Category: Palestine & Jordan

Post Apartheid South Africa applauds criticism of settlements

December 29, 2016December 29, 2016 rayhanania No Comments

Post Apartheid South Africa applauds criticism of settlements The Government of South Africa, a nation that had been saddled with the world’s greatest racist system of government, Apartheid, for many decades, applauded the passage of a resolution by the UN Security Council condemning Israel’s continued expansion of illegal and racist settlements as obstacles to peace. Many…

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Secretary Kerry’s speech on Middle East peace

December 29, 2016September 25, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

Here are the full text of US Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech regarding failed Middle East peace efforts and Israel’s illegal settlement expansion. The speech was made on Dec. 28, 2016 at The Dean Acheson Auditorium in Washington, DC. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very, very much. Thank you. (Coughs.) Excuse me. Thank…

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UN vote a slap at Netanyahu than defense of peace

December 29, 2016June 12, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

UN vote a slap at Netanyahu than defense of peace Rather than do what she has done repeatedly during the Obama administration UN Ambassador Samantha Power abstained from a critical vote condemning Israel’s racist and illegal Jewish-only settlements. But the vote is irrelevant in the face of America’s do-nothing policies and the do-nothing policies of the Arab…

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Donald Trump, The Sword of Damocles and Hair-Trigger Alerts #TrumpInaugural

December 26, 2016August 20, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

“Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by accident or miscalculation or by madness.” -President John F. Kennedy, 1961 By Eileen Fleming The “sword of Damocles” is an ancient parable and the modern expression of impending doom…

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UN denounces illegal Israeli settlements

December 23, 2016February 10, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

UN denounces illegal Israeli settlements UN chief welcomes Security Council resolution on Israeli settlements as ‘significant step’ United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the adoption of a Security Council resolution which states that the establishment of Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, have “no legal validity,” constitute a “flagrant violation” under international…

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America’s empty “happy talk” on Palestine coming to an end

December 23, 2016June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

America’s empty “happy talk” on Palestine coming to an end President-Elect Donald Trump’s actions which critics claim favor Israel in fact have the potential of awakening the sleeping giant of the Arab and Muslim World. His appointment of extremist David Freidman as US Ambassador to Israel and his vow to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv…

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New attack by US Attorney on Rasmea Odeh

December 23, 2016December 23, 2016 rayhanania 1 Comment

New attack by US Attorney on Rasmea Odeh U.S. Attorney extends political attack on Rasmea, brings new indictment against the Palestinian American Today, U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade announced that a grand jury she had empaneled returned a new, superseding indictment against Rasmea Odeh for unlawful procurement of naturalization. This new indictment, just four weeks before…

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Pioneering Middle East Magazine publisher dies

December 21, 2016June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Pioneering Middle East Magazine publisher dies One of the most influential journalists who contributed enormously to the understanding of the true facts and issues of the Middle East and the Palestine conflict, passed away this week. Ambassador Andrew Ivy Killgore, a veteran American diplomat moved by the injustices he witnessed to publish the Washington Report on…

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Prominent Muslim group slams Friedman nomination

December 21, 2016December 21, 2016 rayhanania 1 Comment

Prominent Muslim group slams Friedman nomination The American Muslims for Palestine slammed the nomination of David Friedman as US Ambassador to Israel, saying it is “wrong for America” President Elect Donald Trump’s nomination of David Friedman is not only short-sighted and potentially destabilizing, it undermines the United States’ self-proclaimed standing among its global partners as…

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Arab, European diplomats affirm Israeli settlements as illegal

December 21, 2016December 21, 2016 rayhanania No Comments

Arab, European diplomats affirm Israeli settlements as illegal Declaration adopted at the Fourth League of Arab States – European Union Ministerial Meeting in Brussels The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the European Union (EU) and of the League of Arab States (LAS), gathering at the League of Arab States headquarters on December 20, 2016 in Cairo,…

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Mordechai Vanunu Newstip Declined by #NYT #BreakingNews #Israel #Nuclear #WhistleBlower #Vanunu

December 21, 2016October 13, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

UPDATE: On January 18 Israel convicts Vanunu on 1 nonsense charge and not guilty on two UPDATE: On Sunday 15 Jan. Vanunu wrote at Facebook: Latest update with my new trial,on Jan’ 18,2017.I will be in israel court,peace court,in the Russians compound, jerusalem, at 9:30* .This Wednesday, the judge will give us his verdict of the…

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Jane Fonda: Actress, Activist and Muse #StandingRock #Palestine #Gaza #Vietnam #BabyBoomer #health #spirituality

December 16, 2016September 25, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Jane Fonda turns 79 years young this December 21 By Eileen Fleming Jane Fonda is the muse-meaning source of inspiration for this article but she began to inspire this American baby-boomer in 1971. I was a junior in high school when Jane Fonda starred in “KLUTE” and inspired me to cut my waist length hair…

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Israel’s Arabs remain key to peace

December 15, 2016December 15, 2016 rayhanania No Comments

Israel’s Arabs remain key to peace @Arab_News The Pen is Mightier than the sword, for Israel, but the vote is Mightier than the Pen for Israel’s oppressed Arab Palestinian citizens. Arabs in Israel can vote, strengthen their population and change Israel’s increasingly apartheid-like racism from the inside. Published in the Arab News Thursday Dec. 15, 2016….

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CPJ: Record 259 journalists jailed around the world

December 13, 2016January 9, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

CPJ: Record 259 journalists jailed around the world A total of 259 journalists are currently in jails in 31 countries, including 53 jailed in the Middle East. The report from the Committee to Protect Journalists notes that Turkey has the largest number of jailed journalists, 81, followed by China, with 38. Despite political criticism of Russia, that…

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Gaza life in photographs, Stamp collectors gather

December 12, 2016December 12, 2016 Mohammed Asad No Comments

Gaza life in photographs, Stamp collectors gather Gaza Life in Photos, Strawberry harvest begins Veteran Gaza photographer and war correspondent Mohammed Asad offers an array of photographs that present the daily life of the people of Gaza Strip. The Palestinians in Gaza live under a brutal and oppressive economic embargo imposed by Israel and are constantly…

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Gaza Life in Photos, strawberry harvest begins

December 12, 2016 Mohammed Asad 1 Comment

Gaza Life in Photos, Strawberry harvest begins Veteran Gaza photographer and war correspondent Mohammed Asad offers an array of photographs that present the daily life of the people of Gaza Strip. The Palestinians in Gaza live under a brutal and oppressive economic embargo imposed by Israel and are constantly under attack from Israeli terrorists and military violence….

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Rabbi Hoffman’s ‘Mordechai Vanunu: Nuclear Whistleblower, Traitor, Apostate’ and The TRUTH

December 9, 2016August 20, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Rabbi is defined as a Jewish scholar or teacher. By Eileen Fleming Rabbi Evan Hoffman’s lecture Mordechai Vanunu: Nuclear Whistleblower, Traitor, Apostate streaming at The Marcos and Adina Katz YUTotah Online site is NOT scholarly; But it is a slanderous screed of Vanunu rife with erroneous historical facts. The YU Torah Online site is paid…

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American Arabs share in 75th Pearl Harbor remembrance

December 7, 2016June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

American Arabs share in 75th Pearl Harbor remembrance Millions of American Arabs have much to be proud of as the United States commemorates the 75th anniversary of the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 which pushed America into World War II. More than 15,000 American Arabs served during that war and represented a consistent stream…

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