Category: Palestine & Jordan

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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Abrahamic Reunion at the Golan Heights and #AllLiesMatter @billmaher

February 2, 2016April 13, 2019 USS_Liberty Info 2 Comments

The Abrahamic Reunion joined musician James Twyman for peace in Syria at the border of Israel on Monday. By Eileen Fleming The Abrahamic Reunion is a group of spiritual leaders–Jews, Christians, Muslims, and Druze who have been working together for over a decade promoting inter religious harmony in the Holy Land. On February 1st James Twyman…

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Want Peace: Give Mindful Loving-Kindness a Chance

January 30, 2016January 30, 2016 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Mindful Loving-Kindness reaps peace within and undergirds the curriculum in the social media “Peace Ambassador Training 2.0” course. By Eileen Fleming On 13 January 2016, over 180 global citizens from over twenty countries such as Pakistan, Turkey, Bosnia, Egypt, Bangladesh, Ireland, Germany, Australia and America united in a twelve week “Peace Ambassador Training 2.0” online…

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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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Revolution and Pieces of Peace

January 17, 2016April 29, 2016 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

“The Revolution starts now, when you rise above your fear and tear the walls round you down.”-Steve Earle By Eileen Fleming “Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures” as President John F. Kennedy said. Pieces of Peace include a state of tranquility…

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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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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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Photos: Refugee Beach Camp in the Gaza Strip

January 5, 2016September 29, 2018 Mohammed Asad No Comments

By Mohammed Asad Refugee Beach camp where refugees gathered during the 1948 immigration since the Nakba, which area of 1 sq. Km and a population of 90 000 people in a very high population density. Most of the camp’s residents live in poor life , a number of young people to draw a beautiful initiative…

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Gratitude, Missions, Departures and History’s sake

January 5, 2016January 5, 2016 USS_Liberty Info 3 Comments

With gratitude to YOU for reading this Senior Non-Arab Correspondent for USA’s The Arab Daily News this post serves as my Leave of Absence Notice. By Eileen Fleming When my baby brother James A. Kasmir died by suicide last February, I embarked upon a mission to help end the stigma of mental illness in the…

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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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Recipe: Arabian lamb, egg skillet for breakfast

December 28, 2015December 28, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Long before we had technology to chill food, the early bedouins and family clans in Palestine, Jordan and the Levant including Syria and Lebanon, learned to cook using common sense. Lamb and goat were small animals and turned out to be a great meat source. Cattle would have been wasted. A breakfast was always an…

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