tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70565822494155773912024-03-18T07:45:18.029-04:00Annie's New Letters (& notes)The Golden Rule... Do unto others as you would have them do unto youAnne Selden Annabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584152597470342913noreply@blogger.comBlogger4381125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056582249415577391.post-68927822828390397212024-03-18T07:44:00.001-04:002024-03-18T07:44:35.995-04:00Palestinian Christians Suffer—and Many American Churches Don’t Care ... Why do so many Western churches ignore us?<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUH90eTrngLh_JiTmD4avMufpOdFE3umBWVSWq3o8bL7E4Sv_TC2YR7DNDZUw0ytdNPXDwB_dDSJ_eMGry8ROAfZpRCnQtpQ5W01ZC0QJ69gXF7NeFbRwTcuKhwvhwLvPVZYicAgisAyNzEh4aRTllFEmbnQM2cf7dKUs_s3uqWwRnM5TOXIfNQbvrp4E/s900/Palestinain%20Christians%20Suffer%20and%20many%20American%20chruches%20don't%20care.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="900" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUH90eTrngLh_JiTmD4avMufpOdFE3umBWVSWq3o8bL7E4Sv_TC2YR7DNDZUw0ytdNPXDwB_dDSJ_eMGry8ROAfZpRCnQtpQ5W01ZC0QJ69gXF7NeFbRwTcuKhwvhwLvPVZYicAgisAyNzEh4aRTllFEmbnQM2cf7dKUs_s3uqWwRnM5TOXIfNQbvrp4E/w488-h244/Palestinain%20Christians%20Suffer%20and%20many%20American%20chruches%20don't%20care.jpg" width="488" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span>A woman cries outside the historic Saint Porphyrius Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza City after an Israeli attack last October.</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <span class="AuthorList"><span><span class="AuthorList_author"><a class="Author_anchor" href="https://newrepublic.com/authors/fares-abraham" itemprop="author" title="Fares Abraham">Fares Abraham</a></span><span class="AuthorList_comma"></span></span></span><span class="byline-slash"></span></p><div class="article-meta"><div class="date-mobile"><time content="2024-03-18T06:00:00-04:00" datetime="2024-03-18T06:00:00-04:00" itemprop="datePublished">March 18, 2024</time></div></div><div class="ArticleBadge">FORGOTTEN</div><div class="article-title"><h1 class="article-headline" itemprop="headline"><span>Palestinian Christians Suffer—and Many American Churches Don’t Care </span></h1><h2 class="article-subhead"><span>We share the beliefs and traditions of Christians everywhere. Why do so many Western churches ignore us?</span></h2></div><div class="article-text-grid"><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>I
have recently returned to the United States after completing a tour in
the Middle East, which involved visits to Palestine, Jordan, and Egypt,
focusing primarily on leading prayer summits for peace in my beloved
homeland. The tour was in large part a crucial component of my
ministry’s continuous work in the region. Almost everywhere we went,
during the prayer events in Bethlehem, Amman, and Alexandria, fellow
Arab Christians confronted us with a persistent question: Where does the
church, especially in the West, stand in response to the injustice and
carnage inflicted upon the innocent Palestinian people?</span><br /></span></p><figure class="article-embed connatix-player"></figure><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I
am a Palestinian American Christian, born and raised in Bethlehem, and
my wife was born and raised in Gaza. We both advocate for peace, and our
loving families still residing in the West Bank and Gaza share the same
pro-peace stance as do millions of Palestinians.</span></p></div><div class="full-width ad-container"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span></span></span></div><div class="article-text-wrap"><div class="article-text-grid"><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It
was challenging to face this question, knowing very well that, while
various opinions exist in most American and Western churches, a
significant group either remains indifferent or unconditionally supports
the modern state of Israel and many of its dehumanizing policies.
