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Laila Abdelaziz

Tampa Muslim reacts to “Islamophobic” joke by Florida legislator

This show is a look at Islamophobia in the Florida Legislature and on the presidential campaign trail; we spoke with a Tampa Muslim who says she was the victim of Islamophobic bigotry by a member of...
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Tampa vigil for hunger-striking Palestinian journalist

A Palestinian journalist on hunger strike in an Israeli jail is in failing health and activists in Tampa are organizing a vigil Tuesday evening to call attention to the case of Muhammad Al Qiq. Dezeray Lyn,...
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CAIR opposes Florida bill it says targets human rights defenders

A bill in the Florida Legislature would sanction groups that organize boycotts of or divestment from Israel or from companies that contribute to alleged human rights abuses in Israel and Palestine. But HB 527 isopposed by the Council on...
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USF student government votes to divest from human rights abusers

This week the University of South Florida student government Senate overwhelmingly passed a resolution to pull the university’s investments from companies involved in human rights violations against Palestinians; but USF appears ready to reject the...
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Mother of Tampa teen “disgusted” Israeli cop who beat her son will avoid jail

The Israeli police officer convicted of beating up a Tampa teenager in Palestine last summer has been sentenced to 45 days of community service, but no jail time. In July 2014, while he was on...
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Tampa resident eyewitness to violence in West Bank

Violence has increased in the occupied Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. So much so that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he has no interest in an “escalation” and is ready to talk...
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Retired Israeli general supports Iran nuclear deal

A retired Israeli Brigadier General told an audience at the University of South Florida in Tampa Thursday he supports the nuclear weapons agreement between Iran and the U.S. and other world powers. Shlomo Brom was part...
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Ali Abunimah live on TrueTalk Radio show with Ahmed Bedier and Samar Jarrah

Journalist and author Ali Abunimah was the guest on TrueTalk radio show with Ahmed Bedier and Samar Jarrah.  Listen to the full audio here http://staging.wmnf.org/events/true-talk/ select show August 21, 2015. Ali Abunimah is the author of...

Journalist Ali Abunimah talks Palestinian liberation and the BDS movement against Israel

Today on Radioactivity, Host Rob Lorei speaks with journalist Ali Abunimah, author of several books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and executive director of Electronic Intifada, an online independent journalism website that offers a Palestinian perspective to the...

Kathy Castor will announce position on Iran deal in week or two

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa) says she has not yet announced her position on the Iran nuclear agreement. At an unrelated event Wednesday morning at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Castor answered questions...
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United Church of Christ national meeting votes to divest from Israeli settlements

United Church of Christ national meeting votes to divest from Israeli settlements
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Tampa activists call attention to plight of hunger striking Palestinian

Tampa activists call attention to plight of hunger striking Palestinian

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