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Palestine Exchange a Full Member at the World Federation of Exchanges

Posted on November 21, 2016November 24, 2016 By rayhanania No Comments on Palestine Exchange a Full Member at the World Federation of Exchanges

Palestine Exchange a Full Member at the World Federation of Exchanges The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) accepted the full membership application made by the Palestine Exchange (PEX) in 2015; the federation approval was given during the 56th annual general assembly held this year in Cartagena, Colombia between 2-4 Nov., 2016. Chairman of PEX, Dr….

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Applied Bank® Announces The Honorable Walid Maalouf as New Director

Posted on November 21, 2016November 24, 2016 By rayhanania No Comments on Applied Bank® Announces The Honorable Walid Maalouf as New Director

Applied Bank® Announces The Honorable Walid Maalouf as New Director Applied Bank, Wilmington, DE, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Walid Maalouf to Applied Bank’s Board of Directors. Mr. Maalouf is currently a Private Banking and Foreign Policy Consultant in the Washington D.C. area. His banking career span from 1988 to 2003 in…

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American Jewish Committee commits to two-state solution

Posted on November 21, 2016September 25, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on American Jewish Committee commits to two-state solution

American Jewish Committee commits to two-state solution AJC criticized those Israeli legislators who supported a proposed bill in the Knesset that would legalize settler outposts, erected without Israeli government approval, in the West Bank. The measure, introduced ahead of the pending court-ordered demolition of the Amona outpost, would retroactively recognize other unauthorized outposts built on…

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Senator Warren VS Trump and Her YouTube Staff

Posted on November 20, 2016August 20, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Senator Warren VS Trump and Her YouTube Staff

Senator Elizabeth Warren is a progressive democrat who called Trump’s appointment of Senator Jeff Sessions as attorney general a “compromise with racism” and a “negotiation with hate.” On Tuesday, at a Wall Street Journal event with CEOs, Senator Warren spoke about Steve Bannon, Trump’s senior strategist:  This is a man who has white supremacist ties….

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CAIR urges Trump to reject racist rhetoric from aides

Posted on November 18, 2016September 25, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on CAIR urges Trump to reject racist rhetoric from aides

CAIR urges Trump to reject racist rhetoric from aides CAIR Urges Trump to Reject Proposal for ‘Registry’ of Muslims, Talk of ‘Internment’ The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on President-elect Donald Trump to repudiate a prominent supporter who cited the World War II internment of…

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Why Trump should support “Sanctuary Cities”

Posted on November 18, 2016November 18, 2016 By rayhanania No Comments on Why Trump should support “Sanctuary Cities”

Why Trump should support “Sanctuary Cities” By Rawan ElBaba  Now that Donald Trump has been elected President, the world looks to his first 100 days in office. In an address in Gettysburg, Pa. before election day, President-elect Trump laid out his plan which focused on several things like cleaning up Washington from insiders and lobbyists, protecting America’s…

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Blue Collar White Americans Spoke and Hired Donald Trump

Posted on November 17, 2016November 17, 2016 By Abdennour Toumi No Comments on Blue Collar White Americans Spoke and Hired Donald Trump

Blue Collar White Americans Spoke and Hired Donald Trump The Americans’ political civility and the judiciary system’s credibility are always seen as a model in the world. By Abdennour Toumi The shock remains, but the country must move forward one week after American voters hired President-elect Trump in his new “unpaid” job. The on-going Trump…

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Rebranding ourselves as “Arabs” in the new Trump era

Posted on November 17, 2016June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Rebranding ourselves as “Arabs” in the new Trump era
Rebranding ourselves as “Arabs” in the new Trump era

Rebranding ourselves as “Arabs” in the new Trump era Why Arabs need to reinforce their identification as “Arabs” rather than as Muslims in the new era of President Donald Trump. Branding ourselves as Arabs will also help us fight the religious extremists and counter the rising anti-Muslim fears in the West and in the United States …

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Why Donald Trump won the Nov. 8 election

Posted on November 17, 2016June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Why Donald Trump won the Nov. 8 election

Why Donald Trump won the Nov. 8 election Podcast & Column: Trump won by promising “change.” Trump won because he connected with mainstream American voters. Trump won because Americans are sick and tired of the racism and bigotry of the mainstream American news media. The more the media beat up on Trump, the more Trump’s…

