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Arab American push to expand April Arab Heritage month recognition

Posted on March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 By rayhanania No Comments on Arab American push to expand April Arab Heritage month recognition
Arab American push to expand April Arab Heritage month recognition

Arab American push to expand April Arab Heritage month recognition Media professional Warren David joins The Arab street Radio and podcast on WNZK AM 690 Radio Friday March 13, 2020 to discuss Arab American Heritage month activities in April, and the politics of Senator Bernie Sanders. By Ray Hanania Arab Americans will be pushing to…

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Arab Americans endorse “Amo Bernie” in Michigan and Illinois primary elections

Posted on March 7, 2020March 7, 2020 By rayhanania No Comments on Arab Americans endorse “Amo Bernie” in Michigan and Illinois primary elections
Arab Americans endorse “Amo Bernie” in Michigan and Illinois primary elections

Arab Americans endorse “Amo Bernie” in Michigan and Illinois primary elections Arab Americans in key states including Michigan, Illinois and Ohio endorse Jewish American Senator Bernie Sanders for President in the March 10 and March 17 Democratic primary elections against rival Joe Biden, who describes himself as “a Zionist.” #AmoBernie #Election #Michigan #Illinois Major Arab-American…

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Sanders, Khanna announce new legislation to block funding for War with Iran

Posted on January 4, 2020January 4, 2020 By rayhanania No Comments on Sanders, Khanna announce new legislation to block funding for War with Iran
Sanders, Khanna announce new legislation to block funding for War with Iran

Sanders, Khanna announce new legislation to block funding for War with Iran Senator Bernie Sanders co-sponsors legislation to block funding for President Trump’s war with Iran in Iraq while Americans protest across the country against the violence and targeted assassination of Iranian Military Commander Qassem Soleimani. The National Nonviolent PeaceForce denounces Trump’s violence as well as…

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Zogby named to Democratic Unity Commission

Posted on April 19, 2017April 19, 2017 By rayhanania No Comments on Zogby named to Democratic Unity Commission
Zogby named to Democratic Unity Commission

Zogby named to Democratic Unity Commission The turmoil between Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders that undermined the credibility of the Democratic National Committee will be the focus of a Unity Commission set up by both candidates and the DNC, and will include at least one American Arab, Jim Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute…

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Crucial Choices for Arab American Voters

Posted on November 7, 2016 By Ghassan Rubeiz No Comments on Crucial Choices for Arab American Voters
Crucial Choices for Arab American Voters

Crucial Choices for Arab American Voters Arab American have a crucial choice ahead of them but many are not taking it seriously By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz Arab Americans are unanimous in their love for hummus and tabouli but not in their choice of presidential candidates.   According to the Arab American Institute 60 % percent of…

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Fissured world politics doesn’t need leaked pipes

Posted on July 26, 2016July 26, 2016 By Abdennour Toumi No Comments on Fissured world politics doesn’t need leaked pipes
Fissured world politics doesn’t need leaked pipes

Fissured World Politics Doesn’t Need Leaked Pipes. WikiLeaks introduces an effective actor in conflictual media-politics relations, it has become an actor in the sense that it has provided information to the public about their politicians’ intentions and actions. By Abdennour Toumi Although bizarre, does one remember how the global community welcomed the new Millennium? With a…

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Clinton declares war on Israeli-Palestinian peace

Posted on June 28, 2016September 25, 2018 By rayhanania 2 Comments on Clinton declares war on Israeli-Palestinian peace
Clinton declares war on Israeli-Palestinian peace

Hillary Clinton’s desperation to silence divisions in the Democratic Party so she can focus her attacks against Donald Trump comes with a very high price, her critics contend, for many important issues including fighting racism, winning changes to improve immigration, accepting the unacceptable status quo on gun ownership, and preventing peace from overtaking the U.S….

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Zogby ensures Palestine-Israel will be on DNC agenda

Posted on June 19, 2016 By rayhanania No Comments on Zogby ensures Palestine-Israel will be on DNC agenda
Zogby ensures Palestine-Israel will be on DNC agenda

The decision by Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders to include American Arab activist Jim Zogby as one of his five appointees to the Democratic Platform Committee will ensure that Middle East peace and the rights of Palestinians will remain on the Democratic Party’s presidential election radar screen. And that is a big deal making the Democratic…

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PEW poll shows most Americans oppose bans on Muslims

Posted on March 31, 2016March 31, 2016 By rayhanania No Comments on PEW poll shows most Americans oppose bans on Muslims
PEW poll shows most Americans oppose bans on Muslims

The issue of banning Muslims and expanding America’s existing wall along the Mexican border to deal with illegal immigration remains a contentious political issue in the election campaigns for president this year, but most Americans do not support imposing special restrictions on immigrants and specifically on Muslims. But a new poll by the PEW Research center is flawed…

