Category: Arab World

ADC Requests DHS Renewal and Redesignation of Syria TPS

January 24, 2021January 24, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

ADC Requests DHS Renewal and Redesignation of Syria TPS Washington, D.C. | www.adc.org | January 21, 2021 – This morning the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee filed a formal petition with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security requesting redesignation and extension renewal of TPS for Syria. TPS (Temporary Protected Status) for Syria is currently designated through March…

American Arabs, Arab World, NewsWire, Syria

Rabbis Condemn Recent Violence Surrounding Israeli Settler Attacks, Riots

January 24, 2021January 24, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

Rabbis Condemn Recent Violence Surrounding Israeli Settler Attacks, Riots NEW YORK — Today, T’ruah, a rabbinic human rights organization that represents over 2,000 rabbis and cantors and their communities, issued the following statement calling for an end to violence sparked by an Israeli youth attack on Palestinians and subsequent death of Israeli Ahuvia Sandak. Rabbi…

Arab World, Israel, Media Bias, Middle East, NewsWire, Palestine & Jordan, Terrorism

African Author Mohammad Elsanour releases new novel “I Can’t breathe”

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

African Author Mohammad Elsanour releases new novel “I Can’t breathe” African Author Mohammad Elsanour & his novel “I Can’t breathe” and how to spread the peace all over the world. By Rania Salem Author & Novelist Mohammad Elsanour published his new novel Placebo after the success he had witnessed in his previous novel, Louise Membership…

Activism, Arab World, Book Review, Egypt, Features, Middle East, News

Palestinian, Israeli, and International Activists March for Justice for Harun Abu Aram

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

Palestinian, Israeli, and International Activists March for Justice for Harun Abu Aram On Friday morning Jan. 8, 2021, two hundred Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists demonstrated in the village of A-Rakeez, following the shooting of 24-year-old Harun Abu Aram on 1 January 2021 by an Israeli soldier in the Palestinian village of A-Rakeez. The shooting…

Arab World, Civil Rights, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan

Pollard Free in Israel: Vanunu Remains Captive

January 3, 2021January 5, 2021 USS_Liberty Info 2 Comments

On the Tuesday before Christmas, Jonathan Pollard, former U.S. Navy analyst and convicted spy flew with his wife from Newark to Tel Aviv, on a private plane provided by Sheldon Adelson and received a hero’s welcome from Prime Minister Netanyahu. By Eileen Fleming US taxpayers provide Israel more ‘benjamin’s’ than to any other country. Adjusted for inflation,…

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

Adalah heads to Supreme Court to battle Israel’s Jewish Nation-State Law

December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Adalah heads to Supreme Court to battle Israel’s Jewish Nation-State Law Israeli Supreme Court hearing on petitions against law is slated to kick off Tuesday morning at 9 AM; Adalah: The law’s distinct apartheid characteristics guarantee Israel’s ethnic-religious character as exclusively Jewish, while anchoring discrimination and racism against Palestinian citizens. An expanded panel of 11…

Arab World, Christian & Muslim, Civil Rights, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, racism

Gush Shalom condemns Morocco deal with Apartheid Israel

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Gush Shalom condemns Morocco deal with Apartheid Israel Gush Shalom strongly condemns the agreement with Morocco. Calls agreement “A cynical deal between Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara” The agreement between Israel and Morocco announced today by President Trump at the very last moment of his term, is a cynical…

Arab World, Israel, News, Palestine & Jordan, racism

Congresswoman McCollum slams illegal Trump-Israeli annexation of Palestinian lands

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Congresswoman McCollum slams illegal Trump-Israeli annexation of Palestinian lands Congresswoman Betty McCollum urges Democrats in Congress to Reject Illegal Israeli-Trump Annexation of Palestinian Lands To Promote Middle East Peace and Security. Slams Secretary of State Michael Pompeo for visiting an illegal racist Israeli settlement in Israel Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) issued the following statement today…

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Over 100 US Congregations Reflect on Plight of Palestinian Christians, Rebuking Administration’s Christian Zionism

