rayhanania
@rayhanania.bsky.social
Awardwinning columnist, Chicagoland, op-ed writer Palestinian American comedian [email protected] www.RayHanania.com Politics moderate centrist
On #MuhammadAli’s (Cassius Clay’s) birthday I remember meeting him several times when I worked at the Jewel at 87th and Stoney island in 1968. #ArabAmericsnHistory @rayhanania
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Remembering Muhammad Ali on his birthday
How I met Muhammad Ali and he helped me publish my Arab American newspaper in 1975-77.
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January 18, 2026 at 2:37 AM
On #MuhammadAli’s (Cassius Clay’s) birthday I remember meeting him several times when I worked at the Jewel at 87th and Stoney island in 1968. #ArabAmericsnHistory @rayhanania
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I love italian as much as I love Arabian and English … hanania.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:12 AM
I love italian as much as I love Arabian and English … hanania.com
The Orland Fire Protection District announced this week the scheduled dates for the popular and upcoming Kids Camp (June 15) and the Junior Cadet program (June 16), urging parents to mark their calendars for the events and for registration.
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Orland Fire announces dates for popular Kid Camp and Junior Cadet programs
Orland Fire announces dates for popular Kid Camp and Junior Cadet programs The Orland Fire Protection District announced this week the scheduled dates for
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January 17, 2026 at 8:28 PM
The Orland Fire Protection District announced this week the scheduled dates for the popular and upcoming Kids Camp (June 15) and the Junior Cadet program (June 16), urging parents to mark their calendars for the events and for registration.
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#Opinion You have to blame all sides for the #ICE shooting of #ReneeGood in #Minneapolis. Extremists on all sides have made violence more likely: Trump, Noem, anti-ICE protestors, and biased news media
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Tragedy of Minneapolis ICE shooting driven by extremism on both sides
The killing of a woman in Minneapolis is a horrible tragedy, but you can't blame it only on one side. Both President Trump and Kristi Noem, and the anti-ICE protestors are all to blame in the killing
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January 10, 2026 at 10:35 PM
#Opinion You have to blame all sides for the #ICE shooting of #ReneeGood in #Minneapolis. Extremists on all sides have made violence more likely: Trump, Noem, anti-ICE protestors, and biased news media
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Bill Lipinski and Ray Hanania discuss the ICE shooting in Minnesota, Trump’s plans for Greenland, NATO and Venezuela, a Nobel Peace Prize grab, 17 Republicans break over healthcare, credit card interest cut, & Rare Earth mining on Two Guys on Politics 01-10-26
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ICE Shooting, Greenland, Nobel Peace Prize swap, cut credit card interest & more TGOP Video Podcast
YouTube video by Ray Hanania
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January 10, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Bill Lipinski and Ray Hanania discuss the ICE shooting in Minnesota, Trump’s plans for Greenland, NATO and Venezuela, a Nobel Peace Prize grab, 17 Republicans break over healthcare, credit card interest cut, & Rare Earth mining on Two Guys on Politics 01-10-26
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President @realDonaldTrump suffers from #ADHD. Can't even end #Russia atrocities against #Ukraine (which he promised to end "in days"), before starting a new #War in #Venezuela & threatens another in #Greenland. What about #AmericaFirst, American people & economy?
January 6, 2026 at 3:35 PM
President @realDonaldTrump suffers from #ADHD. Can't even end #Russia atrocities against #Ukraine (which he promised to end "in days"), before starting a new #War in #Venezuela & threatens another in #Greenland. What about #AmericaFirst, American people & economy?
#BillLipinski &@rayHananiadebate Trump #invasion / #action against #Venezuela and #capture / #kidnapping of Venezuelan Pres #NicolasMaduro on their video Podcast #TwoGuysonPolitics Was it legal? What's next? hanania.substack.com/p/lipinski-a...
Lipinski and Hanania debate the Trump "invasion" / "action" against Venezuela
Former Congressman Bill Lipinski and columnist Ray Hanania discuss and debate Trump's "capture" / "kidnapping" of Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro on their video Podcast "Two Guys on Politics"
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January 4, 2026 at 6:44 PM
#BillLipinski &@rayHananiadebate Trump #invasion / #action against #Venezuela and #capture / #kidnapping of Venezuelan Pres #NicolasMaduro on their video Podcast #TwoGuysonPolitics Was it legal? What's next? hanania.substack.com/p/lipinski-a...
