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Rachel Corrie Foundation hosts Olympia Washington ArabFest Oct 5 – 30, 2020 Month long virtual online festival will begin October 5 through Oct. 30 with new events each day from 8 AM until 5 PM. Check out their website at https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/ Since 2012, the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice has provided a biennial…
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Clinical psychologist Ilan Diamant, never met Israel’s nuclear whistleblower but his opinions regarding Vanunu reminded this American -who has met and interviewed Vanunu- of the Expert Opinion of Charles Barnaby in the Matter of Mordechai Vanunu By Eileen Fleming The Guardian’s obituary of Frank Charles Barnaby reported the nuclear weapons scientist died on the first of…
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Live Arab Radio with Ray Hanania Sept 18, 2020 #ArabRadioLive #Detroit #UAE #Bahrain #Israel, #WNZKAM690 @RealDonaldTrump discussing the failure of the Palestinian leadership and activists. Facebook broadcast Click here to watch the Facebook broadcast of the live radio show from WNZK AM 690 Detroit. Friday Sept. 18, 2020 through US Arab Radio (8 to 9…
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Analysis of the Abraham Accords, UAE, Bahrain and Israel By Ray Hanania In what seemed like a re-enactment of ceremonies that have come before, nearly 1,000 people gathered on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday to watch Arab and Israeli leaders sign landmark normalization accords. In addition to the promise of a…
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World Jewish Congress leader Ronald Lauder predicts peace will spread to Palestinians By Ray Hanania #RonaldSLauder, president of the #WorldJewishCongress #WJC tells @ArabNews #AbrahamAccords between #UAE, #Israel and #Bahrain will open a new path that will achieve #peace not only between Arabs and Jews, but Israelis and Palestinians too. Click here to read the column in the Arab News Newspaper.
UAE-Israel accord creates ‘new environment’ for Mideast peace: Official By Ray Hanania The historic accord between the UAE and Israel, which will be signed this week at the White House, will create a “new environment” to achieve peace, the director of policy planning at the Emirati Foreign Ministry told Arab News on Monday. The UAE…
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Hanania column: Rejection is not a strategy that works for Palestinians “The Palestinians have been fighting a losing war for more than 70 years, one that spans several generations and has obscured the historical facts in contested public deliberation. “Palestinian refusal to recognize their failures, or pursue an alternative strategic plan other than rejection, has…
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Dr. Hanan Ashrawi: World must intervene to stop Israeli plunder of Palestinian archeological sites The Israeli occupation authorities’ decision to confiscate Deir Samaan and Dei Qal’a, two important archeological sites in the Salfit area, is an act of looting and cultural appropriation. It is the final step in a gradual yet deliberate scheme that has…
Good Shepherd Collective needs your help to fight Annexation, Demolitions, and more URGENT CALL-TO-ACTION. Webinar Sept. 5 addresses how Jewish National Fund engaged in the displacement of Palestinians from their homes and the confiscation of their lands. With all eyes on the United States’ presidential election, the Israeli settler movement has been inciting violence, ransacking Palestinian…
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Donald Trump and Joe Biden will commemorate the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in rural Pennsylvania where one of the hijacked planes crashed in a field. The following is this American’s commemoration of 11 September 2001. By Eileen Fleming “United we stand, divided we fall” is a phrase used to inspire unity and collaboration of individuals…
Debate on Annexation doesn’t stop violence against Palestinians The decision by the United Arab Emirates to “normalize” relations with Israel is a one-sided gesture that only pauses but does not stop the larger “annexation” moves by Israel. Worse is the UAE effort also doesn’t stop the violence and the daily forms of annexation that take…
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Ray Hanania rips through the news on his Radio Show Radio Host Ray Hanania talks to listeners on his Detroit radio show “The Arab street” on Friday August 14, 2020 discussing the Beirut explosion, the “differences” between President Trump and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and the Israeli occupation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)…
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Israel’s High Court of Justice Cancels Punitive Home Demolition The Court accepts petition filed by human rights organization HaMoked on behalf of eleven members of the Abu Bakr family from the town of Yaabed In a majority opinion issued today, Israel’s High Court of Justice cancelled an Israeli military order for a punitive home demolition…
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On 8 June 1967, thirty four Americans were killed, 174 wounded and scarred for life because the USA Government failed to support the USS Liberty troops while Israel was attacking them with bombs, bullets, and torpedoes; and continues to disrespect the Liberty troops request to speak to the American people during an open Congressional hearing….
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Documentary on civil rights champion Lea Tsemel premieres July 27 Advocate, a new documentary that features the principle struggles of Israeli attorney Lea Tsemel fighting for the rights of Palestinians, will premiere this week on Point of View on PBS. Many believe it has a shot at an Oscar in the Documentary category A political…
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Podcast: Ray Hanania looks at the challenges facing Arab Americans The Problem with the Arab American Community: Award winning journalist and communicator Ray Hanania talks about how the Arab American community can overcome the self-imposed failings to become successful. Many Arab Americans live here physically but are “mentally” still back home Podcast, July 21, 2020, Volume III,…
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Jones comes out swinging against Tlaib in 13th District race (Radio Podcast) Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones, who served a brief five week term representing the 13th Congressional District in Michigan, discusses her rematch with Rashida Tlaib who won the full 13th District Congressional term in 2018. The next Democratic Primary is August 4,…
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CAIR Applauds Sen. Van Hollen’s Amendment Barring Use of Israel Aid for Illegal Annexation CAIR Action Alert: Urge Your State’s Senators to Oppose Israel’s Planned Illegal Annexation The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today applauded U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) – and the 12 other leading…