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Friday May 10, 2019
Friday May 10, 2019
Syria, Nakba, Ramy, Zogby, Tlaib, Hamas, Media bias
May 10, 2019 Live on WNZK AM 690 Radio in Greater Detroit
Its Friday May 10, 2019 … I’m Ray Hanania … and you’re listening to THE ARAB STREET Radio & Podcast broadcast from Detroit, Michigan through 690 AM WNZK Radio … Ramadan Kareem ... salam aleikum wa ramatil allah wa barakatum!
Tune in and join the conversation by calling 248-557-3300
Our topics on live radio in Detroit today includes a discussion of the Nakba commemoration, 71 years since Israel began the destruction of Palestine … and a look at the situation in Syria and the continuing violence there by Israel, the U.S., Iran and Russia … and we’ll take calls from listeners this morning …
We talk about the new Hulu TV series on American Muslims and Arabs, Ramy -- it's mostly about Muslims but it's really about Arabs -- America dislikes Arabs and embraces Muslims mainly because int heir eyes most Muslims in AMerica are non-Arab.
We also discuss how the news media is biased. They attack President Trump on everything EXCEPT on his policies on Palestine and Israel ... they criticism is mild when it comes to that narrow focus and that narrow focus is where thebias exists.
For more information on The Arab Street Radio and Podcast and on Ray Hanania's other podcasts on mainstream American politics, and his award-winning writings and opinion columns visit www.Hanania.com.
If you are outside of the Greater Detroit region, you can listen to the show online using one of these links
https://tunein.com/radio/WNZK-690-s21615/
THE ARAB STREET Radio & Podcast is a part of the US Arab Radio Network hosted by Laila Alhusini … in an effort to energize and empower Arab Americans to stand up for their rights … for more information go to my website at www.Hanania.com
Our show is available afterwards on podcast on iTunes or by visiting the website www.TheArabStreet.org.
Friday May 03, 2019
Friday May 03, 2019
Arab Radio: Facebook hypocrisy, BDS and Roger Waters, Trumps peace plan
Its Friday May 3, 2019 … I’m Ray Hanania … and you’re listening to THE ARAB STREET Radio & Podcast broadcast from Detroit, Michigan through 690 AM WNZK Radio …
Tune in and join the conversation by calling 248-557-3300 ... check out all of Ray Hanania's podcasts and writings by visiting www.Hanania.com
If you are outside of the Greater Detroit region, you can listen to the show online using one of these links
https://tunein.com/radio/WNZK-690-s21615/
Our topics on live radio in Detroit today include a discussion on the hypocrisy of Facebook banning and censoring people because of their views while ignoring similar views by pro-Israel fanatics ...
We also talk about the efforts of protestors to block a discussion in Boston on BDS by speaker Roger Waters of Pink Floyd. A Federal judge has thrown out the claims of the protestors and said that BDS and Waters are engaged in Constitutionally protected Free Speech.
We also discuss the peace plan that President Donald Trump is preparing to unveil and why Palestinians and Arabs should engage in the process and not reject the plan outright. Palestinians need to be strategic and smart in how they confront pro-Israel bias. Rejection merely undermines the Palestinian cause.
And we also talk about the 107th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, and the conclusion this past week of Arab American Heritage Month, April, which was coordinated by ArabAmerica.com and Amal and Warren David nationally securing more than 120 proclamations and more than 20 states including in Illinois and Michigan.
For more information on The Arab Street Radio and Podcast and on Ray Hanania's other podcasts on mainstream American politics, and his award-winning writings and opinion columns visit www.Hanania.com.
Ray Hanania hosts two separate podcasts, this one, The Arab Street Radio & Podcast on Middle East and Arab World issues and politics at www.TheArabStreet.org, and a second one "Ray Hanania on Politics' which focuses on mainstream American politics, in Chicagoland, and the Midwest at www.RayHananiaOnPolitics.com.
Friday Apr 19, 2019
Friday Apr 19, 2019
Israel's elections, and challenges facing Ilhan Amr and Rashida Tlaib
04-19-19 WNZK AM 690 Radio podcast
The Arab Street Radio discussion hosted by Ray Hanania for Friday, April 19, 2019, broadcast on WNZK AM 690 radio live in Detroit.
