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Israel continues violence and land theft at Bil’in

March 26, 2015March 26, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

The Government of Israel continues to destroy lands owned by Palestinian farmers and villagers along the green line, built a wall to separate the village of Bil’in from their rightful lands, and even arrested, imprisoned, shot and killed their residents to prevent Palestinians from protesting Israel’s actions. But justice trumps evil and Israel’s Jewish-only nature will lose By Ray…

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New Amnesty International report slams Hamas for War Crimes

March 26, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

After an exhaustive investigation, the human rights group Amnesty International has concluded that Palestinian militants also committed war crimes against Israel including the accidental killing of some Palestinians. The human rights group has already issued an extensive report on the war crimes committed by Israel during the conflict and again urges the United Nations to investigate both sides…

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Tunisia: From Arab Spring to ISO String

March 23, 2015September 24, 2018 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

By Abdennour Toumi Ankara, Turkey — The Bardo Museum massacre shocked Tunisians who thought they were safe from ISO dystopia. Years ago a dynamic change took place in the streets of Tunisia that launched a concerted struggle that is still taking place, whether in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt or Yemen. But this change is obstructed by solid…

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In Israel’s elections, racism is the winning ballot

March 23, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

In Israel’s elections, racism is the winning ballot By ADALAH The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel The 2015 Israeli elections saw an unprecedented level of racist incitement against Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel, which played a critical part in the election’s events and results. Regardless of the debates that will unfold in the follow-up…

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Mordechai Vanunu: Cases of Libel and Extortion Security and Press

March 23, 2015March 23, 2015 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

By Eileen Fleming Israel’s internal Security Agency is best known by the acronym Shabak or Shin Bet and is similar to the FBI. This report argues Israel’s Nuclear Whistleblower’s cases of libel and extortion against them by way of definition: Libel is defamation by written words which becomes a criminal act when published. Extortion…

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Palestine Endgame: Confront Israel, peace not achieveable

March 22, 2015 Jafar Ramini 2 Comments

By Jafar M. Ramini It took the Zionists with all their money, political power and influence around the world over a century to steal Palestine from us, the legal owners. They used every trick and every guile in the book to convince the world that they were the only victims and they deserved all the…

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Racism plays hard in Israeli elections

March 19, 2015March 19, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Netanyahu’s party took the most seats in the Israeli Knesset election by using a last minute racist push that is similar to the efforts to prevent Blacks from winning office in America. But the key is while Obama and Europe have stood up to Netanyahu’s racism and Apartheid-like policies, where is the Arab World to stand…

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US Israel Nuclear Entanglements and Occupation of Palestine #FreeVanunu #FreePalestine

March 18, 2015September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

By Eileen Fleming Decades of US Israel nuclear entanglements and occupation of Palestine have reaped a tangled mass impeding movement. Once anyone or thing is entangled; extrication does not come easily but is possible. From Jerusalem on Monday, The New York Times reported, Netanyahu Says No to Statehood for Palestinians…Mr. Netanyahu’s chief challenger, Isaac Herzog of…

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Israel’s Arabs not used to Democracy

March 17, 2015March 17, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

The concept of Democracy and its power of voting is still a new concept for Arabs in Arab World and especially in Israel where they live as an oppressed, discriminated minority. But they still need to reconcile their actions with their admiration for the movement led by the late Civil Rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. By…

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Zoabi seeks to force Israel to be a real Democracy

March 13, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Israeli Arab politician Haneen Zoabi is critical of Israel’s growing fanaticism, but she believes that Israel can be changed to become a true Democracy. Zoabi is one of five Israeli Arabs serving in the Knesset and leading the new Joint List which has brought together under one party list all of the major Israeli Arab political…

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Rasmea Odeh sentenced to 18 months prison

March 12, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

A Detroit jury found Rasmea (Rasmieh) Odeh, 67, guilty of lying on her U.S. immigration forms after more than a year of harassment and persecution by the pro-Israel lobby. The judge in the case refused to allow Odeh to address issues of Israel’s abuse of Palestinian civilians and narrowed the trial to only the issue of…

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Family Maters: Addictions and Yoga #SuicidePrevention #JimKaz

March 12, 2015September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

By Eileen Fleming VENTURA, Ca.- Before the brother of the first non-Arab reporter for The Arab Daily News committed suicide on Feb. 11, James A. Kasmir wrote about his struggles with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and prescription drug addictions in short stories, plays, poems and autobiographical files in a computer at Straight Up. Straight Up is…

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Obama names Rob Malley as special adviser

March 10, 2015March 10, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Obama names prominent Middle East diplomat Rob Malley as the Special Assistant to Middle East, North African and Gulf Region. The appointment was immediately attacked by pro-Israel extremist groups led by the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), a group with a history of racist anti-Arab bashing that represents the interests of a foreign country, Israel. (Updated)…

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The Difficult is the Path Itself, discrimination in France

March 7, 2015 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

By Abdennour Toumi — Paris – France The “Charlie” spirit still haunts France’s politicians, media, academicians and streets. France pre-January 7/15 is no longer France post-January 11/15. Meanwhile on the avenues, in the banlieues (suburbs), and Sunday markets everything seems to be going at a normal pace, and life moves on. Still the tension is…

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Responding to Netanyahu and The New York Times Re: Vanunu, Israel’s WMD and Occupation Palestine

March 4, 2015September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

By Eileen Fleming On Wednesday Israel’s Nuclear Whistleblower marked the 7th anniversary of the establishment of his YouTube Channel: Vanunu Mordechai Joined Mar 4, 2008-Mar-4-2015.and my words still very clear and strong,without any answers,still waiting to real freedom.freedom of speech and freedom of movements,from this the only Non democracy state in the middl east…

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Banksy British artist spotlights devastation in Gaza

March 3, 2015March 3, 2015 Mohammed Asad No Comments

British graffiti artist known only as Banksy has helped bring some life to the people of the Gaza Strip who have been living in devastation as a result of Israel’s blockade of international aide to help the more than 100,000 civilians left homeless by Israeli military brutality and terrorist attacks. By Mohammed Asad The anonymous…

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Sunday of Orthodoxy Celebrated in Taybeh, Palestine

March 2, 2015March 2, 2015 Maria Khoury No Comments

Photo Array: Practicing the traditions of the Christian religion in the birthplace of Christianity, Palestine, with some of the remaining Christians who survive the pressures of the Middle East conflict. Children taught to honor their religious history at celebration in Taybeh, Palestine. By Maria C. Khoury, Ed. D. Today was a glorious celebration for the…

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Congress and Media must address Israel’s WMD and State Torture of Vanunu

February 28, 2015September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

By Eileen Fleming President Obama’s timely declassification of this 1987 report on Israel’s Nuclear Weapons Program and Aljazeera’s SPY CABLES must be the final straw to force USA Media and Congress to end their cooperation in Israel’s Nuclear Deceptions and State torture of Mordechai Vanunu. This Tuesday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address Congress…

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