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Response to Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy’s Idiot Wind

May 15, 2019May 15, 2019 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is the Senate majority leader and Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) is the House Republican leader. Their Washington Post Oped, “Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy: The House must stand against the toxic BDS movement” inspired the following TADN post. By Eileen Fleming On Tuesday, the Washington Post published Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy‘s…

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Historical Fiction and Nakba

May 12, 2019June 12, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known as the Nakba (Arabic: النكبة‎, al-Nakbah, literally “disaster”, “catastrophe”, or “cataclysm”),occurred when more than half of the indigenous Palestinian population were driven from their homes between December 1947 through January 1949, resulting in the destruction of 600 Palestinian villages in the Holy Land. Historical fiction is a literary genre in which…

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Gaza, War Crimes, and Priests

May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 USS_Liberty Info 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….

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Israel: Do Micah 6:8 and Free Mordechai Vanunu

May 2, 2019June 12, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

“What does God require? He has told you o’man! Be just, be merciful, and walk humbly with your Lord.” -Micah 6:8 On Wednesday Israel’s nuclear whistle blower Mordechai Vanunu broke his latest news regarding his human rights struggle at Facebook. By Eileen Fleming On the first day of May, Mordechai Vanunu Israel’s nuclear whistleblower posted the…

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The New York Times, Vanunu Mordechai and the embattled state of journalism

April 28, 2019June 12, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

On Saturday The New York Times published “Julian Assange and the Woeful State of Whistle-Blowers” by Edward Wasserman and a comment by this reporter regarding Mordechai Vanunu and the embattled state of journalism. By Eileen Fleming Dr. Edward Wasserman is the dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr….

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What Deranged Donald and Joe Biden Have in Common

April 26, 2019April 26, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

On Thursday Joe Biden kicked off his 2020 presidential run in a YouTube; and at Twitter the hashtag #DerangedDonald trended to second place globally. By Eileen Fleming George T. Conway III, lawyer and husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, a frequent critic of President Trump coined the hashtag #DerangedDonald, which trended up to the…

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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…

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Racist Arab Hater Senator Bob Menendez demands answers on Khashoggi

February 27, 2019February 27, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Racist Arab Hater Senator Bob Menendez demands answers on Khashoggi U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, who has introduced legislation to deny justice to Christian and Muslim Arabs, defended Israel’s militarist oppression and land theft, and has spoken publicly against the interests of Arab Americans, Arab Muslims, and the Arab World, has incredulously demanded details into the…

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Arab Radio: Middle East Monitor writer Hanaa Hasan on Syria

January 25, 2019January 25, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Arab Radio: Middle East Monitor writer Hanaa Hasan on Syria THE ARAB STREET Radio & Podcast broadcast from Chicago through 690 AM WNZK Radio in Detroit Michigan and live online … Friday Jan. 18, 2019 … interview with Hanaa Hasan, a researcher and writer at Middle East Monitor, specializing in the Levant and North Africa….

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Palestinians have little to expect from Israeli elections

January 24, 2019January 24, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

Palestinians have little to expect from Israeli elections Israeli journalist Tal Schneider was the guest in an online forum Thursday (Jan. 23, 2019) hosted by Americans for Peace Now. During the discussion, she observed that the Arab vote, despite uniting, might not be strong enough to refocus the country on addressing the occupation or on…

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Israel out guns Palestinians on social media spin

January 18, 2019January 18, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Israel out guns Palestinians on social media spin Benjamin Netanyahu has hundreds of thousands of followers on nearly every social media platform in Hebrew, Arabic, English and Farsi. He’s just one example of the sophisticated way Israeli government officials and politicians are using social media to enhance their propaganda to those targeted audiences. In comparison,…

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ANERA CEO urges US to restore Palestine Aid

January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

ANERA CEO urges US to restore Palestine Aid Anera urges U.S. Government to Revise or Reverse Decision on Pulling Aid to Palestinians. Anera President and CEO Sean Carroll is available for a limited number of interviews to discuss the cuts to Anera’s programming serving refugees and other vulnerable populations in Gaza and the West Bank. USAID’s…

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Israel’s government will do and say anything to cover its atrocities

January 10, 2019January 10, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Israel’s government will do and say anything to cover its atrocities How Israel used strategic public relations communication to veil its atrocities and instead sell itself falsely as a benevolent Democracy that is the victim of blood-lusting anti-semitic Arabs. By Ray Hanania Israel’s government will do anything to distract the world from its human rights…

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Iran’s extremism is empowered by Palestinian suffering

January 3, 2019January 3, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Iran’s extremism is empowered by Palestinian suffering By Ray Hanania This column I wrote in the Arab News examines one of the main factors that empower Iran. Israel’s refusal to make peace and America’s support of Israel’s extremist government. Americans like outgoing United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, one of the most despicable human beings on…

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The need to undo anti-BDS laws

January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

The need to undo anti-BDS laws Laws are being passed in America to deny American citizens their right to criticize a foreign country, Israel. The laws are targeting BDS, the Boycott, Divestment, Sanction Movement, which has organized peaceful protests against Israel’s illegal settlements and Israel’s anti-human rights policies. This article at the Middle East Monitor…

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Palestinians should accept and build on Trump’s peace plan

December 30, 2018December 30, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Palestinians should accept and build on Trump’s peace plan President Donald Trump is expected to unveil his peace plan soon which would embrace the creation of a Palestinian state. It’s not a state based on all of the land some want but it is an important beginning for Palestinian future. All or nothing is not…

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Israel Supreme Court rejects “equality for all” bill

December 30, 2018December 30, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Israel Supreme Court rejects “equality for all” bill Israeli Supreme Court refuses to allow discussion of full equal rights & ‘state of all its citizens’ bill in Knesset. Adalah: Supreme Court dismisses appeal by Arab Knesset members promoting democratic values on the basis of equality for all. The Israeli Supreme Court early this afternoon, Sunday, 30…

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Arabs should support J Street

December 20, 2018December 20, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Arabs should support J Street Arabs, Palestinians and Muslims need to be strategic in fighting for Palestinian rights. That means we have to reject broad stroke rejections, and distinguish among coalitions not on the basis of religion but on the basis of belief. We can’t reject support from Jews or Israelis who share in our…

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