Category: Israel

Open Letter to Jared Kushner and all Americans who ‘drive drunk’

June 24, 2019June 24, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Responding to Jared Kushner’s “Peace to Prosperity Economic Plan” is Sam Bahour’s “Open Letter To My Fellow American, Civil Servant Jared Kushner: From one American to another: Get out of the car. Go home” that follows this reminder from Jonathan Ben Artzi, a nephew to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who went to prison for 18 months for refusing to serve…

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Middle East Analyst: Solution to Iran Issue is Israel-Palestine

June 23, 2019June 23, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Middle East Analyst: Solution to Iran Issue is Israel-Palestine Middle-East analyst Jerome Segal, who last June challenged Senator Ben Cardin in the Maryland Democratic Primary because of his vote against Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, and because of Cardin’s support for the right-wing government of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, argues that unresolved Palestine-Israel peace process…

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Census and (lack of) Sensibility in the way nation’s manipulate population data

June 19, 2019June 19, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Census and (lack of) Sensibility in the way nation’s manipulate population data Governments around the world manipulate their Census data on populations in order to undermine minority rights and strengthen government abuses against minorities. In the United States, the government has used the Census for decades as a means of suppressing the actual numbers of…

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Plan approved to encourage Academic Excellence for Israeli students of Ethiopian descent

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

Plan approved to encourage Academic Excellence for Israeli students of Ethiopian descent $40.4 Million (145 Million NIS) Allocated in Multiyear Budget The Council for Higher Education (CHE) recently approved a $40.4 million (145 million NIS) multiyear plan to encourage academic excellence and leadership among students of Ethiopian descent. The program sprang from Israel’s 2015 Government…

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USS Liberty Remembrance Day 2019

June 8, 2019June 8, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Fifty-two years ago today the USA Government failed to support the crew of USS Liberty; but attempted to cover up Israel’s attack on America’s premier spy-ship as it navigated in international waters during what became known as The Six Day War. By Eileen Fleming On 8 June 1967, Israel attacked the USS Liberty killing thirty-four and…

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Ashrawi: Palestinians will not surrender to permanent dispossession and subjugation

June 5, 2019June 18, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Ashrawi: Palestinians will not surrender to permanent dispossession and subjugation Fifty-two years after Israel occupied the Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, the Palestinian people continue to resist this colonial occupation with dignity and inspiring steadfastness. The occupation that began in 1967 is part of a continuum of injustice, dispossession, and disenfranchisement that was penned in…

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Vanunu Mordechai’s 34th Year Captivity Continues at Facebook

June 5, 2019July 13, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

At Facebook on Sunday, Israel’s nuclear whistle blower Vanunu Mordechai reported that for the 16thyear, after 18 years behind bars Vanunu is still “not to meet foreigners, not leave the country” and all Vanunu can “do is to continue to wait, continue to demand my freedom, from 1986-2019.” By Eileen Fleming Image is a screenshot…

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Kushner and Greenblatt making same mistake Begin made in 1977

June 1, 2019June 1, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Kushner and Greenblatt making same mistake Begin made in 1977 Analysis of the upcoming Economic Summit in Bahrain on June 25-26 to be led by President Trump’s Middle East “advisers” Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt, two fanatic supporters of Israel’s rightwing government policies that have undermined peace. Kushner and Greenblatt are pursuing an extremist pro-Israel…

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Who was better for Palestinians, Trump, Bush or Obama?

May 29, 2019May 29, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Who was better for Palestinians, Trump, Bush or Obama? Much is made of how President Obama was a “Muslim,” a myth perpetrated by his middle name being Hussein, and how he was a good president for Palestinians and peace. But when you look at the consequences of his term in office, you have to wonder…

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Anti-Semitism and the USS Liberty

May 27, 2019May 27, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

ANTISEMITISM is expressed as hostility toward or discrimination of Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group. This American’s experiences with anti-Semites were one catalyst for publishing “USS Liberty LOVE Story” as a FREE Download to coincide with Memorial Day 2019. By Eileen Fleming On Sunday The Editorial Board at The New York Times published…

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Memorializing USS Liberty Love Story at FilmFreeway in Honor of Memorial Day 2019

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the USA established on the last day of May to honor those who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. FilmFreeway is a free website site for writers and filmmakers to showcase their scripts and films for entry into contests and festivals. By Eileen Fleming In…

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Trumping Ambassador Friedman on Israel’s ‘Secret’ Weapon Courtesy of a White House Call

May 18, 2019May 18, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Ambassador David M. Friedman noted the US-Israeli special relationship was growing “stronger and stronger and stronger” and “that Israel has one secret weapon…” Last week the White House launched a data-gathering website with the proclamation: “SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS should advance FREEDOM OF SPEECH.” This American submitted my experience of censorship by Facebook on the topic…

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Students accuse DePaul professor of racist criticism

May 16, 2019May 18, 2019 rayhanania 2 Comments

Students accuse DePaul professor of racist criticism DePaul Professor Jason Hill calls activists who criticize Israel’s apartheid and racist practices against Christians and Muslims in Israel and in the occupied territories “anti-Semitic.” Hill’s comments attacking BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanction) have come under scrutiny from those who support peace and justice and have been denounced By…

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Response to Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy’s Idiot Wind

May 15, 2019May 15, 2019 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is the Senate majority leader and Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) is the House Republican leader. Their Washington Post Oped, “Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy: The House must stand against the toxic BDS movement” inspired the following TADN post. By Eileen Fleming On Tuesday, the Washington Post published Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy‘s…

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US administration petty and vindictive against Palestinian leadership

May 15, 2019May 15, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

US administration petty and vindictive against Palestinian leadership Palestinian leader Dr. Hana Ashrawi says the administration of President Donald Trump is “petty and vindictive” to the Palestinians, exposing his failure to address the true needs of peace. A longtime Palestinian activist, non-violent advocate and grandmother, Ashrawi was denied access to enter the U.S. to address…

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Historical Fiction and Nakba

May 12, 2019June 12, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known as the Nakba (Arabic: النكبة‎, al-Nakbah, literally “disaster”, “catastrophe”, or “cataclysm”),occurred when more than half of the indigenous Palestinian population were driven from their homes between December 1947 through January 1949, resulting in the destruction of 600 Palestinian villages in the Holy Land. Historical fiction is a literary genre in which…

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McCollum introduces civil rights legislation protecting Palestinian children under Israeli occupation

May 9, 2019June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

McCollum introduces civil rights legislation protecting Palestinian children under Israeli occupation Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) has introduced legislation— the Promoting Human Rights for Palestinian Children Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act, H.R. 2407 — amending a provision of the Foreign Assistance Act known as the “Leahy Law” to prohibit funding for the military detention of children in any…

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Gaza, War Crimes, and Priests

May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

A war crime is an act that constitutes a serious violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility. Patriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem Micheal Sabbah wrote regarding Gaza on Sunday and reminded this American of a 2006 report by Father Manuel written while he was the Priest at the Latin Church and school in Gaza….

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