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World community should do more than rejecting Israel’s baseless terrorist accusation against Palestinian NGOs By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz Israel continues to invent methods to silence voices of justice, using the “law of the land” as a pretext. A policy of discouraging Palestinian civil society is bound to encourage alternative methods of resistance: possibly a third…
The Political Grapevine/The Tabboun Friday, Dec. 17, 2021 A mix of political items involving mainstream American political candidates, and Arab and Muslim candidates and public officials. If you have news email it to former Chicago City Hall reporter Ray Hanania at rghanania@gmail.com. By Ray Hanania Palestinian Professor Iyeman Chehade, who has a brilliant understanding of…
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Israel’s Government hypocrisy in full display in its violence in Sheikh Jarrah Arab News columnist Ray Hanania explores the ethical, legal and moral hypocrisies of Israel’s government’s efforts to evict non-Jews from their homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. In his column, Hanania argues that if Israel’s government asserts that homes and…
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The Breach of the Capitol: An American Wake Up Call By Imad Hamad I am an independent. I always vote for the person not the party. My political identity is that I am simply a proud American citizen. I am naturalized- an American by choice. Since 1980, the year I landed in America, I have learned to…
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UAE-Israel normalization is not a breakthrough in peace making By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz Addressing the normalization of diplomatic relations between the United Arab Emirate and Israel on August 13 as a “Mideast peace breakthrough” is a stark exaggeration. For Palestinians, Western media’s perspective is false and provocative; it feels like the world community denies that…
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Sudan’s Defining Moment: the Uneasy Transition to Democracy Guest Op-Ed on the aftermath of Mar al-Bashir’s forced rem,oval from office and the negotiations to form a new government and establish Democracy. By Magdi A. Mofadal The Sudanese people, who pioneered in the Arab world in October 1964 with their first-ever “Arab Spring”, surprised the world…
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For his own good, Saudi Crown Prince must seek graceful exit from Yemen Saudi military actions in Yemen have caused a humanitarian disaster. With the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the situation has built up pressure to require Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to end conflict By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz The civil war in…
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Arab Radio: Aftermath of November 6 election on Arab Americans Radio host Ray Hanania will discuss the aftermath of the November 6, 2018 on Tuesday on the Arab Americans. How will the national election results impact Arab and Muslim Americans. Who are some of the Arab American candidates who won election? To listen to the…
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My Column on Cellular company rip-offs Cellular companies are engaged in a war for consumer accounts but many are not being honest. Here’s my horrible experience with Sprint where I was a loyal customer for 15 years By Ray Hanania I was a loyal customer with Sprint for 15 years using their cell phone service…
