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| Newberry Township's historic church building located at Erney and York Roads, shown while it was still being used for congregational use before 2016. |
I happened to see your recent tweet regarding the ugly vandalism in the basement of the 1856 church located in Newberry Township, Pennsylvania.
FYI You have your facts dangerously wrong: The Nazi Swastika is first
and foremost a symbol for White Supremacy and Nazi Germany.
White Supremacist violence and injustice makes the world an increasingly dangerous place for all who disagree with White Supremacists- Nazi Germany under Hitler then, and both American and Israeli White Supremacists in positions of power now.
We need to reverse escalating violence and impunity, not add to it: We are wrong to be undermining The United Nations and UNWRA.
FYI that historic church was sold to a private owner in 2016 due to
dwindling congregation and struggles with the outdated structure. The
new owner tried to create a basement, but a wall collapsed.
The vandals who painted the swastikas were wrong to do so... And we
Americans are abhorrently wrong to fund and arm Israel's flagrant violations of
international law and the ongoing destruction of Palestinian homes and
families.
We are also wrong to be fueling a global arms race. Both America and
Israel have nuclear weapons plus far too many dangerous White
Supremacists in power who foolishly believe in bully tactics.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
"This
is near where I grew up.
These vile acts of antisemitism are becoming too common in Pennsylvania,
across our country and the world.
I unequivocally condemn this and those responsible must be held
accountable." Senator John Fetterman https://x.com/SenFettermanPA
USA/Israeli Harassment Campaigns seek silence support for Human Rights, the Rule of Fair and Just Laws, Real Democracy, Palestine... and the list will not stop there: Your turn is coming.
" Ever since the failure to implement the 1948 UN resolution 194, which gave Palestinian refugees the right to return to their homes in what became Israel, we have been disappointed again and again." Yes, Israel’s plan for Rafah would be a crime – but international law has never protected Gaza Raja Shehadeh
Israeli settlers kill American-Palestinian visiting relatives in West Bank - Ambulances were reportedly stopped from reaching Sayfollah Musallet after attack in which another Palestinian man was shot dead
“Of course I’ve been critical of Israel. It has been committing genocide and crimes against humanity and war crimes” UN's Francesca Albanese slams US sanctions as retaliation for exposing Gaza war crimes
United Nations’ special rapporteur for Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese says US sanctions against her a sign of ‘guilt’: “All eyes must remain on Gaza, where children are dying of starvation in their mothers’ arms, while their fathers and siblings are bombed into pieces while searching for food...”
Art by Safia Latif - Gaza 2025 Palestine
Dear America- The Texas floods killing children are a heartbreaking natural disaster, whereas Israel armed with American weaponry killing children is a cruel choice made by human beings who really should know better.
The rules of the institutions that define our lives bend like reeds when it comes to Israel – so much that the whole global order is on the verge of collapse: The destruction of Palestine is breaking the world
Mireille Rebeiz, Ph.D, Chair of Middle East Studies & Associate Professor, Dickinson College: "In November 2024, United Nations Special Committee found Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including the use of starvation as weapon of war. In December 2024, Amnesty International concluded in a damning report that Israel is committing a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. ..."
USA: Sanctions against UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese are a disgraceful affront to international justice - "This is a shameless and transparent attack on the fundamental principles of international justice."
Marco Rubio has received over a million $$ in donations from AIPAC, the pro Israel lobby. Don’t let the US silence Francesca Albanese @FranceskAlbs ! She deserves the Nobel prize more than anyone.
"Israel’s definition of ceasefire: you cease & we’ll fire." James J. Zogby
Mosab Abu Toha poem ... "Every house is my heart"
11
year old Renad Attallah of Gaza "... but i am just exhausted like
everyone else in gaza, exhausted from war, starving, from waiting
ceasefire, but I still have hope- Love you all
2025-07-08 Israeli settlers set fire to the St. George Monastery and the Christian cemetery in the Christian village of Taybeh, West Bank—one of the oldest Christian sites in Palestine.
Priests Urge Immediate International Intervention22,495 Haunting Cries: Children Affected by Conflict Endured an Unconscionable Number of Grave Violations in 2024: Israel and the State of Palestine: For the purposes of the present report, the present section provides information on grave violations in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and Israel
These are Gaza's taxi stories now, snapshots of an entire society being starved...
Map of the Israeli settlements in the West Bank and a blow-up map of East Jerusalem and its environs – 2023: The settlements have created a one-state reality in Israel, wherein Israelis have rights and Palestinians don´t. This oppressive system of control must be stopped.
Map- firing zones- Palestinians fear razing of villages in West Bank, as settlers circle their homes. An Israeli directive gives a green light for demolitions in Masafer Yatta, where residents keep watch at night for attackers in the darkness
Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza’s population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity’. Military ordered to turn ruins of Rafah into ‘humanitarian city’ but experts call the plan an internment camp for all Palestinians in Gaza
“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” ― James Baldwin
Sorry America, while you’re struggling to pay for your health care, rent, and education, remember that your government couldn’t help you because they have to give Israel billions of dollars in US citizen tax money to bomb and kill innocent children in Gaza.
"If the UN is allowed to fail or is so diminished that its agencies cannot fully function, there is nothing to take its place. Nothing, that is, except the law of the jungle, as seen in Gaza and other conflict zones where UN agencies are excluded, aid workers murdered and legal norms flouted. The UN system has many failings, some self-inflicted. But a world without the UN would, for most people in most places, be more dangerous, hungrier, poorer, unhealthier and less sustainable." Simon Tisdall
ALLEGATIONS ARE NOT EVIDENCE: The Government of Israel has continued to make claims against UNRWA's neutrality, putting our staff at risk and harming the Agency’s reputation. “Last month, I wrote to the Foreign Minister of Israel, requesting once again information and evidence to substantiate these allegations. In my letter, I also noted that the Government of Israel has not pursued any prosecutions within its criminal justice system, which would also require the presentation of credible evidence. We have not received a response.” — UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini to the press on 24 June 2025
The UN emblem is a symbol of hope, peace and unity around the world. As the UN turns 80, we remain committed to advancing peace, dignity and equality for all on a healthy planet.
Churches, Cinemas — and Moon Artifacts — Top List of Endangered Monuments 2025: Aerial bombardment has caused severe damage to monuments across the Gaza Strip, including the roughly 1000-year-old church of St Porphyrius, partly destroyed by a bomb in October 2023 that also killed 16-18 civilians.
“The situation in Gaza is apocalyptic.” ... “Palestinians continue to endure suffering beyond imagination.” ... “Israel is responsible for one of the cruelest genocides in modern history.” —Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur
LETTERS https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/search/label/letters
Dear America, Happy Fourth of July... Happy that we have the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, The Bill of Rights, The Rule of Fair and Just laws, and all the brave civil rights heroes through out our history who helped America become a more real democracy for all people... Not so happy that America is funding and arming Israel's ongoing violations of international law and human rights in both Gaza and the West Bank.
Dear America- Invest in the people's needs... Be for real freedom, justice, true equality, and respect for all of humankind!
Dear America- Stand up for international law and Human Rights, not the weapons industry.
Dear America- PLEASE SCORN VIOLENCE and stop arming Israel with lethal weaponry plus dumb excuses to cause cruel harm to others!
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
This Earth Day please start noticing how much pollution and injustice war creates.
Building a Culture of Peace ...
"The United Nations was not created to take mankind to heaven, but to save humanity from hell." ~Dag Hammarskjöld, second Secretary-General of the United Nations
"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
