Yet another letter I just wrote & sent to my elected officials
Dear America,
My heart breaks for a misguided America that refuses to see Israel's cruel crimes against humanity.
Ignoring real news and shocking facts about the horrific torture and
suffering of Arab men, women, and children day after day, year after
year, decade after decade, America has been foolishly funding, arming,
and empowering an actual genocide and ethnic cleansing in that place
once known as Palestine, as well as Lebanon and Syria.
Arabs say the Nakba (catastrophe) has been going on for 77 years- since 1948 when Israel was established, but really the Nakba and armed Zionist violence against the native non-Jewish people of historic Palestine started with Zionism long before Hitler and the Nazi Holocaust.
Racist times created hell on earth for "others" then, and we really should know better now.
We live in an age of International Law, Universal Human Rights, Free Speech, and Cell Phones live streaming the truth. Justice in today's interconnected world should be as peaceful and careful as possible: Scorn violence!
Start and stay with full respect for fair and just laws for all people, not just your chosen favorites.
Racist Israel is in the wrong.
ISRAEL/PALESTINE as one state or two or three or ten, everyone must
respect and honor every refugee's inalienable right to return to
original homes and lands.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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Mosab Abu Toha: Israel murdered an artist yesterday. Elham al-Boddi, 33, from Beit Lahia. Her husband was killed months ago.
Brilliant Engineering Graduate Ceremony Student Speech by Palestinian American Leena Ghrayeb- University of Michigan 2025
Palestinians from Jaffa city enjoy a seaside cafe on the seashore of their city circa 1895 (- 1916) during the Ottoman era.
Some Symbols of Palestine (love not hate): The keffiyeh, Olive Trees, Tatreez Embroidery, Watermelons, Flags, Handala, Mahmoud Darwish, Ismail Shammout, Tamam Al-Akhal, Sliman Mansour, The Holy Family, The Dome of the Rock, Maps, Food, & KEYS
Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg during the Second World War. The region’s hospitals have not been spared; most are no longer functional. Clayton Dalton writes about the devastation in The New Yorker .
"“They were shouting at me, threatening to rape me, chanting ‘death to Arabs’. I thought the police would protect me from the mob, but they did nothing to intervene,” she said."
UNWRA Aid is ready to be brought into Gaza, just waiting for the crossings to reopen. Basic supplies meant for people in need are expiring while on the other side starvation deepens. UNRWA has nearly 3,000 trucks of lifesaving aid waiting. The siege imposed by the Israeli authorities must be lifted.
From our cousins in Jordan: With profound sorrow and deep sadness, we bid farewell to His Holiness Pope Francis, who throughout his life was a beacon of giving and love. He embodied humility, championed humanity, and tirelessly advocated for peace, both in word and in deed. He was a defender of the weak, an unwavering voice for truth, and a relentless seeker of justice for the poor and the oppressed... May the gentle soul of beloved Pope Francis Rest in Peace.
ADC: American Arabs on Pope Francis "WHILE WORLD LEADERS REMAINED SILENT, HE NAMED THE TRUTH: THERE IS A GENOCIDE IN GAZA, AND THE WORLD MUST STOP LOOKING AWAY"
UN Expert, Francesca Albanese, Urges Immediate End to Arms Sales to Israeli Occupation & UNRWA's Philippe Lazzarini Explains That Gaza’s Children Are Starving Under Deliberate and Brutal Blockade Imposed by Israeli Forces: This is not the result of a natural disaster or logistical failure,” he wrote on the X platform. “It is a man-made catastrophe, driven by clear political motives.”
"Yes, we reject what happened on October 7 and wish it had never happened. But we also reject the monstrous crimes being committed now against a defenseless people, trapped in a dirty war meant to crush their cause. Those who stay silent, who conspire, or who support the aggression on Gaza bear deep responsibility—for decades they failed to help free the Palestinian land and people from occupation, so that they too might live with dignity and freedom like the rest of the world.” Archbishop Atallah Hanna Friday, April 25, 2025
Born out of the ashes of the Second World War, the United Nations was the result of a global commitment to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) As Palestinian Christians face relentless attacks — churches destroyed, worshipers displaced — we witness a people whose faith refuses to die. No nation shows the power of resurrection, the depth of hope, and the endurance of love more than Palestine. This is the true meaning of faith. This is the true message of Easter.
A nation behind bars: Why has Israel imprisoned 10,000 Palestinians? ... For every Palestinian Israel freed in the ceasefire deal, it apprehended 15 more. The number of political prisoners in its jails has doubled since the war began.
“Maybe my photos will live longer than I do and that’s what makes me feel at peace” Fatima Hassouna, a well-known Palestinian photographer from Gaza, was killed alongside ten members of her family when the Israeli army targeted her home in Gaza City April 16th, 2025
A martyr is a person who is killed or made to suffer because of their religious or other beliefs ... Talented artist Deem Zurub [Dina Khaled Mohammed Zaarab] drew pictures of people who died in Gaza- MARTYRs who died in Israel's war against the indigenous people of Palestine. Deem Zurub, a Palestinian refugee living in a tent, was killed by Israeli airstrike April 14th, 2025
"At an exhibition in Amsterdam, a long poster lists the names of Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza. Standing before it is heartbreaking. Every loss hurts deeply." Samar Abu Elouf
Seder Plate [2006] poem by Susan Eisenberg
More than 2.1 million people are trapped in Gaza, they are starved and bombed and starved and bombed and bombed again and again and again. Men, women and children are starving and dying, while at crossing points food, medicine, fuel, and shelter supplies are piling up .... The siege must be lifted, crossings must re-open for a steady flow of aid, and the #ceasefire must be renewed.
Archbishop Atallah Hanna: "One cannot be a Christian and a Zionist at the same time. To conflate the faith of love and peace with a racist political movement is a deliberate offense against Christianity"
Gaza has the most child amputees in history... An estimated ten children are amputated every hour in Gaza, most without anaesthesia, sedation or even pain medication.
My more recent Letters
Dear America- Funding religious extremists and charlatans is a recipe for disaster.
Dear America- Please do not let this tragic situation became a reason for more people to be treated more unequally, with more Palestinians and Palestinian Americans being doxed, destroyed, and displaced.
Life is not a video game. These are real human beings and American made weaponry has been creating a Holocaust with The Rule of Lawlessness in the Holy Land.
Taxpayers' money should not be shoring up greed, corporate corruption, injustice, and war.
Please, let Golden Rule thinking and the rule of fair and just laws guide US all towards a better way forward.
State sponsored violence is not the way to convince vulnerable people to veer away from arming religious tyranny and terrorism.
Hate crimes are escalating here in America with people primed by to think, say and do horrible things...
Slavery, Segregation and Forced Displacement are wrong. Wrong then and wrong now
"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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