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Congressman Sean Casten joins Ray Hanania Radio Show

Posted on June 2, 2022June 2, 2022 By rayhanania No Comments on Congressman Sean Casten joins Ray Hanania Radio Show
Congressman Sean Casten joins Ray Hanania Radio Show

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Congressman Sean Casten joins Ray Hanania Radio Show US Rep. Sean Casten was the guest on The Ray Hanania Show on the US Ara Radio Network on Wednesday June 1, 2022, discussing his views on the Middle East, Israel and Palestine. Casten is seeking re-election to the new 6th District in the Illinois Democratic Primary…

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A Better Response to Bennett’s “Terror State” Claim

Posted on November 5, 2021November 5, 2021 By News Editor News Editor No Comments on A Better Response to Bennett’s “Terror State” Claim
A Better Response to Bennett’s “Terror State” Claim

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A Better Response to Bennett’s “Terror State” Claim Whether the two-state solution is dead or merely in a coma remains an open question. But if serious negotiations ever do return, if they are to succeed, they will have to grapple with the real possibility that in an independent Palestinian state, Hamas could come to power…

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

Posted on November 26, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Video: ‘Gaza Fights for Freedom’: An antidote to Israel’s criminal propaganda 
Video: ‘Gaza Fights for Freedom’: An antidote to Israel’s criminal propaganda 

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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…

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Oslo and the peace process were never really the problem

Posted on September 26, 2018September 26, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Oslo and the peace process were never really the problem
Oslo and the peace process were never really the problem

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Oslo and the peace process were never really the problem Critics who assert that the Oslo Peace Accords failed because they were flawed are actually the extremists who engaged in a campaign to block the success of the Oslo Peace Accords. The very people attacking the Oslo Peace Accords and the Two-State Solution are the…

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How Israel helped midwife the birth of Hamas

Posted on May 10, 2018May 25, 2021 By rayhanania 1 Comment on How Israel helped midwife the birth of Hamas
How Israel helped midwife the birth of Hamas

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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…

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Hamas, Abbas slammed for media abuses

Posted on August 24, 2017August 24, 2017 By rayhanania No Comments on Hamas, Abbas slammed for media abuses
Hamas, Abbas slammed for media abuses

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Hamas, Abbas slammed for media abuses The Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and their rivals, the de-facto Hamas administration in Gaza, have both tightened the noose on freedom of expression in recent months, launching a repressive clampdown on dissent that has seen journalists from opposition media outlets interrogated and detained in a bid to exert pressure…

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Futility of Gulf Cooperation Council diplomacy towards Qatar

Posted on July 18, 2017July 19, 2017 By Ghassan Rubeiz No Comments on Futility of Gulf Cooperation Council diplomacy towards Qatar
Futility of Gulf Cooperation Council diplomacy towards Qatar

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Futility of Gulf Cooperation Council diplomacy towards Qatar By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz Shunning Qatar undermines a precious structure of pan-Arab diplomacy. The blockade imposed by Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt against Qatar is more about relations with Iran than alleged links to terrorism. Unlike Saudi Arabia, Qatar has good relations with Iran…

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Qatar should not capitulate

Posted on July 1, 2017September 25, 2018 By Ghassan Rubeiz No Comments on Qatar should not capitulate
Qatar should not capitulate

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Qatar should not capitulate By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz The travel and trade blockade on Qatar – imposed by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt- is less about “stopping terrorism” and contacts with radical “Islamists” than about Qatar questioning Riyadh’s tough position against Tehran. The anti-Qatar Arab countries, having serious issues of their…

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President Trump pushes for Palestine agreement

Posted on May 3, 2017May 4, 2017 By rayhanania No Comments on President Trump pushes for Palestine agreement
President Trump pushes for Palestine agreement

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President Trump pushes for Palestine agreement President Donald Trump greeted Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House Wednesday May 3, 2017, and vowed to push hard for a final peace agreement. Trump, who many claimed would abandon Palestinian rights, has remained faithful to the needs of Palestinians despite expressing strong support for Israel By Ray Hanania…

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Real threat facing the Middle East is Iranian extremism

Posted on October 13, 2016September 25, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Real threat facing the Middle East is Iranian extremism

