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Israeli Settlement Expansion Continues for Fifth Consecutive Week: Plans to Advance 765 New Housing Units

Posted on December 31, 2024December 31, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Israeli Settlement Expansion Continues for Fifth Consecutive Week: Plans to Advance 765 New Housing Units
Israeli Settlement Expansion Continues for Fifth Consecutive Week: Plans to Advance 765 New Housing Units

Israeli Settlement Expansion Continues for Fifth Consecutive Week: Plans to Advance 765 New Housing Units On Wednesday, January 1, 2025, the Higher Planning Council (HPC) will convene to discuss the approval of a construction plan for 765 housing units in the settlement of Beitar Illit. Since December 2024, the HPC has been advancing housing construction…

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American Arabs, Arab World, Christian & Muslim, Human Rights, International news, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, Quick News, war crimes

Israel’s racist government denies water to Christians and Muslims in East Jerusalem

Posted on August 19, 2024August 19, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Israel’s racist government denies water to Christians and Muslims in East Jerusalem
Israel’s racist government denies water to Christians and Muslims in East Jerusalem

Israel’s racist government denies water to Christians and Muslims in East Jerusalem Adalah Petitions Israeli Supreme Court Over Severe Water Shortages in Kufr ‘Aqab, a Palestinian Neighborhood in Occupied East Jerusalem. The petition, filed on behalf of 204 residents, argues that the Israeli authorities’ failure to provide a continuous and adequate water supply undermines the…

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Activism, Arab World, Christian & Muslim, Civil Rights, Israel, Middle East, News, racism

Peace Now: Attempt for the Establishment of a New Settlement in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City

Posted on November 19, 2023November 19, 2023 By rayhanania No Comments on Peace Now: Attempt for the Establishment of a New Settlement in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City
Peace Now: Attempt for the Establishment of a New Settlement in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City

Peace Now: Attempt for the Establishment of a New Settlement in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City There is growing concern over an attempt to seize one of the last undeveloped plots in Jerusalem’s Old City for the establishment of a new settlement. In recent days, representatives of a Jewish-Australian businessman and his partners…

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Adalah: Escalating Annexation Measures Led by Netanyahu Government Require Urgent Intervention of International Community and Tribunals

Posted on June 8, 2023June 8, 2023 By rayhanania No Comments on Adalah: Escalating Annexation Measures Led by Netanyahu Government Require Urgent Intervention of International Community and Tribunals
Adalah: Escalating Annexation Measures Led by Netanyahu Government Require Urgent Intervention of International Community and Tribunals

Adalah: Escalating Annexation Measures Led by Netanyahu Government Require Urgent Intervention of International Community and Tribunals In a new position paper, Adalah analyzes a series of recent measures by the current Israeli government which constitute annexation of the West Bank and a clear policy to extend the regime of Jewish supremacy and deepen the apartheid…

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Christian group criticizes Israel home demolitions in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem

Posted on January 20, 2022January 20, 2022 By rayhanania No Comments on Christian group criticizes Israel home demolitions in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem
Christian group criticizes Israel home demolitions in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem

Christian group criticizes Israel home demolitions in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) Strongly Opposes the Demolition of the Salhiya Family Home in Sheikh Jarrah On January 19, 2022, in the early hours of the morning, Israeli police forcibly evicted the Salhiya family and demolished their home in the Sheikh Jarrah…

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Reopening US Consulate in East Jerusalem is essential to peace

Posted on October 5, 2021 By rayhanania No Comments on Reopening US Consulate in East Jerusalem is essential to peace
Reopening US Consulate in East Jerusalem is essential to peace

Reopening US Consulate in East Jerusalem is essential to peace The reopening of the US Consulate in East Jerusalem to address Palestinian Affairs is essential to achieving peace between Israel and Palestine, despite the failures of Israeli, Jewish and Palestinian peace activists. This column was originally published in Arab News on Sept. 22, 2021 By…

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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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America’s Arab American Youth: Future Leaders for Justice

Posted on May 20, 2021May 21, 2021 By News Editor News Editor No Comments on America’s Arab American Youth: Future Leaders for Justice
America’s Arab American Youth: Future Leaders for Justice

America’s Arab American Youth: Future Leaders for Justice No doubt that the recent and ongoing Israeli violence against innocent and unarmed Palestinian civilians shocked the conscience of all peace-loving people not only in Dearborn but across the nation and around the world.   The Israeli efforts to impose a misleading narrative regarding its occupation and its…

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APN to US Jewish Groups: Tell Netanyahu to Reverse New Settlement Plans 

Posted on February 26, 2020February 26, 2020 By rayhanania No Comments on APN to US Jewish Groups: Tell Netanyahu to Reverse New Settlement Plans 
APN to US Jewish Groups: Tell Netanyahu to Reverse New Settlement Plans 

