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Jewish Michigan lawmaker leads push for Two State Solution

October 7, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

Jewish Michigan lawmaker leads push for Two State Solution Michigan Congressman Andy Levin proposed a bill that would advocate for the Two-State Solution to the Israel Palestine conflict. Ironically, many of the leading pro-Palestinian members of Congress were not among the 27 others who co-sponsored Levin’s legislation. By Ray Hanania A coalition of mostly Jewish…

Arab News, ArabNewsColumn, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania

Reopening US Consulate in East Jerusalem is essential to peace

October 5, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

Reopening US Consulate in East Jerusalem is essential to peace The reopening of the US Consulate in East Jerusalem to address Palestinian Affairs is essential to achieving peace between Israel and Palestine, despite the failures of Israeli, Jewish and Palestinian peace activists. This column was originally published in Arab News on Sept. 22, 2021 By…

ArabNewsColumn, Ray Hanania

Israeli officials expose peace-seeking rhetoric as fake

October 5, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

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…

Arab News, ArabNewsColumn, Ray Hanania

Losing Michigan’s Senator Carl Levin

August 16, 2021August 16, 2021 Imad_Hamad No Comments

Losing Michigan’s Senator Carl Levin By Imad Hamad On July 29, former US Senator Carl Levin, the longest serving member of US Senate in Michigan history, died. His death follows the death of another giant of Michigan and American politics, Congressman John Dingell. The death of Senator Carl Levin, just like Dingell’s death, were personal…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Civil Rights, Commentary, Imad Hamad, Opinion

Salvaging Israeli-Palestinian Peace

June 27, 2021June 27, 2021 Ghassan Rubeiz 1 Comment

Salvaging Israeli-Palestinian Peace By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz For how long will peace between Palestinians and Israelis remain viable? For one thing, with the passage of time their leaders are not getting smarter. The world is glad to see less of Netanyahu’s diplomacy, but ending his leadership is far from terminating Israel’s hegemony over the Palestinians….

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

Israelis and Palestinians to hold virtual Joint Memorial Day Ceremony

April 26, 2020April 26, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Israelis and Palestinians to hold virtual Joint Memorial Day Ceremony The Israeli-Palestinian Joint Memorial Day Ceremony, led by Combatants for Peace and The Parents Circle Families Forum will take place, for the 15th consecutive year, on Memorial Day – tomorrow, Monday, April 27th, beginning at 8:30 PM Jerusalem time. The Ceremony this year will be…

Arab World, Civil Rights, Culture, Event, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, Video

New Reddit Group to speak out against extremism

February 1, 2020February 1, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

New Reddit Group to speak out against extremism A new group has been created on Reddit to encourage moderates to be more vocal in supporting peace and rejecting extremism in Israel, Palestine and in the Arab, Israeli, Jewish, Christian and Muslim Worlds. We need to strengthen the moderate voices and push for compromise and mutual…

American Arabs, Arab World, Arab World Politics, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Media Bias, Middle East, News, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, Politics, Radio Podcast, Ray Hanania, religion, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Terrorism

Interim Political Declaration opens door to Sudanese Democracy

August 21, 2019August 21, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

Interim Political Declaration opens door to Sudanese Democracy The Government of Sudan announced a new agreement that many hope will bring peace and democracy to the country. Here is the release: The signing of the Political Declaration and the Constitutional Document of the Interim Period on August 17th, 2019, opened a new chapter in the…

Middle East, News, North Africa

Guest Op-Ed: Samaritan Values in understanding the facts in the Israel-Palestine conflict

July 16, 2019July 17, 2019 Managing Writer 1 Comment

Guest Op-Ed: Samaritan Values in understanding the facts in the Israel-Palestine conflict By Froy Jimenez As a World History teacher, one of the major skills I encourage students to develop is a balanced, evidence-based position on complex topics. Politics in the Middle-East is complicated to say the least. To be more specific, the topic of…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, Politics

Middle East Analyst: Solution to Iran Issue is Israel-Palestine

June 23, 2019June 23, 2019 Managing Writer No Comments

Middle East Analyst: Solution to Iran Issue is Israel-Palestine Middle-East analyst Jerome Segal, who last June challenged Senator Ben Cardin in the Maryland Democratic Primary because of his vote against Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, and because of Cardin’s support for the right-wing government of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, argues that unresolved Palestine-Israel peace process…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Guest Columnist, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

Arabs should support J Street

December 20, 2018December 20, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Arabs should support J Street Arabs, Palestinians and Muslims need to be strategic in fighting for Palestinian rights. That means we have to reject broad stroke rejections, and distinguish among coalitions not on the basis of religion but on the basis of belief. We can’t reject support from Jews or Israelis who share in our…

Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

Israeli writer Larry Derfner on The Arab Street podcast

October 18, 2018October 18, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Israeli writer Larry Derfner on The Arab Street podcast Israeli writer and author Larry Derfner joined Palestinian writer Ray Hanania on TheArabStreet.org Podcast for a discussion about the challenges facing Palestinians and Israelis and the fight for peace. Born and raised in the U.S., Derfner started his career in journalism in Los Angeles and continued…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Middle East, News, Opinion, Podcast, Politics, Radio Podcast, Ray Hanania, The Arab Street