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Why Palestinians are willing to embrace Netanyahu rather than fight for their rights

Posted on November 23, 2022November 23, 2022 By rayhanania No Comments on Why Palestinians are willing to embrace Netanyahu rather than fight for their rights
Why Palestinians are willing to embrace Netanyahu rather than fight for their rights

Why Palestinians are willing to embrace Netanyahu rather than fight for their rights When it comes to politics and fighting for their rights, Palestinians seem to loose their enthusiasm quickly and resort to the tragic normalcy of being victims and demanding 100 percent, rather than pursuing a strategic and continuing effort to fight for their…

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UN experts condemn Israel’s ‘sadistic’ punitive measures against French-Palestinian rights defender Salah Hammouri

Posted on October 19, 2022October 19, 2022 By rayhanania No Comments on UN experts condemn Israel’s ‘sadistic’ punitive measures against French-Palestinian rights defender Salah Hammouri
UN experts condemn Israel’s ‘sadistic’ punitive measures against French-Palestinian rights defender Salah Hammouri

UN experts condemn Israel’s ‘sadistic’ punitive measures against French-Palestinian rights defender Salah Hammouri UN independent experts have called on Israel to immediately release Salah Hammouri, an arbitrarily detained French-Palestinian human rights defender and lawyer, who has just ended a 19 day hunger strike in objection to the systematic policy of administrative detention. “We are concerned…

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Unresolved status of Palestinian rights makes UNRWA essential

Posted on May 7, 2022May 7, 2022 By rayhanania No Comments on Unresolved status of Palestinian rights makes UNRWA essential
Unresolved status of Palestinian rights makes UNRWA essential

Unresolved status of Palestinian rights makes UNRWA essential The United Nations Relief and Works Agency was set up to help refugees forced out of Palestine by the Israeli war in 1947 and again by the Israeli war in 1967. Until the war is resolved and Palestinian rights are recognized by Israel, the UNRWA has a…

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Republican Candidate for U.S. Congress, Rob Cruz, Opens a Dialogue with the Palestinian Community

Posted on April 21, 2022April 21, 2022 By rayhanania No Comments on Republican Candidate for U.S. Congress, Rob Cruz, Opens a Dialogue with the Palestinian Community
Republican Candidate for U.S. Congress, Rob Cruz, Opens a Dialogue with the Palestinian Community

Republican Candidate for U.S. Congress, Rob Cruz, Opens a Dialogue with the Palestinian Community GOP Candidate for the 6th District Congressional seat, Rob Cruz shares his community-minded message to The Palestinian American Club. As an auxiliary speaker, Cruz illustrates how his platform and the community’s values overlap On Thursday, March 31st, Rob Cruz spoke in…

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ADALAH accuses Israel of racial segregation against Palestinians in UN protest

Posted on March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 By rayhanania No Comments on ADALAH accuses Israel of racial segregation against Palestinians in UN protest
ADALAH accuses Israel of racial segregation against Palestinians in UN protest

ADALAH accuses Israel of racial segregation against Palestinians in UN protest The High Follow-up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel and Adalah to UN Commission of Inquiry: Israel practices racial segregation against Palestinian citizens of Israel. For the first time, an international Commission of Inquiry (COI) will also examine Israel’s human rights violations against Palestinian citizens…

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Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) Announces New Outreach Manager and Other Staff

Posted on March 3, 2022 By rayhanania No Comments on Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) Announces New Outreach Manager and Other Staff
Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) Announces New Outreach Manager and Other Staff

Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) Announces New Outreach Manager and Other Staff Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) welcomes several new staff including: Jennifer Maidrand as the Outreach Manager, Rev. Aune M. Carlson as the Director of Operations, and Michael Robinson as the Financial Manager. As the Outreach Manager, Jennifer will work with CMEP’s…

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Christian group criticizes Israel home demolitions in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem

Posted on January 20, 2022January 20, 2022 By rayhanania No Comments on Christian group criticizes Israel home demolitions in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem
Christian group criticizes Israel home demolitions in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem

Christian group criticizes Israel home demolitions in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) Strongly Opposes the Demolition of the Salhiya Family Home in Sheikh Jarrah On January 19, 2022, in the early hours of the morning, Israeli police forcibly evicted the Salhiya family and demolished their home in the Sheikh Jarrah…

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World community should do more than rejecting Israel’s baseless terrorist accusation against Palestinian NGOs

Posted on January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 By Ghassan Rubeiz No Comments on World community should do more than rejecting Israel’s baseless terrorist accusation against Palestinian NGOs
World community should do more than rejecting Israel’s baseless terrorist accusation against Palestinian NGOs

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…

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Guidelines for Foreign Nationals arriving in Israel by Airline flights

Posted on January 7, 2022January 7, 2022 By rayhanania No Comments on Guidelines for Foreign Nationals arriving in Israel by Airline flights
Guidelines for Foreign Nationals arriving in Israel by Airline flights

Guidelines for Foreign Nationals arriving in Israel by Airline flights Entering Israel by airline flights requires adherence to COVID restrictions and polices. Information for travelers Important links: Conditions for the arrival of foreign nationals in Israel Recognition of foreign vaccination or recovery by Israel Pre-flight At the airport in Israel Conditions for the arrival of…

