Category: Commentary

Mordechai Vanunu House Arrest Ends and Israel Wins at UN

September 17, 2015September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

On Thursday Mordechai Vanunu’s house arrest in virtual solitary was lifted after 7 days without Internet or phone. Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Programme will “continue to monitor his situation.” By Eileen Fleming On Thursday The International Atomic Energy Agency’s General Conference voted down a resolution proposed by the Arab nations, which called…

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The violence by Israel’s soldiers and settler terrorists

September 16, 2015June 12, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

Israel has recruited its soldiers, armed settlers and biased news media to defend its oppression of Palestinian civilians in the Occupied West Bank of Palestine. The Israelis enter areas, take lands and resources like water wells and destroy Palestinian buildings, and give the assets to the armed settler fanatics. And they wonder why Palestinians throw stones…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania

Saudi Arabia’s Reach in Yemen: Fighting for Regional Dominance

September 16, 2015June 12, 2019 James Dorsey 3 Comments

By James M. Dorsey The war by Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies against Houthi rebels in Yemen has become a debilitating sectarian conflict that has reduced large parts of the impoverished country to rubble and potentially destabilising the region. The kingdom has framed its approach in stark sectarian terms that has sparked intolerance towards…

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Will Bernie Sanders and Americans Engage in this Civil Discourse?

September 15, 2015September 15, 2015 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

On Monday, Presidential hopeful Senator Bernie Sanders engaged in a civil discourse at Liberty University, a leading evangelical Christian college, and built “common ground” beginning with the Bible. By Eileen Fleming Senator Sanders told the Liberty University crowd: I came here today, because I believe from the bottom of my heart that it is vitally…

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Religious support for Qatari labour reforms puts Gulf states on the spot

September 14, 2015June 12, 2019 James Dorsey 2 Comments

By James M. Dorsey A panel in Doha of religious scholars, officials of Qatar’s government-sponsored human rights committee, and international labour activists has called on Qatar to radically alter its controversial labour policies. The call serves to support Qatari government promises of labour reform in response to World Cup-related international criticism and increases moral pressures…

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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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Militant soccer fans are on a roll across Eurasia

September 13, 2015September 13, 2015 James Dorsey No Comments

By James M. Dorsey Militant soccer fans are on a roll in the Middle East, Europe and Southeast Asia. Fans in Turkey and Egypt have defeated legal efforts to criminalize them as terrorists while Malaysian ultras are tackling corruption in and mismanagement of their country’s soccer association. In Germany, the pitch anticipated the government’s shift…

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The Women in Hebron

September 12, 2015September 13, 2015 rayhanania 1 Comment

International Solidarity Movement human rights monitors spend the afternoon at the Women in Hebron Embroidery Cooperative where Palestinian women are empowering themselves and persisting with grace in a colorful and beautiful way in a community space amidst the horrors of the ongoing military occupation of their home By Dezeray Lyn Silverware clinks on plates, numerous excited voices float above…

Mordechai Vanunu: Uncensored and Enshrined

September 12, 2015October 30, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Open Letter to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel Mission to UN, Israeli Media and what my fellow Americans need to know about Israel’s Nuclear Whistle Blower Mordechai Vanunu and USA collusion in Israel’s Nuclear Deceptions by Eileen Fleming Israel’s latest torturing of Mordechai Vanunu has been a non-story in USA Press, but…

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Detroit radio listeners on Sterling Heights Mosque fight

September 11, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Radio listeners in Detroit and Washington DC discuss a wide range of issues from the opposition of Chaldean Christians from the Middle East and mosque fight in Sterling Heights, to the commemoration of the 14th Anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Listeners also sound off on the plight of Syrian Refugees and Israel’s refusal…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, Israel, Podcast, Ray Hanania, religion, Syria

Israel, one of the only countries refusing to help Syrian refugees

September 11, 2015September 11, 2015 rayhanania 2 Comments

Not surprisingly, Israel has surfaced as one of the only countries int he world not to help the millions of refugees that are fleeing from the terrorism of the Islamic State and Syrian Dictator Bashar al-Assad. And, Israel is building a wall to block them from entering their occupied nation, but not along the Syrian…

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Vanunu gets 7 day’s House Arrest and Journalism’s Role

September 10, 2015October 30, 2018 USS_Liberty Info 5 Comments

Israel’s Army radio reported on Thursday that Mordechai Vanunu had been arrested in the early hours of September 5, after giving an interview in Hebrew on Channel 2, “in defiance of the terms under which he was released in 2004.” The interview had been cleared for broadcast by the military censor, but Israel’s nuclear whistle…

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FX Tyrant series based on anti-Arab racism and stereotypes

September 10, 2015September 10, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

The Cable TV series from FX Tyrant is driven by anti-Arab racism and stereotypes. Not surprisingly, the series is produced by an Israeli who has no compunction to portray Arabs in as negative a light as possible to further libel Arab culture and their just claims against Israel. The real story of greed, betrayal, immorality and…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Entertainment, Ray Hanania

9/11: We will never forget, but will we ever learn?

September 10, 2015September 10, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Anger and emotion following the terrorist attacks after Sept. 11, 2001 prevented most Americans from thinking with reason and common sense back then. But as time goes on, more and more Americans are recognizing that our failure to act responsibly after 9/11 has helped create a much more dangerous world, not a safer one. We will…

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Egypt throws the dice with partial lifting of stadia ban

September 10, 2015June 12, 2019 James Dorsey No Comments

By James M. Dorsey The Egyptian interior ministry, in a potential signal that the country’s military-backed regime recognizes that its choking off of all public space could backfire, has agreed to allow fans to attend international matches played by the national team and Egyptian clubs. In doing so, the ministry de facto acknowledged that it…

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Israel Police Investigate Mordechai Vanunu: Will Stephen Colbert Play Ball?

September 9, 2015April 13, 2019 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

On Wednesday Israel Police opened an investigation into whether Mordechai Vanunu’s fifteen minute Hebrew speaking interview with Israeli Channel 2 “may have breached terms of jail release in comments that were not aired. “Channel 2 reported that the investigation was initiated at the request of the Shin Bet security service. It said that while all…

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24 Hours of Occupation: Notes from H-2 Hebron

September 8, 2015September 8, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Christians and Muslims in occupied Palestine are harassed and bullied not just by the settlers but by Israeli soldiers who treat all non-Jews with disrespect. Traveling through Occupied Palestine, Dezeray Lyn shares her experiences during human rights monitoring in H-2 Hebron in the occupied West Bank which has been under siege by Israeli extremism for decades….

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The beauty of Baladi under the ugly occupation

September 7, 2015June 12, 2019 rayhanania 2 Comments

Palestinian writer and poet Fadi Zanayed returns to his family home in Ramallah, Palestine to see the changes and challenges caused by the continuing Israeli military occupation on the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. By Fadi Zanayed After a 20 year absence from my ancestral home, I am here in the heart of…

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