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Jon Stewart’s next movie: Vanunu Israel’s Snowden and Photographer WMD Facility?

Posted on November 24, 2014September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info 3 Comments on Jon Stewart’s next movie: Vanunu Israel’s Snowden and Photographer WMD Facility?

By Eileen Fleming   Evil is relatively rare. Ignorance is epidemic and the cure for that is journalism and expression Jon Stewart has reiterated regarding why he produced “Rosewater” which is based on the memoir Then They Came for Me by Maziar Bahari, which recounts Bahari’s 2009 imprisonment by Iran, after an interview with Jason…

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American Arabs, Arab World, Bloggers, Eileen Fleming, Palestine & Jordan, Video

Ex- Al Qaida Fighter: Al Qaida plans to attack the US on September 11 were public, CIA did noting to stop it

Posted on November 23, 2014March 6, 2026 By Ali Younes No Comments on Ex- Al Qaida Fighter: Al Qaida plans to attack the US on September 11 were public, CIA did noting to stop it

By Ali Younes A former Al Qaida fighter who was present in Afghanistan before and during the September, 11 attacks, said that he is convinced today that the CIA had prior knowledge of the impending attacks on the World Trade Center and on Washington and they did not nothing to prevent it. He recounted to…

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Ali Younes, Bloggers, Commentary, Features, News

Radio Interview with Arab American publisher Mansour Tadros

Posted on November 21, 2014March 28, 2023 By rayhanania No Comments on Radio Interview with Arab American publisher Mansour Tadros
Radio Interview with Arab American publisher Mansour Tadros

Radio Interview with Arab American publisher Mansour Tadros Mansour Tadros, publisher of The Future News (Al Mustaqbal) in Chicago discusses the ethnic news media and the American Arab community, and challenges small publishers face in addressing and covering the American Arab community in Chicago and the United States. Tadros, Jordanian American, has been publishing his…

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American Arabs, Palestine & Jordan, Podcast, Ray Hanania

Palestinians can’t condemn Israeli atrocities if they don’t condemn their own

Posted on November 21, 2014September 24, 2018 By rayhanania 2 Comments on Palestinians can’t condemn Israeli atrocities if they don’t condemn their own

Without condemning Palestinian atrocities against Israelis, the Palestinians lose the moral high ground and weaken their ability to condemn the many atrocities committed by Israelis. Arab fanatics, however, argue that Palestinian atrocities are not atrocities at all, and the only atrocities are committed by Israelis. That false logic undermines the powerful cause of the Palestinian people….

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

Israel Palestine Religion VS Spirit and Imagination

Posted on November 20, 2014September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Israel Palestine Religion VS Spirit and Imagination

By Eileen Fleming Sixty-six years of political conflict in Israel Palestine, the so-called Holy Land has focused on borders, settlements, checkpoints, terrorism and human rights has now morphed into Debates over access to sites in Jerusalem’s Old City, where Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven and where Jews believe their holy ancient temples…

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American Arabs, Arab World, Bloggers, Eileen Fleming, Palestine & Jordan

Living in Urban Palestine

Posted on November 19, 2014November 23, 2014 By rayhanania No Comments on Living in Urban Palestine

By Yousef Khatib Camillo Sitte believed that there is an art in the planning of cities; so then that would define the “city” an urban landscape, a defining measure of cultural value. Various historical and contemporary critics of urban landscapes, express that architecture and urbanism have always been products of social, cultural, political, economic and…

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Yousef Khatib

Daily Kos Censorship and Apartheid Israeli Style

Posted on November 18, 2014September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info 2 Comments on Daily Kos Censorship and Apartheid Israeli Style

By Eileen Fleming The Daily Kos promotes itself as a weblog with political analysis on US current events from a liberal perspective. Seven years after my first banning at the Daily Kos which I documented here: It Sure Smells Like a Right Wing Zionist Cabal at The Daily Kos , I returned on Sunday with: Charlie…

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Weather brings more challenges to victims of Israeli war crimes

Posted on November 18, 2014August 20, 2019 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Weather brings more challenges to victims of Israeli war crimes

Winter weather brings harsh conditions for the Palestinian victims of Israeli war crimes and the delayed process of providing relief and reconstruction for civilian residents of the Gaza Strip including in Shujaiyya, one of the targets of Israeli military terrorism this past summer By Mohammed Asad The Palestinians in the Gaza Strip continue to face hardships…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Mohammed Asad, Palestine & Jordan, Spotlight

Netanyahu Seeks Nation-State of the Jewish People – EU Proposes Sanctions

Posted on November 16, 2014September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Netanyahu Seeks Nation-State of the Jewish People – EU Proposes Sanctions

By Eileen Fleming On Sunday in Jerusalem at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would push forward the “Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People” the most extreme of a series of similar legislative proposals that have been raised this year. Netanyahu said, “The justice…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Eileen Fleming, Palestine & Jordan

Amin al-Hajj, Lebanese who spied for Israel for decades speaks out, demands recognition

Posted on November 15, 2014November 16, 2014 By Ali Younes 1 Comment on Amin al-Hajj, Lebanese who spied for Israel for decades speaks out, demands recognition

Lebanese spy Amin-al-Hajj spied for Israeli Mossad for decades,driven by his burning hatred of  Palestinians became Israel’s top spy in the Middle East and established a network of  spies all over the region. He provided valuable services to the state of Israel, and is responsible for the death of thousands of Arabs.Now living in Israel,dropped and feeling…

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Ali Younes, Bloggers, Commentary, Features, News

Cement and supplies trickle in to rebuild Gaza

Posted on November 15, 2014August 20, 2019 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Cement and supplies trickle in to rebuild Gaza

Badly needed supplies are being held and delayed by Israel at the borders of the Gaza Strip despite the pledges of international donor nations to help the besieged civilians brutalized by Israeli occupation By Mohammed Asad The distribution of the only cement to enter the Gaza Strip last month, estimated at 440 tons, has began for owners…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Mohammed Asad, News, Palestine & Jordan, Spotlight

ISIS and Al Qaida Alliance efforts in Syria Failed

Posted on November 14, 2014April 13, 2019 By Ali Younes No Comments on ISIS and Al Qaida Alliance efforts in Syria Failed

Reported efforts to form an alliance and possible unity between ISIS and Al Qaida to end jihadist infighting in Syria have now officially been declared a failure, as declared by the Chechen Jihadist leader who mediated between the two groups.

Ali Younes, Bloggers, Commentary, Features, News

Obama Has Chance to Make Positive Change in Middle East

Posted on November 13, 2014November 13, 2014 By rayhanania No Comments on Obama Has Chance to Make Positive Change in Middle East

Although Democrats have lost control of the Senate, it’s predictable and gives Barack Obama a free hand to impose his own policies to help push peace in the Middle East using his powers as President By Ray Hanania Although President Barack Obama has faced tough pushback on his efforts to achieve a Middle East peace…

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Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania

Webb discusses candidacy for 10th Ward Chicago alderman

Posted on November 13, 2014October 9, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Webb discusses candidacy for 10th Ward Chicago alderman

American Arab Samantha Haddad Webb discusses her candidacy for alderman of Chicago’s 10th Ward in the February 24, 2015 election and the issues she hopes to address when she gets into the Chicago City Council Samantha Haddad Webb, candidate for alderman of the 10th Ward in Chicago, Illinois, talks about her candidacy and issues she believes…

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American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Ray Hanania, US Arab Politics

In a new message: ISIS leader calls for the killing of Shia, Saudis, Westersn soldiers

Posted on November 13, 2014September 24, 2018 By Ali Younes No Comments on In a new message: ISIS leader calls for the killing of Shia, Saudis, Westersn soldiers

By: Ali Younes In his first address in more than 5 months, the “Islamic State” leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi addressed his followers around the world urging them to fight and kill enemy soldiers especially of the Iraqi army also urged them to fight the United States and its Arab and Western allies. The audio…

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Ali Younes, Bloggers, Commentary, News

ISIS Will Make its Own Currency, in Gold

Posted on November 13, 2014September 24, 2018 By Ali Younes 1 Comment on ISIS Will Make its Own Currency, in Gold

By: Ali Younes An official statement issued today by the purported “treasury department of Islamic State” announced its decision to struck “Islamic currency” made of Gold, Silver, and Copper. The statement said that “under the instructions of Caliph Ibrahim, the Treasury Department of the Islamic state will issue three types of Islamic coins of Gold,…

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Ali Younes, Bloggers, Commentary, Features, News

Charlie Rose Censorship, Israel’s Nukes, Vanunu and Google+

Posted on November 13, 2014September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info 3 Comments on Charlie Rose Censorship, Israel’s Nukes, Vanunu and Google+

By Eileen Fleming Jon Stewart said, “Evil is relatively rare. Ignorance is epidemic and the cure for that is journalism and expression” on Wednesday’s Charlie Rose Show. On Thursday morning around 8:30 AM EST, this Arab Daily News correspondent posted the following comment at the YouTube Charlie Rose YouTube: Jon Stewart, Gael Garcia Bernal and…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Video

PTSD Nation and Gaza’s Children of Resilience

Posted on November 12, 2014January 9, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment on PTSD Nation and Gaza’s Children of Resilience

By Eileen Fleming Where children play in Gaza 20,000 homes are destroyed and uninhabitable and over 100,000 Palestinians are homeless, or crowded in with relatives. Building materials promised by the UN and international donors are stalled or unavailable and once again Governments around the world agreed to shoulder the burden of Zionist impunity by pledging…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Eileen Fleming, Health, Palestine & Jordan

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