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| Jimmy Carter, along with his beloved wife Rosalynn, worked tirelessly to build homes for the poor with Habitat for Humanity |
Dear America (letter just sent to my elected officials),
As we mourn our 39th President Jimmy Carter's death, as well as two horrific acts of violence in New Orleans and in front of the Trump Tower in Los Vegas, please let us step towards building peace, not more and more violence and war.
We call it TERRORISM when violence is done by an individual or small group, and WAR when it is done by a Sovereign Nation.
We arm the Sovereign Nation and excuse it when uses violence and state
sponsored terrorism against individuals and vulnerable families, which
in turn sends the message worldwide that violence against civilians is
OK by US.
Having and beating slaves was legal in America 170 years ago. Just because something is technically legal, does not make it right or good.
I object to our tax money being used to fund and empower the weapons industry and Israel, a militarily powerful and affluent sovereign nation that has been building Apartheid in Palestine for generations now.
Israel's genocidal policies towards Palestinian men, women and children have to be stopped... Just because you have your head in the sand does not mean all the world is clueless about Israel's escalating crimes against humanity. Meanwhile China is rising in power and influence while America is falling.
After the horrors of the NAZI Holocaust our First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt helped shape the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights "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.ohchr.org/en/human-rights/universal-declaration/translations/english
Freedom, justice and peace: These ideals should be our New Year's resolution- for everyone's sake.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
Notes https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/search/label/Notes
From Panama to Palestine, Jimmy Carter refused to let his moral voice be silenced: Carter signed treaties to hand over the Panama Canal and criticized Israel, drawing respect and fury past his one term - Chris McGreal 30 Dec 2024 in The Guardian
If Americans Knew: Warsaw 1944, Gaza 2024
Requiem for a Refugee Camp- In October, 2023, I could not imagine anything worse than the destruction in Jabalia refugee camp. But what is happening now outstrips anything I saw there. By Mosab Abu Toha December 31, 2024 in The New Yorker
FROM & for PALESTINE: Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer... Emmanuel, you who were born in a stable and made your home among the oppressed. May your light pierce the darkness of violence and despair. Strengthen us to be bearers of that light, standing in solidarity with all who yearn for liberation and hope.
Feast of the Holy Innocents: Christian children in Bethlehem lay olivewood hearts, each representing a child killed in the Holy Land since October 7
The United Nations & The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Baby Jesus born in Bethehem Palestine
We will always carry their memory in all we do...
Maha Hussaini: 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 12/16/2024
MIT Science for Genocide
Christmas IS Palestine .... where it all began
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.
Tolerance Is a Wasteland: Palestine and the Culture of Denial by Saree Makdisi author of Palestine Inside Out
Always, no matter what.... Even Wars Have Rules
"If the U.S. had held Israel accountable for the killing of other Americans like Rachel Corrie or Shireen Abu Akleh, perhaps Israeli soldiers would not feel so emboldened to kill Americans, and other civilians, today." Hamad Ali in The Hill 12/14/24
Dear America- Israel and its propagandists claim it is all about self-defense, but Israel is and has been the aggressor and the rule breaker.
Dear Elected Officials- Stop poisoning the land, and undermining international law.
My Letters https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/search/label/letters
"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
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