I guess @realdonaldTrump can pick on Venezuela, weakest drug trafficker, & make himself look good, with no impact whatsoever on drug trafficking. Biggest drug traffickers are Mexico, Colombia, Peru & China. That would take strength. Venezuela is #TrumpWeakness
#TrumpUpCharges No Legal basis
#TrumpUpCharges No Legal basis
January 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM
I guess @realdonaldTrump can pick on Venezuela, weakest drug trafficker, & make himself look good, with no impact whatsoever on drug trafficking. Biggest drug traffickers are Mexico, Colombia, Peru & China. That would take strength. Venezuela is #TrumpWeakness
#TrumpUpCharges No Legal basis
#TrumpUpCharges No Legal basis
the only #Christian village under #Israeli control in the West Bank, #Taybeh (Taibe), contend Israel’s government, its military & its heavily armed settlers persecute Christians, assault them, & have confiscated more than one-third of their farmlands thearabdailynews.com/2025/12/31/t...
Taybeh exposes claims Christians are “treated better in Israel” than in Arab countries
Taybeh exposes claims Christians are “treated better in Israel” than in Arab countries By Ray Hanania Chicago, IL – During a public speech days before the
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January 1, 2026 at 11:12 PM
the only #Christian village under #Israeli control in the West Bank, #Taybeh (Taibe), contend Israel’s government, its military & its heavily armed settlers persecute Christians, assault them, & have confiscated more than one-third of their farmlands thearabdailynews.com/2025/12/31/t...
#OPINION: A real fight against hate would join everyone together, including Israelis and #Palestinians. That is the voice that is needed today to reverse the trend and protect Jews, Christians and Muslims alike, writes @RayHanania @ArabNews l
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Fight against hate must not be weaponized
During the past two years, there has been a very strong movement by politicians and governments in the US to confront hate. From the president down to members of Congress, diplomats and state and muni...
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January 1, 2026 at 9:18 PM
#OPINION: A real fight against hate would join everyone together, including Israelis and #Palestinians. That is the voice that is needed today to reverse the trend and protect Jews, Christians and Muslims alike, writes @RayHanania @ArabNews l
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Before Christmas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bragged “Israel is the only country in the Middle East that grants Christians full religious freedom … and is growing and prospering.” Residents of the Christian Village of Taybeh say it's a lie
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Taybeh exposes claims Christians are “treated better in Israel” than in Arab countries
Taybeh exposes claims Christians are “treated better in Israel” than in Arab countries By Ray Hanania Chicago, IL – During a public speech days before the
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December 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Before Christmas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bragged “Israel is the only country in the Middle East that grants Christians full religious freedom … and is growing and prospering.” Residents of the Christian Village of Taybeh say it's a lie
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#Read It's time to #merge #Chicago & #CookCounty to solve years of budget shortfalls & high tax bailouts. Raising taxes to cover city debts is a band-aid pushing problem down the road. Stop forcing #suburbantaxpayers to cover city problems hanania.substack.com/p/merge-chic...
Merge Chicago into Cook County to solve years of budget shortfalls and higher taxes
Raising taxes to cover debts for Chicago, Cook County & Illinois is a bandaid that pushes the problem down the road. Forcing suburban taxpayers to cover city problems is worse. We need something more
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December 31, 2025 at 12:29 AM
#Read It's time to #merge #Chicago & #CookCounty to solve years of budget shortfalls & high tax bailouts. Raising taxes to cover city debts is a band-aid pushing problem down the road. Stop forcing #suburbantaxpayers to cover city problems hanania.substack.com/p/merge-chic...
