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Not only are Palestinians continuing to study under Israel's genocide, but they also hold Palestinian cultural activities in schools in displacement camps.
Good morning from central #Gaza, where I met these beautiful girls wearing their Palestinian thobe on their way to school |
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| https://archive.org/details/mit-science-for-genocide |
Acknowledgements
MIT Alumni for Palestine (A4P)
MIT Arab Student Organization (ASO)
MIT Asian American Initiative (AAI)
MIT Black Graduate Student Association (BGSA)
MIT Black Students’ Union (BSU)
MIT Disability Justice Collective (DJC)
MIT Coalition Against Apartheid (CAA)
MIT Divest
MIT DUSP for Palestinian Liberation (D4PL)
MIT Faculty and Staff for Palestine (FS4P)
The MIT Coalition for Palestine is an MIT movement of scientists opposed to colonialism,
occupation, and apartheid in Palestine and beyond. We are guided by four principles of
unity: 1) We are committed to the liberation of Palestine. 2) We support the right of
oppressed and occupied people to resist their oppression. 3) We fight for Palestinian
liberation within the broader struggle for liberation of all oppressed peoples. 4) We
defend the right of every human to live a life of dignity.
Our Coalition
The MIT Coalition for Palestine is composed of the following organizations:
MIT Globally Indigenous Students for Justice (IS4J)
MIT Grads for Palestine (G4P)
MIT Jews for Collective Liberation (JCL)
MIT Latino Cultural Center (LCC)
MIT Muslims for Justice (M4J)
MIT Reading for Revolution (R4R)
MIT Taara
Palestine@MIT (Pal@MIT)
MIT Written Revolution
Trans@MIT
Authors
This report was authored by concerned students and scientists at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
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One the most iconic images of the Holy Land is the fish and loaves mosaic in the Church of the Multiplication at Tabgha on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. It can serve as a reminder that Advent is the season of anticipating miracles. Miracles can come in many forms. This mosaic commemorates feeding thousands with very little and this Advent we may be praying for other miracles. Maranatha! Come, Lord Jesus! “‘We only have five loaves and two fish’, the disciples said. ‘Bring them to me’, Jesus replied.’” Matthew 14:17-18 |
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| Always, no matter what. |
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| ICRC https://www.icrc.org/en |
The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are at the core of international humanitarian law,
the body of international law that regulates the conduct of armed
conflict and seeks to limit its effects. They specifically protect
people who are not taking part in the hostilities, including civilians,
health workers and aid workers, and those who are no longer
participating, such as wounded, sick and shipwrecked soldiers and
prisoners of war. The Conventions and their Protocols call for measures
to be taken to prevent or put an end to all breaches. They contain
stringent rules to deal with what are known as "grave breaches". Those
who commit grave breaches must be pursued and tried or extradited,
whatever their nationality.
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| American human rights activist, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, was shot in the head and killed by an Israeli soldier on Sept. 6, 2024, while she was peacefully standing under an olive tree in the occupied West Bank. |
by Hamid Ali, opinion contributor - 12/14/24
What do you do with the clothes your wife was wearing when she was killed, now stained with her blood? How do you preserve them as evidence for an investigation that may never happen? What else can you do when your government has given no indication that it will hold her killer — a soldier in the army of a close ally — accountable, despite three months of daily efforts to get basic answers?
My wife, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, was shot in the head and killed by an Israeli soldier on Sept. 6, 2024, while peacefully standing under an olive tree in the occupied West Bank. Although the Biden administration has described her death as unprovoked and unjustified, it has yet to apply adequate pressure on Israel to seek justice for the killing of one of its citizens.... READ MORE https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5039207-aisenur-ezgi-eygi-killed-israel/
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| Postcard from If Americans Knew |
Dear America,
There is something we can do right now TODAY to end the violence and suffering in The Holy Land- STOP ARMING ISRAEL.
Israel freely violates all borders and international law and human rights over and over and over.