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International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People observed by UN

Posted on November 22, 2021December 2, 2021 By rayhanania No Comments on International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People observed by UN
International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People observed by UN

International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People observed by UN The UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People announced the World observance of the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People on November 29,  2021, at 10.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. (CST New York Time) in the General Assembly Hall…

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Six Palestinians on hunger strike protesting their administrative detention

Posted on November 9, 2021November 9, 2021 By rayhanania No Comments on Six Palestinians on hunger strike protesting their administrative detention
Six Palestinians on hunger strike protesting their administrative detention

Six Palestinians on hunger strike protesting their administrative detention B’Tselem: Release all administrative detainees Six Palestinian prisoners are currently on hunger strike to protest their administrative detention: Kayed Fasfous, 32, a father of a seven-year-old from Dura, has been on hunger strike for 118 days. He is in hospital as the lengthy strike has caused…

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A Better Response to Bennett’s “Terror State” Claim

Posted on November 5, 2021November 5, 2021 By News Editor News Editor No Comments on A Better Response to Bennett’s “Terror State” Claim
A Better Response to Bennett’s “Terror State” Claim

A Better Response to Bennett’s “Terror State” Claim Whether the two-state solution is dead or merely in a coma remains an open question. But if serious negotiations ever do return, if they are to succeed, they will have to grapple with the real possibility that in an independent Palestinian state, Hamas could come to power…

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Israel’s hypocritical demonization of its critics

Posted on October 7, 2021 By rayhanania No Comments on Israel’s hypocritical demonization of its critics
Israel’s hypocritical demonization of its critics

Israel’s hypocritical demonization of its critics Israeli’s are the first to demand just but the last to dish it out. The hide behind exaggerated demonization claims slamming anyone who criticizes their immoral conduct as being “anti-semitic.” And they frequently take individual instances, some questionable in terms of veracity, and turn them into broader stereotypes as…

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Arab News, ArabNewsColumn, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania

Israeli military, settlers and media foment violence against Palestinians

Posted on October 7, 2021 By rayhanania No Comments on Israeli military, settlers and media foment violence against Palestinians
Israeli military, settlers and media foment violence against Palestinians

Israeli military, settlers and media foment violence against Palestinians B’Tselem: Apartheid’s Watchdogs in Israel Last week, on 28 September 2021, dozens of Israeli settlers, some of them armed, attacked the Palestinian community of Khirbet al-Mufaqarah, which lies in the Masafer Yatta area (South Hebron Hills) in the West Bank, in one of the most severe…

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Israeli officials expose peace-seeking rhetoric as fake

Posted on October 5, 2021 By rayhanania No Comments on Israeli officials expose peace-seeking rhetoric as fake
Israeli officials expose peace-seeking rhetoric as fake

Israeli officials expose peace-seeking rhetoric as fake This column on how the Abraham Accords have exposed Israels hypocritical policies on peace was originally published at Arab News on Sept. 15, 2021 By Ray Hanania A year after the Abraham Accords were signed, Israel has completely turned its back on peace with the Palestinians, making one…

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Israeli Government’s decision to involve the Shin Bet and army to fight crime in Arab society is racist and illegal 

Posted on October 4, 2021October 4, 2021 By News Editor News Editor No Comments on Israeli Government’s decision to involve the Shin Bet and army to fight crime in Arab society is racist and illegal 
Israeli Government’s decision to involve the Shin Bet and army to fight crime in Arab society is racist and illegal 

Israeli Government’s decision to involve the Shin Bet and army to fight crime in Arab society is racist and illegal  In a letter to the Prime Minister and top security officials, Adalah clarifies that the decision made by the special ministerial committee to combat crime and violence in Arab society drastically exceeds the authority of…

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A Plurality of American Voters Support Ben & Jerry’s

Posted on September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 By rayhanania No Comments on A Plurality of American Voters Support Ben & Jerry’s
A Plurality of American Voters Support Ben & Jerry’s

A Plurality of American Voters Support Ben & Jerry’s Decision to Boycott Israeli Settlements  Washington, DC, September 1, 2021 — The decision by Ben & Jerry’s to stop selling ice cream in Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian lands is supported by a significant plurality of American voters. The iconic Vermont-based ice cream company with an…

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ADC leads dozens demanding Biden push Israeli Prime Minister Bennett to end oppression of Palestinians

Posted on August 26, 2021August 26, 2021 By News Editor News Editor No Comments on ADC leads dozens demanding Biden push Israeli Prime Minister Bennett to end oppression of Palestinians
ADC leads dozens demanding Biden push Israeli Prime Minister Bennett to end oppression of Palestinians

ADC leads dozens demanding Biden push Israeli Prime Minister Bennett to end oppression of Palestinians Joint Statement on Biden-Bennett August 26th White House Meeting Ahead of President Joe Biden’s first in-person meeting today with newly-elected Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, ADC, along with the undersigned organizations, insists President Biden center core Palestinian calls for justice…

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