BDS movement nominated for Nobel Peace Prize The Palestinian Solidarity Campaign and Jewish Voice for Peace released news this week that the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanction) movement has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. BDS opposes the illegal activities of the Israeli Government in denying the human and civil rights of civilians targeted by…
Read more »
Activism, Arab World, Israel, News, Palestine & Jordan, racism, religionBDS , boycott , Civil Rights , Divestment , Human rights , Israeli Apartheid Government , Israeli bigotry , Israeli discrimination , Israeli racism , Nobel Peace Prize , nomination , Palestine , Palestinians , Sanction Ahed Tamimi: Symbol of courage and leadership Nothing has been more inspiring than to watch 16 year old Ahed Tamimi, a young girl standing in front of her home in Nabi Saleh, confronting heavily armed Israeli soldiers mocking them with slaps and telling them to eave her family alone. Tamimi has become the face of…
Read more »
Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, racismAhed Tamimi , Bassem Tamimi , Israel apartheid , Israel racism , Israeli brutality , Israeli discrimination , Nabi Saleh , Occupied Jerusalem , oppression , Palestine , Palestinian rights , West Bank Israel blocks Christians from visiting grave sites Israel blocks Palestinian grandmother from visiting father’s grave in Christian cemetery. Israeli army expelled residents, demolished Galilee village in 1948; Adalah demands all displaced residents of Ma’alul be allowed to visit family graves, now surrounded by Israeli military base. For years, Israel has been preventing Salwa Salem-Copty, a Christian…
Read more »
Arab World, Christian & Muslim, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, racism1948 villages , Christian grave sites , Christians , evidence of Israeli Apartheid , Israeli citizens , Israeli discrimination , Israeli racism , Malul The concept of Democracy and its power of voting is still a new concept for Arabs in Arab World and especially in Israel where they live as an oppressed, discriminated minority. But they still need to reconcile their actions with their admiration for the movement led by the late Civil Rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. By…
Read more »
Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Ray HananiaArab Israelis , Civil Rights , Democracy , elections , Israeli discrimination , LBJ , Martin Luther King Jr , Palestinians , racism , violence , Votings Right Act 
Ahed Tamimi: Symbol of courage and leadership
By rayhanania |
Ahed Tamimi: Symbol of courage and leadership Nothing has been more inspiring than to watch 16 year old Ahed Tamimi, a young girl standing in front of her home in Nabi Saleh, confronting heavily armed Israeli soldiers mocking them with slaps and telling them to eave her family alone. Tamimi has become the face of…
Read more »