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Real threat facing the Middle East is Iranian extremism Published in the Arab News, Oct. 13, 2016 By Ray Hanania Although much is made of the rising threat of ISIS and al-Qaeda in the Middle East, one axis more threatening, is the violent coalition of Syria and Hezbollah, led by Iran. Iran is one of…

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Obit: Persecuted by Israel and US, Salah dies

Posted on April 26, 2016April 26, 2016 By rayhanania No Comments on Obit: Persecuted by Israel and US, Salah dies
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Muhammad Salah, a longtime critic of Israel’s brutality who defeated the injustice of the pro-Israel American government, died this week. Salah had been imprisoned and tortured by Israel, persecuted again by the United States following the terrorism of Sept. 11, 2001, but kept his head high as he beat the U.S. Government and Israel in court. By…

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Palestinian Journalist’s hunger strike enters 87th day

Posted on February 19, 2016September 29, 2018 By rayhanania 1 Comment on Palestinian Journalist’s hunger strike enters 87th day
Palestinian Journalist’s hunger strike enters 87th day

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Palestinian Journalist Muhammad al-Qiq’s Hunger Strike Enters 87th Day inside of Israeli Hospital Martyrdom is staring down 33 year old Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qiq as he somehow clings to life after, what is nearing, three months of starvation in protest of his illegal imprisonment by Israel. By Dezeray Lyn In HaEmek hospital in Afula, al-Qiq…

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Israeli terrorists kill civilians in Gaza Strip

Posted on January 13, 2016September 29, 2018 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Israeli terrorists kill civilians in Gaza Strip
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Israel fired missiles and shelled civilian areas of the Gaza Strip in another terrorist assault. The Israeli government has continued to terrorize civilians in the Gaza Strip hoping to force them to leave the region. It’s a part of Israel’s strategy to steal the land and force the non-Jews to leave Photos by Mohammed Asad GAZA…

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The Fifty Day Dying: A Look Back at the War on Gaza

Posted on July 5, 2015September 24, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on The Fifty Day Dying: A Look Back at the War on Gaza

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In July 2014, Israel intentionally provoked a war against Hamas, as it has done several times since 2008, designed to punish Palestinian civilians by targeting their children, their homes and their infrastructure to discredit Hamas. Thousands of civilians, including children, were murdered by heavily armed Israeli soldiers who defended the huge civilian deaths by asserting that…

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Photos: Palestinians show support for Freedom Flotilla

Posted on June 26, 2015June 26, 2015 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Photos: Palestinians show support for Freedom Flotilla
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Photo Array of Palestinians showing support for Freedom Flotilla. Palestinian children, who were targeted by Israeli soldiers during the Gaza War in the summer of 2014, carry signs and show support for the newest Freedom Flotilla seeking to break the oppressive blockade of the Gaza Strip. The Israel blockade prevents basic food and other essentials from…

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Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Crash Course in Apartheid Israeli Style

Posted on April 12, 2015August 20, 2019 By Eileen Fleming 5 Comments on Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Crash Course in Apartheid Israeli Style

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By Eileen Fleming Last week on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, US Sen. Elizabeth Warren talked about government corruption and how the power of one in solidarity with people of like mind can change government policy. The Democrat from Massachusetts represents one of the largest and most influential Jewish communities in the country. American…

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New Amnesty International report slams Hamas for War Crimes

Posted on March 26, 2015September 24, 2018 By rayhanania 1 Comment on New Amnesty International report slams Hamas for War Crimes
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After an exhaustive investigation, the human rights group Amnesty International has concluded that Palestinian militants also committed war crimes against Israel including the accidental killing of some Palestinians. The human rights group has already issued an extensive report on the war crimes committed by Israel during the conflict and again urges the United Nations to investigate both sides…

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Mordechai Vanunu: Cases of Libel and Extortion Security and Press

Posted on March 23, 2015March 23, 2015 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Mordechai Vanunu: Cases of Libel and Extortion Security and Press
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By Eileen Fleming   Israel’s internal Security Agency is best known by the acronym Shabak or Shin Bet and is similar to the FBI. This report argues Israel’s Nuclear Whistleblower’s cases of libel and extortion against them by way of definition: Libel is defamation by written words which becomes a criminal act when published. Extortion…

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