Tag: Middle East

Abrahamic Reunion at the Golan Heights and #AllLiesMatter @billmaher

February 2, 2016April 13, 2019 USS_Liberty Info 2 Comments

The Abrahamic Reunion joined musician James Twyman for peace in Syria at the border of Israel on Monday. By Eileen Fleming The Abrahamic Reunion is a group of spiritual leaders–Jews, Christians, Muslims, and Druze who have been working together for over a decade promoting inter religious harmony in the Holy Land. On February 1st James Twyman…

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Reading the grinds in Arabian coffee

January 24, 2016January 25, 2016 rayhanania No Comments

If you have never had your coffee grounds read, you are missing out on understanding your potential future. The art of reading coffee grounds in the Middle East traces back to thousands of years of practice, fortune tellers and seers By Ray Hanania When I was younger, my mother and aunts used to read my…

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Revolution and Pieces of Peace

January 17, 2016April 29, 2016 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

“The Revolution starts now, when you rise above your fear and tear the walls round you down.”-Steve Earle By Eileen Fleming “Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures” as President John F. Kennedy said. Pieces of Peace include a state of tranquility…

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Jesus, Muhammad, MLK and We Have a Dream

December 27, 2015September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info 2 Comments

“I have a dream” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was echoed at Saturday’s historic uniting of Christianity and Islam on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial By Eileen Fleming A dream for many materialized on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Christmas Saturday, presented by The American Muslim Institution and the All Dulles…

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Christ Consciousness and Christmas Cries

December 22, 2015December 27, 2019 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

Two millennia ago Jesus embodied the Christ Consciousness. This year’s Christmas cries from the Holy Land come by way of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from his annual Christmas press conference: In a few days we will celebrate the birth of Christ; Christmas, the mystery of the Incarnation, the mystery of the Eternal Word who…

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Mediterranean diet leads among healthiest choices

December 4, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

The Mediterranean Diet continues to be considered one of the top choices for people concerned about their healthy. The diet consists of many food products from the Middle East and the Arab World. A recent conclusion by major nutritional scientists (detailed below) suggests that the public needs to be more educated about their food choices….

Features, Food, Gulf States, Iraq, Israel, North Africa, Palestine & Jordan

War on Christmas, Liberation Theology and Yogi Jesus

December 1, 2015December 27, 2019 USS_Liberty Info 3 Comments

In support of a war on Christmas of ungodly commercialism, greed and willful ignorance; Liberation Theology and “The Yoga of Jesus” present us with great gifts for the self that could bless all others. By Eileen Fleming On Tuesday from Jerusalem a call for a war on Christmas as celebrated in the west came by…

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Holy Land Principles defends itself against activist critic

December 1, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

The head of the Holy Land Principles organization demanded in a press release today that Cisco publicly dissociate itself from activist Julie Hammerman’s, accusing her of lying about the group. McManus charges that activist’s lies destroy responsible investment When a corporate entity bills itself as a Socially Responsible Investment organization or firm, yet testifies to…

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Mordechai Vanunu Reports and the Thomas Merton Connection

September 28, 2015 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

On Friday Israel’s Nuclear Whistle Blower Mordechai Vanunu wrote at Facebook Sep. 10- Nine police men come to my home with a search warrant and arrest warrant, they took all my digitale stuff, computers, iPhone, memory stick, hard drive, camera, CDs, every thing, with all the passwords to all my internet activity. They are still…

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Detroit radio listeners on Sterling Heights Mosque fight

September 11, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Radio listeners in Detroit and Washington DC discuss a wide range of issues from the opposition of Chaldean Christians from the Middle East and mosque fight in Sterling Heights, to the commemoration of the 14th Anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Listeners also sound off on the plight of Syrian Refugees and Israel’s refusal…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, Israel, Podcast, Ray Hanania, religion, Syria

First Republican debate steers clear of Middle East

August 7, 2015August 7, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Although the Middle East and the question “who supports Israel more” dominate national politics and presidential elections, the first major debate of the top 10 Republican contenders had another agenda, defeating Donald Trump. Middle East issues took a back seat, but they definitely will surface as the election campaign energizes Make sure to take the Presidential…

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Documentary captures vanishing life in Ohio’s Little Syria

August 3, 2015September 29, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Arabs immigrated to many locations in America beginning sometime in the middle of the 19th Century. Why they chose different city locations depends on the industry and job opportunities at the time. Some of those stories have been documented, but most have been lost to time and the absence of a strong community-focused news media…

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Witch-hunts, USS LIBERTY and If Americans Only Knew!

July 10, 2015September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info 2 Comments

The latest witch-hunt to discredit Alison Weir, [founder and executive director of If Americans Knew and president of the Council for the National Interest] is disgracing her attackers as it underscores the dire need to educate Americans: In particular our elected representatives regarding Israel’s attack on the USS LIBERTY; which this activist reporter contends is…

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Hillary Clinton for President United States of Zionism

July 6, 2015September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

In her July 2nd declaration, U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton wrote Israeli-American businessman and donor Haim Saban, expressing “alarm” over BDS and affirming her dedication to always “stand up for Israel” if she becomes president. By Eileen Fleming In 2006, Dr. Ilan Pappe informed this reporter: When Zionism began in the 19th century it…

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Calling for American Revolution II

July 2, 2015April 9, 2016 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical…It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government. – Thomas Jefferson, 1787 By Eileen Fleming On his tombstone, Thomas Jefferson expressed that he wanted to be remembered…

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The Suicide Epidemic: Occupied Territories and USA

June 29, 2015September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

By Eileen Fleming Every day in Gaza at least one person attempts suicide. In the USA someone dies by suicide every 12.8 minutes. Last week the Palestine News Network reported that the suicide rate in the Occupied Territories jumped 68.4 percent last year. The Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, which was destroyed during last summer’s…

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Ambassadors for Peace and Divisiveness: Nasr and Oren   

June 19, 2015September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

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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Healing Israel Palestine Requires Truth, Justice and Forgiveness

June 15, 2015June 15, 2015 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

By Eileen Fleming Everything is connected and when it comes to Israel Palestine: America is deeply connected! The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.-Gandhi Forgiveness is the intentional and voluntary process by which a victim undergoes a change in feelings and attitude regarding an offense and lets go of negative…

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