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A Gaza-based startup is helping digitize e-commerce across the Arab world

April 19, 2020April 19, 2020 rayhanania 1 Comment

A Gaza-based startup is helping digitize e-commerce across the Arab world Palestinians in Israeli-besieged Gaza Strip launch online e-commerce site, Matjaree, to stimulate sales and economy during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. A Gaza-based startup is helping the Arab world shop online during pandemic A Gaza-based team of internet and computers experts are helping the Arab…

Arab World, Business, coronavirus, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, Press Releases

Podcast: Arab Radio on Netanyahu, elections, Tlaib and Gaza

December 13, 2019December 13, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Podcast: Arab Radio on Netanyahu, elections, Tlaib and Gaza Arab Radio on Gaza, Israeli & Palestinian Elections, Trump’s assault on free speech. December 13, 2019 WNZK AM 690 Radio Live; The Arab street Radio and Podcast #ArabRadio #Podcast Arab Radio on Gaza, Israeli & Palestinian Elections, Trump’s assault on free speech. December 13, 2019 WNZK AM…

American Arabs, Arab Radio, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, Politics, The Arab Street, US Arab Politics

Video: ‘Gaza Fights for Freedom’: An antidote to Israel’s criminal propaganda

November 26, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Video: ‘Gaza Fights for Freedom’: An antidote to Israel’s criminal propaganda A new film by Abby Martin documents a people seeking dignity and basic rights, and ends with an appeal for BDS. Source Palestine Updates This debut feature film by journalist Abby Martin began while reporting in Palestine, where she was denied entry into Gaza by…

Arab World, Civil Rights, Entertainment, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, Video

Gaza, War Crimes, and Priests

May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 Eileen Fleming No Comments

A war crime is an act that constitutes a serious violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility. Patriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem Micheal Sabbah wrote regarding Gaza on Sunday and reminded this American of a 2006 report by Father Manuel written while he was the Priest at the Latin Church and school in Gaza….

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

Jussie Smollett hoax, Chicago Mayoral Election, & Israeli war crimes on Ray Hanania Podcast

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Jussie Smollett hoax, Chicago Mayoral Election, & Israeli war crimes on Ray Hanania Podcast #RayHananiaPodcast #JussieSmollett #ChicagoMayoralElection #IsraeliWarCrimes This week’s Ray Hanania Podcast reviews the past week’s events, issues and my recent columns in the Regional News newspaper, The Reporter and Southwest News-Herald on Jussie Smollett; my columns in the @ArabNews on the Oscar win…

Arab News, Bloggers, Civil Rights, Commentary, Entertainment, Israel, mainstream, Middle East, Middle East Monitor, Movies, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, Podcast, Politics, Ray Hanania, US Arab Politics

American news media exploits Khashoggi torture-killing for their own agenda

October 19, 2018October 19, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

American news media exploits Khashoggi torture-killing for their own agenda The mainstream American news media plays a hypocritical role in managing partisan views of the Middle East and the Arab World. Criticism of the Arab World is heightened but criticism of Israel is suppressed and often whitewashed. The coverage of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Gulf States, Israel, Journalism, Media Bias, Middle East, Middle East Monitor, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, Politics, Ray Hanania

Palestinian human rights activist publishes memoir on Arab Spring

October 18, 2018October 18, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Palestinian human rights activist publishes memoir on Arab Spring A Rebel in Gaza: Behind the Lines of the Arab Spring is a critical memoir documenting years of upheaval presents a compelling personal view of life in Gaza for progressive youth; Gaza has always been rebellious . . . stubborn, addictive. I’m her daughter, and I look…

Arab World, Authors, Book Review, Features, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, refugees

Lipinski urges humanitarian aid for Palestinians in face of Trump cuts

August 28, 2018August 28, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Lipinski urges humanitarian aid for Palestinians in face of Trump cuts Conservative Democrat Dan Lipinski urges immediate humanitarian aid to Palestinians living in the besieged Gaza Strip, warning of dire consequences that not only threatens the life of the nearly 2 million civilians but also jeopardizes the chances of peace between Israel and Palestine. Americans…

American Arabs, Arab World, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, Politics, US Arab Politics

