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Arab Daily News Journalist Masood injured by Israelis

October 31, 2015October 31, 2015 rayhanania 1 Comment

Palestinian Journalist Tarek Masood has been filing reports for The Arab Daily News since September 2015 on the clashes between Israeli soldiers and Israeli settler terrorists and Palestinian civilians. This week, Tarek was targeted by the Israeli military and seriously injured By Ray Hanania Palestinian journalist and photojournalist Tarek Masood, who has been documenting the…

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The Struggle for Social and Economic Justice in France

October 29, 2015 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

“Liberty-Equality-Fraternity” is the motto of the French Republic but the spirit it implies is applied selectively in reality. By Abdennour Toumi Paris, France — In October of 2005 neighborhoods in the banlieues of France erupted in violence, the cause of those riots, the deaths of two teenagers Ziad and Bouna, electrocuted on a power transformer…

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Charles Glass on Syria: Religious cleansing continues

October 25, 2015 rayhanania 1 Comment

Charles Glass on Syria: Religious Cleansing Continues “Urgent” Need for US-Russian Settlement “Until the regional powers and superpowers agree that the war in Syria should end, it will not end,” veteran Middle East correspondent Charles Glass said Wednesday at an event sponsored by Christian Solidarity International. In a public lecture at Boston College, Charles Glass,…

Arab World, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, Guest Columnist, Syria

Palestinians continue protests against Israeli violence

October 23, 2015February 10, 2017 Mohammed Asad No Comments

Palestinians continue protests against Israeli violence By Mohammed Asad Palestinians continued protests against violence by Israeli soldiers and armed Israeli settlers at the border with Israel at the Gaza Strip on Friday October 23, 2015. Reports continued of Palestinians being wrongfully assaulted by Israeli soldiers and armed Israeli settlers throughout the Occupied West Bank and…

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Palestinians face off with Israeli soldier violence in Gaza

October 16, 2015 Tarek Masood No Comments

Heavily armed Israeli soldiers and settlers continue to harass and provoke Palestinians and Palestinians continue to stand their ground near al-Bureij in the Gaza Strip By Tarek Masood Israeli soldiers fired large canisters of gas and fired live ammunition at Palestinians civilians who gathered at the border of Al-Bureij in the Gaza Strip on Friday….

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October 15, 2015July 17, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

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Israel targets and kills women & children in Gaza attacks

October 11, 2015October 11, 2015 Mohammed Asad 6 Comments

Israel is targeting women and children as a strategy to pressure Palestinian protests against their policies of oppression and restrictions on non-Jewish civilians in Occupied Palestine. The death toll of Palestinian civilians, including children, continues to increase By Mohammed Asad At 4 am today (Sunday Oct. 11, 2015), Israel bombed agricultural land in Zeitoun in…

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Israeli snipers kill 6 Palestinians in Gaza

October 10, 2015October 10, 2015 Tarek Masood 5 Comments

6 Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers, 145 injured. Palestinian youth responded to gunfire provocations from Israeli soldiers along the border of the Gaza Strip near Shujaiya on the Palestinian side and south of Sderot, a hotbed of anti-Palestinian hatred, with their only weapon, rocks. By Tarek Masood Palestinians in the Gaza Strip showed solidarity with Palestinians…

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6 dead, 900 injured by Israeli military, settler terrorism

October 9, 2015October 9, 2015 Mohammed Asad No Comments

Israeli military and settlers assault Palestinians, provoking civilians and using live fire to kill non-violent Palestinian protestors. Settler fanatics continue to call for the destruction of Muslim Holy sites throughout Occupied Palestine while Israeli leaders defend the use of excessive violence and fatal force By Mohammed Asad Gaza City (Ma’an News Network) — Six Palestinians were killed…

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Tarek Masood’s Life in Palestine: The first Winter Days

October 7, 2015October 7, 2015 Tarek Masood No Comments

Tarek Masood’s Life in Palestine: A photographic look at the first Winter Days in Gaza under siege By Tarek Masood A look at the daily life of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. (Tarek Masood is a Gaza photographer who shoots daily life of Palestinians living under siege in the Gaza Strip.)

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Anti-Muslim protests on October 9th and Muslim Response

October 5, 2015 Mike Ghouse No Comments

On Oct. 9 and 10, a group of loosely connected protesters plan to host anti-Muslim demonstrations in front of at least 20 mosques, community centers and government offices. While some organizers have urged participants to leave their weapons at home, others are urging protesters to exercise “ALL of your Constitutional Rights.” While this group has…

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Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, United Germany!

October 4, 2015September 24, 2018 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

A look back at the reunification of Germany and the skepticism that made many believe it would never happen By Abdennour Toumi Paris, France — Those decades were a time when every internationalist and nationalist, and even Hollywood directors, had skepticism, waiting for a clash and the ultimate destruction of the imaginary enemy. Germany’s twenty-fifth re-unification…

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French Croissant Without Beur or Black Coffee

October 3, 2015 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

The ethnic stereotype factor complicates the integration process for both parties in the adopter/adopted equation, because of the ignorant racist mentality of the adopter on the one hand and the socio-cultural background of the adopted on the other By Abdennour Toumi Paris, France — The ethnic stereotype factor complicates the integration process for both parties in the…

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New Book Release: “An Improbable Friendship”

September 29, 2015September 29, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

“The Secret”: An Improbable Friendship: The Remarkable Lives of Israeli Ruth Dayan and Palestinian Raymonda Tawil and Their 40-Year Peace Mission By Anthony David When Ruth Dayan phoned me up and promised to share a secret with me, I was teaching at Al Quds University in the occupied West Bank. Why would the wife of Moshe Dayan, the…

Arab World, Authors, Features, Israel, Palestine & Jordan

Pope Francis and Dorothy Day Address US Congress

September 24, 2015September 24, 2015 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

On Thursday “in the land of the free and the home of the brave” Pope Francis addressed the World, challenged Congress and provoked America to break out of its cycle of rampant apathy fostered by politics, corporate interests and a media which encourages polarization on our one small world bleeding from hatred, greed, poverty, pollution…

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So what if Obama is a Muslim?

September 20, 2015September 21, 2015 Mike Ghouse No Comments

By Mike Ghouse He is one of the best Presidents we have had in a long time, he turned around misery into success – do you know over 40 Million Americans were unemployed when he took over, which was nearly 12% unemployment rate, now it is down to 5% . He helped survive American auto…

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Algiers’ Scoop du Jour

September 14, 2015 Abdennour Toumi 1 Comment

By Abdennour Toumi Paris, France — As the social season in Algeria heats up, so does the political one. However, President Bouteflika is intelligently focussing on a strategy to move his pawns into his rivals’ zone, in this case the Generals in Ali Khodja Castle He has been using tactics to overcome Algeria’s political turmoil of the 90’s…

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Gaza children memorialize Syrian baby on Turkish beach

September 7, 2015September 29, 2018 Mohammed Asad No Comments

The image of a lifeless Syrian infant, Aylan Kurdi, that washed up on a Turkish beach has focused the attention of the world on the plight of children. Aylan and most of his family drowned while fleeing Syrian violence. But children in Gaza and the West Bank can’t flee the violence by Israel terrorists. Four year old Ali Saad Dawabsheh was…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Mohammed Asad, Syria, Turkey