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May the new year bring a free Palestine. Jordanian artist: اسامه حجاج-Osama Hajjaj Instagram: osamahajjaj https://www.instagram.com/osamahajjaj/ there is more telling art work on the artist's Instagram page |
Dear President Biden,
The Israel/Palestine conflict is not about religion, it is about injustice and Israel's extensive violations of international law and basic human rights. Israel consistently steals Palestinian land and money, freedom and rights, and has been for 75 years.
Gaza is just the latest phase of the
same Zionist plan of intentionally pulverizing Arab lives, farms,
families, jobs, and infrastructures whenever and where ever possible.
Israel's rampant bigotry and rage is surging with state funded religious tyranny & injustice shaping a state
sponsored terror that simply should not exist in this day and age.
The Jewish people I know here in America are good and decent people, with nice lives because they live here in America. I want every one where ever they might be to be safe and cherished, respected, but I hear reports and see TV commercials showing that anti-Antisemitism is increasing. We need to stop that trend, and the best way to stop that trend is to recognize that Israel has been setting a horrible example- and so are you by supporting Israel.
Racist delusions, yours and theirs, are apparent as you brag about being a Zionist and you bypass Congress to send more lethal weaponry to Jews-preferred Israel so that Israelis can target, wound and/or kill more native non-Jewish men, women, and children.
Maybe you really are too white, too surrounded by token others and too many "Toms", too manipulated by a foreign country's agents and bribes- and too obtuse to see the truth about Israel & Zionism: Palestinian men, women, and children have been cruelly trapped and tormented by modern man-made Israel's Jews-preferred policies, apartheid walls, violence and home demolitions.
America should not be investing in Israel in any way, shape or form.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
& a version for some other of my elected officials
Dear VP Harris, Perry, Fetterman, Casey
The Israel/Palestine conflict is not about religion, it is about injustice and Israel's extensive violations of international law and basic human rights.
Israel consistently steals Palestinian land and money, freedom and rights, and has been for 75 years.
Gaza is just the latest phase of the
same Zionist plan of intentionally pulverizing Arab lives, farms,
families, jobs, and infrastructures whenever and where ever possible.
Israel's rampant bigotry and rage is surging with state funded religious tyranny, injustice, and violence shaping a state
sponsored terror that simply should not exist in this day and age.
The Jewish people I know here in America are good and decent people,
with nice lives because they live here in America. I want every one
where ever they might be to be safe and cherished, respected, but I hear
reports and see TV commercials showing that anti-antisemitism and other forms of racist hate is
increasing. We need to stop that trend, and the best way to stop that
trend is to recognize that Israel has been setting a horrible example, and inspiring the worst in many different people.
Palestinian men, women, and children have been cruelly trapped and tormented by modern man-made Israel's Jews-preferred policies, apartheid walls, violence and home demolitions.
America should not be investing in, or protecting Israel in any way, shape or form. Nor should we be trusting Israel as a source for news and information, or security advice.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
Notes
"Where, after all, do universal human rights begin?
The UN Mediator for Palestine, Count Folke Bernadotte, believed that the Palestinians displaced had a right to return to their homes and wrote several UN reports to that effect.
"It would be an offence against the principles of elemental justice if these innocent victims of the conflict were denied the right to return to their homes while Jewish immigrants flow into Palestine, and, indeed, at least offer the threat of permanent replacement of the Arab refugees who have been rooted in the land for centuries."
Bernadotte was assassinated on Friday 17 September 1948 by members of the group Lehi, a Zionist terrorist organization, commonly known in the West as the Stern Gang
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| Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world |
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"... Everything we bought for our home has gone. Many of our debts have not been repaid.
Our home was a beautiful apartment in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza.
I loved receiving visitors.
I would sit with them on the sofa and have sweets, nuts, drinks. Sometimes lunch.
We slept peacefully in our bedroom.
In the living room, we would play with our baby son Majd, often surprising him with gifts of new toys.
