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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? 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 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 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 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…
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 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…
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….
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 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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British court ruling: only justice for Arabs is through violence A British Court has blocked a lawsuit that has accused former British Prime Minister Tony Blair of War Crimes in the the illegal war launched on March 19, 2003 against the people of Iraq. Although Iraq was not involved in the terrorism of Sept. 11,…
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A USS Liberty Remembrance of 50 years USA Government Cover-Up of Israel’s 8 June 1967 Attack on USA Spy-Ship Is LIVE at Kindle because there’s a FREE APP for that! The crew of the USS Liberty is the most decorated crew since World War II and among the most decorated for a single engagement in…
None of the most celebrated Western journalists have been willing to properly or fairly capture the true horror of Israel’s terrorism and war crimes against the Palestinians who live under Israel’s brutal oppression in the Gaza Strip. But Palestinian author and journalist Atef Abu Saif who has lived in Gaza all his life gives a crystal clear…
In July 2014, Israel intentionally provoked a war against Hamas, as it has done several times since 2008, designed to punish Palestinian civilians by targeting their children, their homes and their infrastructure to discredit Hamas. Thousands of civilians, including children, were murdered by heavily armed Israeli soldiers who defended the huge civilian deaths by asserting that…
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Amnesty International, which has been blasted by Israel as “biased” “anti-Semitic” and “wrong,” released a report Israelis are now touting relentlessly which slams Hamas for a wave of Arab-on-Arab violence, targeting Palestinians who allegedly spied for Israel. The violence, however, is appalling. But while Palestinians acknowledge their vices, Israelis continue to close a blind eye to…
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After an exhaustive investigation, the human rights group Amnesty International has concluded that Palestinian militants also committed war crimes against Israel including the accidental killing of some Palestinians. The human rights group has already issued an extensive report on the war crimes committed by Israel during the conflict and again urges the United Nations to investigate both sides…
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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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By Mohammed Asad Millions in promised aid from the International community to support the rebuilding of thousands of Palestinian civilian homes in the Gaza Strip destroyed during Israeli military terrorism continues to be delayed. The delays come at the worst time for hundreds of thousands of civilians who are struggling to live without proper homes,…
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