Category: Commentary

Saudi Arabia and Iran: Volatile Political Geography of Oil and Minorities

August 18, 2015June 12, 2019 James Dorsey No Comments

By James M. Dorsey Discontent is bubbling over among the majority Shiite population in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, home to the kingdom’s major oil fields and petrochemical industry. Disgruntlement is no less in the Iranian province of Khuzestan where up to 90 percent of Iran’s oil reserves are located. Iranian Arabs, who account for approximately…

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Israeli leaders who challenge Israel’s extremists

August 18, 2015August 18, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Although fanatic extremists who embrace violence and terrorism have control of Israel’s government, many moderate Israelis who oppose the rising stridency of the Israeli conservatives continue to push for peace and justice. The same battle is being waged here in America among American Jews speaking out against extremism, not just in the Arab World but in their…

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Will The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Talk with this Senior Correspondent?

August 18, 2015August 18, 2015 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

This September 28th Trevor Noah’s “ass” will occupy Jon Stewart’s “same chair.” As Eileen Fleming, Senior Non-Arab Correspondent for USA’s The Arab Daily News keeps “smelling” BULLS**T because of Israel’s Nuclear Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu and Apartheid Israeli style, she will persist to speak up! The 31-year-old South African said, “I didn’t live a normal…

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Konya: When the Mind Meets the Heart

August 18, 2015August 18, 2015 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

Love doesn’t involve divinity — sometimes it takes a visit to a mystic place to realize the depth of tolerance. In Konya just to stop at the tomb of Jalal Eddine Rumi one can vehemently feel the love for humanity. By Abdennour Toumi Konya, Turkey — In the heart of Anatolia in the middle of its great wild…

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Israel is Helping Jordanian Special Forces Fighting ISIS on the Ground in Iraq

August 17, 2015August 18, 2015 Ali Younes 3 Comments

By Ali Younes In another sign of the increased cooperation and strategic military alliance between Israel and Jordan, news reports said that Israel will supply Jordan with two types of drones to help Jordan fight the Islamic State in Iraq, ISIS OR ISIL. The London based Jane’s Defense magazine which reported the news earlier this…

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Palestinian Film “The Wanted 18” speaks to Israeli occupation

August 16, 2015August 16, 2015 rayhanania 1 Comment

In the award-winning documentary The Wanted 18, directors Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan bring to life a remarkable story of nonviolent resistance during the First Intifada. The animated documentary speaks to the reality of the Israeli occupation on Palestinian civilian life. You need to support it By Ray Hanania The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true…

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Interview with Eileen Fleming on her new ebook

August 16, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania 2 Comments

Writer and columnist Eileen Fleming sits down with The Arab Daily News to discuss her new eBook, “Heroes, Muses and the Saga of Mordechai Vananu.” Eileen’s ebook will be released this week on Kindle and speaks to the ongoing saga of the oppression of Vanunu by Israel’s government By Ray Hanania In this exclusive interview…

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A Turkish stadium harbours a stark message for multiculturalism

August 16, 2015August 16, 2015 James Dorsey No Comments

By James M. Dorsey A condemned Turkish stadium harbours a dark warning of the long-term consequences of ethnic cleansing or what Turks euphemistically call the population exchange almost a century ago when Turkey and Greece expelled their respective Greek and Turkish minorities. It is a message that has not lost its urgency as Turkey fights…

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Palestinian American veterans forgotten 70 years later

August 16, 2015August 16, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Palestinian American veterans have been forgotten as the country commemorates the end of World War II 70 years ago this month (August), just as they were forgotten at the end of the war itself. While they fought to free Europe from the Nazis, the victims turned around and not only stole their country but kicked them…

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10 years since Israel withdrew from Gaza on Israeli lies

August 15, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

10 years ago this month, Israel withdrew from its brutal and oppressive occupation of the Gaza Strip, replacing it with an even more oppressive embargo and even worse military chokehold with more deaths and more violence. And yet Israelis continue to lie about how they left Gaza and the Palestinians never used the gesture for “peace.” By…

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Pro-Israel lies from activists opposed to peace

August 14, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

The news media publishes the lies and distortions of many pro-Israel activists without bothering to double check the facts. They offer cautions that comments should be civil but they allow the authors of the columns to libel anyone who believes that Palestinians have rights and that violence in the Middle East is caused by increasingly hostile…

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The Liberation of Aden, progressing but with challenges

August 11, 2015August 11, 2015 Gamal Gasim No Comments

The Liberation of Aden, progressing but with challenges By Gamal Gasim Taking control of the Aden province and its transformation into a free and safe area has been a huge challenge to the government of President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, which has been based in Riyadh before the beginning of the Saudi-led military operation on…

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Israel and Palestine play high stakes soccer

August 11, 2015June 12, 2019 James Dorsey No Comments

By James M. Dorsey Israel and Palestine are playing political soccer with Palestinian football as the ball. It is a match which Israel is unlikely to win and that could prove to produce a bruising loss. The stakes for Israel‎ are far higher than for Palestine. Israel is effectively on probation as it seeks to…

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Solitary Confinement ‘Sanctified’ State Torture

August 10, 2015November 8, 2018 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

Torture by Solitary confinement is a form of imprisonment in which an inmate is isolated from any human contact except for members of the prison staff for at least 22 hours a day. By Eileen Fleming Last week, New York Times reporter Erica Goode wrote: I’ve been covering solitary confinement on and off for…

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Troubled Waters Under the Tigris and Euphrates Bridges

August 9, 2015August 9, 2015 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

Troubled Waters Under the Tigris and Euphrates Bridges By Abdennour Toumi Ankara, Turkey — Last summer I was in the southeastern province of Mardin, when social-demand riots erupted in the majority of Kurdish villages and towns. Burning tires and barricades blocked the roads as farmers protested the cut-off of electricity and especially of water needed to irrigate…

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Unmasked: How the FBI became the biggest domestic terrorist threat in America

August 7, 2015September 29, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

A history of abuses by the US Justice Department and the FBI targeting innocent Americans of Arab heritage and the Muslim religion raise serious questions about the role of these agencies and their true agendas. But the incidents suggest that the FBI is the largest real domestic terrorist operation in America By Dezeray Lyn The…

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First Republican debate steers clear of Middle East

August 7, 2015August 7, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Although the Middle East and the question “who supports Israel more” dominate national politics and presidential elections, the first major debate of the top 10 Republican contenders had another agenda, defeating Donald Trump. Middle East issues took a back seat, but they definitely will surface as the election campaign energizes Make sure to take the Presidential…

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Khalil Gibran movie opens with not enough publicity

August 6, 2015April 13, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

Khalil Gibran is one of America’s best known American Arabs. The acclaimed poet’s book, The Prophet, first published in 1923, has sold more than 100 million copies and has been an inspiration to American Arab writers for generations. On Friday, August 7, 2015, the animated film will open at limited engagements throughout the country with…

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