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American Arabs celebrate Veterans Day even if the rest of the nation doesn’t want to see our service as important and sits by silently while we are discriminated against By Ray Hanania One of the smartest things I did was to enlist in the military back in 1973. My draft number was in the low…
According to a bill proposed in the Knesset on Tuesday, Israel will pay for its agent Jonathan Pollard’s “reasonable living conditions” for the rest of his life following his expected release after 28 years of a 30-year prison sentence on November 20. The conditions for Pollard’s parole have not yet been revealed; but it’s expected…
By Dezeray Lyn Since October 1st from Gaza to the OPT, casualties are rising almost daily as are injuries, arrests, raids and the outrageous closure of the Tel Rumeida neighborhood in Hebron along with segregated Shuhada Street by military order. A crisis within a crisis is slowly devouring the Tel Rumeida neighborhood in Israeli military…
By Abdennour Toumi They changed their political identity, that is to say, their strategy and political doctrine. While the Islamists across the Maghreb were gaining power in Morocco, Tunisia — even in Libya before the end of the political consensus through general sections — they emerged as a significant alternative to the authoritarian regimes. Their…
By James M. Dorsey Khaldoon Al-Mubarak, chairman of Manchester City, one of Britain’s most popular soccer clubs and a close business associate of UAE Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, has warned the UK that his country would block multi-billion dollar arms deals, halt investment in Britain and suspend intelligence cooperation if…
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By Mohammed Asad A Palestinian civilian was killed Friday during an Israeli terrorist assault against Palestinian civilian targets in Khan Younes. Another 40 Palestinian civilians were injured, including 19 live ammunition. Witnesses said the Israelis attacked a peaceful protest against the occupation and the continued Israeli killings.
Twenty years ago Yigal Amir an Orthodox Jewish extremist changed the course of history when he shot Israel’s Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in the back; But the seeds that fueled his passion for supremacy began germinating on 10 March 1948 in a Tel Aviv house that was painted red. By Eileen Fleming As Israel descends…
Major radio franchise declares war on truth in trip to Israel American radio network declares war on truth and will visit Israel to shore up its propaganda assault against Christian Palestinians and Muslim Palestinians who are under siege in the Israeli Occupied West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem By Ray Hanania The mainstream American news media…
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Israel’s government is engaging in a cover-up to conceal their atrocities, expelling human rights activists and human rights monitors. The public must speak out! By Bettejo Indelicato My worst nightmare for the Palestinians of the West Bank has become their reality. Crazed illegal settlers and zealous Israeli Occupation Soldiers commit unconscionable crimes against women, children,…
By James M. Dorsey Assertions by Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, a candidate for the presidency of world soccer body FIFA, that he was not involved in the arrest and abuse of sports executives and athletes in his naïve Bahrain in 2011 raise more questions than answers. Sheikh Salman…
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‘Sultan’ Erdoğan the Magnificent of Turkey By Abdennour Toumi Paris, France — Turkey has won, those who want political stability and economic prosperity have won, and those who are fighting for democracy in the region have won. In a stunning political season, the AK Party and President Erdoğan won a landslide victory in Sunday’s early…
First Lady Michelle Obama is traveling to Qatar and Jordan and penned this first blog post about the State Visit from November 1 through November 7, 2015. Mrs. Obama will post daily on her trip. This is her first post By First Lady Michelle Obama (Nov. 2, 2015, Qatar, UAE) — This post is part…
On Friday Mordechai Vanunu wrote regarding his 8th Supreme Court Appeal, “I had a court hearing on [October 26, 2015]. We appealed all the restrictions. I even spoke to the Judges. They gave to the police 90 days to end their investigation for last arrest, after that they will decide.” Vanunu also wrote, “Without Freedom…
Protests against Israeli embargo against the Gaza Strip and Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Jerusalem continue. Israeli soldiers and armed settler terrorists have targeted civilians in response and in violation of international law By Mohammed Asad Palestinian protesters gather as tear gas fired by Israeli troops fall during clashes near the border between…
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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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On Thursday the headline in The New York Times read “Palestinian Uprising Shifts to West Bank City of Hebron” and reported: This month’s Palestinian uprising that started with a wave of knife attacks in Jerusalem has shifted some 18 miles south to Hebron, another holy city with a stark history of violence and tension… …
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Turkish soccer offers Erdogan headaches instead of voters in walk-up to election By James M. Dorsey Turkish soccer has offered President Recep Tayyip Erdogan more headaches than likely votes as the Turkish leader battles to ensure that his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will secure a majority in snap parliamentary elections on Sunday. Polls…
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I don’t know if humor can change anyone’s minds about standing up to extremism and bringing peace to the Middle East, or if it can really bring different rival religious, ethnic or national groups together. But I do know that after performing my first standup comedy show this week, the Jewish, Christian and Muslim audience…
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