Guests include Ali Younes, a reporter with Aljazeera English and the Intercept, and later on the show with Adel Mozip who was appointed to the Dearborn School district board of trustees.
Younes and Hanania discuss the Israeli elections and why Arab Israelis boycotted the elections. Was it smart to do? About 50 percent of Arabs in Israel actually voted and in boycotting did the rest help empower Benjamin Netanyahu.
Younes and Hanania also discuss Congresswomen Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, and the challenges they face. Should Omar allow herself to be so heavily defined as a Muslim and shouldn't she fight to project herself as an American like everyone else in Congress. Were her words on the Sept. 11 terrorism flippant when she appeared at CAIR in March? And is Rashida Tlaib taking her job seriously? She represents a district that is about 75 percent African American and she barely defeated Brenda Jones the President of the Detroit City Council. Jones only lost because the African American vote was divided between four Black candidates allowing Rashida to win with less than 900 votes over Jones. Can Rashida win the election in August 2020?
Adel Mozip joins the discussion and helps us understand the Arab community in Detroit. Are they cohesive or are they divided.
The Arab Street Radio is broadcast on Fridays on WNZK AM Radio and then podcast ... you can check out all of the Arab focused podcasts by visiting the website www.TheArabStreet.org ... and you can hear Ray Hanania's podcasts on American politics and Chicagoland Politics by visiting www.RayHananiaonPolitics.com.
For more information on Ray Hanania and his podcasts, radio shows and columns visit his website at www.Hanania.com
Thursday Apr 18, 2019
Thursday Apr 18, 2019
The Mueller Report, biased media & Trump April 18, 2019, Season 1, Episode 10
Ray Hanania on Politics analyzes the media bias in the coverage of the release of the Report on Alleged Collusion with Russian by Donald Trump prior to and after his election as President. The Mueller Report was completed after a staggering 22-month long investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller that resulted in a finding that there is no evidence to support the allegations that have been made against the President.
Podcast host Ray Hanania discusses the real problem and how national mainstream American news media bias is empowering President Trump and ensuring his re-election in 2020.
For more information on Ray Hanania's podcast visit www.RayHananiaonPolitics.com or go to www.Hanania.com to get information on all of Ray Hanania's award-winning columns and writings.
Friday Apr 12, 2019
Friday Apr 12, 2019
Welcome to THE ARAB STREET Radio & Podcast broadcast from Chicago through 690 AM WNZK Radio in Detroit Michigan … It's Friday, April 12, 2018 ... and we are live on Radio in Detroit at WNZK AM 690.
This is one of two podcasts that I produce, this focused on Middle East issues. (I also host Ray Hanania On Politics Podcast which addresses mainstream issues. Look them both up on iTunes, Spotify or go to the website at RayHananiaOnPolitics.com for more info.)
This morning on The Arab Street Radio we are talking about the aftermath of the Israeli elections and the victory of rightwing fanatic, again, Benjamin Netanyahu. But we focus on the apathy of the Arab Israeli voters who boycotted the election and we discuss how they could have brought about change had they voted, but did not. In 2015 they elected 13 Arabs to the Knesset, out of 120 total Knesset seats. This time, they only elected 10 because of divisions and emotional reaction to anti-Arab provocations. If they voted to their potential of 20 percent of the population, they could elect 24 or 25 Arabs to the Knesset.
Can you imagine the influence they would have? Clearly, the oppressed Arabs in Israel can't. … We also talk about Arab American Heritage month which is now a national holiday celebrated in April by some 15 to 19 states, including Illinois where I live in Chicagoland.
And we give a shoutout to Warren and Amal David for coordinating this drive to make Arab American Heritage Month in April a national holiday. Through their efforts, so many states have gotten behind this campaign and it builds pride. Check them out at ArabAmerica.com.
THE ARAB STREET Radio & Podcast is a part of the US Arab Radio Network hosted by Laila Alhusini … in an effort to energize and empower Arab Americans to stand up for their rights … for more information go to my website at www.Hanania.com Our show is available afterward on podcast on iTunes or by visiting the website www.TheArabStreet.org.
Monday Mar 25, 2019
Monday Mar 25, 2019
Richard Silverstein on Israel, Palestine Omar, AIPAC & peace, March 25, 2019
This is the Ray Hanania The Arab Street Podcast, Middle East and Mainstream March 25, 2019.
