Category: Palestine & Jordan

Coalition claims victory over Silverstein anti-Arab hate legislation

April 2, 2014June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Coalition claims victory over Silverstein anti-Arab hate legislation State Senate Committee rejects Silverstein bill to censor American critics of foreign country April 2, 2014, Chicago – Yesterday afternoon, the Senate Judiciary Committee of the Illinois Senate rejected Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 59, proposed by Senator Ira Silverstein (D-Chicago), that urged Illinois university and college presidents…

Activism, American Arabs, Palestine & Jordan, Press Releases

Jordan King Abdullah II urges building on privatization review panel findings

April 2, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Jordan King Abdullah II urges building on privatization review panel findings AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday stressed the importance of building on the outcome of the Privatisation Evaluation Committee (PEC) report by utilising its results in drawing up economic strategies, and boosting the partnership between the public and the private sectors. During…

Arab World, News, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania

Contrast between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian activism

April 1, 2014August 20, 2019 rayhanania 2 Comments

Contrast between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian activism By Ray Hanania It is amazing to watch the activists on both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Clearly, the pro-Israel activists have their act together while the pro-Palestinian groups martyr themselves as an excuse for failure. During the past few months, pro-Israel lobbyists and PACs, including the villainous AIPAC,…

Activism, American Arabs, Bloggers, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania

Free Pollard, Free Vanunu and Reevaluate Allies

April 1, 2014August 20, 2019 USS_Liberty Info 3 Comments

Free Pollard, Free Vanunu and Reevaluate Allies By Eileen Fleming The New York Times reported that Jonathon J. Pollard’s release could be part of a deal that includes “the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, including citizens of Israel, and a partial freeze on construction in West Bank settlements.” Officials involved in the Israeli-Palestinian “peace…

Bloggers, Eileen Fleming, Palestine & Jordan

Press Release: Palestinians & Israelis Take Matters into Their Own Hands

March 31, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Palestinians & Israelis Take Matters into Their Own Hands Israeli – Palestinian Public Negotiating Congress in Almog Junction April 10-11, 2014 The Israeli and Palestinian leaderships apparently do not have a working strategy to cope with their conflict. So, the time has come for the two peoples to take matters into their own hands! On April…

Activism, Palestine & Jordan, Press Releases

Baby son who slain Judge Raed Zeiter tried to help dies in Amman hospital

March 30, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Baby son who slain Judge Raed Zeiter tried to help dies in Amman hospital By Ali Younes Alaedinne Zeiter, the 5-year-old comatose son of Jordan’s magistrate judge who was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers on March 10, Raed Zeiter, was pronounced dead in a Jordanian hospital in Amman from brain injuries that he suffered few weeks before…

Ali Younes, Arab World, News, Palestine & Jordan

Saudi denial of visa for Israeli journalist not the real issue

March 29, 2014August 20, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Saudi denial of visa for Israeli journalist not the real issue By Ray Hanania (Creators Syndicate, March 28, 2014. Click here to read the Arabic version of this column) This week, the mainstream American news media went berserk when it was disclosed that the Washington Bureau chief of the Israeli Jerusalem Post was denied an…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, News Media, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania

Palestinian Land Day and West Bank Oil

March 26, 2014August 20, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Palestinian Land Day and West Bank Oil By Eileen Fleming Exclusive to the Arab Daily News LAND DAY commemorates the killing of six Palestinians, wounding of 96 and arrests of 300 on 30 March 1976, when Israeli forces reacted with violence to a spontaneous peaceful demonstration by Palestinians over the confiscation of 5,500 acres…

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Israel: “ We never apologized to the Jordanians”

March 26, 2014September 24, 2018 Ali Younes No Comments

Israel: “ We never apologized to the Jordanians” Jordanian officials: “ Whatever the Israelis said, we considered it an apology” By Ali Younes In the aftermath of the murder of judge Raed Zeiter on March 10, Jordanians reacted with angry protests demonstrations against their government’s reaction which was described by protesters as “ cowardice” ,…

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Did Islamic terrorists crash the Malaysian plane MH370?