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Saving Arab Christians in Middle East & America

Posted on November 15, 2016June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Saving Arab Christians in Middle East & America
Saving Arab Christians in Middle East & America

Saving Arab Christians in Middle East & America #SaveArabChristians New Facebook Group documents killings of Arabs & Middle East Christians. Please support, share: www.facebook.com/groups/160992707701045 By Ray Hanania I can’t believe that whenever someone brings up the topic of “Saving Arab Christians,” people in the Middle East community get angry and upset. I get angry responses on…

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Fundamentalism Evangelical Christian Nationalism and Trump’s Triumph

Posted on November 14, 2016January 13, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment on Fundamentalism Evangelical Christian Nationalism and Trump’s Triumph

Fundamentalism is based in fear and intolerance and fundamentalism is an attitude of heart. A fundamentalist is a person who considers whether a fact is acceptable to their faith before they explore it… The antithesis of fundamentalism is curiosity, which when explored always enlarges ones point of view beyond what one thought they already knew!…

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Twitter Censorship #USSLiberty #Vanunu

Posted on November 12, 2016November 12, 2016 By USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment on Twitter Censorship #USSLiberty #Vanunu

On Saturday this author reporter discovered Twitter had censored weeks of my Tweets with the hashtags: USS LIBERTY and Vanunu by inserting “Tweet Unavailable” at the retweets. ALL the Tweets remained available at my Twitter Wall HERE BUT weeks of Tweets had disappeared at the hashtag wall for USS Liberty which I discovered the day…

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Reason not emotion with Trump can save Palestine

Posted on November 10, 2016June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Reason not emotion with Trump can save Palestine

Reason not emotion with Trump can save Palestine Many Muslims and Arabs have made the mistake of approaching the 2016 Presidential election with their emotions rather than common sense, reason and an understanding of the American political system. Instead of attacking President-elect Donald Trump, Muslims and Arabs should be working to meet with him, work…

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Can we ban hate campaign Ads next time?

Posted on November 10, 2016June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Can we ban hate campaign Ads next time?

Can we ban hate campaign Ads next time? Nov. 10, 2016 Southwest News-Herald, Des Plaines Valley News, the Reporter Newspapers, the Regional News, IllinoisNewsNetwork.com By Ray Hanania Has anyone else noticed that America is becoming a polarized nation? And worse, the two sides seem to be getting angrier and angrier? I’ve never been happier to…

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Gaza music school survives despite Israeli assault

Posted on November 10, 2016November 10, 2016 By Mohammed Asad 1 Comment on Gaza music school survives despite Israeli assault

Gaza music school survives despite Israeli assault By Mohammed Asad The Gaza Music School was established in 2008 and came under direct bombardment during Israel’s 2008 war on the civilians of the Gaza Strip. The school sustained major damage including to its collection of musical instruments used by the students. Despite the assault, students still continue…

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Trump’s path to victory through corrupt news media

Posted on November 9, 2016June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Trump’s path to victory through corrupt news media

Trump’s path to victory was through the corrupt news media Donald Trump won the presidency by ignoring the media bigotry, bias and attacks, and concentrating on connecting with the majority of Americans. His base not only included the so-called “lower educated” White males but also a large segment of women, hispanics, many Christian Arabs and Muslims,…

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Behind the scenes: Middle East poetry

Posted on November 7, 2016November 7, 2016 By rayhanania No Comments on Behind the scenes: Middle East poetry

The behind-the-scenes when 3 musicians and a poet in the Middle East come together for the first time. By: Kerning Cultures This episode we take you behind the scenes to capture raw human talent: the intimate brainstorming, trials, and experimentation of 3 musicians and a poet in the Middle East preparing for a spoken word…

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Arab World, Entertainment, Hebah Fisher, Podcast

Arab and Muslim Americans View the Race to the White House

Posted on November 7, 2016November 7, 2016 By Abdennour Toumi No Comments on Arab and Muslim Americans View the Race to the White House

Arab and Muslim Americans View the Race to the White House Arab and Muslim American voters are not voting as a solid block because they are heterogenous ethnically, culturally, politically and socio-economically, even though they are culturally well integrated and emancipated, and politically involved and engaged. By Abdennour Toumi Muslim Americans are strongly leaning to…

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