The kitchen was my own little world. I experimented by making many dishes for the first time.
Some were a success, others a failure.
Ahmad and I would cook, eat and wash the dishes together.
Majd would crawl around everywhere. We had to keep an eye on him so that he wouldn’t break glasses.
Israel has turned everything into dust... "
Hanin A. Elholy is a researcher, writer and translator based in Gaza.
The Electronic Intifada 28 December 2023
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Displacement means that many people do not have adequate shelter. APA images |
ISRAELI INTENTIONS ARE OBVIOUS:
More from Smotrich about his settler colonial elimination plans: "We will live in the Gaza Strip. We will not allow a situation where 2 million people live there. If there are 100-200 thousand Palestinians in Gaza, all the talk about the day after will be different."
"Israel should discuss the revival of civilian settlements within the Gaza Strip as part of its planning for the enclave once Hamas rule is toppled, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Saturday night, while denying that any of Gaza’s approximately 2 million residents were innocent and calling for Israel to “encourage voluntary emigration” from the territory.
Speaking to Channel 12 news, the leader of the hard-right Religious
Zionism party also doubled down on his refusal to transfer tax payments
to the Palestinian Authority over concerns that the money will find its
way to Gaza, sloughing off reported pressure from the United States on
the matter and pushing back against insinuations that he and others had
propped up Hamas as a convenient foil." Times of Israel https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/smotrich-touts-revival-of-gaza-settlements-after-war-says-no-innocents-in-strip/ar-AA1mgkNg
The Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs described Smotrich’s comments as “part of Israel’s colonial, racist plan” for Palestinians.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 20,915 Palestinians have been killed, and 54,918 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7. Palestinian and international estimates say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children." https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israels-netanyahu-pushing-voluntary-migration-for-palestinians/
Experts say the besieged strip is unrecognisable and its bombing is the most destructive in modern history.
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| Traditional Palestinian Stuffed Grape Leaves |
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Heartbreaking to learn that Ammar Ghraiba, a young motion graphic designer and an aspiring filmmaker, got killed today. Our journalists, poets, and filmmakers are killed. But the story, the poem, and the film continue. |
Only around 2,000 Armenians remain in the Old City quarter after waves of immigration primarily to the United States and Europe since the 1960s.
Like Palestinians in the rest of east Jerusalem, most Armenians do not hold Israeli citizenship but only residency... READ MORE https://news.yahoo.com/jerusalems-armenians-vow-keep-fight-102652851.html
Fri, December 29, 2023
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some images from Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter
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St. Mark's Chapel, Armenian Quarter, Jerusalem |
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St. James' Cathedral, Armenian Quarter, Jerusalem |
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Jerusalem Old City Shrines & Gates |
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| #AlQuds - #Jerusalem...#Palestinian Shopkeeper, early 1900s Palestine |
Courtesy of UN Agency for Palestine Refugees
As of November 30, 2023, at least 111 UNRWA colleagues have been killed in Gaza since the war began on October 7. More than half of them were teachers. These are not just numbers; these are our colleagues and friends. Some of them were killed in the line of duty, while others were killed at home with their families in Rafah, Khan Younis, northern Gaza, the central areas, and Gaza City. We grieve them. We remember them.
Mai, was a young UNRWA colleague in her mid-20s. She was a bright software developer with physical disabilities. She was killed in the Jabalia Refugee Camp with members of her family on November 1.
Samir was killed with his wife and his eight children in the central areas. He worked in staff safety.
Dr. Sirin was a dedicated UNRWA gynecologist. She was killed in Bureij Camp on October 11.
With a heavy heart, we publish the names of the UNRWA staffers, people with emotions and aspirations like you and me. They certainly were not just numbers.
