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There is nothing Holy about the Holy Land. Israel complains a lot about Palestinians, but rarely does a self-evaluation that might expose its own hypocrisies on things like normalization, hate and hypocrisy. If it did, and corrected things, we might have a genuine peace By Ray Hanania Much is criticized by Israelis about how Arabs…
In Bad Waters — Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qiq is dying in an Israeli Gulag. He is one of many thousands of Palestinians suffering in the Israeli prison system By Dezeray Lyn Muhammad al-Qiq is starving to death. He is unconscious. He hasn’t taken a meal in over 60 days. He is 33. He is a journalist. He has been placed on ‘administrative detention’…
Ray Hanania joins Bentley “Bawb” Patterson on Patterson’s weekly radio show on Yalaha Voice to discuss reaction to the news that Al Jazeera American (AJAM) will be closed in April, and to the State of the Union speech by President Barack Obama and the Republican reaction by South Carolina Governor Nikki R. Halley Columnist and…
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Israel fired missiles and shelled civilian areas of the Gaza Strip in another terrorist assault. The Israeli government has continued to terrorize civilians in the Gaza Strip hoping to force them to leave the region. It’s a part of Israel’s strategy to steal the land and force the non-Jews to leave Photos by Mohammed Asad GAZA…
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Palestinians protest Israeli violence with creative talents By Mohammed Asad Palestinian youths play music and paint murals during an event to show solidarity with the Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem, in Gaza city on November 18, 2015. The surge in violence across Israel, Jerusalem and the Israeli-occupied West Bank has been fueled in…
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New Book: “The Making of a Palestinian Suicide Bomber” by Author Mitri I. Musleh analyzes why suicide bombings exist, how to stop them They make the international news all the time, and yet they’re still an enigma to Western culture. The world became more accustomed to suicide bombers after the World Trade Center attacks on…
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Israel’s government is engaging in a cover-up to conceal their atrocities, expelling human rights activists and human rights monitors. The public must speak out! By Bettejo Indelicato My worst nightmare for the Palestinians of the West Bank has become their reality. Crazed illegal settlers and zealous Israeli Occupation Soldiers commit unconscionable crimes against women, children,…
Protests against Israeli embargo against the Gaza Strip and Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Jerusalem continue. Israeli soldiers and armed settler terrorists have targeted civilians in response and in violation of international law By Mohammed Asad Palestinian protesters gather as tear gas fired by Israeli troops fall during clashes near the border between…
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Palestinians continue protests against Israeli violence By Mohammed Asad Palestinians continued protests against violence by Israeli soldiers and armed Israeli settlers at the border with Israel at the Gaza Strip on Friday October 23, 2015. Reports continued of Palestinians being wrongfully assaulted by Israeli soldiers and armed Israeli settlers throughout the Occupied West Bank and…
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An estimated 15,000 people marched demanding that Israel end its brutal military attacks against Palestinians, blasting the mainstream news media for its one-sided, pro-Israel coverage and downplaying the Israeli killing of Palestinians while emphasizing Palestinian killings of Israelis By Ray Hanania Nearly 15,000 people protesting Israeli violence against Palestinian civilians and the failure of the news media…
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Dezeray Lyn has been on the ground in Palestine witnessing the increasing violence by Israeli settlers and soldiers in a c lear strategy to provoke a conflict and give Israel more excuses to confiscate land, expel non-Jews and shoot and kill more non-Jews By Dezeray Lynn In what Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has called…
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Lahav Harkov, the Knesset reporter for the Jerusalem Post, took to Twitter to publish lies in response to my criticism of her opinion column, published in the New York Post. By Ray Hanania I have been attacked by a lot of fanatics on both sides of the fence. Arab extremists and Israeli extremists, and rightwing…
The biased Israeli and mainstream American news media are focused on the tragic murders of Israelis in the recent escalation of violence in Palestine, and are downplaying or ignoring the killing of Palestinians by Israeli terrorists to create the false perception that the conflict is driven by “anti-Semitism,” “hatred of Jews” and by “Arab extremism.”…
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Tarek Masood’s Life in Palestine: A photographic look at the first Winter Days in Gaza under siege By Tarek Masood A look at the daily life of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. (Tarek Masood is a Gaza photographer who shoots daily life of Palestinians living under siege in the Gaza Strip.)
The Middle East is erupting into more and more violence, and hatred is increasing as racist candidates like Ben Carson and Mike Huackabee are promoting divisions and bigotry. But sometimes, humor is the only way to stay sane. And maybe it can help others By Ray Hanania I entered comedy back in 2001 right after…
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“The Secret”: An Improbable Friendship: The Remarkable Lives of Israeli Ruth Dayan and Palestinian Raymonda Tawil and Their 40-Year Peace Mission By Anthony David When Ruth Dayan phoned me up and promised to share a secret with me, I was teaching at Al Quds University in the occupied West Bank. Why would the wife of Moshe Dayan, the…
International Solidarity Movement human rights monitors spend the afternoon at the Women in Hebron Embroidery Cooperative where Palestinian women are empowering themselves and persisting with grace in a colorful and beautiful way in a community space amidst the horrors of the ongoing military occupation of their home By Dezeray Lyn Silverware clinks on plates, numerous excited voices float above…
In the award-winning documentary The Wanted 18, directors Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan bring to life a remarkable story of nonviolent resistance during the First Intifada. The animated documentary speaks to the reality of the Israeli occupation on Palestinian civilian life. You need to support it By Ray Hanania The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true…
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