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Zineddine Zidane, A Gaulian Departure Only genius tactician knows how to deal with these instinctive moments of courage, glory and pride. By Abdennour Toumi Once again, Zineddine Zidane (ZZ) stunned the world-wide fans of the round soccer ball, the media, and even his boss, Real Madrid President Florentini Pérez, by calling a press conference to…
Arabs and Muslims Would Never Be Whipped Again Arab and Muslim masses are changing the imperialist political culture that has been dealt in the region since Bernard Lewis was born. By Abdennour Toumi Arabs and Muslims these days increasingly disapprove of a scornful Arabic saying used by tyrant regimes and arrogant elite as a tool…
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Cody O’Rourke lived in Michigan until 2005 when destiny led him to Hebron and into a life of “Just trying to be a good dad in the complicated Holy Land.” O’Rourke also “could have been a Trump supporter.” By Eileen Fleming During a brief phone call with Cody O’Rourke this reporter learned everything he does…
Palestinian Christian author and activist Samia Khoury updates Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” in response to this week in Gaza. By Eileen Fleming Friday’s email included the following from Samia Khoury who writes from Palestine: Dear Family and Friends: After the massacre of Gaza on May 14, I was writing to a friend and asking how many…
Inscribed in a Tablet Preserved The voices of intolerance are interpreting the U.S. and French Constitutions like the fanatics and the dystopians are interpreting the Koran. By Abdennour Toumi The dreadful on-going geopolitical events in the Middle East coincide with the debut of Ramadhan (Ramadan), a month-long observance of fasting, doing good deeds, acting generously…
A Black Day to Remember the Nakba By Maria C. Khoury As a little girl I use to pray for the president of the United States every Sunday in the Eastern Orthodox Liturgy never really understanding why I should do so. But finally in my old age after waking up to the bloodiest day I…
On Tuesday President Trump distressed the World but pleased Prime Minister Netanyahu by withdrawing the United States from the Iran nuclear deal, which could lead to Iran restarting its suspended nuclear activities. Last week the Trump administration reversed another U.S. policy by adopting Israel’s stance in advance of the 2020 Geneva conference on a nuclear-free Middle East….
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Larry Bowen is a USS Liberty survivor of The Six Day War and the current Vice President of the USS Liberty Veterans Association who is educating Senators regarding the troubled waters that began on 8 June 1967. Troubled waters refer to a confused or chaotic state of affairs. By Eileen Fleming The crew of the…
CNN‘s Chris Cuomo said, “That Israel has an active nuclear program…seems to me the message is we know this already” during Tuesday’s interview with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The topic was Iran’s nuclear program, but Chris Cuomo’s Freudian slip about Israel’s nuclear program is the blatant truth and also a response to my latest Letter…
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Despite promising to release everything in President John F. Kennedy’s Assassination file on 26 April 2018, Mr. Trump did NOT. In response to Trump’s citing “national security reasons”, Cynthia McKinney, a six-term Congresswoman currently teaching at North South University, Bangladesh tweeted a reminder of Israel’s nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu By Eileen Fleming The National Archives…
A Taybeh Day for Saint George By Dr. Maria C. Khoury Today was a wonderful celebration for our Patron Saint George with Archimandrite Fr. Jack-Nobel, our Taybeh parish priest of St. George Great Martyr Church of the Greek Melkite Catholic Patriarchate celebrating the feast of St. George in our village with His Excellency the new General Patriarchal Vicar in…
Arab America salutes National Arab American Heritage Month with Washington DC event (Reprinted with permission from ArabAmerica.com.) By Emiliya Strahilova Arab America Contributing Writer Last Thursday (April 12, 2018) an exciting venue in Washington DC, right next to the White House, was the site where Arab America acknowledged for a third consecutive year National Arab American Heritage Month(NAHM)….
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Tipping and Bargaining in Egypt: Bakhshesh or Sadaqa The role of tipping in the Arab World in tourism and the economy is important. To most Western tourists particularly Americans, the question of tipping is normal, like adding sales tax to the bill, but in the Middle East, however, the question of tipping, and add to it…
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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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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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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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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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A New NAFTA Could Cure Disease By Charles Boustany American, Canadian, and Mexican trade negotiators are in the midst of hashing out a new North American Free Trade Agreement. Several contentious issues remain unresolved. One of the biggest sticking points is the strength of intellectual property protections, such as patents and copyrights. The Canadians and…