Category: Israel

Israeli journalists, IDF twist facts on social media videos

October 15, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Israel’s government wants the world to believe that knife-wielding Palestinians are responsible for the current violence, not Israel’s official policy of “provocative brutality” including the expansion of illegal settlements, the stripping land from non-Jews, and stepped-up detentions, assaults and killings of non-Jews by the IDF. But using cell phones to capture video, Palestinian citizen journalists are…

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Jerusalem Post columnist twists the facts

October 14, 2015January 25, 2016 rayhanania 1 Comment

Lahav Harkov, the Knesset reporter for the Jerusalem Post, took to Twitter to publish lies in response to my criticism of her opinion column, published in the New York Post. By Ray Hanania I have been attacked by a lot of fanatics on both sides of the fence. Arab extremists and Israeli extremists, and rightwing…

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No discussion of Israel or Palestine at Democratic debate

October 14, 2015June 12, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and two other Democrats went at it in a live debate on CNN Tuesday night. But during the more than two hours of discourse, there was only one mention of Israel and nothing about the escalating violence and oppression of Palestinians. What does that all mean about Middle East…

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Where is the “Arab World” when it comes to killings in Palestine?

October 14, 2015October 14, 2015 rayhanania 2 Comments

The Arab World remains conspicuously silent as Israeli soldiers and armed settler terrorists rampage through the Holy Land murdering Palestinian civilians including women and children, and provoking violent anger from the victims that is portrayed as “terrorism.” It’s conspicuous, but it’s not surprising By Ray Hanania As the Palestinian death toll continues to escalate, the…

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Racist Israeli soccer fans in the firing line

October 12, 2015October 12, 2015 James Dorsey No Comments

By James M. Dorsey Israel’s most notorious soccer fan group, La Familia, known for its militant racism against Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims, has put itself in the firing line as Israeli-Palestinian confrontations threaten to spark a third Intifada or popular Palestinian uprising on the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip. Members of La Familia,…

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Chicagoland church raises funds for Nazareth Hospital

October 12, 2015October 12, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Mission of First Presbyterian Church in Wheaton partners to send medical equipment to Nazareth, Israel Hospital to help off-set the imbalance of government run hospitals there Abraham’s Children, a 20-year mission of the First Presbyterian Church in Wheaton, is sponsoring an Oct. 17 visit to Wheaton at 8:30am by Dr. Bishara Bisharat, general director of…

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The Power of Humor in the Palestine-Israel conflict

October 11, 2015October 11, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Ray Hanania presents an overview of the importance of humor and the significance of strategic communications Humor is a powerful form of communications and can be used to help bring tensions down in societies, change perceptions and separate those who really hate from those who appear to hate because they can’t control heir fears, apprehensions an…

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Israel targets and kills women & children in Gaza attacks

October 11, 2015October 11, 2015 Mohammed Asad 6 Comments

Israel is targeting women and children as a strategy to pressure Palestinian protests against their policies of oppression and restrictions on non-Jewish civilians in Occupied Palestine. The death toll of Palestinian civilians, including children, continues to increase By Mohammed Asad At 4 am today (Sunday Oct. 11, 2015), Israel bombed agricultural land in Zeitoun in…

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Israeli snipers kill 6 Palestinians in Gaza

October 10, 2015October 10, 2015 Tarek Masood 5 Comments

6 Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers, 145 injured. Palestinian youth responded to gunfire provocations from Israeli soldiers along the border of the Gaza Strip near Shujaiya on the Palestinian side and south of Sderot, a hotbed of anti-Palestinian hatred, with their only weapon, rocks. By Tarek Masood Palestinians in the Gaza Strip showed solidarity with Palestinians…

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6 dead, 900 injured by Israeli military, settler terrorism

October 9, 2015October 9, 2015 Mohammed Asad No Comments

Israeli military and settlers assault Palestinians, provoking civilians and using live fire to kill non-violent Palestinian protestors. Settler fanatics continue to call for the destruction of Muslim Holy sites throughout Occupied Palestine while Israeli leaders defend the use of excessive violence and fatal force By Mohammed Asad Gaza City (Ma’an News Network) — Six Palestinians were killed…

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Syrian refugees, Alex Odeh focus of Detroit Radio Show

October 9, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania 2 Comments

The plight of Syrian refugees in Germany and the 30 year anniversary of the murder by Israeli extremists of Palestinian American Christian Alex Odeh in Santa Ana, California. Guests include Kelly Hayes-Raita and ADC Midwest Director Fatina Abdrabboh By Ray Hanania The Arab Daily News Radio Show, Friday Oct. 9, 2015 with host Ray Hanania. Hanania…

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Israel and Media to Blame for Increasing Violence

October 8, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

The biased Israeli and mainstream American news media are focused on the tragic murders of Israelis in the recent escalation of violence in Palestine, and are downplaying or ignoring the killing of Palestinians by Israeli terrorists to create the false perception that the conflict is driven by “anti-Semitism,” “hatred of Jews” and by “Arab extremism.”…

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Tarek Masood’s Life in Palestine: The first Winter Days

October 7, 2015October 7, 2015 Tarek Masood No Comments

Tarek Masood’s Life in Palestine: A photographic look at the first Winter Days in Gaza under siege By Tarek Masood A look at the daily life of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. (Tarek Masood is a Gaza photographer who shoots daily life of Palestinians living under siege in the Gaza Strip.)

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Not easy doing humor when the world is so violent

October 6, 2015October 6, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

The Middle East is erupting into more and more violence, and hatred is increasing as racist candidates like Ben Carson and Mike Huackabee are promoting divisions and bigotry. But sometimes, humor is the only way to stay sane. And maybe it can help others By Ray Hanania I entered comedy back in 2001 right after…

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Radio Podcast: Detroit listeners discuss Ben Carson & Syria Refugees

October 2, 2015October 2, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Radio Podcast: Detroit listeners discuss Ben Carson & Syria Refugees By Ray Hanania Listen to the Radio Show using the Radio Player Below. Or click here to go to the Podcast. Listeners in Detroit and Washington DC call in to the live radio show on 690 AM in Detroit and 700 AM in Washington DC to…

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FIFA to rescue of troubled Saudi King Salman

September 29, 2015September 30, 2015 James Dorsey No Comments

By James M. Dorsey Palestine is a headache Saudi King Salman doesn’t need as he confronts rare demands from members of his ruling family that he and his son be removed from power, growing unease about a seven-month old devastating military campaign in Yemen that has caused devastation and mounting civilian casualties, widespread criticism of…

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New Book Release: “An Improbable Friendship”

September 29, 2015September 29, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

“The Secret”: An Improbable Friendship: The Remarkable Lives of Israeli Ruth Dayan and Palestinian Raymonda Tawil and Their 40-Year Peace Mission By Anthony David When Ruth Dayan phoned me up and promised to share a secret with me, I was teaching at Al Quds University in the occupied West Bank. Why would the wife of Moshe Dayan, the…

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Suffer the Children: Israel’s Ripping at the Roots of Palestine

September 28, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Israeli Forces continue to target Palestinian youth in the occupied West Bank. This week, three young martyrs joined the thousands of others whose deaths tell the story of Palestinian resistance to the occupation and theft of Palestine. By Dezeray Lyn Hebron, Occupied Palestine — There are bullet holes in the metal doors siding the exit-passage of checkpoint 56 in the…

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