1 Fatima Psychosocial counselor 2 Mohamed Ali Teacher 3 Mohammed Iyad Teacher 4 Iz Elden Kamal Teacher 5 Reem Ibrahim Teacher 6 Khitam Samir Teacher 7 Nisreen Admin 8 Jasser Salman Mechanical design engineer 9 Awad Guard 10 Mohammad Ahmad Guard 11 Sireen Mohammad Ob-Gyn specialist 12 Adel Driver 13 Jalal Jamil Teacher 14 Samah Admin 15 Walaa Storekeeper PLD 16 Mustafa Field engineer 17 Mohammad Said Admin 18 Mohammad Abou Admin 19 Suzan Education 20 Hani Education 21 Mahmoud Education 22 Yaser Education 23 Huda Education 24 Belal Education 25 Hind Education 26 Faisal RSSP 27 Fatma Education 28 Rewa Education 29 Amna Education 30 Tamer Education 31 Mohammed FSRM 32 Ahmed FSRM 33 Omar Ahmed FSRM 34 Mohammed FSRM 35 Ahmad Mohd Education 36 Mohammed Logistics 37 Amal Health 38 Saleh Engineer 39 Samah Education 40 Khuloud Health 41 Suzan Education 42 Mohd Ahmad Education 43 Khaled Education 44 Omar Education 45 Sahar Education 46 Fadi Education 47 Rima Education 48 Amani Education 49 Rasha Education 50 Sami FSRM 51 Abed Education 52 Nema Education 53 Suhaila Education 54 Iman Education 55 Hilen Education 56 Selah Mohammad Education 57 Majed Education 58 Ahmad Education 59 Mahfouz Education 60 Nael Education 61 Mai Education 62 Samir FSRM 63 Hala Education 64 Hani Education 65 Osama FSRM 66 Riyad Education 67 Basma Education 68 Taghreed Education 69 Manal Education 70 Asthm 71 Wesam Education 72 Raed PLD 73 Mohammed Education 74 Abdullah Education 75 Mohammad Education 76 Mai IMTD 77 Fayez RSS 78 Khalil IMTD 79 Samer Education 80 Hasan Education 81 Amal Education 82 Maysoun Education 83 Haytham Sanitation 84 Salma Education 85 Rasha Education 86 Mayson A Education 87 Sabrin Education 88 Amani Education 89 Darwish PLD 90 Hasan Education 91 Amneh Education 92 Abdalla Education 93 Mjd Education 94 Rushdy ICIP 95 Iman RSS 96 Mohammad Education 97 Mohammad A Education 98 Abla Education 99 Rabab Education 100 Karim Education 101 Amna PLD 102 Tasnim RSSP 103 Mariam Education 104 Aref ICIP 105 Iusama Education 106 Ismail Usama Education 107 Haya Education 108 Mohammed FSRM 109 Mariam Education 110 Rana Education 111 Hiba Education
RSSP: Relief and Social Services Programme
FSRM: Field Security and Risk Management
PLD: Procurement and Logistics Division
IMTD: Information Management and Technology Department
ICIP: Infrastructure and Camp Improvement Programme
https://thisweekinpalestine.com/fallen-united-nations-aid-workers/
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| This Week in Palestine December 2023 |
"US-born settlers are "overrepresented" in the West Bank, Sara Yael Hirschhorn, a historian and a political analyst working as a visiting professor at Israel's University of Haifa, said.
She told BI there's a higher proportion of residents with American roots in the West Bank settlements than in Israel proper — about 15% versus 1%."
Dec 28, 2023
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"According to 2015 research by Hirschhorn for Oxford University, an estimated 60,000 American Jews lived in West Bank settlements.
Hirschhorn said that these figures didn't count suburban neighborhoods of Jerusalem over the Green Line and the number could be much higher."
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"Dror Sadot, a spokesperson for B'Tselem, a Jerusalem nonprofit addressing human-rights violations in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, told BI that all settlements in the territories were illegal under international law but that Israeli law distinguished between legal and illegal settlements.
Sadot said settlers were exploiting Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza to complete their goal of dominating the West Bank"
...READ MORE https://www.businessinsider.com/60000-american-jews-live-in-west-bank-settlements
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