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Israel’s Government hypocrisy in full display in its violence in Sheikh Jarrah

Posted on August 3, 2021August 3, 2021 By rayhanania No Comments on Israel’s Government hypocrisy in full display in its violence in Sheikh Jarrah
Israel’s Government hypocrisy in full display in its violence in Sheikh Jarrah

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 fate of Lifta portends the future of Ramallah and Bethlehem and more

Posted on July 14, 2021August 10, 2021 By rayhanania No Comments on The fate of Lifta portends the future of Ramallah and Bethlehem and more
The fate of Lifta portends the future of Ramallah and Bethlehem and more

The fate of Lifta portends the future of Ramallah and Bethlehem and more The tragic fate of the village of #Lifta, #Palestine. @ArabNews Every Palestinian knows the story of Lifta, a small village on a hillside near the city of Jerusalem. During its war to conquer Palestinian-majority areas of Palestine in 1947 and 1948, Israel…

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APN to Biden: Tell Israel to Remove West Bank Illegal Outpost Evyatar  

Posted on June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 By rayhanania No Comments on APN to Biden: Tell Israel to Remove West Bank Illegal Outpost Evyatar  
APN to Biden: Tell Israel to Remove West Bank Illegal Outpost Evyatar  

APN to Biden: Tell Israel to Remove West Bank Illegal Outpost Evyatar   Americans for Peace Now (APN) joins its Israeli sister organization Shalom Achshav (Peace Now) in urging the Israeli government to reverse the so-called “compromise agreement” reportedly achieved with militant West Bank settlers, and immediately remove a settlement outpost built illegally on land that…

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American Muslims for Palestine organizes boycott of Israeli Dates

Posted on April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 By rayhanania No Comments on American Muslims for Palestine organizes boycott of Israeli Dates
American Muslims for Palestine organizes boycott of Israeli Dates

American Muslims for Palestine organizes boycott of Israeli Dates As the holy month of Ramadan nears, American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) relaunched a national boycott of Israeli dates sold in US markets. AMP calls on all Americans and American Muslims to boycott date brands known explicitly to operate in illegal Israeli settlements and to exploit…

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Palestinian, Israeli, and International Activists March for Justice for Harun Abu Aram

Posted on January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 By rayhanania No Comments on Palestinian, Israeli, and International Activists March for Justice for Harun Abu Aram

Palestinian, Israeli, and International Activists March for Justice for Harun Abu Aram On Friday morning Jan. 8, 2021, two hundred Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists demonstrated in the village of A-Rakeez, following the shooting of 24-year-old Harun Abu Aram on 1 January 2021 by an Israeli soldier in the Palestinian village of A-Rakeez. The shooting…

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Palestinians & Israelis join in protest against Hebron settlement

Posted on February 22, 2017February 22, 2017 By rayhanania No Comments on Palestinians & Israelis join in protest against Hebron settlement
Palestinians & Israelis join in protest against Hebron settlement

Palestinians & Israelis join in protest against Hebron settlement Joint demonstration by Palestinians and Israelis in central Hebron, Feb. 24, 2017, to protest racist Jewish-only settlement in Hebron and violence by Hebron settlers and soldiers against Arab residents. Israeli citizens – Jewish and Palestinian alike – will join local Palestinian residents of Hebron for a…

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PLO denounces Israeli land grab

Posted on February 7, 2017 By rayhanania No Comments on PLO denounces Israeli land grab
PLO denounces Israeli land grab

PLO denounces Israeli land grab The “most Democratic country in the Middle East” this week adopted a law that strips the rights of Christians and Muslims to land they own in order to allow Israelis who are Jewish only to live on those lands and build homes. The law is a fundamental aspect of Apartheid laws…

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Clinton declares war on Israeli-Palestinian peace

Posted on June 28, 2016September 25, 2018 By rayhanania 2 Comments on Clinton declares war on Israeli-Palestinian peace
Clinton declares war on Israeli-Palestinian peace

Hillary Clinton’s desperation to silence divisions in the Democratic Party so she can focus her attacks against Donald Trump comes with a very high price, her critics contend, for many important issues including fighting racism, winning changes to improve immigration, accepting the unacceptable status quo on gun ownership, and preventing peace from overtaking the U.S….

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Nothing Holy about the Holy Land

Posted on January 28, 2016January 28, 2016 By rayhanania No Comments on Nothing Holy about the Holy Land
Nothing Holy about the Holy Land

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…

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Israel and Media to Blame for Increasing Violence

Posted on October 8, 2015September 24, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Israel and Media to Blame for Increasing Violence

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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A Nonviolent Action to Stamp Out Extremism and Violence

Posted on February 26, 2015February 26, 2015 By rayhanania No Comments on A Nonviolent Action to Stamp Out Extremism and Violence
A Nonviolent Action to Stamp Out Extremism and Violence

Using postage stamps, the Arab World can protest in a non-violent manner against the murder of civilians, including Americans by Israel’s settlers and military. They can Stamp Out Violence and Stamp Out Extremism. By Ray Hanania The failure of the Arab world to engage in strategic communications and effective public relations has made all Arabs an…

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