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Algerian Hirak: From Algeriana to My Best Enemy

Posted on May 9, 2019May 9, 2019 By Abdennour Toumi No Comments on Algerian Hirak: From Algeriana to My Best Enemy
Algerian Hirak: From Algeriana to My Best Enemy

Algerian Hirak: From Algeriana to My Best Enemy The Hirak idealists have now clashed over a systemic concept of how to approach this election and who leads what. By Abdennour Toumi  Today Algerians are caught between the regime’s ruse and its mosaic opposition’s idealism. Eleven Fridays have passed since the people of Algeria stood up…

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Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Middle East, North Africa, Opinion

Gaza, War Crimes, and Priests

Posted on May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Gaza, War Crimes, and Priests

A war crime is an act that constitutes a serious violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility. Patriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem Micheal Sabbah wrote regarding Gaza on Sunday and reminded this American of a 2006 report by Father Manuel written while he was the Priest at the Latin Church and school in Gaza….

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

Algerian Political Opposition: It’s the System, Stupid

Posted on May 3, 2019May 3, 2019 By Abdennour Toumi No Comments on Algerian Political Opposition: It’s the System, Stupid
Algerian Political Opposition: It’s the System, Stupid

Algerian Political Opposition: It’s the System, Stupid The Algerian regime has been preventing any emergence of any independent elite or leader to the system. By Abdennour Toumi Algerian Hirak has entered its 11th Friday as the protesters’ demands begin to narrow down, but are still unrealistic. This is how General Ahmed Gaïd Salah, the Military…

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Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Middle East, North Africa, Opinion

Israel: Do Micah 6:8 and Free Mordechai Vanunu

Posted on May 2, 2019June 12, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Israel: Do Micah 6:8 and Free Mordechai Vanunu
Israel: Do Micah 6:8 and Free Mordechai Vanunu

“What does God require? He has told you o’man! Be just, be merciful, and walk humbly with your Lord.” -Micah 6:8 On Wednesday Israel’s nuclear whistle blower Mordechai Vanunu broke his latest news regarding his human rights struggle at Facebook. By Eileen Fleming On the first day of May, Mordechai Vanunu Israel’s nuclear whistleblower posted the…

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

The New York Times, Vanunu Mordechai and the embattled state of journalism

Posted on April 28, 2019June 12, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on The New York Times, Vanunu Mordechai and the embattled state of journalism
The New York Times, Vanunu Mordechai and the embattled state of journalism

On Saturday The New York Times published “Julian Assange and the Woeful State of Whistle-Blowers” by Edward Wasserman and a comment by this reporter regarding Mordechai Vanunu and the embattled state of journalism. By Eileen Fleming Dr. Edward Wasserman is the dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr….

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

What Deranged Donald and Joe Biden Have in Common

Posted on April 26, 2019April 26, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on What Deranged Donald and Joe Biden Have in Common

On Thursday Joe Biden kicked off his 2020 presidential run in a YouTube; and at Twitter the hashtag #DerangedDonald trended to second place globally. By Eileen Fleming George T. Conway III, lawyer and husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, a frequent critic of President Trump coined the hashtag #DerangedDonald, which trended up to the…

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Professor Abbassi Madani: Sweet Legacy of Sour Political Destiny 

Posted on April 25, 2019April 30, 2019 By Abdennour Toumi No Comments on Professor Abbassi Madani: Sweet Legacy of Sour Political Destiny 
Professor Abbassi Madani: Sweet Legacy of Sour Political Destiny 

Professor Abbassi Madani: Sweet Legacy of Sour Political Destiny  In choosing exile in Qatar, he left behind a divided Islamist leadership in a deep political identity crisis. By Abdennour Toumi  Wednesday marked the passing of Professor Abbassi Madani, longtime militant Islamist leader and the last Algerian Islamist Movement voice of the liberation war and post-Independence…

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Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Middle East, North Africa, Opinion, Politics

USS Liberty Love Story Script at InkTip

Posted on April 19, 2019April 19, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on USS Liberty Love Story Script at InkTip
USS Liberty Love Story Script at InkTip

USS Liberty survivor of the Six Day War Donald Pageler began to write his memoirs for a book; but they have morphed into the documentary screenplay “USS LIBERTY LOVE STORY” based on actual events and real people. By Eileen Fleming To commemorate the 52nd year after Israel’s attack on the USS Liberty and the American…

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

Is the Algerian National People’s Army a Republic Coterie? 

Posted on April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 By Abdennour Toumi 1 Comment on Is the Algerian National People’s Army a Republic Coterie? 
Is the Algerian National People’s Army a Republic Coterie? 

Is the Algerian National People’s Army a Republic Coterie?  To better understand the Algerian Army, there are two important dates to remember, August 20th, 1955 and notably, August 20th,1956. By Abdennour Toumi  The French philosopher Voltaire once said about the Prussian army: “where some States possess an army, the Prussian army possesses a State.” Arab…

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Abdennour Toumi, Bloggers, Commentary, Middle East, North Africa, Opinion

Algeria: Freedom and Shakespeare 

Posted on April 4, 2019April 4, 2019 By Abdennour Toumi 2 Comments on Algeria: Freedom and Shakespeare 
Algeria: Freedom and Shakespeare 

Algeria: Freedom and Shakespeare  The Street should be attentive in its exigent demands and comportment with the Army, usually the Military don’t like disorder or to be ordered. By Abdennour Toumi  Former President Bouteflika and his siblings are finished finally, a political drama ending with the political death of its main character, a Machiavellian figure…

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Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Middle East, North Africa, Opinion, Politics

Israeli WMD Whistleblower Vanunu Mordechai Tweets Appeal Unto Caesar

Posted on April 3, 2019April 3, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Israeli WMD Whistleblower Vanunu Mordechai Tweets Appeal Unto Caesar
Israeli WMD Whistleblower Vanunu Mordechai Tweets Appeal Unto Caesar

Professor Simon Critchley wrote about the happiest man he has ever met; a former New Yorker who morphed into a monk in Athens. This former New Yorker writes about the saddest man I have ever met; Israel’s nuclear whistle blower Vanunu Mordechai who uses social media to report his latest news because The Media ignores…

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

Algeria Schengen Visa, Gordian Knot

Posted on April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 By Abdennour Toumi 1 Comment on Algeria Schengen Visa, Gordian Knot
Algeria Schengen Visa, Gordian Knot

Algeria Schengen Visa, Gordian Knot More than 400,000 Algerians get Schengen visas for France annually, according to Reuters data. By Abdennour Toumi  In most political contexts and crisis it is simply assumed that undocumented immigration constitutes a drain on national resources. But this assumption goes in light of experience led by Human Rights Groups, INGOs…

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Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Middle East, Opinion, refugees

 AIPAC, Congress, and The Benjamin’s

Posted on March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on  AIPAC, Congress, and The Benjamin’s
 AIPAC, Congress, and The Benjamin’s

In referring to a tweet by Rep. Ilhan Omar, Benjamin Netanyahu opined, “Take it from this Benjamin: It’s not about the Benjamins.” “Benjamins” is slang for a $100 bill and refers to Benjamin Franklin’s image on that bill. By Eileen Fleming The article “What Happens When Americans Vote for Legislators Who Refuse to Represent Them?” by…

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

Muslim and Christian Arabs need to collaborate to strengthen their voices

Posted on March 26, 2019March 26, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Muslim and Christian Arabs need to collaborate to strengthen their voices
Muslim and Christian Arabs need to collaborate to strengthen their voices

Muslim and Christian Arabs need to collaborate to strengthen their voices Arabs in America are weak in part because of their lack of unity and unification. Over the years, the community has divided into politics, national origins, religion and even tribal factions. Many of our community no longer refer to themselves as Arabs, and instead…

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American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Opinion, Politics, religion, The Arab Street

Trump, Golan Heights, This American, USS Liberty and Mordechai Vanunu

Posted on March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Trump, Golan Heights, This American, USS Liberty and Mordechai Vanunu
Trump, Golan Heights, This American, USS Liberty and Mordechai Vanunu

On Thursday at Twitter President Trump overturned decades of US policy when he declared that America should recognize Israel’s authority over the occupied Golan Heights. By Eileen Fleming This American’s trip to the Golan Heights excerpted from the screenplay “This American and Israel’s Nuclear Whistle Blower Vanunu Mordechai” concludes this article. Trump’s Golan Heights tweet is…

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

Algerian Islamists: From Political Reality to Dialectical Crisis Identity 

Posted on March 19, 2019March 19, 2019 By Abdennour Toumi 1 Comment on Algerian Islamists: From Political Reality to Dialectical Crisis Identity 
Algerian Islamists: From Political Reality to Dialectical Crisis Identity 

Algerian Islamists: From Political Reality to Dialectical Crisis Identity  People are more accustomed to the experience of political hopes frustrated than of hopes fulfilled, they bear a crown of disappointment which weighs heavily on them all. By Abdennour Toumi The recent events that have been shaken Algeria’s regime have shaped a protest movement that its…

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Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Middle East, North Africa, Opinion, Politics

Algeria The People Speak: What’s Next? 

Posted on March 11, 2019March 11, 2019 By Abdennour Toumi No Comments on Algeria The People Speak: What’s Next? 
Algeria The People Speak: What’s Next? 

Algeria The People Speak: What’s Next?  Algerian generals who have been trying to bring about some change to their people would benefit from reading the Chilean story. By Abdennour Toumi A country which only three weeks ago was still regarded as hopeless. The day of glory the people of Algeria have waited for so long…

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Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Election, Middle East, North Africa, Opinion, Politics

Ilhan Omar and The Progressives

Posted on March 7, 2019March 7, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Ilhan Omar and The Progressives

The New York Times opinion piece by Bret Stephens headline proclaimed, “Ilhan Omar Knows Exactly What She Is Doing”. Because Bret Stephens got so much wrong he inspired this fact-filled opinion piece by a ‘self-described progressive’. By Eileen Fleming Bret Stephens is a former editor in chief of The Jerusalem Post and an Opinion columnist…

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

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