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Proud to be a veteran, anyway

Posted on November 12, 2015November 12, 2015 By rayhanania No Comments on Proud to be a veteran, anyway

American Arabs celebrate Veterans Day even if the rest of the nation doesn’t want to see our service as important and sits by silently while we are discriminated against By Ray Hanania One of the smartest things I did was to enlist in the military back in 1973. My draft number was in the low…

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American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Ray Hanania

Major radio franchise declares war on truth in trip to Israel

Posted on November 4, 2015May 1, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Major radio franchise declares war on truth in trip to Israel

Major radio franchise declares war on truth in trip to Israel American radio network declares war on truth and will visit Israel to shore up its propaganda assault against Christian Palestinians and Muslim Palestinians who are under siege in the Israeli Occupied West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem By Ray Hanania The mainstream American news media…

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

Arab Daily News Journalist Masood injured by Israelis

Posted on October 31, 2015October 31, 2015 By rayhanania 1 Comment on Arab Daily News Journalist Masood injured by Israelis

Palestinian Journalist Tarek Masood has been filing reports for The Arab Daily News since September 2015 on the clashes between Israeli soldiers and Israeli settler terrorists and Palestinian civilians. This week, Tarek was targeted by the Israeli military and seriously injured By Ray Hanania Palestinian journalist and photojournalist Tarek Masood, who has been documenting the…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Israel, News, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, Tarek Masood

Heroes, cowards and real terrorists in the Middle East

Posted on October 28, 2015September 24, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Heroes, cowards and real terrorists in the Middle East

This weeks marks the 20th anniversary of the murder of Yitzhak Rabin and the destruction of the Palestine-Israel peace process by Israeli extremists led by Benjamin Netanyahu. As the region spirals into greater violence, Netanyahu rises as the singular cause of this vicious cycle of death and destruction By Ray Hanania This week marks the…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania

Retailers pull racist anti-Arab costumes for Halloween

Posted on October 28, 2015October 31, 2015 By rayhanania No Comments on Retailers pull racist anti-Arab costumes for Halloween

Every year, racist anti-Arab costumes find their way into the marketplace in America that are sold to children to use for the annual holiday celebration of Halloween. This year costumes included a racist face of an Arab and an Israeli military uniform carrying an Uzi sub-machine gun symbolizing Israel’s military terrorism against Palestinian civilians By…

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Netanyahu trivializing the Holocaust for selfish political gain

Posted on October 22, 2015October 22, 2015 By rayhanania No Comments on Netanyahu trivializing the Holocaust for selfish political gain

Using the Holocaust for politics is disgusting. When Arabs do it it is criticized. When Israelis do it, it undermines the issue of the Holocaust. Israelis like Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exploit the Holocaust all the time because scoring political points to him means more than the unprecedented human suffering that Jews and others suffered…

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15,000 Chicago protestors demand end to Israeli occupation

Posted on October 18, 2015October 19, 2015 By rayhanania 23 Comments on 15,000 Chicago protestors demand end to Israeli occupation
15,000 Chicago protestors demand end to Israeli occupation

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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American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Photographs, Ray Hanania

Israeli journalists, IDF twist facts on social media videos

Posted on October 15, 2015September 24, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Israeli journalists, IDF twist facts on social media videos

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

Posted on October 14, 2015January 25, 2016 By rayhanania 1 Comment on Jerusalem Post columnist twists the facts

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

Posted on October 14, 2015June 12, 2019 By rayhanania 1 Comment on No discussion of Israel or Palestine at Democratic debate

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?

Posted on October 14, 2015October 14, 2015 By rayhanania 2 Comments on Where is the “Arab World” when it comes to killings in Palestine?
Where is the “Arab World” when it comes to killings in Palestine?

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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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Gulf States, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania

The Power of Humor in the Palestine-Israel conflict

Posted on October 11, 2015October 11, 2015 By rayhanania No Comments on The Power of Humor in the Palestine-Israel conflict
The Power of Humor in the Palestine-Israel conflict

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

Posted on October 9, 2015September 24, 2018 By rayhanania 2 Comments on Syrian refugees, Alex Odeh focus of Detroit Radio Show
Syrian refugees, Alex Odeh focus of Detroit Radio Show

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

Posted on October 8, 2015September 24, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Israel and Media to Blame for Increasing Violence

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

Posted on October 6, 2015October 6, 2015 By rayhanania No Comments on Not easy doing humor when the world is so violent
Not easy doing humor when the world is so violent

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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American Arabs, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, Features, Humor, Israel, Ray Hanania

Israeli journalist reports on challenges of Syrian refugees

Posted on October 2, 2015October 2, 2015 By rayhanania No Comments on Israeli journalist reports on challenges of Syrian refugees
Israeli journalist reports on challenges of Syrian refugees

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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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Europe, Features, Ray Hanania, Syria, Video

Chicagoland Muslims reject criticism from Carson, Trump at Eid gathering

Posted on September 28, 2015September 28, 2015 By rayhanania No Comments on Chicagoland Muslims reject criticism from Carson, Trump at Eid gathering
Chicagoland Muslims reject criticism from Carson, Trump at Eid gathering

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

Posted on September 22, 2015September 24, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Why the failure of the Census to include Arabs is important
Why the failure of the Census to include Arabs is important

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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