Our guest online with us is Richard Silverstein, a longtime Jewish American progressive. Richard and I talk about the AIPAC Conference in Washington D.C. this week, the absurdity of calling Minnesota Congresswoman Ihlan Omar "anti-Semitic" for criticizing congressmen who put Israel's interests above American interests, and criticizing Israel PAC stranglehold on American politics. Richard's website is RichardSilverstein.com for more information and links to his Op-Ed writings and interviews.
You can get more information on this podcast at TheArabStreet.org and on my personal website where all my columns and podcasts are archived at Hanania.com. Also check out my new podcast Ray Hanania on Politics which looks at political issues and news in America, nationally, regionally and locally in Chicagoland at RayHananiaOnPolitics.com All of Ray Hanania's podcast shows are available on iTunes.
We discuss AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, PAC contributions to American Congress members and U.S. Senators and the influence the money buys, the weaponizing of anti-Semitism to silence critics of Israel's rightwing government policies, Congresswoman Ihlan Omar, the recent missile strike against Israel, Israel's use of violence to influence election results, and the power of Arab Israeli voters, and the power of the news media. Why doesn't an Arab country or Arab Americans buy an American newspaper like the Washington Post and force it to be objective when it comes to discussions about the Middle East, Israel and Palestine?
Richard Silverstein also discussions his ongoing battles with Twitter over his use of words they feel should be censored.
Sunday Mar 24, 2019
Sunday Mar 24, 2019
The truth about the failed Robert Mueller probe
This is the Ray Hanania on Politics podcast … I’ve covered politics for nearly a half-century, including covering City Hall from 1978 until 1992 working there everyday morning until night and covering the administrations of 7 Chicago mayors from Daley to Daley … that includes the two-week stint by David Orr as interim mayor between Mayor Washington’s death and the City Council appointment of Eugene Sawyer as acting mayor …
I write three weekly syndicated columns on mainstream and Middle East politics every week for the Southwest News newspaper group of eight newspapers and on Middle East issues for two major Middle East news sites, including Middle East monitor in London and the Arab News newspaper in Saudi Arabia.
You can get more information on my podcasts by visiting RayHananiaOnPolitics.com and also OnDeadlinePodcast.com, or to check out past podcast archives … go to Hanania.com to view links to all of my mainstream, Middle East columns, podcasts and videos, too.
In this episode of Ray Hanania on Politics Podcast, Ray talks about the reality of the Robert Mueller investigation into Russian tampering in the 2016 Presidential election campaign which targeted President Donald Trump … Hanania looks at the reality of the failed investigation and the individuals indicted on everything but collusion with Russian tampering in the election.
George Papadopoulos: former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser, was arrested in July 2017 and pleaded guilty in October 2017 to making false statements to the FBI. He got a 14-day sentence.
Paul Manafort: Trump’s former campaign chair, was indicted on a total of 25 different counts by Mueller’s team, related mainly to his past work for Ukrainian politicians and his finances.
Rick Gates: a former Trump campaign aide and Manafort’s longtime junior business partner, was indicted on similar charges to Manafort.
Michael Flynn: Trump’s former national security adviser, pleaded guilty in December 2017 to making false statements to the FBI.
Michael Cohen: In August 2018, Trump’s former lawyer pleaded guilty to 8 counts — tax and bank charges, related to his finances and taxi business, and campaign finance violations — related to hush money payments to women who alleged affairs with Donald Trump,
Roger Stone: In January 2019, Mueller indicted longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone on 7 counts. He accused Stone of lying to the House Intelligence Committee about his efforts to get in touch with WikiLeaks during the campaign, and tampering with a witness who could have debunked his story.
The “Ray Hanania on Politics” podcast … which explores politics at every level and region from Jerusalem to Chicago, Middle East and Mainstream … every issue under the sun, politics, everyday life, society and more with hard-hitting opinions and insight and even humor.
Ray Hanania has two podcasts now, one called Ray Hanania’s Middle East & Mainstream podcast, and this new one called “Ray Hanania on Politics” … both podcasts are available for download from iTunes and many other podcast systems. Hanania is shifting from Podbean to do exclusive podcasting for the “Ray Hanania on Politics” podcast.