Adding insult to injury, certain Christian evangelical leaders have
employed the Bible to justify and rationalize the war in Gaza, as if it
were a conflict between biblical Israel and God’s enemies. Some leaders
have gone so far as to promote political ideologies and disguise them in
biblical language. Furthermore, some have even outright dismissed and
discredited the voices of Christian Palestinians... <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/179758/palestinian-christians-suffer-american-churches-dont-care" target="_blank"><b>READ MORE</b> https://newrepublic.com/article/179758/palestinian-christians-suffer-american-churches-dont-care<br /></a></span></p></div></div><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span><span> <span><span> <span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span data-reactid=".yi.0.0"><span style="color: #38761d;">[</span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span><span><span><span><b><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span data-reactid=".yi.0.0"><span style="color: #38761d;">AS
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shipment arrived on board Spanish charity ship Open Arms. Its cargo
includes beans, carrots, canned tuna, chickpeas, canned corn, parboiled
rice, flour, oil, salt and pallets of dates, which hold spiritual
significance during Ramadan.</p></section><section class="sc-189fa0a-0 insmih" data-component="text-block"><p class="sc-e1853509-0 bmLndb">It had been checked by Israeli officials in port in Cyprus. </p></section><section class="sc-189fa0a-0 insmih" data-component="text-block"><p class="sc-e1853509-0 bmLndb">It marks the start of a trial to see if the sea route would be more effective than air and land deliveries.</p></section><section class="sc-189fa0a-0 insmih" data-component="text-block"><p class="sc-e1853509-0 bmLndb">Aid
agencies have repeatedly warned that no method of relief is as
effective as delivery by land, but they say Israeli restrictions mean a
fraction of what is needed is getting in.</p></section><section class="sc-189fa0a-0 insmih" data-component="text-block"><p class="sc-e1853509-0 bmLndb">In a statement, WCK said: "All cargo was offloaded and is being readied for distribution in Gaza." </p></section><section class="sc-189fa0a-0 insmih" data-component="text-block"><p class="sc-e1853509-0 bmLndb">Teams worked through the night to get the aid on to dry land. </p></section><section class="sc-189fa0a-0 insmih" data-component="text-block"><p class="sc-e1853509-0 bmLndb">Gaza
has no functioning port, so a makeshift jetty stemming from the
shoreline was built by WCK's team using rubble from destroyed buildings...."</p></section><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68581090" target="_blank"><b> READ MORE https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68581090</b></a></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span> <span><span> <span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span data-reactid=".yi.0.0"><span style="color: #38761d;">[</span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span><span><span><span><b><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span data-reactid=".yi.0.0"><span style="color: #38761d;">AS
ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE LINK TO
READ GOOD ARTICLES (or quotes or watch videos) IN FULL: HELP
SHAPE ALGORITHMS (and
conversations) THAT EMPOWER
DECENCY, DIGNITY, JUSTICE &
PEACE... and hopefully
Palestine]</span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b> <br /></b></span></p>Anne Selden Annabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584152597470342913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056582249415577391.post-69419359713368573392024-03-17T06:58:00.005-04:002024-03-17T06:58:52.211-04:00Mosab Abu Toha: After 14 hours of fasting, this is what families in Gaza are breaking their fast on. Some lemon and cooked grass.<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfxRSjab8UOMO1mYmaU6Zt7Wv_m9NdtcMqYZRvJuyFsvwqenOniSFAZeKnOlgFFuGEjoN6Tv_1RwmG-_ZeJ1A1cZjVVaTUUtRsRNDoAgE0ZeVNHqQ6EEgVxt8ovZaEd5J0fDoSzIKtFhyphenhyphen8Dwu_2joNXJhz6GJxmdAbwR7gCe1-wfPlkeF4rsn9ZtaUOI/s960/After%2014%20hours%20of%20fasting,%20this%20is%20what%20families%20in%20Gaza%20are%20breaking%20their%20fast%20on.