Tag: Palestine

Taybeh Christian Palestinians celebrate: Receiving the Holy Fire Once Again

April 19, 2014September 24, 2018 Maria Khoury 1 Comment

Taybeh Christian Palestinians celebrate: Receiving the Holy Fire Once Again By Maria C. Khoury, Ed.D. We have just celebrated the Miracle of the Holy Fire in Taybeh in a most magnificent way at the outskirts of our village approximately 5:30 pm local time on this Great and Holy Saturday while waiting all afternoon when this…

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Cicero Orthodox Church celebrates 20 year anniversary of Miraculous Weeping Icon of the Virgin Mary

April 14, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania 2 Comments

Cicero Orthodox Church celebrates 20 year anniversary of Miraculous Weeping Icon of the Virgin Mary Weeping Icon symbolizes the suffering of Christians in the Holy Land, Pastor of Church says By Ray Hanania St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Chicago’s west suburb of Cicero will hold a special service on Tuesday April 22 to honor…

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Columbia College reinstates Palestinian professor’s censored class

April 7, 2014April 13, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Columbia College reinstates Palestinian professor’s censored class By Ray Hanania Columbia College reinstated a class that had been stripped from Palestinian American Professor Iymen Chehade following weeks of protests from education professionals and activists and within days of receiving a letter of protest from the Israeli director of the film which provoked an anonymous student…

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

April 4, 2014August 20, 2019 USS_Liberty Info 3 Comments

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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Coalition claims victory over Silverstein anti-Arab hate legislation

April 2, 2014June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Coalition claims victory over Silverstein anti-Arab hate legislation State Senate Committee rejects Silverstein bill to censor American critics of foreign country April 2, 2014, Chicago – Yesterday afternoon, the Senate Judiciary Committee of the Illinois Senate rejected Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 59, proposed by Senator Ira Silverstein (D-Chicago), that urged Illinois university and college presidents…

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Press Release: Palestinians & Israelis Take Matters into Their Own Hands

March 31, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Palestinians & Israelis Take Matters into Their Own Hands Israeli – Palestinian Public Negotiating Congress in Almog Junction April 10-11, 2014 The Israeli and Palestinian leaderships apparently do not have a working strategy to cope with their conflict. So, the time has come for the two peoples to take matters into their own hands! On April…

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Saudi denial of visa for Israeli journalist not the real issue

March 29, 2014August 20, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Saudi denial of visa for Israeli journalist not the real issue By Ray Hanania (Creators Syndicate, March 28, 2014. Click here to read the Arabic version of this column) This week, the mainstream American news media went berserk when it was disclosed that the Washington Bureau chief of the Israeli Jerusalem Post was denied an…

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Palestinian Land Day and West Bank Oil

March 26, 2014August 20, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Palestinian Land Day and West Bank Oil By Eileen Fleming Exclusive to the Arab Daily News LAND DAY commemorates the killing of six Palestinians, wounding of 96 and arrests of 300 on 30 March 1976, when Israeli forces reacted with violence to a spontaneous peaceful demonstration by Palestinians over the confiscation of 5,500 acres…

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My Palestine

March 25, 2014April 13, 2019 Lilas Taha 1 Comment

My Palestine by Lilas Taha She lounged lazily under an olive tree one warm afternoon, digging her bare toes in the rich soil under her feet. Glorious vibrant hair danced in the light breeze, spreading her earthly scent in all directions. She threw back her head in rapturous song, her voice saturated with love as…

Remember the USS Liberty’s MD in honor of National Dr. Day 2014

March 23, 2014September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Remember the USS Liberty’s MD in honor of National Dr. Day By Eileen Fleming Exclusive to The Arab Daily News In 1990, an act of Congress established every March 30th to be National Dr. Day; to recognize physicians, their work, and their contributions to society and the community. One reason, I ran for US HOUSE…

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Silverstein bill to censor critics of foreign country stymied in Illinois Senate

March 21, 2014April 13, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Silverstein bill to censor critics of foreign country stymied in Illinois Senate By Ray Hanania Senate Bill 3017, introduced by State Sen. Ira Silverstein to protect Israel from American citizens expressing their constitutional rights to criticize a foreign country, failed to be called for a vote last week, suggesting that it might dies, opponents of…

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Loyola University group votes to divest from companies supporting illegal Israeli occupation

March 20, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Loyola University group votes to divest from companies supporting illegal Israeli occupation By Ray Hanania In the face of growing legislation that would punish any company, school or organization that “boycotts” Israel, Loyola University became the first Jesuit University to approve a resolution to divest from any business that profits from the illegal and oppressive…

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Illinois Senator Silverstein to censor American critics of foreign country Israel

March 19, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

Illinois Senator Silverstein to censor American critics of foreign country Israel By Ray Hanania An Illinois state Senator has introduced legislation that would deny Americans the right to criticize or boycott an educational institution in a foreign country, and deny state funding to any organization in which criticism or boycott has been expressed. The law…

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Against All Better Judgment: A Book Review and Current Events

March 17, 2014August 20, 2019 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

Against All Better Judgment: A Book Review and Current Events By Eileen Fleming Exclusive to The Arab Daily News On Sunday from Tel Aviv it was reported, “Israel’s supporters in Congress are pushing legislation to bolster aid, advanced arms, export licensing exemptions and augmented in-country stockpiles of US weapons.” The US-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of…

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American Muslims for Palestine slams Northeastern University for discrimination

March 13, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

American Muslims for Palestine slams Northeastern University for discrimination By Ray Hanania Northeastern University in Boston, which reportedly has a history of anti-Arab policies that appear to target students because of their race and politics, has again created another controversy, this time banning a student chapter that supports non-violence and Palestinian rights. NEU announced that…

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Christian leaders condemn Israeli law to separate Christians and Muslims in Palestine

March 6, 2014August 20, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

Christian leaders condemn Israeli law to separate Christians and Muslims in Palestine By Ray Hanania A new Israeli law to separate Christians and Muslims that was approved February 23, 2014 by the Israeli Knesset has drawn the ire of Christian leaders who condemned it as a political act intended to further weaken Arab rights in Palestine…

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“From Palestine” echoes from Oscars to world

March 2, 2014August 20, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

“From Palestine” echoes from Oscars to the World By Ray Hanania In 1978, I remembered the passion and the excitement when actress Vanessa Redgrave stood up powerfully to confront the “Zionist bullies” she denounced from the Oscar stage who protested against her solely because she had the courage to support the production of a Documentary…

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Arabs of Chicagoland: WBEZ Radio Interview & Video Photo Array

January 11, 2014August 20, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

Arabs of Chicagoland: WBEZ Radio Interview & Video Photo Array Ray Hanania, the author of “Arabs of Chicagoland” (Arcadia Publishing) is interviewed by WBEZ host Steve Edwards (Nov. 2005) discussing his new book and the history of Arab American settlement in Chicagoland beginning in the 1860s. Palestinians. Jordanians. Lebanese. Egyptians. Syrians. Iraqis. History. Ethnicity. (Audio…

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