Sunday Mar 24, 2019
Sunday Mar 24, 2019
Illinois Taxes, Mosque Massacres, Israeli election chicanery
Podcast Illinois Taxation, Mosque Massacre in New Zealand and Israel, and Israel's election chicanery, March 24, 2019
This is Ray Hanania's Podcast, The Middle East & Mainstream Podcast, which explores every issue under the sun, from mainstream to the Middle East, politics, everyday life, society and more with hard-hitting opinions and insight and even humor.
In this episode of Ray Hanania's Podcast, Ray explains talks about his columns published this week in the three main syndication carriers. First is his mainstream column published in the Southwest News Newspaper Group of eight newspapers in Chicagoland. This column focuses on how Illinois is the 49thworst state when it comes to taxation, and how Gov. J.B. Pritzker is making a serious mistake by trying to address the state’s financial troubles by increasing taxes. The cause of Illinois’ problems are the excessive pensions given to reward political patronage, not hard-earned career work. The way to address the pension problem is through pension reform, not through increasing taxes.
The Middle East portion of the podcast addresses two topics, the first in Middle East Monitor online, the London website, Hanania writes about how the New Zealand massacre of 50 Muslims at two mosques in Christchurch reminds us of the very first terrorist attack against a mosque that took place by an American in Hebron on Feb. 25, 1994, just over 25 years ago. The terrorist, Dr. Baruch Goldstein, was from Chicago and had dual citizenship both Israeli and American. Goldstein was serving in the Israeli military, not in the American military, an issue of “dual loyalty” that Minnesota Congresswoman Ihlan Omar raised in her criticism of biased pro-Israel support. Goldstein killed 50 Muslims who were praying in the Ibrahimi Mosque and injured more than 125 others.
The second Middle East column is published in the esteemed Arab News in Saudi Arabia and speaks to the efforts b Israel’s rightwing Apartheid government to undermine the voting rights on non-Jews in Israel. It speaks to Israel’s parliamentary system and how it is constructed to undermine the rights of Christian and Muslim voters in Israel.
Ray Hanania has two podcasts now, one called Ray Hanania’s Middle East & Mainstream podcast, and my new one called “Ray Hanania on Politics” … both podcasts are available for download from iTunes and many other podcast systems. I’ll be shifting from Podbean to do exclusive podcasting for the “Ray Hanania on Politics” podcast.
The new websites you can check are RayHananiaOnPolitics.com and also OnDeadlinePodcast.com. But remember, you can go to Hanania.com to view links to all of Ray Hanania’s mainstream, Middle East columns, and all of Ray Hanania’s podcasts and videos, too.
Hanania has covered politics since 1976, including City Hall from 1977 through 1992 for the Daily Southtown and the Chicago Sun-Times.
For more information on Ray Hanania's Podcasts, writings and syndicated columns visit his website at www.Hanania.com
Thursday Mar 21, 2019
Thursday Mar 21, 2019
I endorse Toni Preckwinkle for Chicago Mayor over Lori Lightfoot
Former Chicago City Hall reporter Ray Hanania endorses Toni Preckwinkle for Mayor of Chicago over Lori Lightfoot in the April 2, 2019 Chicago Mayoral election and he explains why in this podcast.
This is Ray Hanania's Podcast, Slice of Life, which explores every issue under the sun, from mainstream to the Middle East, politics, everyday life, society and more with hard hitting opinions and insight and even humor.
In this episode of Ray Hanania's Podcast, Ray explains why he is supporting Toni Preckwinkle for Mayor of the City of Chicago in the April 2, 2019 general election. Hanania has been a supporter and a critic of Preckwinkle's policies but explains that politics isn't about who is great. It is about a personal consensus with candidates and a relative comparison of candidates. Who is better and who is worse.
Hanania has covered politics since 1976, including City Hall from 1977 through 1992 for the Daily Southtown and the Chicago Sun-Times.
For more information on Ray Hanania's Podcasts, writings and syndicated columns visit his website at www.Hanania.com
Saturday Mar 16, 2019
Saturday Mar 16, 2019
Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" Stole my Life
March 3, 2019. By Ray Hanania
Some people in society define themselves based on the role models they admire. Tom Hanks. Amal Clooney. Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton. Brad Pitt. Adam Sandler. Meryl Streep.
