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Press Release: Group to promote bilateral US-Palestine business ties

Posted on February 12, 2015September 24, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Press Release: Group to promote bilateral US-Palestine business ties

New American group hires Palestinian consulting firm to promote bilateral U.S.-Palestine businesses linkages  With a clear eye on a post-occupation Palestine, the effort expects these linkages will contribute to ending the Israeli military occupation that stifles Palestinian economic growth (January 21, 2015 – Chicago, USA & Ramallah, Palestine) – The newly established U.S. non-profit organization, Americans…

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Activism, Palestine & Jordan, Press Releases

Future of Middle East: Between a rock and a hard place

Posted on February 10, 2015February 18, 2015 By Jafar Ramini No Comments on Future of Middle East: Between a rock and a hard place
Future of Middle East: Between a rock and a hard place

By Jafar M. Ramini I am in a quandary, torn like no other time before between throwing in the towel and calling it a day or continuing on the same path with no end in sight. What brought this state of confusion and uncertainty in my mind and heart is the wall-to-wall media coverage of…

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The war is in English and the Arabs are losing

Posted on January 22, 2015June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on The war is in English and the Arabs are losing
The war is in English and the Arabs are losing

By Ray Hanania Wars are fought with many armaments. Some of them blow up. Others cause things to blow up. And still more can undermine entire nations simply with a few words. In the Arab-Israeli war, the Arabs are losing. They have been losing for a long time, but they are losing even more, now….

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, News Media, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, Social Media, Spotlight

Strawberry harvest continues in Gaza Strip, Palestine

Posted on January 20, 2015 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Strawberry harvest continues in Gaza Strip, Palestine
Strawberry harvest continues in Gaza Strip, Palestine

By Mohammed Asad Palestine Strawberries from the Gaza Strip are ranked as being among the world’s best. Every year, the Palestine Strawberry industry employs hundreds of farmers to harvest the strawberry crops to pick, package and ship the popular fruit to locations around the world. Despite exporting restrictions imposed by Israel’s military occupation, which controls the flow of…

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Celebrating the Baptism of Christ on the Jordan River

Posted on January 18, 2015January 18, 2015 By Maria Khoury No Comments on Celebrating the Baptism of Christ on the Jordan River
Celebrating the Baptism of Christ on the Jordan River

By Maria C. Khoury, Ed. D. It was simply a most glorious celebration of the Epiphany on the Jordan River today according to the Old Julian calendar. There were hundreds of priests, nuns and thousands of people from all walks of life coming to the precious site where over 2,000 years ago “…the heavens were…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, Features, Israel, Maria Khoury, News, Palestine & Jordan, religion, Spotlight

Orwell’s Nightmare Vanunu’s Reality and Roi Tov’s Silencing

Posted on January 13, 2015September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment on Orwell’s Nightmare Vanunu’s Reality and Roi Tov’s Silencing
Orwell’s Nightmare Vanunu’s Reality and Roi Tov’s Silencing

By Eileen Fleming   Israeli dissident and prolific writer, Roi Tov was born in South America and grew up as Reuven Schossen, in a tight-knit communist kibbutz along the Jordan Valley. After four years of service in the Israeli Defense Force, Captain Schossen became a reservist and graduated with four degrees; three in chemical physics….

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Arab World, Bloggers, Eileen Fleming, Palestine & Jordan, Video

Analysis: Palestinian leadership not immune to change

Posted on January 8, 2015September 24, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Analysis: Palestinian leadership not immune to change
Analysis: Palestinian leadership not immune to change

By Amer Sabaileh The Palestinian leadership is facing many problems and conflicts not only with Israel in trying to end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, but also facing major serious conflicts from within its ranks. Intra-Palestinian squabbles are no longer along the Fatah-Hamas divide that define these conflicts, but now it is within the…

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AIPAC Commends Obama’s Failure to Recognize Palestine’s Rights

Posted on January 2, 2015September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info 2 Comments on AIPAC Commends Obama’s Failure to Recognize Palestine’s Rights

By Eileen Fleming AIPAC praises failure of UN resolution to recognize Palestine as a state, an effort by Palestinians to kickstart the peace process killed by Netanyahu’s extremist government On December 19, President Obama signed bills to bolster the ‘special relationship’ with Israel, support Syrian rebels, to disrupt Native American land rights, and to protect…

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Israel’s Wall in the Little Town of Bethlehem

Posted on December 18, 2014October 9, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Israel’s Wall in the Little Town of Bethlehem
Israel’s Wall in the Little Town of Bethlehem

By Eileen Fleming   Banksy, the graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter depicts 21st century Bethlehem reality onto holiday greeting cards and informational cards with this message:   Towering walls and militarized fences now encircle Bethlehem, turning the 4,000-year-old city into a virtual prison for its Palestinian Christian and Muslim citizens. Bethlehem has…

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American Arabs, Arab World, Bloggers, Eileen Fleming, Palestine & Jordan, Video

