Category: Israel

Palestinian Journalist’s hunger strike enters 87th day

February 19, 2016September 29, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

Palestinian Journalist Muhammad al-Qiq’s Hunger Strike Enters 87th Day inside of Israeli Hospital Martyrdom is staring down 33 year old Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qiq as he somehow clings to life after, what is nearing, three months of starvation in protest of his illegal imprisonment by Israel. By Dezeray Lyn In HaEmek hospital in Afula, al-Qiq…

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Obit: Boutros-Ghali, veteran Egyptian diplomat dies

February 17, 2016February 17, 2016 rayhanania 1 Comment

Boutros Boutros-Ghali, veteran Egyptian diplomat, dies Boutros Boutros-Ghali, veteran Egyptian diplomat and the first United Nations Secretary-General from Africa, passed away today at the age of 93. He is being praised for guiding the Organization through the tumultuous early 1990’s and for helping shape the UN’s response to post-Cold War realities, drafting a seminal report…

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University of Illinois at Chicago endorses BDS

February 17, 2016April 13, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

University of Illinois at Chicago Student Government votes unanimously to divest from Israeli occupation The Undergraduate Student Government Assembly of the University of Illinois at Chicago voted unanimously on Monday (February 15th, 2016) to pass a resolution urging the university to divest from corporations profiting off of the Israeli occupation and other human rights violations….

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Palestinians urge Oscars reject Israel trip swag

February 11, 2016September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Palestinian groups calls on Oscar nominees at this year’s Academy Awards to reject the “Israel propaganda trip” valued at over $50,000 that is included in this year’s “swag bags” Palestinian human rights activists are calling on Oscar nominees not to accept travel vouchers supplied by the Israeli government as part of the gift bag that…

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Wheaton church buys equipment for Nazareth hospitals

February 10, 2016 rayhanania 1 Comment

First Presbyterian Church of Wheaton IL funds vital medical equipment for two hospitals in Nazareth, state of Israel Abraham’s Children, a 20-year mission of the First Presbyterian Church of Wheaton, sponsored seven events in three states during October 2015, in order to fund the shipment of 40 foot containers of equipment to Nazareth Hospital and…

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Appeal from Jewish Voice for Peace

January 28, 2016April 13, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Jewish Voice for Peace takes on bias in the United Auto Workers (UAW) and other unions that have turned their backs on human rights By Karen Ackerman I was the Political Director of the AFL-CIO (the largest federation of unions in the U.S.) for 8 years. But long-before I worked for the AFL-CIO, one of my…

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Nothing Holy about the Holy Land

January 28, 2016January 28, 2016 rayhanania No Comments

There is nothing Holy about the Holy Land. Israel complains a lot about Palestinians, but rarely does a self-evaluation that might expose its own hypocrisies on things like normalization, hate and hypocrisy. If it did, and corrected things, we might have a genuine peace By Ray Hanania Much is criticized by Israelis about how Arabs…

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Israel forces Gaza Palestinians into cold

January 26, 2016September 24, 2018 Mohammed Asad No Comments

Israel controls the electricity and gas supplies to the Gaza Strip and imposes a harsh embargo on the nearly 2 million Palestinians living in the coastal strip near the Sinai Desert. But Palestinians are finding creative ways to get around Israel’s oppression, especially in fighting the cold Winter weather By Mohammed Asad Israel controls the…

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Palestinian Journalist Dying in Israeli Gulag

January 26, 2016January 26, 2016 rayhanania No Comments

In Bad Waters — Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qiq is dying in an Israeli Gulag. He is one of many thousands of Palestinians suffering in the Israeli prison system By Dezeray Lyn Muhammad al-Qiq is starving to death. He is unconscious. He hasn’t taken a meal in over 60 days. He is 33. He is a journalist. He has been placed on ‘administrative detention’…

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Lydda Roman mosaic showcased in Miami

January 25, 2016August 20, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Ancient Roman mosaic from Lydda (Lod) to be showcased at Miami’ Frost Art Museum between Feb. 10 and May 15, 2016. “Predators and Prey” a Roman Mosaic from Lydda (Lod), Israel Visitors to Miami this winter travel season have a chance to meet a true “Roman Rock Star” up close in the magnificent Lydda (Lod) Mosaic, a 3rd-century CE Roman Mosaic from…

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Survey says most Israeli Arabs feel discrimination

January 25, 2016January 25, 2016 rayhanania No Comments

Study shows overwhelming majority of Israeli Arab citizens believe they are victims of discrimination. The survey by the Israeli International Fellowship of Christians and Jews also shows that Israeli Arab citizens believe that if they were treated more fairly, they would be more involved in Israeli society A recently conducted survey of Israel’s Arab citizens shows that an…

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Storms, floods slam Gaza Strip

January 24, 2016January 24, 2016 Mohammed Asad No Comments

Storms slammed the Gaza Strip this week causing some flooding and forcing residents to seek shelter By Mohammed Asad Storms slammed the Gaza Strip this week causing some flooding and forcing residents to seek shelter A storm hits the Gaza Strip in Palestine. The photos show civilians seeking shelter, talking about gas, electricity shortages in theirs homes….

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Radio podcast: Obama, Nikki Haley and Donald Trump

January 14, 2016September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Ray Hanania joins Bentley “Bawb” Patterson on Patterson’s weekly radio show on Yalaha Voice to discuss reaction to the news that Al Jazeera American (AJAM) will be closed in April, and to the State of the Union speech by President Barack Obama and the Republican reaction by South Carolina Governor Nikki R. Halley Columnist and…

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Israeli terrorists kill civilians in Gaza Strip

January 13, 2016September 29, 2018 Mohammed Asad No Comments

Israel fired missiles and shelled civilian areas of the Gaza Strip in another terrorist assault. The Israeli government has continued to terrorize civilians in the Gaza Strip hoping to force them to leave the region. It’s a part of Israel’s strategy to steal the land and force the non-Jews to leave Photos by Mohammed Asad GAZA…

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Who is Nikki Haley who bashed Obama, praised Israel?

January 13, 2016September 29, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Who is Nikki Haley who bashed Obama, praised Israel? Nikki Haley surfaced out of nowhere this week offering the nine minute rebuttal to the State of the Union speech by President Barack Obama. She was described as “Indian-America” (from India, not Native America) but she is Sikh and a conservative who opposes fundamental rights for immigrants…

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EU ban on settlement goods a moral necessity

January 12, 2016 rayhanania No Comments

The European Union properly voted to require Israel to correctly label products it produces in the lands it occupied in 1967. The Occupied West Bank and Golan Heights have been populated in violation of international law with armed and violent Jewish settlers on property taken from non-Jews who live under occupation and without fundamental human…

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Christians targeted by Islamic extremists & more

December 31, 2015December 31, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Hillary Clinton complains that Christians are facing genocide at the hands of extremists in the Islamic community, but is silent when it comes to Israeli persecution of Christians By Ray Hanania The Christmas holidays always bring conflict into my life. #‎SaveArabChristians‬ I share the same tribulations most others feel when it comes to Christmas: I’m…

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Palestinian killed by Israelis at Gaza border

December 26, 2015September 29, 2018 Mohammed Asad No Comments

By Mohammed Asad Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces along the border fence with Israel on the eastern outskirts of Gaza City on December 25, 2015. A Palestinian was killed and around 40 were wounded in the clashes that took place at several points along the barrier that separates Israel from the Gaza Strip.

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