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CAIR condemns GOP selection of Genocidal anti-Palestinian racist Rep. Brian Mast as Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee

Posted on December 11, 2024December 11, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on CAIR condemns GOP selection of Genocidal anti-Palestinian racist Rep. Brian Mast as Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee
CAIR condemns GOP selection of Genocidal anti-Palestinian racist Rep. Brian Mast as Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee

CAIR condemns GOP selection of Genocidal anti-Palestinian racist Rep. Brian Mast as Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the GOP’s selection of genocidal anti-Palestinian racist Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) as chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the next Congress….

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Senator Hastings and Rep Nichols introduce commemoration resolutions for the late Nemer Ziyad

Posted on November 27, 2024December 11, 2024 By Ray Hanania 1 Comment on Senator Hastings and Rep Nichols introduce commemoration resolutions for the late Nemer Ziyad
Senator Hastings and Rep Nichols introduce commemoration resolutions for the late Nemer Ziyad

Senator Hastings and Rep Nichols introduce commemoration resolutions for the late Nemer Ziyad The resolutions were approved in the Illinois State Senate and the Illinois State House on November 11 and on November 13, 2024, memorializing his passing and acknowledging his achievements as a proud Arab American State Senator Michael Hastings and State Rep. Cyril…

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UN Secretary General visits Palestine, Israel

Posted on August 30, 2017 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on UN Secretary General visits Palestine, Israel
UN Secretary General visits Palestine, Israel

UN Secretary General visits Palestine, Israel United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres visited Israel and Israeli occupied-Palestine, meeting with officials on both sides this week including Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah in Ramallah, a visit to the Yasser Arafat Museum and also a tour of the economic oppression of civilians in the Israeli-embargoed Gaza Strip….

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Fadi Thabit photo exhibit documents Gaza Life

Posted on July 14, 2017July 14, 2017 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Fadi Thabit photo exhibit documents Gaza Life
Fadi Thabit photo exhibit documents Gaza Life

Fadi Thabit photo exhibit documents Gaza Life A photo exhibit by art teacher and Gaza photographer Fadi Thabit offers insight into the daily lives of Palestinians living under the brutal occupation of Israel’s punishing military embargo By Mohammed Asad The art teacher and photographer Fadi Thabit recently organized a photo gallery of photographic portraits of…

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Palestinian children celebrate Ramadan Eid in besieged Gaza Strip

Posted on June 27, 2017 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Palestinian children celebrate Ramadan Eid in besieged Gaza Strip
Palestinian children celebrate Ramadan Eid in besieged Gaza Strip

Palestinian children celebrate Ramadan Eid in besieged Gaza Strip Photo array: In the shadow of air strikes against civilian targets by Israel, children celebrated the end of Ramadan throughout the Gaza Strip. Ramadan ended June 26, 2017. By Mohammed Asad Palestinian children and families in the Israeli besieged Gaza Strip celebrated the end of the…

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Israel terrorizes Gaza civilians in air strikes as Ramadan ends

Posted on June 27, 2017 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Israel terrorizes Gaza civilians in air strikes as Ramadan ends
Israel terrorizes Gaza civilians in air strikes as Ramadan ends

Israel terrorizes Gaza civilians in air strikes as Ramadan ends Photo array: No one injured in Israeli airstrikes that target civilians around Gaza City in the Northern Gaza area after Israeli officials assert that one rocket was fired fromGaza into Israel Monday night. “Eid Mubarak” from Israel as civilian homes destroyed on Ramadan’s end By…

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Gaza hosts 3rd annual Red Carpet Festival

Posted on May 13, 2017 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Gaza hosts 3rd annual Red Carpet Festival
Gaza hosts 3rd annual Red Carpet Festival

Gaza hosts 3rd annual Red Carpet Festival By Mohammed Asad The Red Carpet Festival is held in the Gaza Strip this year for the third year in a raw, amid international and Arab attention. This year, the Hash-Tag of the festival will be “Let’s go back,” which coincides with one hundred years for The Balfour…

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Israel suspected in murder of Palestinian Mazen Faqha

Posted on March 26, 2017 By Mohammed Asad 2 Comments on Israel suspected in murder of Palestinian Mazen Faqha
Israel suspected in murder of Palestinian Mazen Faqha

Israel suspected in murder of Palestinian Mazen Faqha Mazan Faqha was a political prisoner in Israel released in the 2011 prisoner exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit on June 25, 2006. Shalit was with a group of soldiers at a military outpost when members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Bridgade captured him, holding him for five years. The…

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Widespread destruction in wake of Israeli attacks

Posted on February 7, 2017February 7, 2017 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Widespread destruction in wake of Israeli attacks
Widespread destruction in wake of Israeli attacks

Widespread destruction in wake of Israeli attacks Israeli aircraft fired missiles and dropped bombs in another terrorist attack against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip causing widespread destruction, damage and loss of life. The world complains when Palestinians fire rockets at Israel but is silent when Israel fires rockets and more at Palestinians By Mohammed…

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Photos: Exhibit features women’s crafts in Gaza

Posted on January 17, 2017February 10, 2017 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Photos: Exhibit features women’s crafts in Gaza
Photos: Exhibit features women’s crafts in Gaza

Photos: Exhibit features women’s crafts in Gaza By Mohammed Asad Palestinians take part in a Heritage exhibition for handicrafts products in Gaza city, on January 17, 2017. This exhibition gives room for the ladies present  their products to feed their families.