March 25, 2014April 13, 2019 Ali Younes 1 Comment

Did Islamic terrorists crash the Malaysian plane MH370? By Ali Younes and Sadallah Mahmoud The answer to that question in the minds of many, is Yes. But now that the mysterious disappearance of Malaysian Airlines MH370 is declared resolved after search efforts have found evidence of wreckage debris in the southern Indian ocean, the real…

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End the Silencing of Mordechai Vanunu and Israel’s Nuclear Deceptions

March 25, 2014September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info 2 Comments

End the Silencing of Mordechai Vanunu and Israel’s Nuclear Deceptions By Eileen Fleming Exclusive to The Arab Daily News The current restrictions that deny Israel’s Nuclear Whistle Blower, Mordechai Vanunu his RIGHT to leave Israel expire May 18, 2014. However, this April 21st marks ten years to the day Vanunu emerged from 18 years…

Bloggers, Eileen Fleming, Palestine & Jordan

Remember the USS Liberty’s MD in honor of National Dr. Day 2014

March 23, 2014September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Remember the USS Liberty’s MD in honor of National Dr. Day By Eileen Fleming Exclusive to The Arab Daily News In 1990, an act of Congress established every March 30th to be National Dr. Day; to recognize physicians, their work, and their contributions to society and the community. One reason, I ran for US HOUSE…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Eileen Fleming, Palestine & Jordan

Silverstein bill to censor critics of foreign country stymied in Illinois Senate

March 21, 2014April 13, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Silverstein bill to censor critics of foreign country stymied in Illinois Senate By Ray Hanania Senate Bill 3017, introduced by State Sen. Ira Silverstein to protect Israel from American citizens expressing their constitutional rights to criticize a foreign country, failed to be called for a vote last week, suggesting that it might dies, opponents of…

American Arabs, News, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania

Facebook Memorial Page set up for Justice for Raed Zeiter

March 21, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania 3 Comments

Facebook Memorial Page set up for Justice for Raed Zeiter By Ray Hanania A memorial page honoring Raed Zeiter, the Jordanian Judge who was murdered by Israeli soldiers on March 20, 2014 at the King Hussein/Allenby Bridge crossing between Jordan and the Israeli Occupied West Ban of Palestine, has been created to put pressure on…

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Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese leaders lament death of Metropolitan Philip Saliba

March 20, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese leaders lament death of Metropolitan Philip Saliba Funeral plans detailed Please, read the following urgent message from His Beautitude Patriarch JOHN X and the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese in North America regarding the falling asleep of His Eminence Metropolitan PHILIP. It includes special info, as well as funeral services and viewing info. There are 3 important…

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Loyola University group votes to divest from companies supporting illegal Israeli occupation

March 20, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Loyola University group votes to divest from companies supporting illegal Israeli occupation By Ray Hanania In the face of growing legislation that would punish any company, school or organization that “boycotts” Israel, Loyola University became the first Jesuit University to approve a resolution to divest from any business that profits from the illegal and oppressive…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, News, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania

USS Liberty: 47 Years of Lies

March 20, 2014September 24, 2018 Joe Meadors 2 Comments

USS Liberty: 47 Years of Lies By James Ennes SINCE JUNE 8, 1967, when Israeli air and naval forces deliberately attacked the American intelligence ship USS Liberty, Israel and its American supporters have lied about what happened. The facts are simple and straightforward. Israeli forces reconnoitered the ship for hours in daylight with unlimited visibility,…

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Conflicting Israeli and Jordanian statements on murder of Judge Raed Zeiter

March 19, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania 3 Comments

Conflicting Israeli and Jordanian statements on murder of Judge Raed Zeiter By Ray Hanania The growing controversy over the March 10, 2014 murder of Jordanian Judge Raed Zeiter has put added pressure on the government of Jordan and Israel to conduct a complete and transparent investigation into the shooting. The Israelis maintain video surveillance of…

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