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The Arab Street Radio: Ghassan Khatib on future of Israel-Palestine peace

Posted on October 12, 2018October 12, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on The Arab Street Radio: Ghassan Khatib on future of Israel-Palestine peace
The Arab Street Radio: Ghassan Khatib on future of Israel-Palestine peace

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The Arab Street Radio: Ghassan Khatib on future of Israel-Palestine peace Former Palestinian official and now Birzeit University professor Ghassan Khatib guests on The Arab Street Arab radio show with host Ray Hanania. The Arab Street Radio show is broadcast live in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 Radio on the 2nd Friday of each month…

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Oslo and the peace process were never really the problem

Posted on September 26, 2018September 26, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Oslo and the peace process were never really the problem
Oslo and the peace process were never really the problem

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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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Ashrawi laments flaws in peace process, Israeli bad faith

Posted on September 12, 2018September 12, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Ashrawi laments flaws in peace process, Israeli bad faith
Ashrawi laments flaws in peace process, Israeli bad faith

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Press Release: Ashrawi laments flaws in peace process, Israeli bad faith Dr. Ashrawi: “The built-in flaws in the Declaration of Principles and Israeli negotiations in bad faith have brought conditions to a critical phase” On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (DOP), PLO Executive Committee…

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President Trump is the catalyst the Arabs need to force them to act

Posted on December 6, 2017December 6, 2017 By rayhanania No Comments on President Trump is the catalyst the Arabs need to force them to act

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President Trump is the catalyst the Arabs need to force them to act In recognizing the Occupied City of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel, President Trump is tossing the Middle East Game Board in the air. Middle East peace has been in a coma for 22 years since Israeli extremists assassinated Yitzhak Rabin and…

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Trump throws media, Israel into badly needed disarray

Posted on May 17, 2017May 17, 2017 By rayhanania No Comments on Trump throws media, Israel into badly needed disarray
Trump throws media, Israel into badly needed disarray

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Trump throws media, Israel into badly needed disarray President Donald Trump is unpredictable and that might actually benefit two important goals. The first is to thwart the stranglehold Israel has on American foreign policy, blocking peace with the Palestinians. The second is more important, to confront the mainstream news media which fuels the flames of racism and…

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Israel’s rejection of Arafat Street reflects rejection of peace

Posted on March 15, 2017June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Israel’s rejection of Arafat Street reflects rejection of peace

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Israel’s rejection of Arafat Street reflects rejection of peace Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stepped in this past week to force residents of an Israeli city consisting of mostly Muslim and Christian Palestinians to remove a street sign etected to honor the late Palestinian President Yasir Arafat. Click here to read Ray Hanania’s column on this…

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America’s empty “happy talk” on Palestine coming to an end

Posted on December 23, 2016June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on America’s empty “happy talk” on Palestine coming to an end
America’s empty “happy talk” on Palestine coming to an end

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America’s empty “happy talk” on Palestine coming to an end President-Elect Donald Trump’s actions which critics claim favor Israel in fact have the potential of awakening the sleeping giant of the Arab and Muslim World. His appointment of extremist David Freidman as US Ambassador to Israel and his vow to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv…

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Podcast: Obama follows Clinton in Middle East peace failure

Posted on October 3, 2016June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Podcast: Obama follows Clinton in Middle East peace failure

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Podcast: Obama follows in Clinton shadow to build “pro-Israel legacy” Published in the Arab News, Saudi Arabia Sept. 30, 2016 By Ray Hanania Many Arabs believed newly elected President Barack Obama would re-balance America’s heavily pro-Israel foreign policy, including establishing a Palestinian State. In fact Obama didn’t disappoint Arab World or Palestinian expectations when he…

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Bernie Sanders offers reasoned approach to Middle East peace

Posted on November 19, 2015April 13, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Bernie Sanders offers reasoned approach to Middle East peace

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For a long time, I supported the election of Hillary Clinton as President. I supported her against Barack Obama and for a longtime believed we needed to elect her to help restore reason and sanity to dealing with the Middle East. But the Clintons’ views on the Middle East have changed much and I believe…

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Yitzhak Rabin and The Red House of Zionism

Posted on November 6, 2015November 7, 2015 By Eileen Fleming 2 Comments on Yitzhak Rabin and The Red House of Zionism
Yitzhak Rabin and The Red House of Zionism

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Twenty years ago Yigal Amir an Orthodox Jewish extremist changed the course of history when he shot Israel’s Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in the back; But the seeds that fueled his passion for supremacy began germinating on 10 March 1948 in a Tel Aviv house that was painted red. By Eileen Fleming As Israel descends…

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Heroes, cowards and real terrorists in the Middle East

Posted on October 28, 2015September 24, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Heroes, cowards and real terrorists in the Middle East
Heroes, cowards and real terrorists in the Middle East

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This weeks marks the 20th anniversary of the murder of Yitzhak Rabin and the destruction of the Palestine-Israel peace process by Israeli extremists led by Benjamin Netanyahu. As the region spirals into greater violence, Netanyahu rises as the singular cause of this vicious cycle of death and destruction By Ray Hanania This week marks the…

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Don’t Expect Middle East Peace to Be a Presidential Campaign Issue

Posted on April 16, 2015June 12, 2019 By rayhanania 1 Comment on Don’t Expect Middle East Peace to Be a Presidential Campaign Issue
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As the American presidential campaign gets into swing, there will be a big focus on the battle among the larger field of conservative and extremists Republicans like Cruz, Rand, Rubio and maybe a half dozen more, and they won’t be talking Middle East peace. But neither will Hillary Clinton or any Democrats who challenge her….

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Talking with Israeli journalists about Palestine-Israel

Posted on April 10, 2015April 10, 2015 By rayhanania No Comments on Talking with Israeli journalists about Palestine-Israel

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Over the past few weeks, I have interviewed several Israeli journalists as well as Palestinian journalists to examine the challenges facing Palestine-Israel peace. Two Israeli journalists I interviewed are Seth Frantzman, the Op-Ed editor of the Jerusalem Post, and Ricky Ben David, the News Editor of the Times of Israel. By Ray Hanania One of the…

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Racism plays hard in Israeli elections

Posted on March 19, 2015March 19, 2015 By rayhanania No Comments on Racism plays hard in Israeli elections
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Netanyahu’s party took the most seats in the Israeli Knesset election by using a last minute racist push that is similar to the efforts to prevent Blacks from winning office in America. But the key is while Obama and Europe have stood up to Netanyahu’s racism and Apartheid-like policies, where is the Arab World to stand…

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