APN to US Jewish Groups: Tell Netanyahu to Reverse New Settlement Plans  Americans for Peace Now (APN) provides an update on the expansion of Israeli settlements and urges the European Union to take action to block settlement expansion. Plus reports from Peace Now on expansion road plans in E1 Americans for Peace Now (APN) is…

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Israel, Middle East, News

Details of the Deal of the Century for Palestine-Israel peace

Posted on January 29, 2020January 29, 2020 By rayhanania No Comments on Details of the Deal of the Century for Palestine-Israel peace
Details of the Deal of the Century for Palestine-Israel peace

Details of the Deal of the Century for Palestine-Israel peace The following is the White House summary of the Deal of the Century, Israel-Palestine peace plan unveiled by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020: “We are not here to lecture—we are not here to tell other people how to live, what to do,…

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Palestinians have the power to change Israel

Posted on January 4, 2019January 4, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Palestinians have the power to change Israel
Palestinians have the power to change Israel

Palestinians have the power to change Israel By Ray Hanania In this week’s column for the Middle East Monitor I write about the power that Palestinian citizens in Israel have to bring change to Israel’ racist, Apartheid government and participate in forcing the so-called “Jewish State” to respect the rights of Christians and Muslims. Israel’s…

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

Diary of the Tel Arad (Khan al-Ahmar) Palestinians

Posted on July 9, 2018September 29, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Diary of the Tel Arad (Khan al-Ahmar) Palestinians
Diary of the Tel Arad (Khan al-Ahmar) Palestinians

Diary of the Tel Arad (Khan al-Ahmar) Palestinians Anne Frank and her family hid from the Nazi soldiers until they were discovered towards the end of the war. But Anne Frank’s diary speaks only of the fear, frustrations, and tension of life before they were taken to the concentration camps. That experience of fear is…

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Bloggers, Commentary, Europe, Israel, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, Terrorism

Media ignores Christian, Muslim rights in UNESCO assault

Posted on October 18, 2016June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Media ignores Christian, Muslim rights in UNESCO assault
Media ignores Christian, Muslim rights in UNESCO assault

Media ignores Christian, Muslim rights in UNESCO assault The failure of the Arab and Islamic Worlds to engage in professional communications has allowed Israel and the biased mainstream American news media to twist and shout falsely against Christian and Muslim rights in Israel, occupied Palestine and in occupied Jerusalem. The accusations against UNESCO are false….

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UNESCO: Occupied Palestine and the Nag Hamadi Library

Posted on October 14, 2016October 14, 2016 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on UNESCO: Occupied Palestine and the Nag Hamadi Library
UNESCO: Occupied Palestine and the Nag Hamadi Library

UNESCO’s draft resolution titled “Occupied Palestine” sponsored by several Arab countries uses Islamic names and challenges Israel on Jerusalem. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Thursday passed a draft resolution titled “Occupied Palestine” with 24 UNESCO member states voting in favor, 26 abstained, and six countries voted against. The proposal, put…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Palestine & Jordan, Video

Peace in Israel, Palestine doesn’t come by building walls

Posted on June 13, 2015September 29, 2018 By rayhanania 1 Comment on Peace in Israel, Palestine doesn’t come by building walls
Peace in Israel, Palestine doesn’t come by building walls

To normalize or not to normalize. How much is too much or too little? There is an in between called compromise.It’s clear that the direction most Israelis and Palestinians are headed is away from peace and actions that might help end the conflict. When the brutality of the Israeli occupation increases, the thought of reaching…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania

Palestinians can’t condemn Israeli atrocities if they don’t condemn their own

Posted on November 21, 2014September 24, 2018 By rayhanania 2 Comments on Palestinians can’t condemn Israeli atrocities if they don’t condemn their own
Palestinians can’t condemn Israeli atrocities if they don’t condemn their own

Without condemning Palestinian atrocities against Israelis, the Palestinians lose the moral high ground and weaken their ability to condemn the many atrocities committed by Israelis. Arab fanatics, however, argue that Palestinian atrocities are not atrocities at all, and the only atrocities are committed by Israelis. That false logic undermines the powerful cause of the Palestinian people….

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania

Living in Urban Palestine

Posted on November 19, 2014November 23, 2014 By rayhanania No Comments on Living in Urban Palestine
Living in Urban Palestine

By Yousef Khatib Camillo Sitte believed that there is an art in the planning of cities; so then that would define the “city” an urban landscape, a defining measure of cultural value. Various historical and contemporary critics of urban landscapes, express that architecture and urbanism have always been products of social, cultural, political, economic and…

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Yousef Khatib

Netanyahu Seeks Nation-State of the Jewish People – EU Proposes Sanctions

Posted on November 16, 2014September 24, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Netanyahu Seeks Nation-State of the Jewish People – EU Proposes Sanctions
Netanyahu Seeks Nation-State of the Jewish People – EU Proposes Sanctions

By Eileen Fleming On Sunday in Jerusalem at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would push forward the “Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People” the most extreme of a series of similar legislative proposals that have been raised this year. Netanyahu said, “The justice…

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