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Dems Must Debate Israel’s WMD and Vanunu’s Human Rights

Posted on March 29, 2016April 13, 2019 By Eileen Fleming 1 Comment on Dems Must Debate Israel’s WMD and Vanunu’s Human Rights
Dems Must Debate Israel’s WMD and Vanunu’s Human Rights

Debate is a formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. “You should be willing to debate anytime, anywhere.” Hillary Clinton said in 2008 By Eileen Fleming In 2006, Israel’s Nuclear Whistle Blower Mordechai Vanunu taped this video invitation to Senator Clinton and…

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Analysis: America’s unDemocratic process of “Democracy”

Posted on March 28, 2016April 3, 2016 By rayhanania No Comments on Analysis: America’s unDemocratic process of “Democracy”
Analysis: America’s unDemocratic process of “Democracy”

Many people in the world look at the United States as the bastion of Democracy, citing their election process which boasts one-vote, one-person. In other words, each American 18 years of age or older has the same power to vote for and elect the people who represent them in government. It is a great concept, but…

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Clinton panders on Middle East, Sanders offers solutions

Posted on March 23, 2016April 13, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Clinton panders on Middle East, Sanders offers solutions
Clinton panders on Middle East, Sanders offers solutions

Former U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton is following a carefully written script in addressing the Middle East conflict, one that panders to the power of the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC and ignores issues of justice, the rule of law and civil rights. Her Democratic primary opponent, Bernie Sanders, however, has made principle and the rule of law foundations…

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US elections fuel tension of Arab-Israeli conflict

Posted on March 16, 2016March 16, 2016 By Ghassan Rubeiz 2 Comments on US elections fuel tension of Arab-Israeli conflict
US elections fuel tension of Arab-Israeli conflict

Many candidates in the U.S. elections for president pandering to the conflict in the Middle East, adding more turmoil rather than finding solutions By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz America’s short sighted foreign policy on the Palestine question plays well in the current presidential elections.  The Arab-Israeli conflict is an attractive medium for pandering to campaign donors…

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Podcast: Arab Radio: Michigan voters discuss elections

Posted on March 11, 2016 By rayhanania No Comments on Podcast: Arab Radio: Michigan voters discuss elections
Podcast: Arab Radio: Michigan voters discuss elections

03-11-16 Arab Radio Ray Hanania on Michigan Elections Arab Radio Podcast. Arab and Chaldean voters discuss the Michigan March 8, 2016 primary election results that gave victories to Bernie Sanders in the Democratic Primary and Donald Trump int he Republican Primary. Mar 11th, 2016 by rayhanania Ray Hanania talks with listeners in Dearborn, Michigan and…

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Sanders edge in Michigan may be due to Arab support

Posted on March 10, 2016October 30, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Sanders edge in Michigan may be due to Arab support
Sanders edge in Michigan may be due to Arab support

Bernie Sanders won the important Michigan Primary Tuesday (March 8) and a big part of his victory can be directly attributed to support he received mainly from Muslim Americans and Arabs in Wayne County. But Donald Trump still carried the state with overwhelming support from Chaldeans, Middle East Christians. The two communities have been separated…

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Trump, Sanders sweep Arab votes in Dearborn region

Posted on March 9, 2016September 24, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Trump, Sanders sweep Arab votes in Dearborn region

Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders won their party primaries in Michigan Tuesday, March 8, but also attracted significant votes from among the Dearborn region’s large Arab and Middle Eastern Christian voting constituencies in the Southeastern corner of the Wolverine State. Muslims appeared to lean towards Sanders, who is Jewish. By Ray Hanania Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders both…

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Despite rhetoric, Trump leads with Arab radio callers

Posted on February 12, 2016September 24, 2018 By rayhanania 3 Comments on Despite rhetoric, Trump leads with Arab radio callers
Despite rhetoric, Trump leads with Arab radio callers

Donald Trump has been criticized for calling for bans on Muslim and Hispanic immigration, but Arab Christians and Middle East Christians like Chaldeans are connecting with Trump because of his “tough” policies against radicalism and religions extremism, on Arab Radio By Ray Hanania Donald Trump has been criticized for calling for bans on Muslim and Hispanic immigration,…

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Bernie Sanders offers reasoned approach to Middle East peace

Posted on November 19, 2015April 13, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Bernie Sanders offers reasoned approach to Middle East peace

For a long time, I supported the election of Hillary Clinton as President. I supported her against Barack Obama and for a longtime believed we needed to elect her to help restore reason and sanity to dealing with the Middle East. But the Clintons’ views on the Middle East have changed much and I believe…

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