%20Some%20lemon%20and%20cooked%20grass.%20Mosab%20Abu%20Tohu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="700" height="633" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfxRSjab8UOMO1mYmaU6Zt7Wv_m9NdtcMqYZRvJuyFsvwqenOniSFAZeKnOlgFFuGEjoN6Tv_1RwmG-_ZeJ1A1cZjVVaTUUtRsRNDoAgE0ZeVNHqQ6EEgVxt8ovZaEd5J0fDoSzIKtFhyphenhyphen8Dwu_2joNXJhz6GJxmdAbwR7gCe1-wfPlkeF4rsn9ZtaUOI/w461-h633/After%2014%20hours%20of%20fasting,%20this%20is%20what%20families%20in%20Gaza%20are%20breaking%20their%20fast%20on.%20Some%20lemon%20and%20cooked%20grass.%20Mosab%20Abu%20Tohu.jpg" width="461" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="x78zum5 xqtp20y x1emribx"><span class="xt0psk2"><a aria-hidden="true" class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u" href="https://www.facebook.com/mosab.abutoha?__tn__=%3C*F" role="link" tabindex="-1"><div class="x1vqgdyp x1n2onr6 x100vrsf"></div></a></span></div><div class="x1iyjqo2"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="x1gslohp"><h2 class="x1heor9g x1qlqyl8 x1pd3egz x1a2a7pz x1gslohp"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xi81zsa"><span class="xt0psk2"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u x1s688f" href="https://www.facebook.com/mosab.abutoha?__tn__=-UC*F" role="link" tabindex="0">Mosab Abu Toha</a></span></span></h2></div></span></div></div></div><div class="xqcrz7y x78zum5 x1qx5ct2 x1y1aw1k x1sxyh0 xwib8y2 xurb0ha xw4jnvo"><div></div></div><div class="xyinxu5 x4uap5 x1g2khh7 xkhd6sd"><h2><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto">After 14 hours of fasting, this is what families in Gaza are breaking their fast on.<br />Some lemon and cooked grass.</span></h2></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p>Anne Selden Annabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584152597470342913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056582249415577391.post-50014313943260331732024-03-17T06:47:00.005-04:002024-03-17T06:59:33.331-04:00Laila El-Haddad: A Cuisine Under Siege- I couldn’t rescue my aunt in Gaza, but I can keep her recipes alive.<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZOd-USMcboC3OJtczfpOys6hEWNXDN9F1vbEhTOJxMp-1ZGLlbPAhRRFQTH3qRrUC-R8bzS_Pq_FoqcyEVQM-jCTObjZlMhQ8uNMgCvopcrVa_Py0hgFzbhTwHTBJIqKtdPi-lADxgjXHzBmhNTmmbDZY494k3qcupalw1JvRFmtwj2_m2Rv86Sglc3s/s900/A%20Cuisine%20Under%20Siege%20%20I%20couldn%E2%80%99t%20rescue%20my%20aunt%20in%20Gaza,%20but%20I%20can%20keep%20her%20recipes%20alive.%20%20By%20Laila%20El-Haddad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="900" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZOd-USMcboC3OJtczfpOys6hEWNXDN9F1vbEhTOJxMp-1ZGLlbPAhRRFQTH3qRrUC-R8bzS_Pq_FoqcyEVQM-jCTObjZlMhQ8uNMgCvopcrVa_Py0hgFzbhTwHTBJIqKtdPi-lADxgjXHzBmhNTmmbDZY494k3qcupalw1JvRFmtwj2_m2Rv86Sglc3s/w521-h347/A%20Cuisine%20Under%20Siege%20%20I%20couldn%E2%80%99t%20rescue%20my%20aunt%20in%20Gaza,%20but%20I%20can%20keep%20her%20recipes%20alive.%20%20By%20Laila%20El-Haddad.jpg" width="521" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>THE AUTHOR, Laila El-Haddad, PICTURED WITH HER AUNT UM HANI (PHOTO: MAGGIE SCHMITT)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><a class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-button css-1ep12ft" href="https://www.saveur.com/category/culture/">Culture</a></p><div class="MuiBox-root css-swsx2x"><div class="MuiBox-root css-z28ibe"><h1 class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h1 css-x9sq3e">A Cuisine Under Siege</h1><p class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-deck css-nm0tiu"><span style="font-size: medium;">I couldn’t rescue my aunt in Gaza, but I can keep her recipes alive. By <a class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-link css-ljta5j" href="https://www.saveur.com/authors/laila-el-haddad/">Laila El-Haddad</a></span></p><p class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-deck css-nm0tiu"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.saveur.com/culture/palestinian-cuisine-under-siege/" target="_blank">https://www.saveur.com/culture/palestinian-cuisine-under-siege/</a></span></p><p class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-deck css-nm0tiu" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span> <span><span> <span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span data-reactid=".yi.0.0"><span style="color: #38761d;">[</span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span><span><span><span><b><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span data-reactid=".yi.0.0"><span style="color: #38761d;">AS
ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE LINK TO
READ GOOD ARTICLES (or quotes or watch videos) IN FULL: HELP
SHAPE ALGORITHMS (and
conversations) THAT EMPOWER
DECENCY, DIGNITY, JUSTICE &
PEACE... and hopefully
Palestine]</span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div></div><div class="MuiContainer-root MuiContainer-maxWidthXl css-1rymmnp"><div class="MuiBox-root css-zalpa5" data-og-area="article-content"><div class="MuiBox-root css-d2u2ue" data-og-area="article-author"><div class="MuiBox-root css-9u060l"><hr class="MuiDivider-root MuiDivider-middle MuiDivider-vertical MuiDivider-flexItem css-13ea5n2" style="text-align: left;" /></div></div></div></div><div class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-vy5fwf" data-og-block-area="article-blocks" data-og-block-nth="13" data-og-block-type="core/paragraph" data-rawhtml="1"><p><span style="font-size: medium;">"... Teaching
the next generation of Palestinians how to make a celebratory stew may
seem trivial, inappropriate even, in light of the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/27/un-israel-food-starvation-palestinians-war-crime-genocide#:~:text=Hunger%20and%20severe%20malnutrition%20are,medicines%20and%20other%20humanitarian%20supplies." rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">deliberate starvation</a> and <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/01/26/1227078791/icj-israel-genocide-gaza-palestinians-south-africa#:~:text=ICJ%20says%20it%27s%20%27plausible%27%20Israel%20committed%20genocide%20in%20Gaza%20The,call%20for%20a%20cease%2Dfire." rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">plausible genocide</a> facing Gazans right now. But food is as integral to our identity and rootedness to the land as our <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/02/04/1226295081/gaza-iconic-sites-destroyed-in-war" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">centers</a> of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2024/jan/11/palestinian-cultural-heritage-gaza-destruction-in-pictures" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">cultural knowledge</a>, such as archives, libraries, theaters, and schools, which are also under attack. Israel’s assault is <a href="https://time.com/6330210/israel-hamas-gaza-families-amnesty-international/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">eliminating entire bloodlines</a>, and with them, all of the memories and knowledge they possessed. </span></p></div><div class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-vy5fwf" data-og-block-area="article-blocks" data-og-block-nth="14" data-og-block-type="core/paragraph" data-rawhtml="1"><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I
live in the United States now, and I’ve cooked sumagiyya more times
than I can count—even if it never tastes quite like Um Hani’s. One
occasion stands out. It was May 2021, and Gaza City was being <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/12/israeli-bombardment-continues-on-gaza" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">pummeled</a> in what was the <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/10/year-on-war-gaza-frustrated-slow-reconstruction" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">fourth major assault </a>by
Israel on Gaza in 14 years. The attack coincided with Eid, and as I
watched on my screen in Clarksville, Maryland horrific images of air
raids and grief-stricken mothers, I suddenly felt the urge to make a pot
of sumagiyya.<em> </em>Serving it to my family and friends that night, despite the unfolding tragedy, was unexpectedly liberating and affirming. </span></p></div><div class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-paragraph paragraph css-vy5fwf" data-og-block-area="article-blocks" data-og-block-nth="15" data-og-block-type="core/paragraph" data-rawhtml="1"><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Last
month, I again found myself in tears chopping onions and chard for
