Saturday, September 14, 2024

Imagine the size of the deep hole with dozens of tents above it that have disappeared and no signs of them remain, including those [the people] inside them.

Imagine the size of the deep hole with dozens of tents above it that have disappeared and no signs of them remain, including those inside them.

Aid not reaching Gaza, say relief groups as ‘more than a million go without food’... "Aid trucks’ ability to enter Gaza “is at the arbitrary discretion of Israeli forces” "

A queue of of aid lorries wait at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Photograph: Amr Nabil/AP

 “We estimate that over a million Gazans will go without food in September”

@UNRWA  Sam Rose to   @guardian   [on twitter/x]
 
Medicines, chlorine for water purification & hygiene products are running low in #Gaza. "So little aid is getting in that we can’t meet basic needs."

Aid not reaching Gaza, say relief groups as ‘more than a million go without food’

Medical supplies, toothbrushes and shampoo also remain stuck in backlog of lorries unable to enter from Egypt

Relief groups have said more than 1 million people in Gaza will not have enough food this month, while trucks loaded with fresh vegetables or meat spoil waiting to cross Israeli checkpoints, and thousands of aid packages of food, medical supplies and even toothbrushes and shampoo remain stuck in a backlog of lorries unable to enter from Egypt.

“We estimate that over a million Gazans will go without food in September,” said Sam Rose, a senior deputy director of UN’s relief agency for Palestinians (Unrwa), in Gaza. “Over half the medicines in our health centres are running low, as is chlorine for water purification and other basic supplies.” ... READ MORE https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/12/gaza-aid-food-medical-supplies-backlog

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"We order you to leave, in a week the entire area will become a military zone; No supply will enter" Former Israeli General Giora Eiland has launched a campaign called 'The General’s Plan,' demanding that the Israeli army "empty" northern Gaza by starving the remaining residents.


Giora Eiland, a reserve major general in the Zionist army*, calls for ethnic cleansing of the entire northern Gaza and for the Palestinians who remain in their homes to be left to starve.

"We order you to leave, in a week the entire area will become a military zone; No supply will enter" 

Israel's "Netzarim Corridor"* aims to separate Gaza City from the rest of the strip. No movement is allowed between the enclaves. Israel wants to make "the world's largest prison" into two smaller ones.

Senior IDF officials are increasingly on board with a plan conceived by Major General Giora Eiland which would see the northern Gaza Strip turned into a closed military area with the civilian population required to leave. 

According to the plan, the entire area north of the Netzarim Corridor, including Gaza City, would become a closed military area in which approximately 250,000 people [Palestinian men, women, & children], would be required to leave immediately. 

After a week in which the population will be given the opportunity to evacuate, a full military siege would be imposed on the area.

*Zionist army refers to Israel's "IDF" Israel Defense Forces also known as "IOF"  Israel Occupation Forces"

*The "Netzarim Corridor"cuts Gaza in two halves: Israel's IDF/IOF expanded its width from 2km to 4km & demolished every single building & infrastructure in that area & on both sides of it.

Thursday, September 12, 2024

White House Statement from Vice President Kamala Harris on Aysenur Eygi "Aysenur was peacefully protesting in the West Bank—standing up against the expansion of settlements—when her young life was senselessly cut short. No one should be killed for participating in a peaceful protest. The shooting that led to her death is unacceptable and raises legitimate questions about the conduct of IDF personnel in the West Bank."


Statement from Vice President Kamala Harris on Aysenur Eygi

The killing of Aysenur Eygi is a horrific tragedy that never should have happened. Doug and I are keeping her family and loved ones in our prayers. Aysenur was peacefully protesting in the West Bank—standing up against the expansion of settlements—when her young life was senselessly cut short. No one should be killed for participating in a peaceful protest. The shooting that led to her death is unacceptable and raises legitimate questions about the conduct of IDF personnel in the West Bank.  Israel must do more to ensure that incidents like this never happen again.
 
Israel’s preliminary investigation indicated it was the result of a tragic error for which the IDF is responsible. We will continue to press the government of Israel for answers and for continued access to the findings of the investigation so we can have confidence in the results. There must be full accountability.
 
The United States will continue to hold accountable anyone in the West Bank – Israelis and Palestinians – who stokes violence and undermines peace and stability.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/09/11/statement-from-vice-president-kamala-harris-on-aysenur-eygi/

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Two young American women—Rachel & Aysenur. Both from Washington State with hearts of gold... both were murdered

 

Two young American women—Rachel & Aysenur. Both from Washington State with hearts of gold. They traveled to PAL [Palestine] to witness and to stand with the oppressed; to make a difference. Both were murdered. By America’s great ally. With U.S. supplied weapons. With U.S. assured impunity. #RIP

Dear America- Don't let Israel drive a wedge between you and the truth.

@UNHumanRights chief @volker_turk urges Governments to put human rights at the core of policy & action to achieve a more peaceful, just & sustainable world. https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements-and-speeches/2024/09/human-rights-are-our-mainstay-against-unbridled-power  Human Rights are our mainstay against unbridled power

Dear America- letter sent to my Elected Leaders,

Time will tell who gets elected next. 

Meanwhile time has already told that American leadership does not care about the very real plight and suffering of the native non-Jewish people of historic Palestine. You should.

Israel, heavily armed with American weaponry, freely bombs humanitarian safe zones in Gaza, obliterating refugee tents, leaving huge craters in the sand. 

I remember 9-11 here- and the horror of what happened, and I remember Israeli leadership on our TV authoritatively telling America what to think, exasperating racism and hate on every "side." 

23 years later American puppets and pawns are busy legislating that protest against Israel is "antisemitism".  It isn't. 

Protest and awareness are crucial tools against dangerous Zionist lies and racist cruelty.

Today's modern man made Israel is a dangerous entity with tentacles everywhere as it grows & grows & grows: The Israel Empire ignores borders, international law, human rights, and basic logic.

Please don't let America and all we have achieved be totally corrupted and destroyed:  Arabs and Muslims (and Jews and Christians) are human beings, just like us, and just like us they can be good and bad and everything in between. Don't let Israel drive a wedge between you and the truth.

Sincerely,

Anne Selden Annab

NOTES  https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/search/label/Notes

Palestine is the most well-documented genocide in history, yet the most denied by American leadership & mainstream news.... September 2024

American killed in West Bank was longtime activist ‘bearing witness to oppression’, friends say

“Depth of Kinship”: Zeina Azzam’s Some Things Never Leave You BOOK REVIEW by Deema K. Shehabi

Escalations ... a poem by Anne Selden Annab

‘If I would speak, I would start crying’: Our reporters grapple with loss in Gaza war

Omar Badder on America's mainstream media coverage of #Israel VS #Palestine "As you reflect on why only one of these stories is dominating the headlines, there are 5 more things to keep in mind..."

Palestinian journalist Hind Al-Khoudary on her nomination for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

"My grandfather kept the key to his house in Yaffa in 1948. He thought they would return in a few days. His name was Hasan. The house was destroyed. Others built a new one in its place. Hasan died in Gaza in 1986. The key has rusted but still exists somewhere, longing for the old wooden door." Mosab Abu Toha ... From Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear

"Gaza has taught me that a lot of people who claim to be human rights activists are only active when it applies to people of a specific background or ethnicity." Mohamad Safa

Israel is committing genocide and Western media is helping hide the bodies

Ending Discrimination #fightracism #StandUp4HumanRights #NoToHate #UNGA #UnitedNations #HumanRights #HumanBeings #Compassion #GoldenRuleThinking #Kindness

Nelson Mandela grandson Zwelivelile comes out in support of South Africa coal embargo on Israel

The Government of Israel has been running a smear campaign against Palestinians & UNWRA by buying ads on Google

More Than 65 Palestinian Filmmakers, Including Hany Abu Assad, Elia Suleiman and Farah Nabulsi, Sign Letter Accusing Hollywood of ‘Dehumanizing’ Palestinians

August 28 2024: Since last night, the Israeli army has conducted a large-scale military operation in various parts of the West Bank, particularly in the northern regions.

Scholasticide: As the new school year begins, Palestinian students in Gaza cannot access education due to Israel’s systemic attacks on the education system

Dear America, Please Help Stop Institutionalized Bigotry & Injustice

Accusing peaceful pro-Palestine protesters of being "antisemitic" pleases Israel but it does not make any Jews any safer anywhere.

A Guardian report reveals that there are 60,000 Americans living in illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank, as well as some 23,400 Americans serving in the Israeli army.

Send an honorable message far and wide- we believe in freedom of and from religion... and we believe in real justice, peace, and security for ALL !

 

"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

 

Palestine is the most well-documented genocide in history, yet the most denied by American leadership & mainstream news.... September 2024

This photo needs to be the front page of every news paper in the world. 20 tents full of displaced families buried alive in Gaza.

In an overcrowded camp where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians are scattered in makeshift tents, even the smallest bomb can cause immense damage and numerous casualties. Now, imagine the devastation when the Israeli occupation army uses 3 U.S.-made MK-84 bombs on them.


Apartheid Israel is accelerating the ethnic cleansing of Palestine, and committing acts of genocide on the way. How long will it take to UN Member states to impose sanctions on this serial violator of int'l law?

The tent massacre of Mawasi. 20 tents full of families buried alive by American bombs that have left literal craters in the earth. This was a humanitarian safe zone. Another site of a war crime that the world can’t stop because of Israel’s effective international immunity.
 
 
Susan Muaddi Darraj 
I am forever changed by this year, by the evil we are witnessing, by the silence of so many, by the acceptance of such horror as normal.
 
I strongly condemn Israel’s air strikes on an Israeli-designated zone for displaced people in Gaza. Palestinians had moved to this area in search for shelter & safety, after being repeatedly instructed to do so by the Israeli authorities. I repeat my call for an immediate ceasefire & the immediate & unconditional release of all hostages still held in Gaza.
 

 Palestine is the most well-documented genocide in history, yet the most denied.

 

Aysenur Eygi- American murdered by Israeli troops  
Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old American activist killed while protesting in the occupied West Bank, was remembered by friends and former professors as a dedicated organizer who felt a strong moral obligation to bring attention to the plight of Palestinians.

"Eygi, who is also a Turkish citizen and leaves behind her husband, graduated from UW [Seattle Washington] earlier this year with a major in psychology and minor in Middle Eastern languages and culture, Fani said. She walked the stage with a large “Free Palestine” flag during the ceremony, Fani said."

American killed in West Bank was longtime activist ‘bearing witness to oppression’, friends say

Please amplify: So the killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was accidental, unintentional, etc.? 
 
Question for Israel: 
1-Why open fire in the first place? 
 
Two questions for the US: 
1-What about the settlements she was protesting? Are they accidental? 
 
2-What about the killing of children and their families Aysenur was standing in solidarity with?


“Depth of Kinship”: Zeina Azzam’s Some Things Never Leave You BOOK REVIEW by Deema K. Shehabi

 

Photo of the author by Jeff Norman / ZeinaAzzam.com
Book Review

September 10, 2024
by  Deema K. Shehabi  -Deema K. Shehabi is a poet and editor. Her first book, Thirteen Departures from the Moon

In Zeina Azzam’s mesmerizing collection of poems Some Things Never Leave You (Tiger Bark Press, 2023), tenderness means gazing directly at what both cuts and fills you. A universal factor of human existence is the need to enter an expressive space, which distills moments from one’s life into essences. Whether it’s standing at a parent’s deathbed wondering when the next reunion with a dying beloved will be or rejoicing at a child’s ability to enunciate Arabic letters despite truncation from the foundational homeland (Palestine), Azzam deftly parses the threshold of joys and losses and renders them in a breathless lyricism.

In one of the seminal poems in the collection, “You Could Tell Yourself,” Azzam invites the reader into ... READ MORE  https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/book-reviews/depth-kinship-zeina-azzams-some-things-never-leave-you-deema-k-shehabi

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