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Good Shepherd Collective needs your help to fight Annexation, Demolitions, and more

Posted on September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 By rayhanania No Comments on Good Shepherd Collective needs your help to fight Annexation, Demolitions, and more
Good Shepherd Collective needs your help to fight Annexation, Demolitions, and more

Good Shepherd Collective needs your help to fight Annexation, Demolitions, and more URGENT CALL-TO-ACTION. Webinar Sept. 5 addresses how Jewish National Fund engaged in the displacement of Palestinians from their homes and the confiscation of their lands. With all eyes on the United States’ presidential election, the Israeli settler movement has been inciting violence, ransacking Palestinian…

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Jordan’s King rejects Trump’s actions at United Nation speech

Posted on September 26, 2018September 26, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Jordan’s King rejects Trump’s actions at United Nation speech
Jordan’s King rejects Trump’s actions at United Nation speech

Jordan’s King rejects Trump’s actions at United Nation speech Jordan’s King denounces Jerusalem decision, urges Two-State Solution and calls for International help on Refugees during United Nation’s speech. King Adbullah II of Jordan told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday Sept. 25, 2018 that “challenges do not make collective action and mutual respect less important,”…

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Palestinians demand end to PA sanctions on Gaza

Posted on June 11, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Palestinians demand end to PA sanctions on Gaza

Palestinians demand end to PA sanctions on Gaza Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets Sunday to demand an end to the sanctions imposed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to show solidarity with the besieged residents of the Gaza Strip who have been under military assault by Israeli military forces since March 30, 2018….

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Trump vows to support Palestinian economy

Posted on May 23, 2017May 23, 2017 By rayhanania No Comments on Trump vows to support Palestinian economy

Trump vows to support Palestinian economy Trump continues on his push to support Palestinian rights despite blowback from the mainstream American news media, anti-Arab critics and extremists in the Palestinian and Arab community who oppose peace based on compromise. Trumps visit with Abbas reinforces Abbas’s position as the leader of the Palestinian people, shunning the waning influence of the…

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Reflection from my Christian Eyes

Posted on October 14, 2016September 24, 2018 By Maria Khoury No Comments on Reflection from my Christian Eyes

Reflection from my Christian Eyes A Christian reflects on the challenges they face as a faith and community under Israeli occupation. Why isn’t Israel held to the same standards and laws as everyone else? By Dr. Maria C. Khoury The Day after Yom Kippur, I decided I should be more faithful in practicing my religion. I have…

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Abbas urges Israel to recognize Palestine

Posted on September 22, 2016September 25, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Abbas urges Israel to recognize Palestine

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged Israel during a speech to the United Nation’s General Assembly to set aside their racism and hatred and recognize once and for all the right of Palestinians to a state. Abbas also protested against Israel’s military brutality against Palestinian civilians. By Ray Hanania Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged Israel during…

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Gaza Christians begin Christmas celebrations

Posted on December 20, 2015September 24, 2018 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Gaza Christians begin Christmas celebrations

Christians in Gaza are beginning the celebration of Christmas as is being done throughout Occupied Palestine.  The images of Christians worshipping in occupied Palestine should remind Christians everywhere that their brothers and sisters are still suffering under the Israeli occupation By Mohammed Asad The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal (L) leads a mass at…

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Hell in Hebron and The NY Times Reports the Obvious

Posted on October 30, 2015October 30, 2015 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Hell in Hebron and The NY Times Reports the Obvious

On Thursday the headline in The New York Times read “Palestinian Uprising Shifts to West Bank City of Hebron” and reported: This month’s Palestinian uprising that started with a wave of knife attacks in Jerusalem has shifted some 18 miles south to Hebron, another holy city with a stark history of violence and tension…  …

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Israeli campaign to spread lies exposed by prestigious British group

Posted on August 8, 2015 By rayhanania No Comments on Israeli campaign to spread lies exposed by prestigious British group
Israeli campaign to spread lies exposed by prestigious British group

Pro-Israel groups are engaged in a disinformation campaign to discredit organizations that support Palestinian civil rights. The prestigious independent organization Public Interest Investigations has identified a new campaign by extremist pro-Israel groups with U.S. Funding to discredit the important UN Economic and Social Council and the Palestine Return Centre (Center) By Ray Hanania Pro-Israel groups…

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Should we put Israel in charge of the Kaaba?

Posted on July 24, 2015October 2, 2015 By rayhanania 1 Comment on Should we put Israel in charge of the Kaaba?
Should we put Israel in charge of the Kaaba?

Every day, Israeli settlers openly disrespect Islam and Muslims by entering the al-Aqsa Mosque Compound and the Haram al Ash-Sharif near the Dome of the Rock to rally and protest and chant that they will one day destroy these Holy Sites and replace them with their own. And Muslims around the world do nothing about it. Would…

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US Israel Nuclear Entanglements and Occupation of Palestine #FreeVanunu #FreePalestine

Posted on March 18, 2015September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on US Israel Nuclear Entanglements and Occupation of Palestine #FreeVanunu #FreePalestine

By Eileen Fleming Decades of US Israel nuclear entanglements and occupation of Palestine have reaped a tangled mass impeding movement. Once anyone or thing is entangled; extrication does not come easily but is possible. From Jerusalem on Monday, The New York Times reported, Netanyahu Says No to Statehood for Palestinians…Mr. Netanyahu’s chief challenger, Isaac Herzog of…

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Responding to Netanyahu and The New York Times Re: Vanunu, Israel’s WMD and Occupation Palestine

Posted on March 4, 2015September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment on Responding to Netanyahu and The New York Times Re: Vanunu, Israel’s WMD and Occupation Palestine

By Eileen Fleming On Wednesday Israel’s Nuclear Whistleblower marked the 7th anniversary of the establishment of his YouTube Channel: Vanunu Mordechai   Joined Mar 4, 2008-Mar-4-2015.and my words still very clear and strong,without any answers,still waiting to real freedom.freedom of speech and freedom of movements,from this the only Non democracy state in the middl east…

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Palestinian Jewish Martyr Jesus was never a Christian

Posted on August 15, 2014September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Palestinian Jewish Martyr Jesus was never a Christian

Palestinian Jewish Martyr Jesus was never a Christian By Eileen Fleming Exclusive to The Arab Daily News   Until my first trip to both sides of The Wall in the so called Holy Land I was a ‘church lady’ who taught Sunday School to middle and high school students at an Episcopal Church. After my…

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Vanunu’s Family Affair and US-Israeli Reality-Check: Nukes and ‘Peace Talks’

Posted on April 4, 2014August 20, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info 3 Comments on Vanunu’s Family Affair and US-Israeli Reality-Check: Nukes and ‘Peace Talks’

Vanunu’s Family Affair and US-Israeli Reality-Check: Nukes and ‘Peace Talks’ By Eileen Fleming Exclusive to The Arab Daily News   Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday the U.S. is questioning its role in the Israeli-Palestine peace talks, noting it was “reality-check time” for negotiators from both parties. In the past week, Israel cancelled the…

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