Category: Commentary

Donald Trump, The Sword of Damocles and Hair-Trigger Alerts #TrumpInaugural

December 26, 2016August 20, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

“Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by accident or miscalculation or by madness.” -President John F. Kennedy, 1961 By Eileen Fleming The “sword of Damocles” is an ancient parable and the modern expression of impending doom…

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USS Liberty Veterans: Christmas Email and New Year Letter

December 25, 2016January 2, 2017 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

USS Liberty Veterans Association President’s New Year Mission Letter and a survivors Christmas Email follow: By Eileen Fleming On Christmas Eve, USS Liberty Veteran and speaker Don Pageler emailed the following piece written by a peacekeeping soldier stationed overseas: The Night Before Christmas T’was the night before Christmas, He lived all alone, In a one…

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America’s empty “happy talk” on Palestine coming to an end

December 23, 2016June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

America’s empty “happy talk” on Palestine coming to an end President-Elect Donald Trump’s actions which critics claim favor Israel in fact have the potential of awakening the sleeping giant of the Arab and Muslim World. His appointment of extremist David Freidman as US Ambassador to Israel and his vow to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv…

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Arab Americans prepare to celebrate Christmas twice

December 23, 2016December 25, 2024 rayhanania No Comments

Arab Americans prepare to celebrate Christmas About half of Arab Christians celebrate the religious and secular holiday along with most mainstream Christians on Dec. 25, but the other half celebrates Christmas according to the old calendar two weeks later on Jan. 7. By Ray Hanania Christmas is both a time of Christian religious renewal as well…

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New attack by US Attorney on Rasmea Odeh

December 23, 2016December 23, 2016 rayhanania 1 Comment

New attack by US Attorney on Rasmea Odeh U.S. Attorney extends political attack on Rasmea, brings new indictment against the Palestinian American Today, U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade announced that a grand jury she had empaneled returned a new, superseding indictment against Rasmea Odeh for unlawful procurement of naturalization. This new indictment, just four weeks before…

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Pioneering Middle East Magazine publisher dies

December 21, 2016June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Pioneering Middle East Magazine publisher dies One of the most influential journalists who contributed enormously to the understanding of the true facts and issues of the Middle East and the Palestine conflict, passed away this week. Ambassador Andrew Ivy Killgore, a veteran American diplomat moved by the injustices he witnessed to publish the Washington Report on…

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Children among those evacuated from Eastern Aleppo, Syria

December 21, 2016December 21, 2016 rayhanania No Comments

Children among those evacuated from Eastern Aleppo, Syria Bana Alabed Among Many Child Evacuees Today from Eastern Aleppo Thousands of people from the besieged area of Aleppo were evacuated today, the majority of the people were children, women and families. Among the children was Bana Alabed the seven-year-old girl, who caught the attention and hearts…

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Zalatimo offers Arabic sweets & free serving dish

December 21, 2016December 22, 2016 rayhanania No Comments

Zalatimo offers great tasting Arabic sweets with free serving dish In 1860, Mohammed Zalatimo opened a small pastry shop in the Old City of the Holy City of Jerusalem, within the ancient Walls of the city surrounded by the world’s most important religious icons including the Roman built Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Zalatimo began…

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Mordechai Vanunu Newstip Declined by #NYT #BreakingNews #Israel #Nuclear #WhistleBlower #Vanunu

December 21, 2016October 13, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

UPDATE: On January 18 Israel convicts Vanunu on 1 nonsense charge and not guilty on two UPDATE: On Sunday 15 Jan. Vanunu wrote at Facebook: Latest update with my new trial,on Jan’ 18,2017.I will be in israel court,peace court,in the Russians compound, jerusalem, at 9:30* .This Wednesday, the judge will give us his verdict of the…

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Algeria At The Crossroads, Normal Bro!

December 21, 2016December 21, 2016 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

Algeria At The Crossroads, Normal Bro! The adjective “normal,” so endlessly repeated, is a tool the people are over-using or simply misusing as a conditioned response to the general sociopolitical mood of the country. By Abdennour Toumi I have been thinking about reporting on my stay here in Algeria. The Arab Daily News readers in…

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Jane Fonda: Actress, Activist and Muse #StandingRock #Palestine #Gaza #Vietnam #BabyBoomer #health #spirituality

December 16, 2016September 25, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Jane Fonda turns 79 years young this December 21 By Eileen Fleming Jane Fonda is the muse-meaning source of inspiration for this article but she began to inspire this American baby-boomer in 1971. I was a junior in high school when Jane Fonda starred in “KLUTE” and inspired me to cut my waist length hair…

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Israel’s Arabs remain key to peace

December 15, 2016December 15, 2016 rayhanania No Comments

Israel’s Arabs remain key to peace @Arab_News The Pen is Mightier than the sword, for Israel, but the vote is Mightier than the Pen for Israel’s oppressed Arab Palestinian citizens. Arabs in Israel can vote, strengthen their population and change Israel’s increasingly apartheid-like racism from the inside. Published in the Arab News Thursday Dec. 15, 2016….

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CPJ: Record 259 journalists jailed around the world

December 13, 2016January 9, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

CPJ: Record 259 journalists jailed around the world A total of 259 journalists are currently in jails in 31 countries, including 53 jailed in the Middle East. The report from the Committee to Protect Journalists notes that Turkey has the largest number of jailed journalists, 81, followed by China, with 38. Despite political criticism of Russia, that…

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Christians denounce Cairo church bombing

December 12, 2016December 13, 2016 rayhanania No Comments

Christians denounce Cairo church bombing Coptic Solidarity Strongly Condemns Brutal Bombing of St. Peter’s Church in Cairo Coptic Solidarity condemns in the strongest terms the brutal attack of December 11 on St. Peter and St. Paul church – adjacent to the Coptic Papal Seat of St Mark Cathedral – which resulted in the deaths of…

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Gaza life in photographs, Stamp collectors gather

December 12, 2016December 12, 2016 Mohammed Asad No Comments

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

December 12, 2016 Mohammed Asad 1 Comment

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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Rabbi Hoffman’s ‘Mordechai Vanunu: Nuclear Whistleblower, Traitor, Apostate’ and The TRUTH

December 9, 2016August 20, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Rabbi is defined as a Jewish scholar or teacher. By Eileen Fleming Rabbi Evan Hoffman’s lecture Mordechai Vanunu: Nuclear Whistleblower, Traitor, Apostate streaming at The Marcos and Adina Katz YUTotah Online site is NOT scholarly; But it is a slanderous screed of Vanunu rife with erroneous historical facts. The YU Torah Online site is paid…

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American Arabs share in 75th Pearl Harbor remembrance

December 7, 2016June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

American Arabs share in 75th Pearl Harbor remembrance Millions of American Arabs have much to be proud of as the United States commemorates the 75th anniversary of the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 which pushed America into World War II. More than 15,000 American Arabs served during that war and represented a consistent stream…

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