Tag: Israel

Mordechai Vanunu Birthday Vigil, Supreme Court Date, Jesus and John Lennon

October 8, 2015October 8, 2015 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Mordechai Vanunu turns 61 on October 13. UK supporters will vigil for a Free Mordechai Vanunu on Saturday. Vanunu’s 8th Supreme Court appeal for his freedom was rescheduled from Sept. 21 to Oct. 26, 2015. By Eileen Fleming On Sunday Israel’s nuclear whistle blower, Mordechai Vanunu wrote at Facebook: When they arrested me on Sep….

Arab World, Bloggers, Palestine & Jordan, Video

Roger Waters holding up civil rights tradition in opposing Apartheid

October 7, 2015October 8, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Roger Waters, the acclaimed British musician and co-founder of the rock sensation Pink Floyd, is not bullied or intimidated by attacks from the likes of washed-up singer Dionne Warwick (“Walk on By”) or the foul-mouthed radio racist Howard Stern who stains the America’s Got Talent TV series each week. He’s standing by the civil rights tradition…

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Not easy doing humor when the world is so violent

October 6, 2015October 6, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

The Middle East is erupting into more and more violence, and hatred is increasing as racist candidates like Ben Carson and Mike Huackabee are promoting divisions and bigotry. But sometimes, humor is the only way to stay sane. And maybe it can help others By Ray Hanania I entered comedy back in 2001 right after…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, Features, Humor, Israel, Ray Hanania

International CANNABIS EXPO and the U.S. Israel Cannabis Connection

October 5, 2015September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info 4 Comments

International CANNA PRO EXPO unites Health Care Community and Cannabis Industry with patients, caregivers and activists calling for cannabis to be regulated just as alcohol is. By Eileen Fleming [Orlando, Fl.] The International Canna Pro Expo ran from Oct. 2-4th and united the Health Care Community and Medical Cannabis Industry leaders, entrepreneurs, medical marijuana patients,…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Health, Video

New Book Release: “An Improbable Friendship”

September 29, 2015September 29, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

“The Secret”: An Improbable Friendship: The Remarkable Lives of Israeli Ruth Dayan and Palestinian Raymonda Tawil and Their 40-Year Peace Mission By Anthony David When Ruth Dayan phoned me up and promised to share a secret with me, I was teaching at Al Quds University in the occupied West Bank. Why would the wife of Moshe Dayan, the…

Arab World, Authors, Features, Israel, Palestine & Jordan

Suffer the Children: Israel’s Ripping at the Roots of Palestine

September 28, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Israeli Forces continue to target Palestinian youth in the occupied West Bank. This week, three young martyrs joined the thousands of others whose deaths tell the story of Palestinian resistance to the occupation and theft of Palestine. By Dezeray Lyn Hebron, Occupied Palestine — There are bullet holes in the metal doors siding the exit-passage of checkpoint 56 in the…

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Mordechai Vanunu House Arrest Ends and Israel Wins at UN

September 17, 2015September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

On Thursday Mordechai Vanunu’s house arrest in virtual solitary was lifted after 7 days without Internet or phone. Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Programme will “continue to monitor his situation.” By Eileen Fleming On Thursday The International Atomic Energy Agency’s General Conference voted down a resolution proposed by the Arab nations, which called…

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Will Bernie Sanders and Americans Engage in this Civil Discourse?

September 15, 2015September 15, 2015 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

On Monday, Presidential hopeful Senator Bernie Sanders engaged in a civil discourse at Liberty University, a leading evangelical Christian college, and built “common ground” beginning with the Bible. By Eileen Fleming Senator Sanders told the Liberty University crowd: I came here today, because I believe from the bottom of my heart that it is vitally…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Palestine & Jordan

Israel, one of the only countries refusing to help Syrian refugees

September 11, 2015September 11, 2015 rayhanania 2 Comments

Not surprisingly, Israel has surfaced as one of the only countries int he world not to help the millions of refugees that are fleeing from the terrorism of the Islamic State and Syrian Dictator Bashar al-Assad. And, Israel is building a wall to block them from entering their occupied nation, but not along the Syrian…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Ray Hanania, Syria

FX Tyrant series based on anti-Arab racism and stereotypes

September 10, 2015September 10, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

The Cable TV series from FX Tyrant is driven by anti-Arab racism and stereotypes. Not surprisingly, the series is produced by an Israeli who has no compunction to portray Arabs in as negative a light as possible to further libel Arab culture and their just claims against Israel. The real story of greed, betrayal, immorality and…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Entertainment, Ray Hanania

9/11: We will never forget, but will we ever learn?

September 10, 2015September 10, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Anger and emotion following the terrorist attacks after Sept. 11, 2001 prevented most Americans from thinking with reason and common sense back then. But as time goes on, more and more Americans are recognizing that our failure to act responsibly after 9/11 has helped create a much more dangerous world, not a safer one. We will…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Gulf States, Iran, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, Syria

Israel Police Investigate Mordechai Vanunu: Will Stephen Colbert Play Ball?

September 9, 2015April 13, 2019 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

On Wednesday Israel Police opened an investigation into whether Mordechai Vanunu’s fifteen minute Hebrew speaking interview with Israeli Channel 2 “may have breached terms of jail release in comments that were not aired. “Channel 2 reported that the investigation was initiated at the request of the Shin Bet security service. It said that while all…

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Israel’s fault lines spill onto the soccer pitch

September 5, 2015September 5, 2015 James Dorsey No Comments

By James M. Dorsey Israel’s multiple fault lines – secular vs religious, Jewish vs Palestine and controversial calls for a boycott of the Jewish state – are exploding on the soccer pitch. The spill over comes as President Reuven Rivlin warned in a recent speech that Israel was being fragmented by four tribes that view…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Sports

Will US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation Respond?

September 3, 2015September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

The U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation is the largest and most diverse coalition of hundreds of groups and organizations working to change U.S. policy toward Palestine/Israel to support human rights, international law, and equality. By Eileen Fleming with contribution from Hal The US Campaign will be holding its 14th Annual National…

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Americans are not traveling to the Middle East

August 29, 2015October 2, 2018 rayhanania 2 Comments

While Americans are among the most traveled people on the planet, one place they are avoiding is the Middle East and Arab countries. At one time, the Middle East was a favored destination to Americans but these days with the rising Islamic extremism, the violence and continued conflicts, tourism to the Arab World from the…

American Arabs, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Features, Gulf States, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, Travel

Child medical services expand in Ramallah

August 27, 2015August 27, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

For these Arabs and Israelis, the Only Common Enemy is Heart Disease. Nearing its ten-year anniversary, A Heart for Peace’s mixed team of Israeli and Palestinian doctors at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital has cared for 607 Palestinian children, with no thought to borders and citizenship. And at no charge. Two years ago, Baby Saleh was rushed…

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Palestinian failures come down to absence of strategic PR

August 25, 2015August 25, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

The greatest power in America and the world is strategic communications. It can make the truth look like a lie, and a lie look like the truth. While Israel masters the art of strategic communications, the Arab World has failed to use it resulting in the increasing world stereotypes that are driving the devastation of the…

Arab World, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, Gulf States, Israel, North Africa, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, Syria

Surge in destruction of Palestinian homes in Israel

August 22, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Thirty-one aid, faith, human rights, and development organizations are calling on world leaders to take urgent action to halt ongoing demolitions and hold the government of Israel accountable for the wanton destruction of Palestinian property and of projects funded by international aid in the occupied West Bank. Surge in destruction reported By Edith Garwood Amnesty…

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