Category: Ray Hanania

15,000 Chicago protestors demand end to Israeli occupation

October 18, 2015October 19, 2015 rayhanania 23 Comments

An estimated 15,000 people marched demanding that Israel end its brutal military attacks against Palestinians, blasting the mainstream news media for its one-sided, pro-Israel coverage and downplaying the Israeli killing of Palestinians while emphasizing Palestinian killings of Israelis By Ray Hanania Nearly 15,000 people protesting Israeli violence against Palestinian civilians and the failure of the news media…

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Israeli journalists, IDF twist facts on social media videos

October 15, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Israel’s government wants the world to believe that knife-wielding Palestinians are responsible for the current violence, not Israel’s official policy of “provocative brutality” including the expansion of illegal settlements, the stripping land from non-Jews, and stepped-up detentions, assaults and killings of non-Jews by the IDF. But using cell phones to capture video, Palestinian citizen journalists are…

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Jerusalem Post columnist twists the facts

October 14, 2015January 25, 2016 rayhanania 1 Comment

Lahav Harkov, the Knesset reporter for the Jerusalem Post, took to Twitter to publish lies in response to my criticism of her opinion column, published in the New York Post. By Ray Hanania I have been attacked by a lot of fanatics on both sides of the fence. Arab extremists and Israeli extremists, and rightwing…

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No discussion of Israel or Palestine at Democratic debate

October 14, 2015June 12, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and two other Democrats went at it in a live debate on CNN Tuesday night. But during the more than two hours of discourse, there was only one mention of Israel and nothing about the escalating violence and oppression of Palestinians. What does that all mean about Middle East…

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Where is the “Arab World” when it comes to killings in Palestine?

October 14, 2015October 14, 2015 rayhanania 2 Comments

The Arab World remains conspicuously silent as Israeli soldiers and armed settler terrorists rampage through the Holy Land murdering Palestinian civilians including women and children, and provoking violent anger from the victims that is portrayed as “terrorism.” It’s conspicuous, but it’s not surprising By Ray Hanania As the Palestinian death toll continues to escalate, the…

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The Power of Humor in the Palestine-Israel conflict

October 11, 2015October 11, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Ray Hanania presents an overview of the importance of humor and the significance of strategic communications Humor is a powerful form of communications and can be used to help bring tensions down in societies, change perceptions and separate those who really hate from those who appear to hate because they can’t control heir fears, apprehensions an…

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Syrian refugees, Alex Odeh focus of Detroit Radio Show

October 9, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania 2 Comments

The plight of Syrian refugees in Germany and the 30 year anniversary of the murder by Israeli extremists of Palestinian American Christian Alex Odeh in Santa Ana, California. Guests include Kelly Hayes-Raita and ADC Midwest Director Fatina Abdrabboh By Ray Hanania The Arab Daily News Radio Show, Friday Oct. 9, 2015 with host Ray Hanania. Hanania…

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Israel and Media to Blame for Increasing Violence

October 8, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

The biased Israeli and mainstream American news media are focused on the tragic murders of Israelis in the recent escalation of violence in Palestine, and are downplaying or ignoring the killing of Palestinians by Israeli terrorists to create the false perception that the conflict is driven by “anti-Semitism,” “hatred of Jews” and by “Arab extremism.”…

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Not easy doing humor when the world is so violent

October 6, 2015October 6, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

The Middle East is erupting into more and more violence, and hatred is increasing as racist candidates like Ben Carson and Mike Huackabee are promoting divisions and bigotry. But sometimes, humor is the only way to stay sane. And maybe it can help others By Ray Hanania I entered comedy back in 2001 right after…

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Israeli journalist reports on challenges of Syrian refugees

October 2, 2015October 2, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Plight of Syrian refugees traveling through Europe documented in video by Israeli journalist Seth Frantzman By Ray Hanania Israeli journalist and writer Seth J. Frantzman has produced an insightful video documentary on the challenges of the plight of Syrian refugees called “The Human Face of the European Union Refugee Crisis.” The documentary is a collection…

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Chicagoland Muslims reject criticism from Carson, Trump at Eid gathering

September 28, 2015September 28, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Thousands of Muslims gathered at Toyota Park in suburban Chicagoland to celebrate the Eid al -Udha, Feast of the Sacrifice and listened as statewide leaders denounced anti-Muslim and anti-Arab racism by presidential candidates including Donald Trump and Ben Carson By Ray Hanania Bridgeview, Illinois – More than 14,000 Muslims at a suburban Chicago stadium Thursday…

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Why the failure of the Census to include Arabs is important

September 22, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Trying to collect accurate information on Arabs and Muslims in America is very difficult. And there is a reason for it. When a government can suppress accurate information on the demographics of a community, the government can control and suppress that community. That’s why it is so important to get the U.S. Census to change its…

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Popular Republican Ben Carson says a Muslim should not be president

September 20, 2015September 20, 2015 rayhanania 2 Comments

So many people have been bashing Donald Trump for failing to challenge a supporter who said that President Obama is a Muslim, while praising the remarkable story of rival candidate Ben Carson, the African American doctor who was the focus of the 2009 movie about his “inspiring” life, “Gifted Hands” and portrayed by actor Cuba Gooding Jr. But it…

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Hypocrisy on Obama being a Muslim, and anti-Arab racism

September 18, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

Donald Trump is being attacked for not correcting a supporter who claims President Obama is a Muslim. But very few Republican candidates or many in the mainstream American news media have demanded the same of other candidates. Trump may not be John McCain, but he is no different than most of the Republicans running for president. So why only attack…

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The violence by Israel’s soldiers and settler terrorists

September 16, 2015June 12, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

Israel has recruited its soldiers, armed settlers and biased news media to defend its oppression of Palestinian civilians in the Occupied West Bank of Palestine. The Israelis enter areas, take lands and resources like water wells and destroy Palestinian buildings, and give the assets to the armed settler fanatics. And they wonder why Palestinians throw stones…

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Detroit radio listeners on Sterling Heights Mosque fight

September 11, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Radio listeners in Detroit and Washington DC discuss a wide range of issues from the opposition of Chaldean Christians from the Middle East and mosque fight in Sterling Heights, to the commemoration of the 14th Anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Listeners also sound off on the plight of Syrian Refugees and Israel’s refusal…

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Israel, one of the only countries refusing to help Syrian refugees

September 11, 2015September 11, 2015 rayhanania 2 Comments

Not surprisingly, Israel has surfaced as one of the only countries int he world not to help the millions of refugees that are fleeing from the terrorism of the Islamic State and Syrian Dictator Bashar al-Assad. And, Israel is building a wall to block them from entering their occupied nation, but not along the Syrian…

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FX Tyrant series based on anti-Arab racism and stereotypes

September 10, 2015September 10, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

The Cable TV series from FX Tyrant is driven by anti-Arab racism and stereotypes. Not surprisingly, the series is produced by an Israeli who has no compunction to portray Arabs in as negative a light as possible to further libel Arab culture and their just claims against Israel. The real story of greed, betrayal, immorality and…

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