sumagiyya, but this time I was making it to honor Um Hani’s memory. Like
in 2021, I couldn’t look away from the news: The park where I used to
take my son for evening strolls, the beach promenade where I drank sage
tea with my mother, the university where I gave guest lectures—they were
all unrecognizable piles of overturned dirt and warped wire..." <a href="https://www.saveur.com/culture/palestinian-cuisine-under-siege/" target="_blank">READ MORE https://www.saveur.com/culture/palestinian-cuisine-under-siege/</a></span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JTYgwxsXsSA3xXHTN_YslVP3P7nmcb35KY0jfne7Bl7G8i_LGBoIdvSu0NnDiVTXEZiGblVUyCAF6iXbSBI2rQzKX1AxQmI6zOj8n9AbfM6tG91VunJl_ZSSqtkVzWLcN1xS_FeHJDYkyPK6F4cavfrqCxmo7e8Hhz45arjLSVVZNEDD04iZqzDJpPk/s2560/Sumagiyya%20photo%20by%20Laila%20El-Haddad.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2014" data-original-width="2560" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JTYgwxsXsSA3xXHTN_YslVP3P7nmcb35KY0jfne7Bl7G8i_LGBoIdvSu0NnDiVTXEZiGblVUyCAF6iXbSBI2rQzKX1AxQmI6zOj8n9AbfM6tG91VunJl_ZSSqtkVzWLcN1xS_FeHJDYkyPK6F4cavfrqCxmo7e8Hhz45arjLSVVZNEDD04iZqzDJpPk/w408-h321/Sumagiyya%20photo%20by%20Laila%20El-Haddad.webp" width="408" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Gaza, sumagiyya is synonymous with weddings, family gatherings, and
Eid Al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday that marks the end of the holy month of
Ramadan and its 30-day fast. Photo by Laila El-Haddad<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></div>Anne Selden Annabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584152597470342913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056582249415577391.post-78534563426512741702024-03-16T15:23:00.004-04:002024-03-16T15:23:47.931-04:00A Poem for Gaza at the Academy Awards by Chris Hedges 2024<iframe width="480" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/-e3cBuO-izo?si=HiV0xwPv3FPWXm29" frameborder="0"></iframe>Anne Selden Annabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584152597470342913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056582249415577391.post-43499350751960135012024-03-16T09:09:00.000-04:002024-03-16T09:09:23.497-04:00Birthday under bombardment by Fares Abulebda [in Gaza]<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwyQCp3KZoxx8Ve-6992D9Zy8HV63CjGM2kRueVANwfDgOrv4Wtk4mhdyvjjN7dwO7TouwdzPcsQUEcCopl13aPEDNeXLIAv8hV9Rxi-qY7X5jKCaDTJY0HnaaT6-XRWnx5KYIK7VsX7j5RfhLUutxDsAFUELjwlMUQCFayH3AB5566IZ4HZCvk18OcmY/s2048/Fares%20Abulebda%20-%20Birthday%20under%20bombardment.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="2048" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwyQCp3KZoxx8Ve-6992D9Zy8HV63CjGM2kRueVANwfDgOrv4Wtk4mhdyvjjN7dwO7TouwdzPcsQUEcCopl13aPEDNeXLIAv8hV9Rxi-qY7X5jKCaDTJY0HnaaT6-XRWnx5KYIK7VsX7j5RfhLUutxDsAFUELjwlMUQCFayH3AB5566IZ4HZCvk18OcmY/w595-h275/Fares%20Abulebda%20-%20Birthday%20under%20bombardment.jpg" width="595" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xi81zsa x1yc453h" dir="auto"><h2 class="x1heor9g x1qlqyl8 x1pd3egz x1a2a7pz x1gslohp x1yc453h" id=":r1pf:"><span class="xt0psk2"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u x1s688f" href="https://www.facebook.com/faresabulebda?__cft__[0]=AZWsvG3I0q36l6soIwD0ok-rp8KfcAfwdVuH2ZcGzjmTcMO6cyWvo-BMkn7XNiI575BrmgUnnRQaegSHZpPx2WGA7gfcDEuuBhSsTgG_NcT09vXAO06fjOscmRgXwTwFnDHK0pdxN4-b9dGQrmm1HtJTxbEm58VpVjyfgHd4wYK6Yw&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><strong><span>Fares Abulebda</span></strong></a></span></h2></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;">Birthday under bombardment </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></p><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id=":r1ph:"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My dear friends, today is my birthday. I don’t even know what to say, honestly. Birthdays are normally happy days and events for most of people around the world.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But how does it feel birthday in Gaza? Can you guess? </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Birthday under bombardment. A day when I was born, what does my mother feel today, reminiscing day she gave me life? Even though she doesn’t show it, her heart is full of sorrow. Every mother wants the best for her child. And mine, how <span></span>does she feel not knowing if this day might be my last one???