#read Merge chicago into #cookcounty … Raising taxes to cover debts for #Chicago, Cook County & Illinois is a bandaid that pushes the problem down the road. Forcing suburban taxpayers to cover city problems is worse. We need something more. @rayhanania
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Merge Chicago into Cook County to solve years of budget shortfalls and higher taxes
Raising taxes to cover debts for Chicago, Cook County & Illinois is a bandaid that pushes the problem down the road. Forcing suburban taxpayers to cover city problems is worse. We need something more
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December 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
#read Merge chicago into #cookcounty … Raising taxes to cover debts for #Chicago, Cook County & Illinois is a bandaid that pushes the problem down the road. Forcing suburban taxpayers to cover city problems is worse. We need something more. @rayhanania
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#read Raising taxes to cover debts for #Chicago, Cook County & Illinois is a bandaid that pushes the problem down the road. Forcing suburban taxpayers to cover city problems is worse. We need something more. Merger chicago into #cookcounty @rayhanania
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Merge Chicago into Cook County to solve years of budget shortfalls and higher taxes
Raising taxes to cover debts for Chicago, Cook County & Illinois is a bandaid that pushes the problem down the road. Forcing suburban taxpayers to cover city problems is worse. We need something more
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December 30, 2025 at 3:48 AM
#read Raising taxes to cover debts for #Chicago, Cook County & Illinois is a bandaid that pushes the problem down the road. Forcing suburban taxpayers to cover city problems is worse. We need something more. Merger chicago into #cookcounty @rayhanania
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#TwoGuysonPolitics #VideoPodcast: BillLipinski @RayHanania on Trump & Ukraine; fake war on Venezuela; Chicago Mayor #BrandonJohnson’s troubles, consolidate #CookCounty & Chicago to reduce taxes, crime & bring stability to shrnking region? Gaza. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSkW...
12 29 25 Tw Guys on Politics on Trump and Putin, combine Chicago and Cook County, update on Gaza
YouTube video by Ray Hanania
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December 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
#TwoGuysonPolitics #VideoPodcast: BillLipinski @RayHanania on Trump & Ukraine; fake war on Venezuela; Chicago Mayor #BrandonJohnson’s troubles, consolidate #CookCounty & Chicago to reduce taxes, crime & bring stability to shrnking region? Gaza. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSkW...
#ReadTheTruth the American media are complicit in Gaza genocide & famine, suppressing reports of violence except when committed against Israelis. US media largely presents Israeli victims as human beings & Palestinian victims as mere statistics @ArabNews www.arabnews.com/node/2618841
PR battle underway as Israel tries to deny genocide
It is great that we now have a ceasefire in Gaza — a pause in the massacre and a return of the Israelis taken by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. But what I hate is how Israel and many of its allies are now try...
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December 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
#ReadTheTruth the American media are complicit in Gaza genocide & famine, suppressing reports of violence except when committed against Israelis. US media largely presents Israeli victims as human beings & Palestinian victims as mere statistics @ArabNews www.arabnews.com/node/2618841
#OpEd I grew up in a Chicago Jewish neighborhood (50s 60s) That’s why I continue to cling to belief Palestinians & Israelis, Jews & Arabs will overcome differences, reject extremism in their own communities, & do what is right, moral, & just hanania.substack.com/p/why-i-am-s...
Why I am so optimistic about Israeli-Palestinian peace, despite the growing hate
Once close, Arabs & Jews have been pushed further & further apart, fueling violence that plagues Israel & Palestine & fuels divisive, emotion-driven hatred right here in America. We can change it.
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December 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
#OpEd I grew up in a Chicago Jewish neighborhood (50s 60s) That’s why I continue to cling to belief Palestinians & Israelis, Jews & Arabs will overcome differences, reject extremism in their own communities, & do what is right, moral, & just hanania.substack.com/p/why-i-am-s...
#Shame on @YouTube for pulling the powerful @60Minutes segment which exposes President Trump's illegal attacks against foreigners who are not violating th elaw but happen to be Venezuelan #Cecot by biased tool @bariweiss #MediaCensorship www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
#Shame on @YouTube for pulling the powerful @60Minutes segment which exposes President Trump's illegal attacks against foreigners who are not violating th elaw but happen to be Venezuelan #Cecot by biased tool @bariweiss #MediaCensorship www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
interview with first Saudi NCAA player #MohamedSaeidBinzagr @ArabNews @rayhanania
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First Saudi NCAA basketball player talks to Arab News about his influences
CHICAGO: Student Mohamed Saeid Binzagr’s desire to impress his father motivated him to become the first Saudi to play for the National Collegiate Athletic Association, he told Arab News. The NCAA is t...
