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Tag: John Kerry

Secretary Kerry’s speech on Middle East peace

Posted on December 29, 2016September 25, 2018 By rayhanania 1 Comment on Secretary Kerry’s speech on Middle East peace

Here are the full text of US Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech regarding failed Middle East peace efforts and Israel’s illegal settlement expansion. The speech was made on Dec. 28, 2016 at The Dean Acheson Auditorium in Washington, DC. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very, very much. Thank you. (Coughs.) Excuse me. Thank…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, Politics

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”

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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American Arabs, Arab World Politics, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania

Gut-wrenching Nuclear Deceptions and the G-7

Posted on April 12, 2016April 13, 2016 By Eileen Fleming 1 Comment on Gut-wrenching Nuclear Deceptions and the G-7
Gut-wrenching Nuclear Deceptions and the G-7

Gut-wrenching is anything that causes mental or emotional anguish
 By Eileen Fleming  “Gut-wrenching” was how U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry defined his visit to the site of the world’s first targeted atomic bombings of innocent civilians.  Kerry became the highest-ranking U.S. diplomat to visit the Hiroshima Peace Park, located at ground zero for the first of…

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Ambassadors for Peace and Divisiveness: Nasr and Oren




Posted on June 19, 2015September 24, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Ambassadors for Peace and Divisiveness: Nasr and Oren



Ambassadors for Peace and Divisiveness: Nasr and Oren




By Eileen Fleming Israel’s former ambassador to Washington, USA born Michael Oren exemplifies the latter and Kameel Nasr from Lebanon and Boston the former. Oren served as Israel’s ambassador in Washington from 2009 to 2013 and is now a Knesset member in Israel’s center-right Kulanu party. Launching his new book “Ally: My Journey Across the…

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Heated Rhetoric at 2015 NPT Review Conference

Posted on April 28, 2015September 24, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Heated Rhetoric at 2015 NPT Review Conference

By Eileen Fleming (Washington/New York)—On Monday Iran led the call by non-aligned nations for Israel to give up its nuclear weapons as the 2015 NPT Review Conference got underway. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif insisted that the 120-nation Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is demanding that “Israel, the only one in the region that has neither…

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American Arabs, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Palestine & Jordan

Cairo Institute condemns those who justify Charlie Hebdo attack

Posted on January 14, 2015June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Cairo Institute condemns those who justify Charlie Hebdo attack
Cairo Institute condemns those who justify Charlie Hebdo attack

Combating terrorism must include religious reform, which cannot take place in absence of comprehensive political reform The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) condemns the terrorist acts that shook the French capital city, Paris last week, and which took the lives of 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo newspaper, and four others in a…

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Arab World, News, North Africa

Western nations gather to discuss deterioration in Libya

Posted on December 3, 2014September 24, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Western nations gather to discuss deterioration in Libya

Embed from Getty Images The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, the U.S. Secretary of State, the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs met in Brussels on December 3, 2014 to assess the current situation in…

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Arab World, News, North Africa

Israel/Palestine Conflict: Time now to change to a human rights approach

Posted on October 21, 2014October 21, 2014 By rayhanania No Comments on Israel/Palestine Conflict: Time now to change to a human rights approach
Israel/Palestine Conflict: Time now to change to a human rights approach

Israel/Palestine Conflict: Time now to change to a human rights approach By Edith Garwood The same day Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary General, visited the Gaza Strip saying, “a restrictive occupation that has lasted almost half a century, the continued denial of Palestinian rights and the lack of tangible progress in peace negotiations” was the…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Guest Columnist, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Spotlight

Gaza residents await reconstruction in wake of Israeli war crimes

Posted on October 12, 2014October 12, 2014 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Gaza residents await reconstruction in wake of Israeli war crimes
Gaza residents await reconstruction in wake of Israeli war crimes

Gaza residents await reconstruction in wake of Israeli war crimes US Pledges $212 million during conference this week in Cairo By Mohammed Asad with Ray Hanania Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip await word from the reconstruction conference being held in Cairo, Egypt of Arab World leaders on when they might see the rebuilding of…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Mohammed Asad, News, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, Spotlight

AIPAC Controlled Congress vis-a vis HOUSE Reps. O’Rourke, Engel and Royce

Posted on October 4, 2014June 12, 2019 By Eileen Fleming 1 Comment on AIPAC Controlled Congress vis-a vis HOUSE Reps. O’Rourke, Engel and Royce
AIPAC Controlled Congress vis-a vis HOUSE Reps. O’Rourke, Engel and Royce

AIPAC Controlled Congress vis-a vis HOUSE Reps. O’Rourke, Engel and Royce By Eileen Fleming On Thursday the Jewish Daily FORWARD admitted “It took only one wrong vote to teach a freshman Democrat from Texas how sensitive, and even wrathful, the Jewish community can be when it comes to Israel. “But the real story of what…

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American Arabs, Arab World, Bloggers, Eileen Fleming, Palestine & Jordan

Kerry appoints Shaarik Zafar Special Rep to Muslim Communities

Posted on September 4, 2014September 24, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Kerry appoints Shaarik Zafar Special Rep to Muslim Communities
Kerry appoints Shaarik Zafar Special Rep to Muslim Communities

Kerry appoints Shaarik Zafar Special Rep to Muslim Communities By Ray Hanania U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Wednesday announced the appointment of Shaarik H. Zafar as the State Department’s new “Special Representative to Muslim Communities” in the United States and the international community. The appointment was made at a closed ceremony at the Dean Acheson…

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American Arabs, News, Ray Hanania, religion, Spotlight, Syria

Norman Podhoretz and the face of modernday hate

Posted on April 13, 2014August 20, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Norman Podhoretz and the face of modernday hate
Norman Podhoretz and the face of modernday hate

Norman Podhoretz and the face of modernday hate How the mainstream American media coddles hate, racism and bigotry By Ray Hanania If someone wrote that the Jews murdered Christ, or that they were engaged in drinking the blood of Christian children, no respectable news media would publish their vicious hate filled words. But that is…

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American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Ray Hanania, Spotlight

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

Posted on April 4, 2014August 20, 2019 By Eileen Fleming 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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Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, News, Palestine & Jordan

America and Saudi Women Again!

Posted on April 2, 2014June 12, 2019 By rayhanania 1 Comment on America and Saudi Women Again!

America and Saudi Women Again! By Sheikha Al Dosary Before President Obama visited Saudi Arabia this last weekend, he was urged by 70 members of Congress who signed a bipartisan letter to raise critical human rights cases in Saudi Arabia. They also advised him to meet with Saudi female activists. Amnesty International also asked him…

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