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Gaza life in photographs, Stamp collectors gather

Posted on December 12, 2016December 12, 2016 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Gaza life in photographs, Stamp collectors gather
Gaza life in photographs, Stamp collectors gather

Gaza life in photographs, Stamp collectors gather Gaza Life in Photos, Strawberry harvest begins Veteran Gaza photographer and war correspondent Mohammed Asad offers an array of photographs that present the daily life of the people of Gaza Strip. The Palestinians in Gaza live under a brutal and oppressive economic embargo imposed by Israel and are constantly…

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Gaza Life in Photos, strawberry harvest begins

Posted on December 12, 2016 By Mohammed Asad 1 Comment on Gaza Life in Photos, strawberry harvest begins
Gaza Life in Photos, strawberry harvest begins

Gaza Life in Photos, Strawberry harvest begins Veteran Gaza photographer and war correspondent Mohammed Asad offers an array of photographs that present the daily life of the people of Gaza Strip. The Palestinians in Gaza live under a brutal and oppressive economic embargo imposed by Israel and are constantly under attack from Israeli terrorists and military violence….

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Animals rescued from Gaza zoo

Posted on August 27, 2016August 27, 2016 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Animals rescued from Gaza zoo
Animals rescued from Gaza zoo

Zoo rescue in the Gaza Strip. Animals rescued from zoo in Gaza as foreign veterinarians intervene to help avoid an animal disaster. Israel’s embargoed has produced disastrous consequences not only for the human residents of the sea coast strip but also for the animals in the zoo. By Mohammed Asad Photo report from the Gaza…

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Palestinians protest Israeli detention of World Vision rep

Posted on August 8, 2016 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Palestinians protest Israeli detention of World Vision rep
Palestinians protest Israeli detention of World Vision rep

Palestinians protest Israeli detention of World Vision rep By Mohammed Asad Palestinian demonstrators hold posters of Mohammad El Halabi, World Vision’s manager of operations in Gaza who was accused by Israel of funneling millions of dollars in aid money to Hamas, during a protest in solidarity with El Halabi, organised by foundations and societies benefiting…

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Palestinian group banned by Israel performs protest show

Posted on August 8, 2016August 8, 2016 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Palestinian group banned by Israel performs protest show
Palestinian group banned by Israel performs protest show

Palestinian group banned by Israel performs protest show By Mohammed Asad Palestinian band Dawaween, who were denied access to perform at a festival in Jerusalem, deliver a performance as part of a protest against the denial in Beit Hanun, near the Erez crossing point with Israel, in the northern Gaza Strip on August 6, 2016….

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Turkish government comes to aid of Palestinians

Posted on July 23, 2016 By rayhanania No Comments on Turkish government comes to aid of Palestinians
Turkish government comes to aid of Palestinians

Photo array. Turkish government comes to aid of Palestinians.  By Mohammed Asad Palestinians receive Turkish aid at an aid distribution centre in Gaza city, on July 2016. The aid, consisting of flour, sugar and rice, was allowed into the Palestinian territory via Israel’s Kerem Shalom crossing and will be stored in warehouses run by Gaza’s…

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6th anniversary of Mavi Marmara assault remembered

Posted on May 30, 2016 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on 6th anniversary of Mavi Marmara assault remembered
6th anniversary of Mavi Marmara assault remembered

Palestinians commemorate the 6th anniversary of Mavi Marmara by Israeli assault terrorists. Armed Israeli terrorists attacked a non-violent peace protest by passengers aboard a ship intended to showcase the illegal Israel embargo against Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip and to provide humanitarian aid By Mohammed Asad Palestinians gathered in the Gaza Strip near the sea to…

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Belgian official reviews Gaza humanitarian crisis

Posted on May 10, 2016 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Belgian official reviews Gaza humanitarian crisis
Belgian official reviews Gaza humanitarian crisis

The Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders arrived Tuesday morning in Gaza Strip via the Israeli-controlled (Erez) Beit Hanoun crossing, only one day after Turkish and Swiss ambassadors’ visit to the Strip By Mohammed Asad The Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders arrived Tuesday morning in Gaza Strip via the Israeli-controlled (Erez) Beit Hanoun crossing, only one…

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