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Donald Trump, The Sword of Damocles and Hair-Trigger Alerts #TrumpInaugural

Posted on December 26, 2016August 20, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Donald Trump, The Sword of Damocles and Hair-Trigger Alerts #TrumpInaugural
Donald Trump, The Sword of Damocles and Hair-Trigger Alerts #TrumpInaugural

“Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by accident or miscalculation or by madness.” -President John F. Kennedy, 1961 By Eileen Fleming The “sword of Damocles” is an ancient parable and the modern expression of impending doom…

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USS Liberty Veterans: Christmas Email and New Year Letter

Posted on December 25, 2016January 2, 2017 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on USS Liberty Veterans: Christmas Email and New Year Letter

USS Liberty Veterans Association President’s New Year Mission Letter and a survivors Christmas Email follow: By Eileen Fleming On Christmas Eve, USS Liberty Veteran and speaker Don Pageler emailed the following piece written by a peacekeeping soldier stationed overseas: The Night Before Christmas T’was the night before Christmas, He lived all alone, In a one…

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UN denounces illegal Israeli settlements

Posted on December 23, 2016February 10, 2017 By rayhanania No Comments on UN denounces illegal Israeli settlements

UN denounces illegal Israeli settlements UN chief welcomes Security Council resolution on Israeli settlements as ‘significant step’ United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the adoption of a Security Council resolution which states that the establishment of Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, have “no legal validity,” constitute a “flagrant violation” under international…

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America’s empty “happy talk” on Palestine coming to an end

Posted on December 23, 2016June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on America’s empty “happy talk” on Palestine coming to an end

America’s empty “happy talk” on Palestine coming to an end President-Elect Donald Trump’s actions which critics claim favor Israel in fact have the potential of awakening the sleeping giant of the Arab and Muslim World. His appointment of extremist David Freidman as US Ambassador to Israel and his vow to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv…

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Arab, European diplomats affirm Israeli settlements as illegal

Posted on December 21, 2016December 21, 2016 By rayhanania No Comments on Arab, European diplomats affirm Israeli settlements as illegal
Arab, European diplomats affirm Israeli settlements as illegal

Arab, European diplomats affirm Israeli settlements as illegal Declaration adopted at the Fourth League of Arab States – European Union Ministerial Meeting in Brussels The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the European Union (EU) and of the League of Arab States (LAS), gathering at the League of Arab States headquarters on December 20, 2016 in Cairo,…

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Mordechai Vanunu Newstip Declined by #NYT #BreakingNews #Israel #Nuclear #WhistleBlower #Vanunu

Posted on December 21, 2016October 13, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Mordechai Vanunu Newstip Declined by #NYT #BreakingNews #Israel #Nuclear #WhistleBlower #Vanunu

UPDATE: On January 18 Israel convicts Vanunu on 1 nonsense charge and not guilty on two UPDATE: On Sunday 15 Jan. Vanunu wrote at Facebook: Latest update with my new trial,on Jan’ 18,2017.I will be in israel court,peace court,in the Russians compound, jerusalem, at 9:30* .This Wednesday, the judge will give us his verdict of the…

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Jane Fonda: Actress, Activist and Muse #StandingRock #Palestine #Gaza #Vietnam #BabyBoomer #health #spirituality

Posted on December 16, 2016September 25, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Jane Fonda: Actress, Activist and Muse #StandingRock #Palestine #Gaza #Vietnam #BabyBoomer #health #spirituality

Jane Fonda turns 79 years young this December 21 By Eileen Fleming Jane Fonda is the muse-meaning source of inspiration for this article but she began to inspire this American baby-boomer in 1971. I was a junior in high school when Jane Fonda starred in “KLUTE” and inspired me to cut my waist length hair…

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CPJ: Record 259 journalists jailed around the world

Posted on December 13, 2016January 9, 2019 By rayhanania 1 Comment on CPJ: Record 259 journalists jailed around the world

CPJ: Record 259 journalists jailed around the world A total of 259 journalists are currently in jails in 31 countries, including 53 jailed in the Middle East. The report from the Committee to Protect Journalists notes that Turkey has the largest number of jailed journalists, 81, followed by China, with 38. Despite political criticism of Russia, that…

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Rabbi Hoffman’s ‘Mordechai Vanunu: Nuclear Whistleblower, Traitor, Apostate’ and The TRUTH

Posted on December 9, 2016August 20, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Rabbi Hoffman’s ‘Mordechai Vanunu: Nuclear Whistleblower, Traitor, Apostate’ and The TRUTH
Rabbi Hoffman’s ‘Mordechai Vanunu: Nuclear Whistleblower, Traitor, Apostate’ and The TRUTH