Israel targets civilians, destroys Gaza’s al-Mishal Theater

August 14, 2018August 14, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Israel targets civilians, destroys Gaza’s al-Mishal Theater Israel launched a terrorist attack Sunday that targeted the popular civilian entertainment center, the Said al-Mishal (Meshal) Theater in the Gaza Strip. The terrorist attack by Israel was denounced widely by Palestinian cultural leaders while voices in the Arab World were silent. The racist mainstream American news media…

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

Palestinians should use US Civil Rights movement as template for freedom

July 2, 2018July 2, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Palestinians should use US Civil Rights movement as template for freedom One of the biggest problems facing the Palestinians are the activists who bully and block any effort to achieve peace. They urge violence using euphemisms like “popular mobilization,” a term encouraging violent activism, rather than non-violent peaceful protest. The extremists have always believed that…

Activism, Arab News, Arab World, Civil Rights, Commentary, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, Terrorism

Trump slammed for policies on immigrant children, and UN

June 19, 2018June 20, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Trump slammed for policies on immigrant children, and UN President Trump came under fire this week for a series of policy slips ranging from the mishandling of immigrant children to his administration’s rejection of the fundamental principles of human rights. Ironically, the mishandling and abuse of immigrant children at the border is in fact a…

Bloggers, Commentary, immigrants, Israel, mainstream, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, Politics, racism, Ray Hanania, refugees, Terrorism

Palestinians demand end to PA sanctions on Gaza

June 11, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Palestinians demand end to PA sanctions on Gaza Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets Sunday to demand an end to the sanctions imposed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to show solidarity with the besieged residents of the Gaza Strip who have been under military assault by Israeli military forces since March 30, 2018….

Arab World, Bloggers, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan

Arabs and Muslims would never be whipped again

May 23, 2018May 23, 2018 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

Arabs and Muslims Would Never Be Whipped Again Arab and Muslim masses are changing the imperialist political culture that has been dealt in the region since Bernard Lewis was born. By Abdennour Toumi Arabs and Muslims these days increasingly disapprove of a scornful Arabic saying used by tyrant regimes and arrogant elite as a tool…

Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, racism

A Black Day to Remember the Nakba

May 15, 2018May 15, 2018 Maria Khoury No Comments

A Black Day to Remember the Nakba By Maria C. Khoury As a little girl I use to pray for the president of the United States every Sunday in the Eastern Orthodox Liturgy never really understanding why I should do so. But finally in my old age after waking up to the bloodiest day I…

Arab World, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, Israel, Maria Khoury, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

Seven journalists injured by Israeli snipers in siege of Gaza

May 14, 2018September 25, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Seven Palestinian journalists injured by gunfire in Gaza protests Israeli military snipers appear to be intentionally targeting journalists who are covering their brutal assault of Palestinian civilians who are protesting in Gaza against Israeli policies. A total of 22 have been injured including two who died of their wounds since Palestinian protests began on March…

Arab World, Israel, Media Bias, Middle East, News Media, Palestine & Jordan

Jewish Voice for Peace denounces Israeli killings in Gaza

May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Jewish Voice for Peace denounces Israeli killings in Gaza The death toll in Gaza is rising literally as I write – 38 people have been killed already today. By the time you’re reading this, I don’t even want to guess. Meanwhile the US Embassy officially opened in Jerusalem: a cynical, dangerous celebration of annexation. This is the Nakba (“catastrophe”) happening…

Arab World, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, Press Releases

How Israel helped midwife the birth of Hamas

May 10, 2018May 25, 2021 rayhanania 1 Comment

How Israel helped midwife the birth of Hamas Hamas is considered one of Israel’s greatest threats, but the Islamic terrorist organization found its beginnings in the misguided Israeli effort to encourage the rise of a religious alternative that would undermine the popularity of the Palestine Liberation Organization and Yasir Arafat. (reprinted from 2002) By Ray…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

Israeli “education minister” Bennett attacks Arab rights group

April 26, 2018April 26, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Israeli “education minister” Bennett attacks Arab rights group Israeli education minister attacks Adalah for Supreme Court petition against sniper killings of unarmed civilians in Gaza. Adalah: Naftali Bennett has nothing to say in response to our petition so he chooses to slander and incite against us. Video evidence & testimonies indicate live ammunition was fired at…

Arab World, Israel, Middle East, Palestine & Jordan, Press Releases, racism