Tag: Israel

Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi persecuted in Israeli Gulag

February 13, 2018September 25, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi persecuted in Israeli Gulag Standing up to Israel’s terrorism and brutality, Ahed Tamimi and her family have been persecuted by Israel and are imprisoned in the Israeli Gulag Archipelago for publicizing Israel’s war crimes in the Occupied Territory. Pro-Israel extremists and the Israeli government have demonized the Tamimi’s who have been…

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Controversial Israeli film “Foreign Land” in U.S. in March

February 11, 2018February 11, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Controversial Israeli film “Foreign Land” in U.S. in March Israeli officials denounce the film and promote censorship, urging Israelis not to view it, show it or support it, which means everyone should see this documentary [Updated] The film tells how Israeli society slips into extremism from the personal viewpoint of an Arab actor and a…

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Apartheid Israeli government imposes collective punishment on Hizma

January 24, 2018January 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Apartheid Israeli government imposes collective punishment on Hizma Over 7,000 people collectively punished: Israel imposes harsh restrictions on access to village of Hizma For more than a week, the Israeli military has been severely restricting access into and out of the Palestinian village of Hizma in the West Bank, apparently in response to stone-throwing along…

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MLK Day in the Era of Trump

January 14, 2018September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is an American federal holiday observed on the third Monday of January each year. In his “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” speech, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. warned us in 1967: “We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce…

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New Orleans stands with Palestine

January 11, 2018January 11, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

New Orleans stands with Palestine New Orleans City Council Votes to Stand with Palestinian Rights Following a year of protests and community pressure, the City Council voted unanimously today to enshrine International Human Rights in the City of New Orleans. Last month, New Orleans Palestinian Solidarity Committee (NOPSC) demanded that the City Council pass a…

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Adalah denounces Israeli blacklist

January 8, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Adalah denounces Israeli blacklist Israel releases ‘BDS blacklist’ banning NGOs from entering country Adalah: ‘BDS blacklist’ is reminiscent of actions taken by South Africa’s apartheid regime which also prepared blacklists in order to punish people and prevent entry. Israel released on Sunday, 7 January 2018 a list of NGOs whose members will be prevented from…

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Jewish Voice for Peace denounces Israeli blacklist

January 8, 2018January 8, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Jewish Voice for Peace denounces Israeli blacklist Letter from Jewish Voice for Peace Executive Director Rebecca Vilkomerson: I’m equal parts furious and sad: The Israeli Strategic Affairs Ministry put Jewish Voice for Peace on the list of organizations now officially banned from entering the state of Israel. We’re racing to figure out what this means and…

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APN Opposes Israel’s Entry Law Blacklist

January 8, 2018January 8, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

APN Opposes Israel’s Entry Law Blacklist Washington, DC — Israel yesterday published a list of 20 organizations the activists of which will be prevented from entering the country in accordance with Israel’s 2017 Entry Law. Just as we condemn the Entry Law, Americans for Peace Now opposes this blacklist. The Entry Law is aimed at…

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Harsh anti-Normalization undermines Palestinian interests

January 8, 2018January 8, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Harsh anti-Normalization undermines Palestinian interests Anger and emotion has driven many Palestinians to oppose any contacts with Israelis, calling it “normalization.” That’s a errant policy and a mistake, and it is misleading. Normalization is used by extremists to block any contacts between Palestinians and Israelis regardless of the intended outcome under the misleading belief that…

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How President Trump and Arab Leaders Are Making Turkey Great Again

December 25, 2017December 25, 2017 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

How President Trump and Arab Leaders Are Making Turkey Great Again By Abdennour Toumi The Arab street has been waiting for a political leader (a-Zae’em) since Gamel and Houari Boumédiène when it comes to making a stand against the Western hegemony led by the U.S. in the region. Lately the Middle East has been experiencing…

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Israel arrests 16 year old girl who slapped soldiers entering her home

December 19, 2017December 19, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Israel arrests 16 year old girl who slapped soldiers entering her home Sixteen-Year-Old Palestinian Girl Arrested by Israeli Army in West Bank Village of Nabi Saleh December 19, Nabi Saleh, Occupied Palestinian Territories – The Israeli army arrested 16-year-old Palestinian human rights activist Ahed last night during a night raid at her home in the…

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President Trump’s Audacity for Action

December 7, 2017December 7, 2017 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

President Trump’s Audacity for Action President Trump’s decision killed the two-state solution and the MENA doctrine (Realpolitik) of the former Presidents H.W Bush and Bill Clinton. By Abdennour Toumi Eight years ago the political pundits and the rejectionist politicians made the story of then-President Obama’s first year in the White House sound like American voters…

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President Trump is the catalyst the Arabs need to force them to act

December 6, 2017December 6, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

President Trump is the catalyst the Arabs need to force them to act In recognizing the Occupied City of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel, President Trump is tossing the Middle East Game Board in the air. Middle East peace has been in a coma for 22 years since Israeli extremists assassinated Yitzhak Rabin and…

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Reaction to Trump’s recognition of Occupied Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

December 6, 2017April 13, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Reaction to Trump’s recognition of Occupied Jerusalem as Israel’s capital Here’s a round-up of some of the reaction to President Trump’s decision to recognize Occupied Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel: (Click here to read President Trump’s statement) Yuseff Munayyer, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights: “Trump is telling Israel that its current separate-and-unequal – otherwise…

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Official Statement by President Trump on Jerusalem

December 6, 2017December 6, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Official Statement by President Trump on Jerusalem Diplomatic Reception Room 1:07 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. When I came into office, I promised to look at the world’s challenges with open eyes and very fresh thinking. We cannot solve our problems by making the same failed assumptions and repeating the same failed strategies of…

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Peace Now opposes US Embassy move to Jerusalem

November 30, 2017November 30, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Peace Now opposes US Embassy move to Jerusalem APN to Trump: Don’t Transfer Israel Embassy to Jerusalem Washington, DC — Alarmed by reports that the Trump Administration is considering immediate action to move the US Israel embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Americans for Peace Now is calling on President Trump to eschew this dangerous action….

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Interview with the filmmakers of “Holy Air”

November 30, 2017April 17, 2018 rayhanania 2 Comments

Interview with the filmmakers of “Holy Air” Holy Air is a satirically sad and humorous look at Christian life in Israel. Movie review of “Holy Air” by writer and producer Shady Srour and Director Ilan Moskovitch. Arabic, English and Hebrew. Also a Podcast Interview with Srour and Moskovitch about the challenges of making a film…

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Illinois Governor Rauner promises to turn in names of Arab activists to Israel

November 2, 2017April 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Illinois Governor Rauner promises to turn in names of Arab activists to Israel Racist Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner promises to provide Israel, a foreign country, with intelligence information on American citizens living in Illinois as a part of anti-Terrorism security measures. The Governor made the promises during a weeklong visit to Israel this week. By…

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