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UAE-Israel accord creates ‘new environment’ for Mideast peace: Official

September 14, 2020September 14, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

UAE-Israel accord creates ‘new environment’ for Mideast peace: Official By Ray Hanania The historic accord between the UAE and Israel, which will be signed this week at the White House, will create a “new environment” to achieve peace, the director of policy planning at the Emirati Foreign Ministry told Arab News on Monday. The UAE…

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Hanania column: Rejection is not a strategy that works for Palestinians

September 12, 2020September 12, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Hanania column: Rejection is not a strategy that works for Palestinians “The Palestinians have been fighting a losing war for more than 70 years, one that spans several generations and has obscured the historical facts in contested public deliberation. “Palestinian refusal to recognize their failures, or pursue an alternative strategic plan other than rejection, has…

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Debate on Annexation doesn’t stop violence against Palestinians

August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 rayhanania 1 Comment

Debate on Annexation doesn’t stop violence against Palestinians The decision by the United Arab Emirates to “normalize” relations with Israel is a one-sided gesture that only pauses but does not stop the larger “annexation” moves by Israel. Worse is the UAE effort also doesn’t stop the violence and the daily forms of annexation that take…

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Ray Hanania rips through the news on his Radio Show

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 rayhanania 1 Comment

Ray Hanania rips through the news on his Radio Show Radio Host Ray Hanania talks to listeners on his Detroit radio show “The Arab street” on Friday August 14, 2020 discussing the Beirut explosion, the “differences” between President Trump and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and the Israeli occupation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)…

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Israel’s High Court of Justice Cancels Punitive Home Demolition

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Israel’s High Court of Justice Cancels Punitive Home Demolition The Court accepts petition filed by human rights organization HaMoked on behalf of eleven members of the Abu Bakr family from the town of Yaabed In a majority opinion issued today, Israel’s High Court of Justice cancelled an Israeli military order for a punitive home demolition…

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USS Liberty Survivors of The Six-Day War Read and Write

August 2, 2020August 2, 2020 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

On 8 June 1967, thirty four Americans were killed, 174 wounded and scarred for life because the USA Government failed to support the USS Liberty troops while Israel was attacking them with bombs, bullets, and torpedoes; and continues to disrespect the Liberty troops request to speak to the American people during an open Congressional hearing….

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Documentary on civil rights champion Lea Tsemel premieres July 27

July 22, 2020August 10, 2021 rayhanania 2 Comments

Documentary on civil rights champion Lea Tsemel premieres July 27 Advocate, a new documentary that features the principle struggles of Israeli attorney Lea Tsemel fighting for the rights of Palestinians, will premiere this week on Point of View on PBS. Many believe it has a shot at an Oscar in the Documentary category A political…

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CAIR Applauds Sen. Van Hollen’s Amendment Barring Use of Israel Aid for Illegal Annexation

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

CAIR Applauds Sen. Van Hollen’s Amendment Barring Use of Israel Aid for Illegal Annexation CAIR Action Alert: Urge Your State’s Senators to Oppose Israel’s Planned Illegal Annexation The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today applauded U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) – and the 12 other leading…

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Palestine official calls for International peace conference

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Palestine official urges International peace conference Statement by H.E. Riad Malki, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine, before the United Nations Security Council’s Monthly Briefing on the Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestine Question, Quarterly Report of the Secretary-General on Resolution 2334 (2016), 24 June 2020 By Ray Hanania Despite…

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Annual Update for Vanunu Mordechai, Israel’s nuclear whistleblower and Captive

June 6, 2020June 6, 2020 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

Israel’s nuclear whistleblower Vanunu Mordechai reported by tweet: “They renew all the restrictions for one more year, from June 2020 to June 2021, no any Freedom yet, So I will continue to post every month ‘Waiting to be free’” By Eileen Fleming Read Vanunu’s monthly tweets HERE WHY you should care: From 1976 to 1985,…

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A Covid-19 USS Liberty Remembrance Day

May 29, 2020June 6, 2020 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

Covid-19 caused the cancellation of the USS Liberty’s 53rd reunion of survivors of The Six Day War. The following is published in honor of 2020’s USS Liberty Remembrance Day. By Eileen Fleming This retired nurse has lived in Florida for decades but New York is my homeland. I began paying attention to Covid19 in January. It…

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Netflix fuels war on truth in new season of Fauda

May 10, 2020May 10, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Netflix fuels war on truth in new season of Fauda Netflix fuels war on truth in its new series “Fauda,” which purports to show the reality of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a distortion that waters down Israel’s oppressive brutality while exaggerating the threat from the Palestinians. The 3 season series is so disgusting I am…

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EU, France, Ireland urge decisive action to block Israeli annexation of West Bank

April 26, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

EU, France, Ireland urge decisive action to block Israeli annexation of West Bank Al-Haq Welcomes EU, Irish and French Positions and Urges Third States to Take Decisive Action to Prevent Further Israeli Annexation On 20 April 2020, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and former Chief of General Staff of the Israeli Occupying Forces, Benny Gantz,…

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Israelis and Palestinians to hold virtual Joint Memorial Day Ceremony

April 26, 2020April 26, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Israelis and Palestinians to hold virtual Joint Memorial Day Ceremony The Israeli-Palestinian Joint Memorial Day Ceremony, led by Combatants for Peace and The Parents Circle Families Forum will take place, for the 15th consecutive year, on Memorial Day – tomorrow, Monday, April 27th, beginning at 8:30 PM Jerusalem time. The Ceremony this year will be…

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Palestinians all too familiar with oppression of lockdowns

March 28, 2020March 29, 2020 rayhanania 2 Comments

Palestinians all too familiar with oppression of lockdowns If the world wants to understand how to survive the coronavirus, and lockdowns, home confinement, lack of medical services and the restrictions on everyday life, they should just turn to the Palestinians who have been suffering through the brutal and oppressive Israeli occupation. Originally published in the…

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Anti-BDS laws undermine America’s claim of Freedom

February 26, 2020February 26, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Anti-BDS laws undermine America’s claim of Freedom Pro-Israel and anti-Arab American government officials are bending to pressure from foreign lobbyists and PACs to approve laws that curtail the free speech rights of Americans when it comes to the interests of the foreign country, Israel. BDS laws which violate American Constitutional protections have been approved in…

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New Reddit Group to speak out against extremism

February 1, 2020February 1, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

New Reddit Group to speak out against extremism A new group has been created on Reddit to encourage moderates to be more vocal in supporting peace and rejecting extremism in Israel, Palestine and in the Arab, Israeli, Jewish, Christian and Muslim Worlds. We need to strengthen the moderate voices and push for compromise and mutual…

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Reaction to Trump Deal of the Century is swift and critical

January 29, 2020January 29, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Reaction to Trump Deal of the Century is swift and critical In many cases, Palestinian leaders and activists denounced the plan unveiled Tuesday by President Donald Trump for Israeli-Palestinian peace even though it offers the basis for a Two-State Solution, a flawed Palestinian State divided by Israel’s illegal and racist settlements, but left the door…

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