Exclusive: Hamas leader Meshaal: Israel risks religious war over Jerusalem

Posted on December 17, 2014December 18, 2014 By Ali Younes No Comments on Exclusive: Hamas leader Meshaal: Israel risks religious war over Jerusalem
Exclusive: Hamas leader Meshaal: Israel risks religious war over Jerusalem

By Ali Younes For Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, this year was an emotional roller coaster that had the potential to destroy his fledgling and increasingly powerful organization or make it even more powerful and relevant than ever before. Speaking to chairman of Hamas political Bureau in the Qatari capital, Doha last week on wide range…

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Palestinians can’t condemn Israeli atrocities if they don’t condemn their own

Posted on November 21, 2014September 24, 2018 By rayhanania 2 Comments on Palestinians can’t condemn Israeli atrocities if they don’t condemn their own
Palestinians can’t condemn Israeli atrocities if they don’t condemn their own

Without condemning Palestinian atrocities against Israelis, the Palestinians lose the moral high ground and weaken their ability to condemn the many atrocities committed by Israelis. Arab fanatics, however, argue that Palestinian atrocities are not atrocities at all, and the only atrocities are committed by Israelis. That false logic undermines the powerful cause of the Palestinian people….

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Israel Palestine Religion VS Spirit and Imagination

Posted on November 20, 2014September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Israel Palestine Religion VS Spirit and Imagination
Israel Palestine Religion VS Spirit and Imagination

By Eileen Fleming Sixty-six years of political conflict in Israel Palestine, the so-called Holy Land has focused on borders, settlements, checkpoints, terrorism and human rights has now morphed into Debates over access to sites in Jerusalem’s Old City, where Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven and where Jews believe their holy ancient temples…

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American Arabs, Arab World, Bloggers, Eileen Fleming, Palestine & Jordan

Living in Urban Palestine

Posted on November 19, 2014November 23, 2014 By rayhanania No Comments on Living in Urban Palestine
Living in Urban Palestine

By Yousef Khatib Camillo Sitte believed that there is an art in the planning of cities; so then that would define the “city” an urban landscape, a defining measure of cultural value. Various historical and contemporary critics of urban landscapes, express that architecture and urbanism have always been products of social, cultural, political, economic and…

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Yousef Khatib

Daily Kos Censorship and Apartheid Israeli Style

Posted on November 18, 2014September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info 2 Comments on Daily Kos Censorship and Apartheid Israeli Style
Daily Kos Censorship and Apartheid Israeli Style

By Eileen Fleming The Daily Kos promotes itself as a weblog with political analysis on US current events from a liberal perspective. Seven years after my first banning at the Daily Kos which I documented here: It Sure Smells Like a Right Wing Zionist Cabal at The Daily Kos , I returned on Sunday with: Charlie…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Eileen Fleming, Palestine & Jordan, Video

Netanyahu Seeks Nation-State of the Jewish People – EU Proposes Sanctions

Posted on November 16, 2014September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Netanyahu Seeks Nation-State of the Jewish People – EU Proposes Sanctions
Netanyahu Seeks Nation-State of the Jewish People – EU Proposes Sanctions

By Eileen Fleming On Sunday in Jerusalem at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would push forward the “Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People” the most extreme of a series of similar legislative proposals that have been raised this year. Netanyahu said, “The justice…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Eileen Fleming, Palestine & Jordan

Fighting Father Dave Smith Talks Vanunu Gaza Syria

Posted on November 5, 2014September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Fighting Father Dave Smith Talks Vanunu Gaza Syria
Fighting Father Dave Smith Talks Vanunu Gaza Syria

By Eileen Fleming Exclusive to The Arab Daily News Fifteen years ago Reverend Dave Smith established The Order of Fighting Fathers a global group of priests and regular people, committed to Fighting the Good Fight against injustice, prejudice, drugs and poverty, by challenging and encouraging each other to spread the truth in love in the…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Eileen Fleming, Features, Palestine & Jordan, Video

APN to Netanyahu, Obama: Stop East Jerusalem Settlement Construction

Posted on November 3, 2014September 24, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on APN to Netanyahu, Obama: Stop East Jerusalem Settlement Construction
APN to Netanyahu, Obama: Stop East Jerusalem Settlement Construction

Americans for Peace Now supports Israel’s Peace Now in condemning Netanyahu government’s expansion of settlements, issues statement Washington, DC – Americans for Peace Now (APN) joins its Israeli sister organization, Israel’s Peace Now movement, in strongly condemning the Israeli authorities’ decision to proceed with an East Jerusalem construction project that has triggered deep disapproval among…

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Activism, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Press Releases

Young girl injured by Israeli fire inspires calls for freedom from Israeli oppression

Posted on October 26, 2014October 26, 2014 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Young girl injured by Israeli fire inspires calls for freedom from Israeli oppression
Young girl injured by Israeli fire inspires calls for freedom from Israeli oppression

Young girl injured by Israeli fire inspires calls for freedom from Israeli oppression By Mohammed Asad Dalia Khalifa, a 9-year old Palestinian girl, was seriously injured during the Israeli offensive on Gaza Strip, at Zaytoon neighborhood. Khalifa came out of her family’s house was hit randomly by Israeli shelling of the town. With her injures and blood…

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