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The Abraham Accords undermined much needed peace with Palestinians

January 3, 2021January 3, 2021 Ghassan Rubeiz 1 Comment

The Abraham Accords undermined much needed peace with Palestinians By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz For many decades, I have been advocating for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. (Justice and the Intifada: Palestinians and Israelis Speak about Peace, Friendship Press, 1991; Unified in Hope: Arabs and Jews Talk about Peace, WCC publications, 1987). Regretfully, I have…

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Live Arab Radio with Ray Hanania Sept 18, 2020

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Live Arab Radio with Ray Hanania Sept 18, 2020 #ArabRadioLive #Detroit #UAE #Bahrain #Israel, #WNZKAM690 @RealDonaldTrump discussing the failure of the Palestinian leadership and activists. Facebook broadcast Click here to watch the Facebook broadcast of the live radio show from WNZK AM 690 Detroit. Friday Sept. 18, 2020 through US Arab Radio (8 to 9…

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Analysis of the Abraham Accords, UAE, Bahrain and Israel

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Analysis of the Abraham Accords, UAE, Bahrain and Israel By Ray Hanania In what seemed like a re-enactment of ceremonies that have come before, nearly 1,000 people gathered on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday to watch Arab and Israeli leaders sign landmark normalization accords. In addition to the promise of a…

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World Jewish Congress leader Ronald Lauder predicts peace will spread to Palestinians

September 15, 2020September 16, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

World Jewish Congress leader Ronald Lauder predicts peace will spread to Palestinians By Ray Hanania #RonaldSLauder, president of the #WorldJewishCongress #WJC tells @ArabNews #AbrahamAccords between #UAE, #Israel and #Bahrain will open a new path that will achieve #peace not only between Arabs and Jews, but Israelis and Palestinians too. Click here to read the column in the Arab News Newspaper.

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UAE-Israel accord creates ‘new environment’ for Mideast peace: Official

September 14, 2020September 14, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

UAE-Israel accord creates ‘new environment’ for Mideast peace: Official By Ray Hanania The historic accord between the UAE and Israel, which will be signed this week at the White House, will create a “new environment” to achieve peace, the director of policy planning at the Emirati Foreign Ministry told Arab News on Monday. The UAE…

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Hanania column: Rejection is not a strategy that works for Palestinians

September 12, 2020September 12, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Hanania column: Rejection is not a strategy that works for Palestinians “The Palestinians have been fighting a losing war for more than 70 years, one that spans several generations and has obscured the historical facts in contested public deliberation. “Palestinian refusal to recognize their failures, or pursue an alternative strategic plan other than rejection, has…

Arab News, Arab World, Israel, Middle East, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, Writers Promote

Some perspectives and notes from Kushner’s Peace to Prosperity Confab

July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Some perspectives and notes from Kushner’s Peace to Prosperity Confab An Overview of the Bahrain Peace to Prosperity Conference, June 25-26, 2019. Here is a series of Op-Eds, segments of important comments, and links toi interesting information. What you will find below in this post: Op-Ed by Ray Hanania: Empowering Palestinians means delivering the promises…

Arab News, Business, Features, Gulf States, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, Politics, Ray Hanania

11 Arab states declare Iran sponsor of terrorism

November 21, 2016November 24, 2016 rayhanania No Comments

Arab states denounce Iran as sponsor of terrorism UN Watch welcomed a letter by 11 Arab countries to the UN which accuses Iran of being “a State sponsor of terrorism” throughout the entire Middle East, and of only increasing “aggression in the region and the continuation of support for terrorist groups” since the signing of…

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Reconciliation, a Tale of Two Seas

August 29, 2016June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

It’s 2011, and Bahrain is a divided society. Can they reconcile?

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AFC president’s FIFA presidential bid mired in abuse of human rights allegations

November 2, 2015November 2, 2015 James Dorsey No Comments

By James M. Dorsey Assertions by Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, a candidate for the presidency of world soccer body FIFA, that he was not involved in the arrest and abuse of sports executives and athletes in his naïve Bahrain in 2011 raise more questions than answers. Sheikh Salman…

Arab World, Commentary, Gulf States, Sports

Arab governments investing heavily in Satellite TV News

February 1, 2015 rayhanania 1 Comment

By Ray Hanania Ever since al-Jazeera (AlJazeera, Al Jazeera) launched as a mouthpiece for the Government of Qatar in 1996, Arab governments have been slowly assessing the power of an in-house and controlled news media. Although al-Jazeera (“The Island”) claims to be objective the Qatar-based government run news channel has drifted far away from professional…

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Qatar’s Policy towards Egypt threatens Arab Gulf alliance

March 10, 2014September 24, 2018 Ali Younes 1 Comment

Qatar’s Policy towards Egypt threatens Arab Gulf alliance By Ali Younes In an unprecedented diplomatic row between conservative Arab Gulf monarchies, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain have withdrawn their ambassadors from Qatar in protest of what they deemed as an “ interferences” by Qatar in their internal affairs. The move followed a stormy meeting last…

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