I can say with absolute certainty that my role model, the person I most identify with and see so many parallels is Larry David, the TV and Hollywood comedian who is the creator of the hit comedy series “Seinfeld,” and the even hipper HBO sitcom “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
There is no way I can curb my enthusiasm about Larry David and the cast of spectacular actors and actresses on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
Ray Hanania's podcast includes broadcasts of his radio shows in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 and his frequent podcast audio commentaries published here and on iTunes.
In this Podcast commentary, Ray Hanania explains the popularity and cult of comedian Larry David and his hit HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm.
For more information on Ray Hanania’s writings and podcasts and radio shows visit www.Hanania.com
Friday Mar 15, 2019
Friday Mar 15, 2019
Tucker Carlson and Jeanine Pirro in a Nutshell 03-15-19
Ray Hanania's podcast includes broadcasts of his radio shows in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 and his podcast audio commentaries.
In this Podcast commentary, Ray Hanania explains the problem with Tucker Carlson, the FOX News host, and Judge Jeanine Pirro, the racist FOX TV host. Both have made derogatory comments about Arabs and Muslims, in defense of Israel, of course.
Carlson is in a war with Media Matters for America, a leftwing media monitoring opinion group that trashes all conservatives. They monitor rightwing shows and then showcase the worst of those shows to strengthen their edge over their conservative rivals.
The important issue for Arabs and Muslims to understand is that neither the Left nor the Right, the Democrats nor the Republicans really care about the issues that they throw at each other. They don’t care about racism against Muslims or Arabs. What they care about is the politics of using racism against Arabs and Muslims as a weapon to use against their rivals in this Right versus Left political war. The Republicans are using Arabs and Muslims and so are the Democrats.
In researching Carlson, a Media Matters for American monitor discovered some old audio tapes of Carlson on the shock jock radio show Buba the Love Sponge – a truly racist program – in which Carlson called all Iraqis “semi-illiterate monkeys.”
Now, you don’t call people “monkeys.” And the Left is jumping all over the comment using it to pressure Carlson off of TV by targeting his advertisers and some of his advertisers are abandoning his show.
But don’t think they care about Iraqis. Democrats, the Left are as bad about Arabs and Muslims as are Republicans and the Rights. They hate us.
But, if Carlson should apologize, Arabs and Muslims should accept the apology. If Carlson can step out from the center of this demonization war in which racism and misogyny are weaponized to assault their political rivals, we should accept that apology. But in the heat of this war, Carlson is doubling down and refusing to apologize to the Left.
Don’t apologize to the Left. Apologize to the Iraqis and to Arabs and Muslims. As a Christian Arab, we accept apologies that are sincere and genuine.
For more information on Ray Hanania’s writings and podcasts and radio shows visit www.Hanania.com
Email Ray Hanania with your comments at rghanania@gmail.com
Friday Mar 15, 2019
Friday Mar 15, 2019
Arab Radio: Tucker Carlson, Jeanine Pirro, New Zealand Mosque Massacres
Arab Radio March 15, 2019. Live radio in Detroit on WNZK AM 690
Good morning everyone… It's Friday, March 15, 2019 … I’m Ray Hanania … and you’re listening to THE ARAB STREETRadio & Podcast broadcast from Detroit, Michigan through 690 AM WNZK Radio …
… we’re taking your calls at 248-557-3300
Lots of topics this morning … first my columns in the Arab News newspaper in Saudi Arabia about Israel’s April 9 elections, Netanyahu is stoking the flames of racism to boost up his voter support, banning Arab Israeli parties and attacking Israel's Arab citizens … and in Middle East Monitor in London where I profile US Arab Radio host Laila Alhusini who is building an Arab American Media Empire. We explore Laila's background and her work to strengthen the Arab Voice in America through her growing media empire.
We’ll also be talking about issues in the news including Tucker Carlson who is in a battle with Media Monitors of America where a researcher there dug up information from an interview Carlson did back in 2008 on the shock jock radio show of Bubba the Love Sponge in which Carlson called all Iraqis -- Christian, Muslim, Arab, Chaldean -- “semi-illiterate monkeys” ... we have reached out to Carlson to talk to him. Arabs are forgiving people and we accept apologies (even if a bunch of fanatics in Palos Township refuse to accept the apology of Sharon Brannigan for making some insensitive comments about Middle Eastern people several years ago during a posting about Immigration concerns on her Facebook Page. Extremists don't accept apologies. Good people accept apologies.
