Category: Israel

Defending American lives, only when it’s politically convenient

April 21, 2016October 13, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Anti-Arab and anti-Muslim politicians Schumer and Cornyn have introduced a bill that supposedly will allow victims of terrorism to file lawsuits against foreign countries accused of sponsoring or being connected to those terrorist acts. But the intent really isn’t to protect Americans or give American justice. Instead, the purpose is to pander to the families who lost…

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Queen Noor: People not governments can bring peace

April 18, 2016September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Her Majesty Queen Noor speaks of global peace and humanitarianism at Judson University’s World Leaders Forum Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan captivated a crowd of 450 people who gathered for the World Leaders Forum today at Judson University. A world-renowned humanitarian activist, Queen Noor addressed topics such as Syrian refugees, water supply and women’s…

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Palestinians need a civil rights movement

April 13, 2016April 13, 2016 rayhanania No Comments

The American civil rights struggle of the 20th Century is no different than the civil rights struggle of Palestinians living in Israel and under occupation. But what Palestinians need is a civil rights movement that is truly driven by peaceful protest and that can help restrain the urge to vengeance and revenge. Israel is using…

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Israel continues siege of paralympic athletes in Gaza

April 9, 2016 Mohammed Asad 1 Comment

Palestinian athletes are prohibited from participating in foreign competition by Israeli Apartheid closures of the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, Beitar Jerusalem, the racist Israeli sports team that discriminates against Christians and Muslims, uses Apartheid to ban Haaretz from covering its games By Mohammed Asad Al-Jazira Sports Club in the Gaza Strip held a Paralympic sports event for Gaza’s…

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Palestinians honor children targeted by Terrorist Israeli soldiers

April 6, 2016February 10, 2017 Mohammed Asad No Comments

Palestinians honor children targeted by Terrorist Israeli soldiers Palestinian children are honored and celebrated on April 6 each year by Palestinians and the Arab World. Children have been targets of terrorism by Israel’s soldiers and settlers. Palestinian Children’s Day recognizes the suffering children in war zones like Occupied Palestine suffer in violation of human dignity, morality and international…

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The Breaking of Tel Rumeida

April 2, 2016April 3, 2016 rayhanania No Comments

“You need to shave his skin off and throw him into the Dead Sea.” Israelis escalate hate violence in occupied Hebron where a seriously injured Palestinian suspected in an attack against an Israeli soldier was summarily executed as he was lying on the ground helpless by another Israeli soldier. Now, Israeli soldiers, and settler terrorists are screaming for…

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Murder in Chicago and Israel, two immoral standards

March 31, 2016September 24, 2018 rayhanania 4 Comments

You don’t kill individuals suspected in a crime, especially when they have already been shot by police and are lying on the ground incapacitated. And you don’t threaten the person who takes the video of the incident which shows the authorities walking up to the disabled and injured suspect, and shooting him in the head. It…

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Videographer of soldier killing wounded Palestinian threatened with death

March 30, 2016March 31, 2016 rayhanania 1 Comment

Israeli settlers, who have been behind most of the violence and terrorism between Israel and Palestine, this week are threatening retaliation against the Palestinian man who videotaped an Israeli soldier who casually and brutally walked up to an injured Palestinian suspected in an attack against another Israeli in Hebron and then shot him in an act of cold…

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Palestinians commemorate Land Day, Israel’s crimes

March 29, 2016March 29, 2016 Mohammed Asad No Comments

Palestinians commemorate Land Day, Israel’s crimes. From its creation in 1948, Israel has made the conflict in occupied Palestine about the theft of land and the ethnic cleansing of the population of Palestine’s Christians and Muslims. On March 30, 1976, inside Israel, six Palestinians were murdered by Israeli soldiers when they protested Israel’s plans to confiscate…

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The West’s fluid definition of terror

March 26, 2016 rayhanania 1 Comment

Innocent civilians are murdered and seriously injured everyday in Palestine and throughout the Middle East from terror, but the West always seems to have two standards for suffering, one for themselves and one for the people the West brutalizes. This essay explores the hypocrisy of the West in the aftermath of the terrorism in Brussels and…

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Clinton panders on Middle East, Sanders offers solutions

March 23, 2016April 13, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Former U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton is following a carefully written script in addressing the Middle East conflict, one that panders to the power of the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC and ignores issues of justice, the rule of law and civil rights. Her Democratic primary opponent, Bernie Sanders, however, has made principle and the rule of law foundations…

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Muslims urge government to review AIPAC status

March 22, 2016 rayhanania 7 Comments

As promoter of Israeli policy in US, AIPAC should register as a Foreign Agent Leaders of the organization American Muslims for Palestine urged the U.S. Government to review the activities of AIPAC, the foreign Israel lobby, to determine if it should be treated as a foreign agent and be scrutinized more closely. As the annual…

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Sykes-Picot Agreement, Myth vs Reality

March 21, 2016March 21, 2016 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

The Sykes-Picot Agreement symbolizes the secrecy by which France and Britain decided to carve up the Middle East based on their economic and power issues and not on the interests of the people of the Middle East. And while the agreement was never realized, it set the stage for the turmoil that has plagued the…

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Columbus Ohio Palestinian struggles in wake of violence

March 19, 2016June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

The owner of a Middle East restaurant in Columbus, Ohio continues to struggle more than a month after a brutal machete attack on his customers. The owner, Hany J. Baransi, lives in a world of limbo. He is Palestinian Arab and Israeli from Nazareth, the name of his deli, and he is Christian. The Muslim…

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Palestinian awarded $1 million from education foundation

March 15, 2016September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

London foundation recognizes the struggle of Palestinians awarding its annual $1 million Global Teacher Prize to a Palestinian teacher who works with children under the oppression of the brutal Israeli military occupation. By Ray Hanania The Varkey Foundation named Palestinian teacher Hana Al Hroub as the recipient of this year’s $1 million “Global Teacher Prize” in education….

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Israelis kill girl in Gaza, but media doesn’t care

March 12, 2016March 12, 2016 Mohammed Asad 3 Comments

The Israelis killed a Palestinian girl Saturday in the Gaza Strip, but because the victim wasn’t Jewish and the target of a knife attack, or was killed by an Israeli with a guitar, no one cares. The only victims the mainstream news media and the Israelis care about are Israelis killed or injured by knife…

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A Third Way, a film that offers hope

March 1, 2016September 24, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

Can Palestinians and Israelis come together to make peace? It’s a difficult question to find an answer to, but filmmaker Harvey Stein explores this difficult but important topic in his new film “A Third Way.” By Ray Hanania I met Israeli filmmaker Harvey Stein during my foray into the contentious world of Israeli-Palestinian peace in…

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Hunger striker al-Qiq held without trial, justice

February 23, 2016February 23, 2016 rayhanania 1 Comment

Palestinian journalist imprisoned without trial or justice by Israel continues hunger strike to expose Israel’s civil rights abuses, violence and oppression. Muhammed al-Qiq symbolizes the enduring struggle against Israel’s brutality By Bettejo Indelicato A Palestinian prisoner on hunger striker becomes more than the individual their tortured body encompasses. The hunger striker, in this case Muhammad al-Qiq (Mohammed…

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