</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How do I feel? I feel like every day that I am alive is special grace from Allah. The uncertainty and looking death in the eye is our daily life.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Oh how I wish I could write a happy post, put pictures of nice food and my loved ones around me…but I live in a plastic tent as refugee with my family, a refugee in my own land. All I see around me is death, destruction, starvation, misery of my people.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There is nothing nice I could write about.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I have millions of emotions inside me, which I can’t even express.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">All I want for my birthday are your prayers, my dear friends.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And I wish for myself a miracle of peace and happiness.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I love you all, my dear friends, and am hugging you from Gaza with my broken heart.</span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div>Anne Selden Annabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584152597470342913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056582249415577391.post-62585846524668201392024-03-15T07:07:00.001-04:002024-03-15T07:07:20.910-04:00Over 200 european organisations urge immediate suspension of the EU-Israel association agreement amidst Gaza crisis<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXpzk0M6HwcBUvUErYlpgdDkFSVaxsux87_lQg-An3d4s6hOGbkEiBYSrxF7U-JDGsZI6d09HK3An4qo9YnX1L6wuyX3-ikfNu6fKVCsP41nz_d5qyzbJljUAME-dNpgjIQpAh9j8eN1wtFbUrh8AdhPEx8X_Eej9s4BbUAUsg-NwhZiQhCcja1sJ7jY/s900/breaking%20protest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXpzk0M6HwcBUvUErYlpgdDkFSVaxsux87_lQg-An3d4s6hOGbkEiBYSrxF7U-JDGsZI6d09HK3An4qo9YnX1L6wuyX3-ikfNu6fKVCsP41nz_d5qyzbJljUAME-dNpgjIQpAh9j8eN1wtFbUrh8AdhPEx8X_Eej9s4BbUAUsg-NwhZiQhCcja1sJ7jY/w237-h237/breaking%20protest.jpg" width="237" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;">The <a href="https://twitter.com/TNInstitute" target="_blank">Transnational Institute</a> is an international research and advocacy institute committed to building a just, democratic and sustainable planet. <br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"> 14 March 2024</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Dublin, 14/03/2024: Today, a coalition of 206 European civil society
groups, 20 of which were based in Ireland, submitted a letter to the EU
Commission, the EU Council, and the European Parliament, calling for
the suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement in light of the
violation of Human Rights by the State of Israel.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">In January, in view of South Africa’s case alleging genocide against
the Israeli government, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled
that some of the accusations indicate that genocide could be plausible
in specific instances. The ICJ ordered the Israeli Government to take
all measures within its power to prevent acts within the scope of
Article II of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the
Crime of Genocide. The Coalition believes that the fact that the ICJ
considered South Africa’s claims as ‘plausible’ and has issued
provisional measures against the Israeli Government, then this should
raise serious alarm bells in the EU. However, Israel’s economy continues
to enjoy privileged access to the EU market through the EU-Israel
Association Agreement.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Coalition believes that civil society should stand united in
calling for the suspension of the EU-Israel Agreement, and that it’s
time for the EU to uphold its commitment to human rights and democratic
principles and take concrete action to address the humanitarian crisis
in Gaza. The coalition’s letter to the EU stresses that prior to the
current hostilities, Palestinians have faced systematic rights
violations, including land expropriation, forced evictions, property
