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Holy Land Trust hosts Congressional staff delegation fact finding trip to Palestine

October 2, 2022October 2, 2022 rayhanania 2 Comments

Holy Land Trust hosts Congressional staff delegation fact finding trip to Palestine The Holy Land Trust has facilitated a visit of 14 staff from the US congress through the Rebuilding Alliance which runs a Leadership Learning Mission to develop the understanding of senior influencers in politics. The congressional team visited Jerusalem and the West Bank…

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A Black Day to Remember the Nakba

May 15, 2018May 15, 2018 Maria Khoury No Comments

A Black Day to Remember the Nakba By Maria C. Khoury As a little girl I use to pray for the president of the United States every Sunday in the Eastern Orthodox Liturgy never really understanding why I should do so. But finally in my old age after waking up to the bloodiest day I…

Arab World, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, Israel, Maria Khoury, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

Amnesty International Condemns Trump Embassy move

May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Amnesty International Condemns Trump Embassy move US Embassy move to Jerusalem rewards Israel’s illegal annexation and settlement policy, says Amnesty International Reacting to the opening of the United States embassy in Jerusalem, Raed Jarrar, Advocacy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International USA issued the following statement: “Today, on the eve…

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Ashrawi: US is complicit in Israeli atrocities with Embassy move

May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Ashrawi: US is complicit in Israeli atrocities with Embassy move PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi: “Seventy years on, the Nakba continues.” Also, BDS activists decry embassy move “One the eve of the seventieth anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (“catastrophe”), a grave historical injustice that continues today, the U.S. will officially relocate its embassy…

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Israel Orders Human Rights Watch Official Deported

May 9, 2018May 9, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Israel Orders Human Rights Watch Official Deported Government-Compiled Dossier Accuses Organization of Promoting Boycotts Israeli authorities on May 7, 2018, revoked the work permit for Omar Shakir, the Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine director, and ordered him to leave Israel within 14 days. The government said it was because of Shakir’s alleged support for boycotts of Israel….

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How President Trump and Arab Leaders Are Making Turkey Great Again

December 25, 2017December 25, 2017 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

How President Trump and Arab Leaders Are Making Turkey Great Again By Abdennour Toumi The Arab street has been waiting for a political leader (a-Zae’em) since Gamel and Houari Boumédiène when it comes to making a stand against the Western hegemony led by the U.S. in the region. Lately the Middle East has been experiencing…

Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Iran, Israel, Kurds, Middle East, Opinion, Syria, Turkey

Ahed Tamimi: Symbol of courage and leadership

December 21, 2017September 25, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

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…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, racism

President Trump is the catalyst the Arabs need to force them to act

December 6, 2017December 6, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

President Trump is the catalyst the Arabs need to force them to act In recognizing the Occupied City of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel, President Trump is tossing the Middle East Game Board in the air. Middle East peace has been in a coma for 22 years since Israeli extremists assassinated Yitzhak Rabin and…

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Reaction to Trump’s recognition of Occupied Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

December 6, 2017April 13, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Reaction to Trump’s recognition of Occupied Jerusalem as Israel’s capital Here’s a round-up of some of the reaction to President Trump’s decision to recognize Occupied Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel: (Click here to read President Trump’s statement) Yuseff Munayyer, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights: “Trump is telling Israel that its current separate-and-unequal – otherwise…

American Arabs, Arab World, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, Terrorism

Palestinian leader Ashrawi warns Jerusalem move will end peace process

December 5, 2017December 5, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Palestinian leader Ashrawi warns Jerusalem move will end peace process December 5, 2017: Dr. Ashrawi: President Trump’s decision to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem is a fatal blow to peace and security Commenting on U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to relocate the embassy to Jerusalem, PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi strongly condemned…

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UN to list businesses operating illegally in Occupied Palestinian lands

November 26, 2017November 27, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

UN to list businesses operating illegally in Occupied Palestinian lands The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) is preparing to release a list of all of the businesses and corporations that are operating illegally on lands captured by Israel in 1967 in violation of international law. Despite Israel’s clever PR, companies that operate in the…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania

Ehrenreich book exposes media lies about Israel’s occupation

July 6, 2017July 6, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Ehrenreich book exposes media lies about Israel’s occupation Author and award winning journalist Ben Ehrenreich pens a new book that offers readers fair and balanced insight into the reality of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinians in a way that most mainstream American news media pretends does not exist. Ehrenreich has come under vicious attack…

Arab World, Authors, Bloggers, Book Review, Commentary, Editors Picks, Entertainment, Features, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania

Israel to build 1,800 illegal Jewish settlements to block peace

July 3, 2017June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Israel to build 1,800 illegal Jewish settlements to block peace Jerusalem Regional Committee to Discuss a New Settlement in Sheikh Jarrah and Nearly 1,800 Housing Units in East Jerusalem Neighbourhood Settlements In the coming weeks the Jerusalem regional planning committee will discuss new plans for East Jerusalem, in both Israeli neighbourhood settlements beyond the Green…

Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan

50 years of failed strategy is nothing to commemorate

June 5, 2017June 5, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

50 years of failed strategy is nothing to commemorate June 5, 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of Israel’s premeditated attack against loudmouthed Arab neighbors in a war that had never really ended from 1948. Rather than using strategic thinking and creative actions to defeat Israel or force Israel to accept the legitimacy of Palestinian Nationalism and…

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Palestinians injured in protests supporting hunger strikers

May 19, 2017May 23, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Palestinians injured in protests supporting hunger strikers Story from Maan News Agency: Palestinians protest across the occupied territories in the West Bank, occupied Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip in support of Palestinian hunger strikers in Israel’s prison gulag system. The day of solidarity was marked by violence by Israeli soldiers firing on civilian protestors Photos…

Ahmad Hasaballah, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Palestine & Jordan

Palestinians Commemorate 41st Anniversary of Land Day

March 30, 2017March 30, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Palestinians Commemorate 41st Anniversary of Land Day The PLO Delegation Commemorates 41st Anniversary of Palestinian Land Day The General Delegation of the PLO to the United States joins the Palestinian people in Palestine and the Diaspora in commemorating Palestine’s 41st Land Day. On March 30, 1976, Israel announced plans to expropriate over 10,000 acres of…

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Vice President Pence meets with Jordan’s King

January 31, 2017January 31, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Vice President Pence meets with Jordan’s King Trump administration moves to reinforce ties with moderate Arab World leaders. Speaks with leaders of United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia the day before Vice President Michael Pence, representing President Donald Trump, held its first meeting on Monday Jan. 30, 2017 with His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan…

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Despite End of World fear mongering, Embassy move not likely

January 25, 2017June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Despite End of World fear mongering, Embassy move not likely President Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric came to an abrupt halt this past week on many issues including one that Arab activists who have been asleep at the wheel for the past eight years have now grasped as an electrical charge for their protests, screams and continued…

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