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Protest draws thousands: Bostonians took to the streets stand in solidarity with the people of Palestinian on Monday August 11 and demanded an end to U.S. corporate and government complicity in Israel’s crimes. Led by a coalition of over a dozen local human rights groups, protesters began at Government Center, and then marched to the…
Children with PTSD in Gaza: AIPAC and MLK in USA By Eileen Fleming Exclusive to The Arab Daily News Palestinian health officials report that since Israel’s Operation Protective Edge began on July 8th, more than 1,900 people including at least 450 children have been killed. More than 9,000 civilians including at least 3,000 children…
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Gaza War To Restorative Yoga By Eileen Fleming Exclusive to The Arab Daily News In Thursday’s email, Ray Hanania, the Managing Editor of The Arab Daily News wrote, Yes, the Gaza war was one of the worst I’ve seen in my entire life covering the conflict…I am completely and totally overwhelmed with work and…
By Mike Ghouse We urge our governmental and humanitarian agencies to investigate and establish responsibilities for the death of 1900 civilians in the latest conflict. Through this we hope and pray for de-escalating the growing anti-Semitism and anti-Arab sentiments caused by the brutal but senseless killings in the conflict. Our ultimate goal is security for…
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In final vote before primary election, Amash votes for America over Israel Congress increases American taxpayer debt to assist Israel By Ray Hanania In his last vote Friday before returning to his 3rd Congressional district to face-off against a wild-rhetoric challenger in the Republican Primary this week, U.S. Rep. Justin Amash cast a vote for…
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What does it cost to buy a U.S. Senator? Not much! How about a few of them, say 33? By Ray Hanania What does it cost to buy a United States Senator? You would think it might be an expensive proposition. But it really is not, especially if you happen to be a foreign country with a…
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National Press Club condemns Iran for journalist detention, but is silent on Israel’s killing of journalists By Ray Hanania In a lucid example of the moral bankruptcy and bias of the mainstream American news media, the National Press Club issued a press release this week which condemned the Government of Iran for its detention of a…
Sharon and Hamas: How the Likud Bloc Mid-wifed the Birth of Hamas by Ray Hanania (January 2003) (Click here to view PDF with sourced footnote citations.) Hamas is considered one of Israel’s greatest threats, but the Islamic terrorist organization found its beginnings in the misguided Israeli effort to encourage the rise of a religious alternative that would undermine…
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Israel Broadcast Authority refuses to broadcast names of dead Palestinian children By Ray Hanania Reminiscent of the vicious racist policies of the Apartheid Government of South Africa, the Israeli Broadcast Authority rejected an advertisement that would have read aloud over Israeli radio the names of Palestinian children murdered by Israeli soldiers in their brutal assault…
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Media Twists Facts to Make Israel Look Good in Conflict With Palestinians By Ray Hanania If your only source of news on the conflict between Israel and Palestine is the biased, anti-Arab mainstream American news media, I can understand why you so easily believe that Israel is merely defending itself against rocket attacks from the…
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The Oktoberfest Controversy: Future of Taybeh’s OktoberFest in question By Maria C. Khoury The Taybeh Oktoberfest was the craziest idea anyone could ever have for an event in Palestine. During very harsh conditions of closure behind a separation wall and hundreds of checkpoints all around a little Palestinian village, who can imagine trying to initiate a…
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Tyrant: hate TV series coming this summer reveals more about Hollywood than Arabs and Muslims By Ali Younes The Arab Daily News has uncovered a brewing conflict and war of words involving the executives at FX channel that produces the upcoming TV series Tyrant and its creator Gideon Raff. Ray Hanania, the Managing Editor of…
Gaza-Palestine Photojournalist Focuses on the Children By Eileen Fleming EXCLUSIVE to The Arab Daily News Award winning photojournalist, Mohammed Asad claims his English isn’t “too good” but he can pierce a heart with his camera. The 29-year-old Asad has already placed First in a Disaster Award and competition in Gaza, Third place in a Best Picture…
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Campaign to silence Christians who challenge Arab World discrimination By Ray Hanania Since as long as I have been speaking out for Palestinian rights and against Israeli oppression, I have also been challenging the refusal of the Arab World to address the equally serious issue of extremist Muslim persecution of Christians. HASHTAG ALERT: #FreeMidEastChristians …
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Pro-Israel propaganda keeps Americans stupid when it comes to Israel-Palestine By Ray Hanania I came across a really stupid letter in the Columbia Dispatch newspaper this morning. Letter writer Barbara Doll (“U.S. is inconsistent in reaction to Crimea,” April 8) compared Israel’s presence in Palestine to Russia taking over Crimea. There is no comparison. Assuming…
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Taybeh Christian Palestinians celebrate: Receiving the Holy Fire Once Again By Maria C. Khoury, Ed.D. We have just celebrated the Miracle of the Holy Fire in Taybeh in a most magnificent way at the outskirts of our village approximately 5:30 pm local time on this Great and Holy Saturday while waiting all afternoon when this…
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Cicero Orthodox Church celebrates 20 year anniversary of Miraculous Weeping Icon of the Virgin Mary Weeping Icon symbolizes the suffering of Christians in the Holy Land, Pastor of Church says By Ray Hanania St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Chicago’s west suburb of Cicero will hold a special service on Tuesday April 22 to honor…
Vanunu’s Family Affair and US-Israeli Reality-Check: Nukes and ‘Peace Talks’ By Eileen Fleming Exclusive to The Arab Daily News Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday the U.S. is questioning its role in the Israeli-Palestine peace talks, noting it was “reality-check time” for negotiators from both parties. In the past week, Israel cancelled the…
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