Category: Palestine & Jordan

American Arab leader urges Israeli Arabs to vote

January 5, 2015January 5, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

By Ray Hanania View image | gettyimages.com Ziad Asali, the President of the American Task Force on Palestine, the nation’s most influential pro-Palestinian lobbying group in the United States, called it imperative that Israel’s Arab civilians participate and not boycott the next Israeli elections which are scheduled for March 17. Asali said that those who urge a…

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Facebook Breaks the News on Mordechai Vanunu

January 3, 2015August 20, 2019 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

By Eileen Fleming On Saturday Mordechai Vanunu’s attorney Michael Sfard wrote on his Facebook Wall regarding Israel’s Nuclear Whistleblower’s latest petition for his right to leave Israel: 11 year after Mordechai Vaanunu was released from prison but placed in an administrative cell made of limitation orders barring him from communications with non-Israelis, the State…

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AIPAC Commends Obama’s Failure to Recognize Palestine’s Rights

January 2, 2015September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info 2 Comments

By Eileen Fleming AIPAC praises failure of UN resolution to recognize Palestine as a state, an effort by Palestinians to kickstart the peace process killed by Netanyahu’s extremist government On December 19, President Obama signed bills to bolster the ‘special relationship’ with Israel, support Syrian rebels, to disrupt Native American land rights, and to protect…

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Santa Claus visits homeless in destroyed Gaza city

December 31, 2014December 31, 2014 Mohammed Asad No Comments

By Mohammed Asad Santa Claus walking around New Year’s Eve among destroyed houses in Shujaiya (Shu’jaiyya, Shejaiya, Shuja’iya) in the Gaza Strip to draw a smile on the faces of the children in the face of the world’s silence on the destruction of thousands of homes in the Gaza Strip by Israel’s military last August (2104). The secular symbol…

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A virtual visit to the birthplace of Christianity, Bethlehem

December 30, 2014April 13, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

By Ray Hanania As a Christian, no city in the world means more to me than the “Little Town of Bethlehem.” I write about it often, mainly to remind American Christians — many of whom have forgotten the roots of their faith and therefore the spirit of their Christianity — that Bethlehem is a real…

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Breathing in a new life in 2015 and Exhaling 2014 with a Deep Sigh

December 29, 2014September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

By Eileen Fleming The first thing we take in life is a breath and the last thing we give up is a breath. But unlike any other function of the body, breathing relies equally on the voluntary and involuntary nervous systems. In the West, most of us never focus on even one of the 20,000…

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O Little Town of Who Cares?

December 28, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

By Ray Hanania Every Christmas, I always hear the same conflicting arguments. On the one hand, people tell me, “Stop saying ‘Happy Holidays.’ It’s ‘Merry Christmas’. If you don’t like it, move.” The point being that they presumably are proud of being Christian. And, since Christmas is a Christian holiday, they want people to acknowledge…

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ISIS will not negotiate with Jordan to free captured pilot.

December 25, 2014December 26, 2014 Ali Younes No Comments

By Ali Younes According to New York attorney Stanley Cohen, the Islamic State or ISIS will not be interested in negotiating with the Jordanian government to free its captured Jordanian pilot. Not any time soon at least. This is because, he argues, the way Jordan handled the negotiations to save American aid worker Peter Kassig. Jordanian…

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Gaza students call for speedier repair and rebuilding of schools

December 23, 2014December 23, 2014 Mohammed Asad No Comments

By Mohammed Asad Students in the Gaza Strip held protests this week to urge a speedier repair and rebuilding of the dozens of schools that were destroyed by Israel’s military this past summer during its assault on the civilian population. More than 2,200 people were killed with more than 90 percent civilians, including about 500 children,…

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Israel’s Wall in the Little Town of Bethlehem

December 18, 2014October 9, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

By Eileen Fleming Banksy, the graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter depicts 21st century Bethlehem reality onto holiday greeting cards and informational cards with this message: Towering walls and militarized fences now encircle Bethlehem, turning the 4,000-year-old city into a virtual prison for its Palestinian Christian and Muslim citizens. Bethlehem has…

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Exclusive: Hamas leader Meshaal: Israel risks religious war over Jerusalem

December 17, 2014December 18, 2014 Ali Younes No Comments

By Ali Younes For Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, this year was an emotional roller coaster that had the potential to destroy his fledgling and increasingly powerful organization or make it even more powerful and relevant than ever before. Speaking to chairman of Hamas political Bureau in the Qatari capital, Doha last week on wide range…

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Podcast: Larry Derfner of 972Mag.com on Israeli elections

December 9, 2014August 20, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

12-05-14 Larry Derfner 972mag.com on Israeli elections 972mag.com political writer Larry Derfner discusses the upcoming Israeli elections which will be held on March 17 following the collapse of the ruling coalition of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Derfner argues that Netanyahu’s Likud colleague Moshe Kahlon who is a slightly conservative centrist, could help redirect Israel from…

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Israeli Spies and YouTube Gift from Vanunu Mordechai

December 8, 2014August 20, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

By Eileen Fleming After nearly a year of silence, Israel’s Nuclear Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, ‘spoke’ on Wednesday through the uploading of Freedom Now First at his YouTube Channel. Vanunu adds no description, explanation or translation to the nine-minute Israeli TV report which aired on 23 May 2010, just prior to Vanunu returning to 78 days…

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Rock Stars produce benefit album for Gaza Relief

December 4, 2014December 4, 2014 rayhanania 1 Comment

Grammy®-Winning Artists, Rock Stars and composers join forces in first US-Produced benefit album for Gaza Relief 2 Unite All Proceeds will fund medical, psychological support in Middle East A diverse group of famed musicians including Peter Gabriel, The Police’s Stewart Copeland, Rick Allen of Def Leppard, System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian and Grammy® Award-winning…

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UN Resolution Israel Must Renounce Nuclear Arms and USA Media remains MIA

December 4, 2014August 20, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

By Eileen Fleming On Tuesday, ABC NEWS filed the AP Report UN Resolution: Israel Must Renounce Nuclear Arms: The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved an Arab-backed resolution calling on Israel to renounce possession of nuclear weapons and put its nuclear facilities under international oversight. The resolution, adopted in a 161-5 vote, noted that Israel is…

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Houston BDS targets RE/MAX for supporting illegal settlements

December 3, 2014August 20, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

By Ray Hanania Activists with BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanction) in Houston, Texas are planning a major protest to highlight the involvement of RE/MAX Realty in renting and marketing properties located in the illegal Israeli settlements located on occupied lands. Israeli settlements are racist in that they are built to only house Jews, while non-Jews including…

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Israel Provoking Violence as a Political Weapon

December 1, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

By Ray Hanania There is absolutely no justification for terrorism. And the terrorist attacks committed recently in Jerusalem — all of them by Israelis and by Palestinians — should be denounced. But unfortunately, that is not the case. The only terrorism being denounced are attacks by Palestinians against Israelis, including the recent killing of Jewish…

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Taybeh Continues to be the Light

December 1, 2014December 1, 2014 Maria Khoury No Comments

By Maria C. Khoury, Ed. D. As I woke up to heavy rain and severe wind storms in one of the highest mountain regions in Palestine, I gave glory to God to be alive for another day and continue to keep my hope that all people of this region will learn to love humanity. The…

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