU Mordechai

Steven Spielberg’s “The Post” stars Meryl Streep portraying Katharine Graham, the first female publisher of The Washington Post. In response to my first of eight trips to both sides of Israel’s Wall in Palestine, this American female established WeAreWideAwake.org, produced “30 Minutes with Vanunu” which streams at YouTube and wrote the screenplay “This American and…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

LOVE, Valentines Day, Ash Wednesday, Fools and Stages of the Soul

Posted on February 12, 2018February 12, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on LOVE, Valentines Day, Ash Wednesday, Fools and Stages of the Soul
LOVE, Valentines Day, Ash Wednesday, Fools and Stages of the Soul

Love is patient and kind; NOT proud, rude, self-seeking, or easily angered. Love rejoices in truth and Love never fails. In 2018 Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday fall on the same day. Easter Day this year falls on April Fools’ Day, which is celebrated with practical jokes and spreading hoaxes. NO joke or hoax but Jesus was…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

How Trump’s Military Parade Could MAGA: USS LIBERTY Survivors of The Six-Day War Lead the March on June 8

Posted on February 8, 2018September 25, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on How Trump’s Military Parade Could MAGA: USS LIBERTY Survivors of The Six-Day War Lead the March on June 8
How Trump’s Military Parade Could MAGA: USS LIBERTY Survivors of The Six-Day War Lead the March on June 8

When Representative Devin Nunes presented the Silver Star Medal to Terry Halberdier a USS Liberty Survivor of the Six Day War,  the Congressman publicly admitted: “The government has kept this quiet for too long.” This June 8 marks 51 years since President LBJ issued the Cover-Up on the USS Liberty, which every president and congress since has…

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