Israel and its propagandists claim it is all about self-defense,
but Israel is and has been the aggressor and the rule breaker.
Please do not send Americans in to learn anything about security or police work in Israel, for Israel wants our money but scorns our ideals of real justice, freedom, equality, and democracy.
Do not trust Israel. Time and time again, for decades now,
Israel has cruelly persecuted and impoverished the native
non-Jewish men, women and children of historic Palestine.
Please stop funding, fueling and exasperating racist Israel's
cruel crimes against humanity.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
Notes https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/search/label/Notes
"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..." https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights
My Letters https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/search/label/letters
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| SAVE THE CHILDREN please suspend all arms sales to the Government of Israel |
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| St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Washington’s Capitol Hill neighborhood is one of several churches across the country that have created crèches called “Christ in the Rubble.” The name comes from a book by Palestinian Christian pastor Munther Isaac. Featuring the baby Jesus wrapped in a black-and-white checkered keffiyeh, the creche is intended to remind Christians that if Jesus were born today, he would be born under the rubble. (Photo courtesy Lindsey Jones-Renaud) |
(RNS) — The scene representing the birth of Jesus is a common December sight, artfully arranged on church lawns or entryways across the country.
But in some churches this year, the nativity crèche is looking a bit different.
The manger has been replaced with a pile of rocks, and the baby Jesus is swaddled not with a thin blanket but with a black-and-white keffiyeh, the Middle Eastern-style scarf that has become a symbol of Palestinians’ resistance to Israeli aggression.
This tableau, often called Christ in the Rubble, first appeared last year in the town of Bethlehem outside the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church, pastored by the prominent Palestinian minister and activist Munther Issac. All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, California, quickly copied it and constructed one on its lawn.
This Advent season, leading to Christmas, they are becoming more common. Even Pope Francis was presented a crèche Saturday (Dec. 7) by two Bethlehem-based artists, featuring a baby Jesus nestled in a keffiyeh.
The pontiff declared “Enough wars, enough violence!” while receiving
the delegation of Palestinian groups that organized the project.
In Washington, D.C., less than half a mile from the U.S. Capitol, another church assembled a Christ in the Rubble crèche last week.
The nativity scene outside St. Mark’s Episcopal Church features a Black baby Jesus swaddled in a keffiyeh lying in a bed of broken bricks and clumps of concrete and wire.
It is intended to bring awareness to Israel’s ongoing war that has leveled the Gaza Strip and killed more than 44,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, as well as to the plight of Palestinians in Bethlehem, located in the occupied West Bank. While most Palestinians are Muslim, there is a thriving Palestinian Christian community in Bethlehem, the site of Jesus’ birth, according to the gospels of Matthew and Luke.
“At Christmas, we sing about Bethlehem and we put up our manger scenes
and talk about this story of Jesus being born in this town of Bethlehem
with its themes of peace, love, joy and hope,” said Lindsey
Jones-Renaud, a lay member of St. Mark’s who was part of the team that
assembled the crèche last week. “But there’s such a disconnect between
all that and what is actually happening in Bethlehem right now and in
the surrounding lands.” ... READ MORE https://religionnews.com/2024/12/09/this-advent-christ-in-the-rubble-creches-feature-a-baby-jesus-in-a-keffiyeh/
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| "Congress
is about to vote to send nearly $1,000,000,000,000 for weapons and war
when the Pentagon just failed its 7th audit in a row.
But what's even more disturbing is that many of my colleagues own stock
in defense contractors and benefit financially." Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib |
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| Al Jazeera’s Gaza correspondent, Anas Al-Sharif, has been awarded Amnesty International’s 2024 Human Rights Defender Award. |
The ongoing genocide in Gaza has exacted a devastating toll on journalists, those who risk their lives to report the truth. Among the 44,000 killed in Gaza, 138 journalists and media workers have been killed in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, while carrying out their critical role of bearing witness, truth-telling and documenting atrocities.