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December 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
interview with first Saudi NCAA player #MohamedSaeidBinzagr @ArabNews @rayhanania
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#READ I grew up in a Jewish neighborhood in Chicago in the 1950s & 1960s. That’s why I cling to the belief Palestinians & Israelis, Jews & Arabs, will one day overcome their differences, reject extremism in their own communities, and come together
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Why I am so optimistic about Israeli-Palestinian peace, despite the growing hate
Once close, Arabs & Jews have been pushed further & further apart, fueling violence that plagues Israel & Palestine & fuels divisive, emotion-driven hatred right here in America. We can change it.
hanania.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
#READ I grew up in a Jewish neighborhood in Chicago in the 1950s & 1960s. That’s why I cling to the belief Palestinians & Israelis, Jews & Arabs, will one day overcome their differences, reject extremism in their own communities, and come together
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Powerful rebuke of disgraced former Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau, in this editorial from the Chicago Tribune, slamming Pekau's self-serving politics. Pekau's daily attacks against Mayor Jim Dodge are weak, built on spin, exaggeration & selfish-driven hate.
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Editorial: Orland Park has become a village held hostage by a political grudge
We imagine few ordinary residents want this fight to continue.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Powerful rebuke of disgraced former Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau, in this editorial from the Chicago Tribune, slamming Pekau's self-serving politics. Pekau's daily attacks against Mayor Jim Dodge are weak, built on spin, exaggeration & selfish-driven hate.
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#READ How far to support or oppose Israeli policies is a major issue in many congressional races, including the battle in suburban Chicago between incumbent Congressman @RepCasten & challenger @joeyruzevichIL6 @ArabNews @RayHanania
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Congressional candidate in Chicago slams Democrats’ inaction on Israel
CHICAGO: How far to support or oppose Israeli policies is a major issue in many upcoming American congressional elections, including the battle in Chicago between incumbent Congressman Sean Casten and...
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December 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
#READ How far to support or oppose Israeli policies is a major issue in many congressional races, including the battle in suburban Chicago between incumbent Congressman @RepCasten & challenger @joeyruzevichIL6 @ArabNews @RayHanania
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#Hypocrisy @#PresidentDonaldTrump claims to fight #drugtrafficking in attacking and killing alleged #Venezuela drug traffickers but pardons one of the biggest drug traffickers who is a friend of his family business hanania.substack.com/p/trumps-hyp...
Trump’s hypocritical fake polices on fighting drug dealers, and corruption
Trump claims he is fighting drug trafficking in attacking and killing alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers but hypocritically pardons one of the biggest drug dealers
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December 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
#Hypocrisy @#PresidentDonaldTrump claims to fight #drugtrafficking in attacking and killing alleged #Venezuela drug traffickers but pardons one of the biggest drug traffickers who is a friend of his family business hanania.substack.com/p/trumps-hyp...
VideoPodcast: TwoGuysonPolitics 12-6-25 Bill Lipinski & Ray Hanania on birthright law; hypocrisy fighting drugs, but pardoning drug dealer, calling US Rep. Omar "garbage"; White House website attacks journalism; economic problems; Putin's 28 Point Plan for Ukraine
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12 06 25 Trump on birthright, drug hypocrisy, misogyny, White House attack on media, Putin and Ukrai
YouTube video by Ray Hanania
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December 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
VideoPodcast: TwoGuysonPolitics 12-6-25 Bill Lipinski & Ray Hanania on birthright law; hypocrisy fighting drugs, but pardoning drug dealer, calling US Rep. Omar "garbage"; White House website attacks journalism; economic problems; Putin's 28 Point Plan for Ukraine
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#Video Advisor to 4 presidents @AmbDennisRoss
discusses new book "Statecraft 2.0" at Chicago #Carnivale Rest hosted by frmr Illinois legislator #BillyMarovitz; on Ukraine, Gaza, Iran, Israel,
@POTUS 12-03-25 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrhl...
discusses new book "Statecraft 2.0" at Chicago #Carnivale Rest hosted by frmr Illinois legislator #BillyMarovitz; on Ukraine, Gaza, Iran, Israel,
@POTUS 12-03-25 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrhl...
12 03 25 Dennis Ross Book Signing Carnivale with Billy Marovitz
YouTube video by Ray Hanania
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December 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
#Video Advisor to 4 presidents @AmbDennisRoss
discusses new book "Statecraft 2.0" at Chicago #Carnivale Rest hosted by frmr Illinois legislator #BillyMarovitz; on Ukraine, Gaza, Iran, Israel,
@POTUS 12-03-25 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrhl...
discusses new book "Statecraft 2.0" at Chicago #Carnivale Rest hosted by frmr Illinois legislator #BillyMarovitz; on Ukraine, Gaza, Iran, Israel,
@POTUS 12-03-25 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrhl...