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New book by Author Fadi Zanayed exposes Israel’s Apartheid system

Posted on April 15, 2024April 15, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on New book by Author Fadi Zanayed exposes Israel’s Apartheid system
New book by Author Fadi Zanayed exposes Israel’s Apartheid system

New book by Author Fadi Zanayed exposes Israel’s Apartheid system In light of the current escalation of tensions in the Middle East between Israel and Iran which was  caused by the Israeli/Hamas War, Observations of ISRAEL’S APARTHEID SYSTEM, (Prime Publishings – Fadi Zanayed, author), is a timely book given that more than half of all…

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Civil Society Organizations to the Israeli Supreme Court: Cancel the Racist Admissions Committees Law

Posted on September 22, 2023September 22, 2023 By rayhanania 1 Comment on Civil Society Organizations to the Israeli Supreme Court: Cancel the Racist Admissions Committees Law
Civil Society Organizations to the Israeli Supreme Court: Cancel the Racist Admissions Committees Law

Civil Society Organizations to the Israeli Supreme Court: Cancel the Racist Admissions Committees Law A petition by Adalah on behalf of nine organizations argues that a recent amendment to the law, aimed at ‘strengthening Jewish settlement,’ underscores its discriminatory purpose towards Palestinian citizens and will harm marginalized communities. 21 September 2023 Today, 21 September 2023,…

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UN experts condemn Israel’s ‘sadistic’ punitive measures against French-Palestinian rights defender Salah Hammouri

Posted on October 19, 2022October 19, 2022 By rayhanania No Comments on UN experts condemn Israel’s ‘sadistic’ punitive measures against French-Palestinian rights defender Salah Hammouri
UN experts condemn Israel’s ‘sadistic’ punitive measures against French-Palestinian rights defender Salah Hammouri

UN experts condemn Israel’s ‘sadistic’ punitive measures against French-Palestinian rights defender Salah Hammouri UN independent experts have called on Israel to immediately release Salah Hammouri, an arbitrarily detained French-Palestinian human rights defender and lawyer, who has just ended a 19 day hunger strike in objection to the systematic policy of administrative detention. “We are concerned…

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ADALAH accuses Israel of racial segregation against Palestinians in UN protest

Posted on March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 By rayhanania No Comments on ADALAH accuses Israel of racial segregation against Palestinians in UN protest
ADALAH accuses Israel of racial segregation against Palestinians in UN protest

ADALAH accuses Israel of racial segregation against Palestinians in UN protest The High Follow-up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel and Adalah to UN Commission of Inquiry: Israel practices racial segregation against Palestinian citizens of Israel. For the first time, an international Commission of Inquiry (COI) will also examine Israel’s human rights violations against Palestinian citizens…

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ADC Presents: A Discussion on Amnesty International’s Recent Report with the Mossawa Center & Amnesty International

Posted on February 12, 2022 By rayhanania No Comments on ADC Presents: A Discussion on Amnesty International’s Recent Report with the Mossawa Center & Amnesty International
ADC Presents: A Discussion on Amnesty International’s Recent Report with the Mossawa Center & Amnesty International

ADC Presents: A Discussion on Amnesty International’s Recent Report with the Mossawa Center & Amnesty International The American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) invites you back to our webinar series with a discussion on Amnesty International’s recent report. Register here! The Zoom webinar will be held on Wednesday February 16th, 2022 at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM…

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Americans for Justice in Palestine Action calls for Day of Action Thursday Oct. 28

Posted on October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 By rayhanania No Comments on Americans for Justice in Palestine Action calls for Day of Action Thursday Oct. 28
Americans for Justice in Palestine Action calls for Day of Action Thursday Oct. 28

Americans for Justice in Palestine Action calls for Day of Action Thursday Oct. 28 Join us today as we #StandWithThe6 Last week, six leading Palestinian human rights organizations, whose missions are to protect and uphold human rights and provide essential services to Palestinian communities, were designated as terrorist organizations by Israel in an attempt to…

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Israel’s hypocritical demonization of its critics

Posted on October 7, 2021 By rayhanania No Comments on Israel’s hypocritical demonization of its critics
Israel’s hypocritical demonization of its critics

Israel’s hypocritical demonization of its critics Israeli’s are the first to demand just but the last to dish it out. The hide behind exaggerated demonization claims slamming anyone who criticizes their immoral conduct as being “anti-semitic.” And they frequently take individual instances, some questionable in terms of veracity, and turn them into broader stereotypes as…

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Israel’s Government hypocrisy in full display in its violence in Sheikh Jarrah

Posted on August 3, 2021August 3, 2021 By rayhanania No Comments on Israel’s Government hypocrisy in full display in its violence in Sheikh Jarrah
Israel’s Government hypocrisy in full display in its violence in Sheikh Jarrah

Israel’s Government hypocrisy in full display in its violence in Sheikh Jarrah Arab News columnist Ray Hanania explores the ethical, legal and moral hypocrisies of Israel’s government’s efforts to evict non-Jews from their homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. In his column, Hanania argues that if Israel’s government asserts that homes and…

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The fate of Lifta portends the future of Ramallah and Bethlehem and more

Posted on July 14, 2021August 10, 2021 By rayhanania No Comments on The fate of Lifta portends the future of Ramallah and Bethlehem and more
The fate of Lifta portends the future of Ramallah and Bethlehem and more

The fate of Lifta portends the future of Ramallah and Bethlehem and more The tragic fate of the village of #Lifta, #Palestine. @ArabNews Every Palestinian knows the story of Lifta, a small village on a hillside near the city of Jerusalem. During its war to conquer Palestinian-majority areas of Palestine in 1947 and 1948, Israel…

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Israeli Supreme Court upholds the racist and discriminatory Jewish Nation-State Law

Posted on July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 By rayhanania No Comments on Israeli Supreme Court upholds the racist and discriminatory Jewish Nation-State Law
Israeli Supreme Court upholds the racist and discriminatory Jewish Nation-State Law

Israeli Supreme Court upholds the racist and discriminatory Jewish Nation-State Law Adalah: The Law is illegitimate and violates the absolute prohibitions of international law Today, 8 July 2021, the Israeli Supreme Court in a 10 to 1 decision, upheld the 2018 Jewish Nation-State Basic Law, which enshrines Jewish supremacy and racial segregation as foundational principles…

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The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is the Neither-Peace-nor-Security As-sumption Dominating Again?

Posted on June 7, 2021August 10, 2021 By Abdennour Toumi No Comments on The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is the Neither-Peace-nor-Security As-sumption Dominating Again?
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is the Neither-Peace-nor-Security As-sumption Dominating Again?

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is the Neither-Peace-nor-Security Assumption Dominating Again? By Abdennour Toumi The reputed Israeli-Palestinian peace process is an effort that has yielded anything but progress. There have been no successes for recent U.S. presidents who have tried to bring Israeli and Palestinian leaders together to find a way to break through to peace. In…

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Israel excludes Christians, Muslims in new Jewish-only neighborhood building

Posted on March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 By rayhanania 1 Comment on Israel excludes Christians, Muslims in new Jewish-only neighborhood building
Israel excludes Christians, Muslims in new Jewish-only neighborhood building

Israel excludes Christians, Muslims in new Jewish-only neighborhood building Adalah: Construction of new neighborhoods exclusively for Israeli military personnel is illegal residential segregation. Israeli military’s ‘Housing Authority’ discriminates against Arab families, establishing dozens of housing developments nationwide at discount prices available only to selected career military personnel; Adalah: Project violates ban on housing and land allocation…

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Rabbis Condemn Recent Violence Surrounding Israeli Settler Attacks, Riots

Posted on January 24, 2021January 24, 2021 By rayhanania No Comments on Rabbis Condemn Recent Violence Surrounding Israeli Settler Attacks, Riots
Rabbis Condemn Recent Violence Surrounding Israeli Settler Attacks, Riots

Rabbis Condemn Recent Violence Surrounding Israeli Settler Attacks, Riots NEW YORK — Today, T’ruah, a rabbinic human rights organization that represents over 2,000 rabbis and cantors and their communities, issued the following statement calling for an end to violence sparked by an Israeli youth attack on Palestinians and subsequent death of Israeli Ahuvia Sandak. Rabbi…

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Arab World, Israel, Media Bias, Middle East, NewsWire, Palestine & Jordan, Terrorism

Al-Haq Welcomes B’Tselem’s Recognition of Israeli Apartheid

Posted on January 21, 2021 By rayhanania No Comments on Al-Haq Welcomes B’Tselem’s Recognition of Israeli Apartheid
Al-Haq Welcomes B’Tselem’s Recognition of Israeli Apartheid

Al-Haq Welcomes B’Tselem’s Recognition of Israeli Apartheid Al-Haq welcomes the publication of B’Tselem’s position paper recognising the construction and maintenance of a single apartheid regime over the Palestinian people.[1] B’Tselem’s paper compellingly and starkly illustrates the now clearly fictional distinction between the oppressive treatment of Palestinians not only in the occupied Palestinian territory but also as…

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Christian & Muslim, Civil Rights, Israel, NewsWire, Palestine & Jordan

Gush Shalom condemns Morocco deal with Apartheid Israel

Posted on December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 By rayhanania No Comments on Gush Shalom condemns Morocco deal with Apartheid Israel
Gush Shalom condemns Morocco deal with Apartheid Israel

Gush Shalom condemns Morocco deal with Apartheid Israel Gush Shalom strongly condemns the agreement with Morocco. Calls agreement “A cynical deal between Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara” The agreement between Israel and Morocco announced today by President Trump at the very last moment of his term, is a cynical…

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Bill Maher’s BDS BS and Apartheid Israeli Style

Posted on August 21, 2019August 21, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Bill Maher’s BDS BS and Apartheid Israeli Style
Bill Maher’s BDS BS and Apartheid Israeli Style

Bill Maher’s recent rant against the BDS movement exposed his ignorance of Palestinian history and legal rights to end the USA sustained military occupation of their homeland; and inspired this revisit of apartheid Israeli style By Eileen Fleming During last Friday’s REAL TIME with Bill Maher the comic opined that the international movement to Boycott, Divest,…

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AHRC Celebrates Nelson Mandela’s International Day

Posted on July 17, 2019July 17, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on AHRC Celebrates Nelson Mandela’s International Day
AHRC Celebrates Nelson Mandela’s International Day

AHRC Celebrates Nelson Mandela’s International Day The American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA) joins the rest of the global community in celebrating Nelson Mandela International Day. The Day falls on July 18 every year in honor of the former South African President who helped end the Apartheid regime in South Africa.   The day was officially…

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Standing up against racist laws that restrict free speech

Posted on November 25, 2018November 25, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Standing up against racist laws that restrict free speech
Standing up against racist laws that restrict free speech

Standing up against racist laws that restrict free speech By Ray Hanania #BDS #BoycottLaws #IsraeliApartheid Letter I wrote to Illinois Representative David Harris of Arlington Heights (Republican) who introduced a bill last year to expand the existing anti-BDS law that prohibits Americans from criticizing a specific foreign country, Israel. I criticize Israel’s government and will…

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