The deliberate targeting and killing of journalists and press by Israeli forces constitutes war crimes under international humanitarian law. Despite these clear violations, no perpetrators have been held accountable to date and have continued to target journalists will full impunity.
In a global context increasingly plagued by misinformation and disinformation, where journalism has spread across new platforms, and biases have been ingrained in the reporting of major media outlets, the need to uphold freedom of expression and opinion has never been more critical. The Awards honour those who have risked their lives to ensure and uphold the integrity of journalism, in protecting freedom of independent information.
The Human Rights Defender Awards celebrate excellence in human rights journalism and the remarkable courage and determination of journalists dedicated to documenting the realities of the Gaza crisis.
This year’s awards recognise individuals based on the significant impact of their fearless reporting on the genocide in Gaza, their innovative use of social media and citizen journalism to challenge traditional narratives and their ability to inspire action for justice.
Mohamed Duar, Amnesty International Australia’s Occupied Palestinian Territory Spokesperson says:
“Freedom of the press is essential to enable democratic and free societies. Freedom of information is a fundamental human right. Journalists and the media are crucial to ensure transparency and accountability. Yet media freedom and the safety of journalists are under threat around the globe. Each attack on journalists is an attack on press, freedom and truth. Journalists are not and should never be a target.
“It is in this context that the Amnesty International Australia Human Rights Defender Awards honour excellence in human rights journalism and applaud the courage and determination of journalists who put their lives on the line to tell important human rights stories from within or on Gaza. The Awards honour those who have risked their lives to ensure and uphold the integrity of journalism, in protecting freedom of independent information.”
“Thank you, for the work, for the recognition and all the efforts you do to shed light upon this genocide. It’s an honor to accept this award.
“I’m here, in front of you, surviving more than 420 days. Surviving being killed by bombing, while I am helping my people by spreading truth and documenting the genocide. I don’t find anything more honorable on earth than defending the rights of defenseless people, the oppressed people.
“Thank you to all the rights defenders on this earth and thank you for this award. Free Palestine.”... READ MORE https://www.amnesty.org.au/human-rights-defender-awards-2024/
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| If I Must Die by Refaat Alareer (Author), Yousef M. Aljamal (Compiler), Susan Abulhawa (Foreword) |
“If I must die, let it bring hope, let it be a tale.”
This rich, elegiac compilation of work from the late Palestinian poet and professor, Refaat Alareer, brings together his marvelous poetry and deeply human writing about literature, teaching, politics, and family.
The renowned poet and literature professor Refaat Alareer was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City alongside his brother, sister, and nephews in December 2023. He was just forty-four years old, but had already established a worldwide reputation that was further enhanced when, in the wake of his death, the poem that gives this book its title became a global sensation. “If I Must Die” is included here, alongside Refaat’s other poetry.
Refaat wrote extensively about a range of topics: teaching Shakespeare and the way Shylock could be appreciated by young Palestinian students; the horrors of living under repeated brutal assaults in Gaza, one of which, in 2014, killed another of his brothers; and the generosity of Palestinians to each other, fighting, in the face of it all, to be the one paying at the supermarket checkout.
Such pieces, some never before published, have been curated here by one of Refaat’s closest friends and collaborators. This collection forms a fitting testament to a remarkable writer, educator, and activist, one whose voice will not be silenced by death but will continue to assert the power of learning and humanism in the face of barbarity.
Refaat Alareer, poet born and died in Gaza, Palestine
Refaat Alareer was killed because his message reached the world
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| Norman Rockwell's celebration of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
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| A priest walks by the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus |
There will be no Christmas celebration in Bethlehem this year.
Bshara Nassar says it’s hard to celebrate the Prince of Peace when Israeli bombs are killing thousands of Palestinians every day, only a few miles away in Gaza.
Like Jesus, Nassar was born in Bethlehem, a Palestinian town a little more than 5 miles from Jerusalem. Thousands of Christian pilgrims make the trek to the Church of the Nativity in Manger Square to pay homage to the birthplace of Christ.... READ MORE
