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Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike

August 14, 2025August 14, 2025 Ray Hanania No Comments

Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled by Israel’s killing in Gaza on Sunday of four Al Jazeera staff — correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal — and two freelancers, Moamen Aliwa and Mohammad al-Khaldi. The six journalists were killed and two others were injured by…

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War crimes probe urged against two Israeli snipers who intentionally killed civilian women, children

July 2, 2025July 2, 2025 Ray Hanania No Comments

War crimes probe urged against two Israeli snipers who intentionally killed civilian women, children FIDH, along with its Palestinian and French member organisations Al-Haq, Al Mezan, PCHR and the LDH, as well as the AFPS, are calling for the opening of an investigation against two French-Israeli soldiers, Sasha A. and Gabriel B. These two soldiers,…

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CAIR Says Israel Turns Gaza into ‘Human Slaughterhouse’ as Killing of Civilians Continues

July 1, 2025July 1, 2025 Ray Hanania No Comments

CAIR Says Israel Turns Gaza into ‘Human Slaughterhouse’ as Killing of Civilians Continues The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today Tuesday, July 1, 2025, said Israel has turned Gaza into a “human slaughterhouse” after Israeli forces murdered at least 69 people, including 19 children, seven women…

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Investigation demanded into Israel slaughter of First Responder in Rafah on March 23, 2025

April 7, 2025April 7, 2025 Ray Hanania No Comments

Investigation demanded into Israel slaughter of First Responder in Rafah on March 23, 2025 Palestine Red Crescent Society Calls for Independent International Investigation to Hold Those Responsible Accountable for the Crime of Targeting Ambulance Teams in Rafah on March 23, 2025 The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) affirms that the targeting of its ambulance convoy…

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ADC issues condemnation: Impending massacres by Israel must be stopped

October 9, 2024October 9, 2024 Ray Hanania 1 Comment

ADC issues condemnation: Impending Massacres by Israel must be stopped The Israeli regime is outdoing themselves in the genocide of Palestinians. Over the past few days hospitals across Gaza have been forced to evacuate. Patients inside the hospitals, including babies in intensive care incubators, face death as they are forced to move across an obliterated…

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Biden’s contradictory policies on war crimes in Sudan and Gaza

December 27, 2023December 27, 2023 Ray Hanania No Comments

Biden’s contradictory policies on war crimes in Sudan and Gaza The hypocrisy of the United States is clearest during the administration of President Joe Biden. On the one hand, Biden has declared violence in Sudan which has resulted in thousands of civilian casualties as a “war crime.” But Biden is afraid to make the same…

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Americans rally to support Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib targeted by Islamophobic racism

November 8, 2023November 8, 2023 rayhanania No Comments

Americans rally to support Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib targeted by Islamophobic racism Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib needs your help to stand up to the anti-Arab, anti-Muslim anti-Human Rights racists in the U.S Congress who are funded by the foreign-loyal political action committee network AIPAC and other extremist pro-Israel organizations. Tlaib, the only Palestinian member of the racist…

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Days 4-5: Israel destroys entire residential neighborhoods and intensifies mass killings of Palestinians in Gaza

October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 rayhanania No Comments

Days 4-5: Israel destroys entire residential neighborhoods and intensifies mass killings of Palestinians in Gaza On the fifth consecutive day, Israel has persisted in its military offensive on the Gaza Strip, employing immense destructive firepower. The Israeli military have launched airstrikes which have brought about the devastation of complete residential neighborhoods, streets and infrastructure and…

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AHRC Calls for Peace in Ukraine, urges more peace talks

March 6, 2022March 6, 2022 Imad_Hamad No Comments

AHRC Calls for Peace in Ukraine, urges more peace talks Don’t blame the people of Russia for its governments criminal behavior in Ukraine. End the hypocrisy on how occupation and refugees are treated differently depending on where the conflict occurs. End the Ukraine conflict through diplomacy and peace By Imad Hamad The American Human Rights…

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Can Israel mediate Ukraine peace while pursuing war on Palestinians?

February 28, 2022February 28, 2022 rayhanania No Comments

Can Israel mediate Ukraine peace while pursuing war on Palestinians? As Russia invades the Ukraine committing war crimes against civilians in an attempt to expand the regime’s repressive Communist grip, Israel has offered to mediate the conflict between the two countries. No country understands the issues involved of “occupation,” of “refugees” and “extra-judicial” and war-…

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Six Palestinians on hunger strike protesting their administrative detention

November 9, 2021November 9, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

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

July 14, 2021August 10, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

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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Dr. Hanan Ashrawi: World must intervene to stop Israeli plunder of Palestinian archeological sites

September 6, 2020September 6, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Dr. Hanan Ashrawi: World must intervene to stop Israeli plunder of Palestinian archeological sites The Israeli occupation authorities’ decision to confiscate Deir Samaan and Dei Qal’a, two important archeological sites in the Salfit area, is an act of looting and cultural appropriation. It is the final step in a gradual yet deliberate scheme that has…

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Special Adviser on Iran spells out war crimes of Qassem Suleimani and Iran

January 11, 2020January 11, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Special Adviser on Iran spells out war crimes of Qassem Suleimani and Iran President Trump’s U.S. Special Representative for Iran and Senior Policy Advisor to Secretary of State Brian Hook presents briefing on expanded sanctions on Iran and takes questions from some reporters. Hook detailed specifics about Qassem Suleimani’s killing of Americans, but defends Israel against…

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AHRC expresses concern with dramatic developments in Middle East, urges Dialogue and Peace

January 6, 2020January 7, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

AHRC expresses concern with dramatic developments in Middle East, urges Dialogue and Peace The head of Greater Detroit’s largest Arab American civil rights organization urges restraint and calls for dialogue to avoid war with Iran, Iraq and United States. Imad Hamad, executive director of the American Human Rights Council express deep concern over spiraling events…

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Gaza, War Crimes, and Priests

May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

A war crime is an act that constitutes a serious violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility. Patriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem Micheal Sabbah wrote regarding Gaza on Sunday and reminded this American of a 2006 report by Father Manuel written while he was the Priest at the Latin Church and school in Gaza….

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Oslo and the peace process were never really the problem

September 26, 2018September 26, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Oslo and the peace process were never really the problem Critics who assert that the Oslo Peace Accords failed because they were flawed are actually the extremists who engaged in a campaign to block the success of the Oslo Peace Accords. The very people attacking the Oslo Peace Accords and the Two-State Solution are the…

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International Criminal Court issues warrant for Libyan leader

August 16, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

International Criminal Court issues warrant for Libyan leader International Criminal Court Issues Warrant for Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Gen. Khalifa Hiftar Forces loyal to the Libyan National Army (LNA) in eastern Libya appear to have executed captured fighters in Benghazi and desecrated corpses, Human Rights Watch said today. Video recordings posted online since January 2017 seem to…

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