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http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1196847374282&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Palestinians I meet always point to the Israeli occupation as the main stumbling block preventing them from achieving independence and improving their lives. But on my latest trip to Palestine, I began to understand that an additional obstacle exists…
read moreRay Hanania, National Arab American Journalists Association. Mr. Hanania has been a member of SPME. The Palestinians will never be able to achieve national independence and statehood until they can first define themselves and speak as one voice. But if…
read moreLike all religious movements, Hamas is driven by faith and therefore cannot compromise The belief that Hamas will moderate and renounce violence, embrace peace based on compromise and recognize Israel is naïve and will lead to an escalation of violence.…
read moreIrrational rejectionism is a disease in the Arab and Islamic Worlds that stands in the way of Palestinian freedom and promotes intolerance. It broadens Israel’s occupation to create a selfoccupation mentality. It must be stopped. Suffering under years of Israel’s…
read more(Ray Hanania is the former national president of the Palestinian American Congress. An award winning journalist and author, Hanania can be reached at rayhanania@aol.com He is member of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East.) Palestinian and Israeli peace is…
read moreIn Arabic, the term “al-Awda” means “the return,” and it symbolizes the dreams and hopes of millions of Christian and Muslim Palestinians forced into exile as refugees by Israel in 1948. It is the essence of the Palestine-Israel conflict. In…
read moreWhen a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at a Tel Aviv seaside resort last week, killing four innocent Israeli civilians, he wasn’t just trying to kill Jews. He was seeking to kill peace. Few Arab leaders in the U.S.…
read more(Ray Hanania is the former National President of the Palestinian American Congress, an author and syndicated columnist. He is a member of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East spme.org . His columns are archived at www.hanania.com.) On this 3rd…
read moreEvery time I am attacked by a supporter or ally of Hamas, Arab and Muslim leaders around me urge me not to respond. Last week, a spokesman for American Muslims for Jerusalem in Washington D.C. and longtime activist with the…
read moreMost Arab and Muslim organizations are genuinely concerned with improving the well-being of their community while advocating for justice and fairness in the Middle East. Many are conflicted when it comes to Hamas, a terrorist organization that has hijacked the…
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