Rabbi is defined as a Jewish scholar or teacher. By Eileen Fleming Rabbi Evan Hoffman’s lecture Mordechai Vanunu: Nuclear Whistleblower, Traitor, Apostate streaming at The Marcos and Adina Katz YUTotah Online site is NOT scholarly; But it is a slanderous screed of Vanunu rife with erroneous historical facts. The YU Torah Online site is paid…

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Kerry warns Israel-Palestine relations “getting worse”

Posted on December 5, 2016June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Kerry warns Israel-Palestine relations “getting worse”

Kerry warns Israel-Palestine relations “getting worse” In speaking to the pro-Israel Saban Forum organized by the Brookings Institution’s Center for Middle East Policy this past week (Dec. 2, 2016), outgoing Secretary of State John F. Kerry said that the situation for peace “is “getting worse.” And, he cautioned, no peace with the Arab World can…

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A Free Vanunu Ends The Legend of Vanunu and The Final Chapter

Posted on December 4, 2016October 30, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on A Free Vanunu Ends The Legend of Vanunu and The Final Chapter

Nuclear Whistle Blower Mordechai Vanunu’s July 4th trial reconvenes on 22 December Vanunu has been growing his legend at FaceBook where he wrote: After 30 years in Israel prison the new trial started [on 4 July 2016] from the big trial of exposing Israel Atomic weapons secrets [in 1986-87] to new chargers about moving apartment…

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Dear Darling Jared Kushner and Observer Media

Posted on November 25, 2016November 25, 2016 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Dear Darling Jared Kushner and Observer Media

Jared Kushner became known as “the eyes and ears” of Donald Trump during the campaign and he is now expected to play a key role in efforts to bring peace to the Middle East. By Eileen Fleming Jared Kushner is the grandson of Holocaust survivors and he was raised in an Orthodox Jewish household. Trump’s…

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Book Release: Love and Terror in the Middle East

Posted on November 23, 2016 By rayhanania No Comments on Book Release: Love and Terror in the Middle East

Book Release: Love and Terror in the Middle East Book Release: “Love And Terror: A Peace Activist Enters A War Zone To Help Stop The Conflict And Bring Peace In Israel And Palestine” Author Dr. Frank Romano This is the first time Dr. Frank Romano has travelled to the Holy Land in the middle of a…

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Mordechai Vanunu Could Be Free for Christmas

Posted on November 22, 2016August 20, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Mordechai Vanunu Could Be Free for Christmas

Mordechai Vanunu Israeli Nuclear Whistle Blower announced at Twitter on Tuesday that his July 4th indictment will continue on 22 December:     Read More about Mordechai Vanunu’s July 4 indictment at 30 Years a Hostage In my 6th book, Heroes, Muses and the Saga of Mordechai Vanunu, I wrote: In my third book, I…

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Senator Warren VS Trump and Her YouTube Staff

Posted on November 20, 2016August 20, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Senator Warren VS Trump and Her YouTube Staff

Senator Elizabeth Warren is a progressive democrat who called Trump’s appointment of Senator Jeff Sessions as attorney general a “compromise with racism” and a “negotiation with hate.” On Tuesday, at a Wall Street Journal event with CEOs, Senator Warren spoke about Steve Bannon, Trump’s senior strategist:  This is a man who has white supremacist ties….

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Saving Arab Christians in Middle East & America

Posted on November 15, 2016June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Saving Arab Christians in Middle East & America
Saving Arab Christians in Middle East & America

Saving Arab Christians in Middle East & America #SaveArabChristians New Facebook Group documents killings of Arabs & Middle East Christians. Please support, share: www.facebook.com/groups/160992707701045 By Ray Hanania I can’t believe that whenever someone brings up the topic of “Saving Arab Christians,” people in the Middle East community get angry and upset. I get angry responses on…

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Twitter Censorship #USSLiberty #Vanunu

Posted on November 12, 2016November 12, 2016 By USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment on Twitter Censorship #USSLiberty #Vanunu

On Saturday this author reporter discovered Twitter had censored weeks of my Tweets with the hashtags: USS LIBERTY and Vanunu by inserting “Tweet Unavailable” at the retweets. ALL the Tweets remained available at my Twitter Wall HERE BUT weeks of Tweets had disappeared at the hashtag wall for USS Liberty which I discovered the day…

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UN Resolution to Outlaw Nuclear Weapons #GoodByeNukes #FreeVanunu

Posted on October 29, 2016September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on UN Resolution to Outlaw Nuclear Weapons #GoodByeNukes #FreeVanunu

UN adopts landmark resolution calling for the ultimate elimination of nuclear weapons worldwide. USA, UK, France, Russia, Israel vote NO By Eileen Fleming On 27 October 2016, a UN General Assembly committee voted to launch negotiations on a new treaty banning nuclear weapons despite opposition from four of the five UN Security Council nuclear powers….

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