We’ll also be talking about the racist comments against Minnesota Congresswoman Ihlan Omar by FOX News anchor Jeanine Ferris Pirro who is a Lebanese American Phalangist racist who claimed on FOX News that Omar is trying to bring Sharia Law to America because she wears the Hijab. Pirro also called Omar anti-Semitic because Omar brought up legitimate issues involving dual loyalty by supporters of Israel who put Israel's interest above the interests of America, and because Omar also criticizes the Israeli PACs that are buying congressional votes with millions in PAC donations.
And, we’ll also talk about the tragic terrorist violence against two mosques in New Zealand where 49 worshipers were murdered by at least one terrorist gunman who is now in custody.
Tune in and join the conversation by calling 248-557-3300
If you are outside of the Greater Detroit region, you can listen to the show online using one of these links
https://tunein.com/radio/WNZK-690-s21615/
THE ARAB STREET Radio & Podcast is a part of the US Arab Radio Network hosted by Laila Alhusini … in an effort to energize and empower Arab Americans to stand up for their rights … for more information go to my website at www.Hanania.com
Monday Mar 11, 2019
Monday Mar 11, 2019
03-11-19 Ray Hanania Podcast, Middle East &Mainstream: Omar, Israel, Suburbs versus Chicago
This is Ray Hanania's Weekly Podcast -- Mainstream and Middle East -- which talks about his columns and writings from the past week, touching on several issues that impact your daily life … Recorded Monday March 11, 2019
In this week's podcast, Ray Hanania discusses his Mainstream and Middle East columns in the Regional News, the Des Plaines Valley News, the Southwest News-Herald, the Reporter Newspapers, and SuburbanChicagoland.com, and also in the Arab News in Saudi Arabia and Middle East Monitor online in London. The discussion summarizes the columns that are published in the mainstream and Middle East newspapers and also posted online at www.Hanania.com where you can read them.
The Mainstream topics include how Chicago's politicians are trying to force the suburbs to pay for the city's wasteful government spending and financial shortfalls. The column explores how many of the candidates for Chicago Mayor included platforms calling for the taxation of the suburbs in some form to off-set Chicago's huge deficits.
The Middle East topics address the hypocrisy of the attacks against Minnesota Congresswoman Ihlan Omar by Democrats and Republicans because of her criticism of Israel's government and the pro-Israel PACS (Political Action Committees) that buy influence in Congress through millions of dollars in donations each year. Omar is absolutely correct. Israel's government through its pro-Israel PACs in the United States have the U.S. Congress in a Headlock. They also have a huge influence over the biased anti-Arab mainstream American News Media. Sadly most Americans don't even know the truth about what is happening in the Middle East.
Ray Hanania talks in this podcast about the twisted failed media coverage of the Israeli killings of protestors in the Gaza Strip.
For more information on Ray Hanania's Podcast, you can look him up on iTunes or visit www.Hanania.com where you can link to and download his podcasts, and also link to and read his opinion columns published each week in the Mainstream News Media and in the Middle East newspaper.
Friday Mar 08, 2019
Friday Mar 08, 2019
03-08-19 The Arab Street Radio: Don Wagner, Ihlan Omar, Bil'in, Christian Zionists
Welcome to THE ARAB STREET Radio & Podcast broadcast from Chicago through WNZK AM 690 Radio in Detroit Michigan … Friday March 8, 2019. Your host is syndicated columnist at the Arab News and Middle East Monitor Ray Hanania.
Our guest this morning is Don Wagner. Ordained Presbyterian minister and recently retired as the National Program Director for Friends of Sabeel -- North America, a Palestinian Christian advocacy organization. Wagner taught 15 years at North Park University, Chicago after serving 10 years as the National Director of the Palestine Human Rights Campaign.
