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Sudan targets newspapers, journalists with confiscations and draconian legislation

December 6, 2017December 6, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Sudan targets newspapers, journalists with confiscations and draconian legislation New York, December 6, 2017—Sudanese authorities should stop confiscating newspapers and drop draft laws that would further curtail press freedom, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Over the past nine days, agents from Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) have confiscated all copies of…

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Reaction to Trump’s recognition of Occupied Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

December 6, 2017April 13, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Reaction to Trump’s recognition of Occupied Jerusalem as Israel’s capital Here’s a round-up of some of the reaction to President Trump’s decision to recognize Occupied Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel: (Click here to read President Trump’s statement) Yuseff Munayyer, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights: “Trump is telling Israel that its current separate-and-unequal – otherwise…

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Official Statement by President Trump on Jerusalem

December 6, 2017December 6, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Official Statement by President Trump on Jerusalem Diplomatic Reception Room 1:07 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. When I came into office, I promised to look at the world’s challenges with open eyes and very fresh thinking. We cannot solve our problems by making the same failed assumptions and repeating the same failed strategies of…

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Palestinian leader Ashrawi warns Jerusalem move will end peace process

December 5, 2017December 5, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Palestinian leader Ashrawi warns Jerusalem move will end peace process December 5, 2017: Dr. Ashrawi: President Trump’s decision to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem is a fatal blow to peace and security Commenting on U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to relocate the embassy to Jerusalem, PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi strongly condemned…

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American views of Arabs and Muslims improve, AAI study shows

December 5, 2017December 5, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

American views of Arabs and Muslims improve, AAI study shows Poll Shows Positive Shift Accompanied by a Deep Partisan Rift in Americans’ Views of Arabs & Muslims. This, in the face of an Increase in Hate Crimes & Bigotry (Washington) The Arab American Institute (AAI) released a new poll today, examining American Attitudes towards Arabs, Muslims,…

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Corrupt Corrine Brown Sentenced to 5 years in Federal Prison for Fraud and Conspiracy involving a Sham Charity

December 5, 2017September 25, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

This former Candidate of Conscience for US HOUSE ran against the then incumbent Congresswoman Corrine Brown in 2012. This American learned I will never be a politician but I would persist to write about them. On Monday, former Congresswoman Corrine Brown (D) was charged on multiple counts of fraud and conspiracy and sentenced to five…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

MSN Repeats Fake News Regarding Mordechai Vanunu and Mossad

December 1, 2017August 20, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

The Daily Beast on Tuesday and MSN online on Wednesday, published Gareth Browne’s “Wonder Woman’ Gal Gadot Gets Dragged Into a Real-Life Israel-Arab Spy Drama”. Gareth Browne is a “Brit in Beirut” who writes for The Daily Star, “Lebanon’s leading English-language newspaper [bringing] you breaking news and in-depth analysis on local, Middle East, and international…

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Peace Now opposes US Embassy move to Jerusalem

November 30, 2017November 30, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Peace Now opposes US Embassy move to Jerusalem APN to Trump: Don’t Transfer Israel Embassy to Jerusalem Washington, DC — Alarmed by reports that the Trump Administration is considering immediate action to move the US Israel embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Americans for Peace Now is calling on President Trump to eschew this dangerous action….

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Interview with the filmmakers of “Holy Air”

November 30, 2017April 17, 2018 rayhanania 2 Comments

Interview with the filmmakers of “Holy Air” Holy Air is a satirically sad and humorous look at Christian life in Israel. Movie review of “Holy Air” by writer and producer Shady Srour and Director Ilan Moskovitch. Arabic, English and Hebrew. Also a Podcast Interview with Srour and Moskovitch about the challenges of making a film…

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Waiting for A Dream in Africa

November 30, 2017December 1, 2017 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

Waiting for A Dream in Africa The young leaders in Africa are waiting to see if this dream comes true, the same as the young Arabs, who once were inspired by Obama’s story, rather than Osama’s. By Abdennour Toumi President Macron’s appeasement speech from the podium of Ouagadougou University was highly anticipated, in particular by…

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NY Theater presents Arab American struggles in Jim Crow era

November 29, 2017November 29, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

NY Theater presents Arab American struggles in Jim Crow era NEW YORK THEATER COMPANY PRESENTS ARAB AMERICAN STRUGGLES IN JIM CROW SOUTH Noor Theatre makes Michigan debut at Arab American National Museum Dec. 8 as part of Museum’s Artists + Residents program Dearborn, Mich. (Nov. 29, 2017) – The Global Fridays Fall 2017 season at…

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What Jesus Would Say @POTUS Trump’s Tweets and Retweets

November 29, 2017September 25, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

On Wednesday POTUS Trump retweeted three anti-Muslim videos depicting violence by Muslims tweeted by Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of the Britain First Movement. Britain First is a far-right ultranationalist group that purports to document Muslim activity across Britain and Europe. By Eileen Fleming Britain First formed in 2011 as an offshoot of the far-right, fascist party…

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UN to list businesses operating illegally in Occupied Palestinian lands

November 26, 2017November 27, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

UN to list businesses operating illegally in Occupied Palestinian lands The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) is preparing to release a list of all of the businesses and corporations that are operating illegally on lands captured by Israel in 1967 in violation of international law. Despite Israel’s clever PR, companies that operate in the…

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An American Arab Thanksgiving

November 23, 2017September 25, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

An American Arab Thanksgiving Remembering back to the 1960s when Arab Americans had hope for freedom and racism in America was focused elsewhere. Thanksgiving was a feast in Arab American homes in the 1960s and 1970s before politics, hatred, racism and Israeli violence created a refugee crisis By Ray Hanania Thanksgiving is a special holiday…

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2017 Annual Arab-American Heritage Month Courthouse Tour

November 21, 2017November 21, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

2017 Annual Arab-American Heritage Month Courthouse Tour In honor of Arab-American Heritage Month, Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans hosted a tour of the Richard J. Daley Center on Wednesday November 15, 2017. Co-sponsoring the tour was the Arab-American Bar Association of Illinois. The Annual Arab-American heritage Month Courthouse tour is part of the court’s year-round…

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Thanksgiving for Palestinians, Israelis and USS Liberty Veterans With HOPE

November 21, 2017November 21, 2017 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

USS Liberty survivor of The Six Day War Donald Pageler, Palestinian Christian Authors, and Jewish Israeli BDS Activist exemplify HOPE in action for Thanksgiving 2017. “HOPE has two children. The first is ANGER at the way things are. The second is COURAGE to DO SOMETHING about it.”-St. Augustine By Eileen Fleming Donald Pageler survived Israel’s…

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Israel’s Damnation and Living Death of Vanunu Mordechai, Nuclear Whistleblower

November 18, 2017November 18, 2017 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Damnation is defined as the act of sending someone to hell or the state of being in hell. By the 14th century, the word ‘damnation’ was understood as being “condemned” as in a court of law. “Vanunu is a living death, a man who cannot leave the country who cannot speak to foreigners”-Avigdor Feldman, Israeli Human…

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Empowering women to solve refugee crisis focus of speech

November 15, 2017November 15, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Empowering women to solve refugee crisis focus of speech Nezha Alaoui Was a Featured Speaker at the UCLA Center for Middle East Development’s 12th Annual Conference, ‘Enriching the Middle East’s Economic Future’. President and Founder of Mayshad Foundation Discussed Empowering Women and Importance of Entrepreneurship to Help Solve Refugee Crisis at Invite-Only Event in Doha…

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