Also, they discuss the situation in Jordan with the rise of Syrian refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria and oppression of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad whose military has targeted civilians. The conflict has created an opportunity for terrorists like al-Qaeda to infiltrate and engage the conflict, also. The Syria conflict has divided the Arab Community and the Arab World.

Finally, we also talk about the shameful conduct of the Newseum, the Journalism Museum in Washington DC, which this week caved to pro-Israel hate activists. Last week, the Newseum announced it was recognizing as “Fallen Heroes” 88 journalists who were killed in conflict zones, including two Palestinian journalist working for the Hams-owned TV station al-Quds. The journalists, Mahmoud AlKumi and Hussam (Hossam) Salama, were driving in their car which was marked as “TV” on the roof — standard practice for war zone journalists. They had just left covering a story at al-Shifaa hospital in Central Gaza where scores of Palestinian civilians were being treated who were attacked by Israeli military and settlers by missiles and bombs. The Israeli military IDF fired two missiles at the car killing both journalists. Israel claims all Palestinians are terrorists and therefore can be killed no matter their jobs, profession or even age.

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McDonalds in Dearborn and Halal. We had guest Paul Levy of the Citizens legal group set up by Ralph Nader 30 years ago talk about why he and the ACLU got involved to defend the rights of Majed Moughni who objected to a settlement of the class action lawsuit. The Judge and Lawyers came down hard on Majed and censored him but Levy was able to step in and reverse the truly unfair decision against Majed.

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Here is a story on what happened originally, on the resolution of the Class Action lawsuit.

Here is a story on Majed’s fight against McDonalds.

Here’s a link to the Public Citizen’s Litigation group that defended Majed’s right to speak out

Clearly McDonald’s screwed up and the lawyers representing the class action lawsuit made a major public relations mistake by trying to silence Majed. He has the right to object. The effort to silence Majed made this an even bigger case than it was and raises questions about the judge involved and raises even more serious questions about McDonalds which is the target of a growing boycott that is not about to stop. Why would they silence Majed unless they feared what he had to say?

On Barack Obama, we didn’t spend a lot of time on this but will moving foward. Many people are disappointed with Obama’s one-sided comments and his failure to take substantive action to resolve the Palestine-Israel conflict. His trip did little to make things better but the fanatics have gone off the deep end, I think, in attacking him. It’s ok to criticize Obama but it’s not okay to promote hatred as some — I said SOME — continue to do. We have to reject the hate-driven fanatics and push for moderation.

– Ray Hanania

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Discuss the apathy of American Christians and their abandonment of Christian Arabs in the Middle East and especially under Israeli oppressive occupation in Bethlehem. The top headlines of 2012 from the Middle East, Arabian food and New Year’s Resolutions.

We discuss Democracy in the Arab and Muslim World, in Egypt and ask why so many Arabs in America fail to vote. Elections. Voting. Vote. Why are there no Arab columnists writing for major mainstream American newspapers? In Detroit or in Chicago?

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Our guest is Ali Younes, the awardwinning columnist with AlArabiya.net. Hosted by Ray Hanania. www.RadioBaladi.com

We discuss the challenges facing Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first Democratically elected president and the anger of his opponents. Maybe Egyptians want a Messiah rather than a President. They don’t want a dictator, though, but they are treating Morsi as if he were a dictator rather than a democratically elected president. Share your views on our facebook page also at www.Facebook.com/radio-baladi

Hanania discusses the turmoil in Egypt and protests against Egypt’s President Morsi, the return of Khaled Mashaal the leader of Hamas to Gaza and Israel’s continued war crimes against Palestinian civilians, and the anti-Arab policies of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. (Read column?)

We interview Hanna Hanania the founder of NAAP the Network of Arab American Professionals (www.NAAPOnline.org) about his effort to support the upgrade of Palestine at the United Nations, along with other related issues including bringing the Palestinian American community together for effective organizing. We also take calls from listeners about Palestine and the need to overcome the divisions that separate Palestinian and American Arab people and keep us disorganized and ineffective in our political and social activism.