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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…
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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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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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 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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Let investigation run its course, leave Islam and Banlieue out Tariq Ramada might be seen as a voice for the voiceless among the Muslim and Arab youth in the banlieues, but it doesn’t make him their hero. By Abdennour Toumi Sexual harassment and rape accusations aimed at Harvey Weinstein look like a Hitchcock film noir,…
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Lebanon turmoil stoked by pro-Iranian extremists The murder of Rafic Hariri weighs heavy over freedom in Lebanon, 12 years later. And the same forces of violence and extremism are seeking to enforce more change through terrorism. Hariri’s son Saad faces threats of violence from Syria, Iran and Hezbollah extremists By Ray Hanania If people want…
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McCollum introduces bill to protect Palestinian children U.S. Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) today introduced legislation— the Promoting Human Rights by Ending Israeli Military Detention of Palestinian Children Act — to prevent United States tax dollars from supporting the Israeli military’s ongoing detention and mistreatment of Palestinian children. The full text of the bill can be found here. An estimated…
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Adam Levinson releases new book The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah: Fear and Love in the Modern Middle East By Adam Valen Levinson In THE ABU DHABI BAR MITZVAH: Fear and Love in the Modern Middle East [W. W. Norton & Company; November 14, 2017; $25.95 hardcover], Valen Levinson, armed only with college…
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Israel blocks Christians from visiting grave sites Israel blocks Palestinian grandmother from visiting father’s grave in Christian cemetery. Israeli army expelled residents, demolished Galilee village in 1948; Adalah demands all displaced residents of Ma’alul be allowed to visit family graves, now surrounded by Israeli military base. For years, Israel has been preventing Salwa Salem-Copty, a Christian…
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Before departing Jerusalem in 2005, This American concluded hours of interviews with Vanunu by telling him: “I will tell as in WRITE your story UNTIL Israel frees Vanunu, because it’s a mission from God for me.” By Eileen Fleming Last Wednesday Israel’s nuclear whistle blower TWEETED regarding the “irreversible”: Nov’ 6 2017.in the israel supreme…
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Israel’s Lobby in Australia must register under new law Legislation planned by Attorney General Brandis to require registration of agents of a foreign power should be welcomed as an opportunity to define the activities of the pro-Israel lobby in Australia, according to former Palestinian Ambassador to Australia, Mr. Ali Kazak. Mr. Kazak has been an…
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Faith groups oppose denial of civil rights to critics of Israel Faith Groups Publish Statement Defending First Amendment Right to Boycott Friends of Sabeel North America, FOSNA, announces a full-page statement published today in The Kansas City Star on behalf of the Presbyterian Church USA, United Church of Christ, Alliance of Baptists, American Friends Service Committee,…
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B’Tselem features photo exhibit of Palestinians born in 1967 “50 Years”: Fifty portraits of Palestinians born in 1967 in B’Tselem photography exhibition Jaffa Art Salon, Jaffa port, November 17 – December 7 | Opening: Friday, November 17, 12:00 noon Gallery talk: Friday, November 24, 12:00 noon The exhibition “Fifty Years” is the result of a project in which B’Tselem…
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Illinois Governor Rauner promises to turn in names of Arab activists to Israel Racist Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner promises to provide Israel, a foreign country, with intelligence information on American citizens living in Illinois as a part of anti-Terrorism security measures. The Governor made the promises during a weeklong visit to Israel this week. By…
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The restrictions preventing Israel’s infamous nuclear whistle blower Mordechai Vanunu from leaving the state expire this November. Vanunu’s Norwegian wife, Professor Kristin Joachimsen applied for his asylum in 2015 after their wedding in Jerusalem. Asylum applications in Norway average four months to be approved. Norway finally approved the Vanunu family reunification application in September 2017, after the…
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Reza Aslan publishes new book on God On Nov. 7, my newest book will be released, and I couldn’t be more excited to share it with you all. God: A Human History narrates the history of religion as a remarkably cohesive attempt to understand the divine by giving it human traits and emotions — often…
Kurdish journalist killed, others attacked amid post referendum tensions New York, October 30, 2017– CPJ today condemned attacks against the Kurdish media in Iraq and called on all parties to refrain from targeting the press as political and military tensions escalate over a Kurdish independence bid. In recent days, attackers stabbed to death a journalist,…
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