Wagner has written or co-edited 5 books, primarily on Palestinian human rights, Christian Zionism, and Christianity in the Middle East. …
Don Wagner and Ray Hanania discuss the weaponizing of anti-Semitism by critics seeking to silence Minnesota Congresswoman Ihlan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, the struggle for justice in Bil'in in the Israeli Occupied West Bank and activist Iyad Burnat, and the anti-Christian aspects of so-called "Christian Zionism." Christian Zionism is a very unChristian movement that violates the fundamentals of Christianity for extremist political gain.
THE ARAB STREET Radio & Podcast is a part of the US Arab Radio Network hosted by Laila Alhusini … in an effort to energize and empower Arab Americans to stand up for their rights … for more information on all my syndicated columns on the Middle East and on mainstream America go to my website at www.Hanania.com
Our show is available afterward on podcast on iTunes or by visiting the website www.TheArabStreet.org.
You can read more on Iyad Burnat, Bil'in and on Congresswoman Ihlan Omar in Ray Hanania's columns this week in the Arab News and at Middle East Monitor.
Sunday Mar 03, 2019
Sunday Mar 03, 2019
03-03-19 Ray Hanania Podcast Interview with Bil’in leader Iyad Burnat
This is the Ray Hanania Podcast a weekly overview of all my opinion columns, my radio interviews, and my reports on Middle East topics and on Mainstream American politics.
Ray Hanania’s Podcast (The Arab Street, The Arab Daily News) interviews Iyad Burnat who has since 2005 led Palestinian protests against the Apartheid Wall built by Israel in the Occupied West Bank and Israel’s confiscation of Christian and Muslim lands. Burnat sits down with me to talk about the violence against him and his children by the Israeli soldiers. He details how Israel has manufactured accusations accusing him and his children of engaging in violence.
“The Israelis control everything in our lives except they can’t control our will and our determination for freedom,” Burnat says. “They can’t stop us from telling the world the truth.”
Burnat is in America this week meeting with Palestinian leaders asking them to help him build an educational fund for the children of Bil’in in the Occupied West Bank so they can continue their education.
(Click here to watch the Video interview on Youtube)
Burnat has set up one fund for his son Majd, a soccer player who Israeli snipers intentionally seriously disabled when they shot him in the knee while he was watching Israeli protests with three of his friends.
https://www.gofundme.com/majds-education-fund
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This is the Ray Hanania Podcast a weekly overview of all my opinion columns, my radio interviews, and my reports on Middle East topics and on Mainstream American politics.
My Middle East columns are published in the Arab News Newspaper, the Middle East Monitor online, and the Arab Daily News online.
My mainstream columns are published at SuburbanChicagoland.com and in seven newspapers in the Southwest region of Chicagoland including The Regional News, The Reporter, the Des Plaines Valley News, and the Southwest News-Herald.
This podcast also includes my radio show broadcasts in Detroit on the 2ndFriday of every month live on WNZK AM 690 and also live online…
It’s a lot of information and a lot of resources … You can get information on all of my writings and podcasts on my website at www.Hanania.com …
I hope you sit back and enjoy this latest podcast post.
Click here to read my Arab News Column on Iyad Burnat and the hypocrisy of American politics and mainstream news media by clicking here.
Click here to read my Middle East Monitor column on Iyad Burnat and the continuing persecution of Congresswoman Ihlan Omar by racist pro-Israel congressmen and biased mainstream news media.
Support Majd’s Education Fund
Majd Burnat is a 20 year old Palestinian student who is starting his civil engineering education at Iden Univeristy in Istanbul, Turkey.
Majd was born and raised in Bilin, a farming village that has been isolated from its agricultural lands by the illegal apartheid wall in occupied Palestine. Residents of Bilin and activists who visit from around the world gather in a non-violent protest at the apartheid wall every Friday.
At at the age of 15, Majd joined the weekly demonstration and was met with both tear gas canisters and live bullets intentionally aimed at the crowd by Israeli soldiers. While attempting to flee, he fell victim to live bullets with a shots fired multiple times into his leg.
As a result of this injury, Majd has undergone countless surgeries and still suffers severe pain and limited use of his leg. Despite hardship from a young age, he continues to dream of a better life. He hopes to use his education to better the life of fellow Palestinians by improving the infrastructure of a land demolished by years of unlawful occupation.
We aim to help him raise 6000 dollars to cover his tuition for this year and 6000 dollars for living expenses. Click below to learn more about Bilin and Majd’s story: