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Al Jazeera: Palestinians debate impact of Diaspora efforts

Posted on March 14, 2017March 15, 2017 By rayhanania No Comments on Al Jazeera: Palestinians debate impact of Diaspora efforts

Al Jazeera: Palestinians debate impact of Diaspora efforts Veteran Arab American journalist Ali Younes explores the challenges facing the Palestinian Diaspora in his most recent feature on the recent gathering of Palestinian activists in Istanbul. Click here to read the Al Jazeera Feature. Ali Younes, an award winning professional journalist who has traveled throughout the Middle…

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Apartheid Israel seeks to expel non-Jewish Knesset member

Posted on March 14, 2017June 12, 2019 By rayhanania 1 Comment on Apartheid Israel seeks to expel non-Jewish Knesset member

Apartheid Israel seeks to expel non-Jewish Knesset member Israel, which has continued to embrace more racist and Apartheid policies under extremist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, moved this week to expel a non-Jewish member of the Israeli Knesset for criticizing racist Israeli policies against Christians and Muslims. The Israeli Knesset is using the Apartheid “Expulsion Law”…

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Meditating on Soul Whispers and Yoga Nidra Communities

Posted on March 13, 2017October 30, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Meditating on Soul Whispers and Yoga Nidra Communities

Meditating means to think deeply or focus one’s mind for a period of time in silence Yoga Nidra offers an effortless way to meditate The term Yoga Nidra comes from two Sanskrit words, yoga meaning union or one-pointed awareness, and nidra which means sleep.   By Eileen Fleming As a spiritually driven political activist, I…

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Reward offered in burning down of Michigan mosque

Posted on March 12, 2017September 25, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Reward offered in burning down of Michigan mosque

Reward offered in burning down of Michigan mosque CAIR-MI Seeks Arson Probe of Mosque Fire, Offers Reward for Info on the burning down of the Ypsilanti Islamic Center Saturday March 11, 2017 The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today asked local, state and federal fire investigators and law enforcement authorities to probe…

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Martin Luther King, Tom Hayden and April 4 2017

Posted on March 10, 2017September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Martin Luther King, Tom Hayden and April 4 2017

Martin Luther King was assassinated on April 4 1968  Rev. King and Tom Hayden are inspiring commitments to action for this April 4 By Eileen Fleming At UCLA’s Royce Hall on 19 February 2017, family and friends CELEBRATED THE LIFE OF TOM HAYDEN: A COMMITTED MAN Jane Fonda wrote: Tom died last October surrounded by…

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The Hypocrisy of the anti-Trump protestors

Posted on March 8, 2017June 12, 2019 By rayhanania 1 Comment on The Hypocrisy of the anti-Trump protestors

The Hypocrisy of the anti-Trump protestors Critics of President Trump are loud in voicing their anger at his suspension of immigration from six predominantly Muslim nations, but are deafly silent in standing up against the same kind of oppression because it is sponsored by Israel By Ray Hanania The hypocrisy of the anti-Trump protestors is amazing…

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A Day Without a Woman and the USS LIBERTY

Posted on March 8, 2017March 8, 2017 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on A Day Without a Woman and the USS LIBERTY

Wednesday’s Day Without a Woman strike is spotlighting women’s economic power and contributions to society in paid and unpaid labor. On this Day Without a Woman, this American woman labors in love for the USS LIBERTY By Eileen Fleming On the first women’s day in 1909, 15,000 women marched through the streets of New York demanding…

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Trump issues new restrictions on immigrants

Posted on March 6, 2017June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Trump issues new restrictions on immigrants

Trump issues new restrictions on immigrants President Donald Trump this week unveiled a new Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration from six countries with Muslim majorities, dropping Iraq and easing restrictions on Syrian refugees. Critics insist it is a “Muslim ban” By Ray Hanania President Donald Trump this week unveiled a new Executive Order to temporarily suspend…

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US sitcom showcases American Arab character

Posted on March 6, 2017June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on US sitcom showcases American Arab character

US sitcom showcases American Arab character A new comedy sitcom on CBS TV showcases an American Arab character played by well known standup comedian Maz Jobrani, and includes some major stars in the comedic entertainment circuit. The show Superior Donuts is getting some strong reviews in its first season By Ray Hanania A new comedy sitcom…

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Wikipedia Censors Mordechai Vanunu and “The Samson Option” May Provide an Explanation

Posted on March 6, 2017August 20, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment on Wikipedia Censors Mordechai Vanunu and “The Samson Option” May Provide an Explanation

Wikipedia censored quotes by Mordechai Vanunu within minutes Wikipedia claimed “we don’t need a quote farm from unreliable sources” The Samson Option: Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy may help explain Wikipedia Censorship By Eileen Fleming On Sunday ‘SamPhillips1948’ responded to a Wikipedia call at Mordechai Vanunu’s page for “additional citations for verification” under…

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Israel’s Nuclear Weapons, Senator Schumer The Fourth Estate and Vanunu Mordechai #Vanunu

Posted on March 3, 2017April 13, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Israel’s Nuclear Weapons, Senator Schumer The Fourth Estate and Vanunu Mordechai #Vanunu

When asked about Israel’s nuclear weapons at the National Press Club Senator Chuck Schumer replied: “Go read the newspapers about that” By Eileen Fleming A day before President Donald Trump addressed his first joint session of Congress, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer spoke at the National Press Club on…

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The Hypocrisy of the anti-Trump haters

Posted on March 2, 2017June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on The Hypocrisy of the anti-Trump haters

The Hypocrisy of the anti-Trump haters Nothing exposes hypocrisy of anti-Trump activists than rejection of Keith Ellison. When the Democrats and the anti-Trump haters  have put meaning in their words but instead chose to expose their hypocrisy by back-stabbing the candidacy of the First Muslim Congressman Keith Ellison to become the DNC Chairman. They “love” Muslims…

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Media and Trump Are State of Emergencies #CorporatistGlobalistMedia MUST #KickHimToTheCurb #JonStewart

Posted on February 28, 2017February 28, 2017 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Media and Trump Are State of Emergencies #CorporatistGlobalistMedia MUST #KickHimToTheCurb #JonStewart

Media is the main means of mass communication be it corporate broadcasting and publishing Or the Free Flow of Info through the World Wide Web Because The Media was not asking my questions after 11 September 2001 this American became media By Eileen Fleming I became media in 2005 after my first of eight mind blowing,…

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Is it worth talking with the radicals and the extremists?

Posted on February 25, 2017February 26, 2017 By Mike Ghouse 1 Comment on Is it worth talking with the radicals and the extremists?

Is it worth talking with the radicals and the extremists? Should members of the Muslim community engage extremists and radicals in public discussions? By Mike Ghouse Each one of us thinks differently.  We have a choice to ‘stay away from each other’ and let the ill-will, suspicion and doubts simmer to become unmanageable.  I hope…

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Bannon and Trump’s Bridge to The Left by way of Corporatist Globalist Media

Posted on February 25, 2017April 13, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Bannon and Trump’s Bridge to The Left by way of Corporatist Globalist Media

President Trump’s Chief Strategist Steve Bannon called the news media the “opposition party” President Trump’s asserts the news media is the “enemy of the American people” This UNPAID reporter voted Green in ’16 and agrees with Bannon and Trump when it comes to Corporate Media By Eileen Fleming Steve Bannon has no experience as an…

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Don’t have to be a Trump supporter to cheer his media fight

Posted on February 25, 2017June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Don’t have to be a Trump supporter to cheer his media fight
Don’t have to be a Trump supporter to cheer his media fight

Don’t have to be a Trump supporter to cheer his media fight Trump is right. The news media is the enemy of America. The mainstream American news media has been the single greatest threat to the civil rights of Arabs and Muslims — YES Muslims — over the years. I know how confusing it must…

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USS Liberty and the Real News about Congressman Dennis Ross and Senators #MarcoRubio #RandPaul

Posted on February 24, 2017February 24, 2017 By USS_Liberty Info 2 Comments on USS Liberty and the Real News about Congressman Dennis Ross and Senators #MarcoRubio #RandPaul

Israeli planes and torpedo boats attacked the USS Liberty on June 8, 1967 while navigating in international waters 34 US Sailors and Marines were killed and 174 wounded The attack on the USS LIBERTY has never received a full investigation, as required by law. By Eileen Fleming Professional politician U.S. Representative Dennis A. Ross claims…

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HBO releases new documentary on Syria

Posted on February 23, 2017February 23, 2017 By rayhanania No Comments on HBO releases new documentary on Syria

HBO releases new documentary on Syria HBO will premier a new documentary on the civil war in Syria called Cries from Syria, to be broadcast on March 13th at 10:00pm ET/PT. (Trailer video below) Cries of Syria, Directed by Evgeny Afineevsky (Academy Award Nominee for 2015’s Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom) In March 2011, the Syrian people, inspired…

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