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Over 100 US Congregations Reflect on Plight of Palestinian Christians, Rebuking Administration’s Christian Zionism Less than two weeks after Mike Pompeo visited a museum in Jerusalem honoring Christian Zionism, more than 115 U.S. Christian congregations representing 10 of the largest Protestant denominations and the Catholic church preached on the plight of Palestinian Christians and Muslims…

Arab World, Christian & Muslim, Civil Rights, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, religion

Arab News takes a Deep Dive into the history of Al-Andalus

November 5, 2020November 5, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Arab News takes a Deep Dive into the history of Al-Andalus How eight centuries of Muslim rule in what is now Spain led to a golden age of culture and science in the emirates of the Iberian Peninsula. An investigation by Arab News’ new Research & Studies Unit tracks down some of the descendants of families…

Arab News, Arab World, Features, Middle East, News, Saudi Arabia

Arab News/YouGov poll sees Biden as being better for Middle East

October 25, 2020October 25, 2020 rayhanania 2 Comments

Arab News/YouGov poll sees Biden as being better for Middle East Biden seen as better for the Middle East, but most Arabs want him to shun Obama era policies: Arab News/YouGov poll. Majority of respondents believe both Presidential candidates would be bad for the region. Trump scores higher on Iran policies, but not on Jerusalem move. Containing Iran…

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Member of Iran’s Parliament in Exile Ali Safavi to guest on “The Ray Hanania Radio Show”

October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Member of Iran’s Parliament in Exile Ali Safavi to guest on “The Ray Hanania Radio Show” Member of Iran’s Parliament in Exile will assess the impact of the November 3 Presidential election on the campaign to replace Iran’s religious dictatorship with Democratic institutions on The Ray Hanania Show on Live Detroit Radio Wednesday, Oct. 14,…

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Arab News Newspaper launches Research and Studies Unit

October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Arab News Newspaper launches Research and Studies Unit New department will commission papers and host expert debates and policy briefings by high-level officials The Arab News, the Middle East’s leading English-language daily, has announced the establishment of a new Research and Studies Unit (RSU) that will provide information on thought-provoking studies on a number of regional issues….

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Arab News correspondent hosts “Special Election Coverage” on Detroit radio

October 5, 2020October 6, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Arab News correspondent hosts “Special Election Coverage” on Detroit radio Middle East’s leading English language newspaper The Arab News will launch a weekly radio show on Detroit’s US Arab Radio Network to explore issues in the Nov. 3, 2020 General Election. The show will be hosted by the newspaper’s US Special Correspondent Ray Hanania, a…

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Response to Israeli expert on whistleblowers and The Matter of Mordechai Vanunu

September 19, 2020September 19, 2020 USS_Liberty Info 3 Comments

Clinical psychologist Ilan Diamant, never met Israel’s nuclear whistleblower but his opinions regarding Vanunu reminded this American -who has met and interviewed Vanunu- of the Expert Opinion of Charles Barnaby in the Matter of Mordechai Vanunu By Eileen Fleming The Guardian’s obituary of Frank Charles Barnaby reported the nuclear weapons scientist died on the first of…

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

Analysis of the Abraham Accords, UAE, Bahrain and Israel

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Analysis of the Abraham Accords, UAE, Bahrain and Israel By Ray Hanania In what seemed like a re-enactment of ceremonies that have come before, nearly 1,000 people gathered on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday to watch Arab and Israeli leaders sign landmark normalization accords. In addition to the promise of a…

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World Jewish Congress leader Ronald Lauder predicts peace will spread to Palestinians

September 15, 2020September 16, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

World Jewish Congress leader Ronald Lauder predicts peace will spread to Palestinians By Ray Hanania #RonaldSLauder, president of the #WorldJewishCongress #WJC tells @ArabNews #AbrahamAccords between #UAE, #Israel and #Bahrain will open a new path that will achieve #peace not only between Arabs and Jews, but Israelis and Palestinians too. Click here to read the column in the Arab News Newspaper.

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Hanania column: Rejection is not a strategy that works for Palestinians

September 12, 2020September 12, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Hanania column: Rejection is not a strategy that works for Palestinians “The Palestinians have been fighting a losing war for more than 70 years, one that spans several generations and has obscured the historical facts in contested public deliberation. “Palestinian refusal to recognize their failures, or pursue an alternative strategic plan other than rejection, has…

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