demolition and restrictions on movement, persisting since 1948.... <a href="https://www.bilaterals.org/?suspend-the-eu-israel-association-50079" target="_blank">READ MORE https://www.bilaterals.org/?suspend-the-eu-israel-association-50079</a></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> <span><span> <span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span data-reactid=".yi.0.0"><span style="color: #38761d;">[</span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span><span><span><span><b><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span data-reactid=".yi.0.0"><span style="color: #38761d;">AS
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</div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">"... Amnesty International's 2022 <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MDE1551412022ENGLISH.pdf" target="_blank">report</a>
on the Israeli system of apartheid found that Israeli authorities have
abused and sexually harassed Palestinians in detention for decades. More
recently, the UN disclosed <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/02/israelopt-un-experts-appalled-reported-human-rights-violations-against" target="_blank">reports</a>
of Palestinian women and girls being "subjected to multiple forms of
sexual assault", including rape, at the hands of Israeli prison guards.<br /><br />
Earlier this week, Unrwa announced an <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/in-pictures/upcoming-unrwa-report-to-detail-israeli-abuse-of-detained-pa" target="_blank">upcoming report</a>
detailing Israeli forces' torture and abuse of more than 1,000
Palestinians of all genders in Gaza. After watching several videos of
soldiers gleefully digging through Palestinian women's underwear, one
cannot help but agonise over the violations taking place behind the
scenes. This agony looms over the disturbing <a href="https://www.instagram.com/seastersjones/p/C3sTuUpL6ns/" target="_blank">photo</a> posted by 25-year-old Israeli solider Benjamin, a <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/france" target="_blank">French</a> citizen, to his dating profile. Legs spread wide, gun in hand, he smirks at a range of Palestinian women's lingerie <a href="https://www.instagram.com/seastersjones/p/C3sTuUpL6ns/" target="_blank">hanging on a wall.</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This exhibition of genocidal spoils curated by the occupiers raises a
host of haunting questions: where are the people who once wore those
garments now? Did Israeli soldiers force them from their homes at
gunpoint or even kill them before posing for their photoshoots? Did any
of them tear the lingerie from women's bodies, and if so, what horrors
could these Palestinians have been subjected to?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">To what end does the Zionist soldier in pursuit of a romantic partner
openly mock Palestinians' capacity for profoundly loving, sexual
relationships? Why does the Zionist soldier offer his own partner <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@middleeasteye/video/7306820505691114784" target="_blank">necklaces</a> and <a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240225-israeli-soldier-loots-palestinian-homes-for-his-engagement-party/" target="_blank">shoes</a>
looted from dead and displaced Palestinians, and what do such gestures
reveal about settler-colonialism's mutilation of romance?"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">READ MORE <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/what-israeli-soldiers-display-palestinian-women-lingerie-zionist-psyche" target="_blank"> https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/what-israeli-soldiers-display-palestinian-women-lingerie-zionist-psyche</a></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span><span> <span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span data-reactid=".yi.0.0"><span style="color: #38761d;">[</span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span><span><span><span><b><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span data-reactid=".yi.0.0"><span style="color: #38761d;">AS
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consistently pursued not two states, operationalised through withdrawal
and land-for-peace, but no state (for Palestinians), operationalised
through settlement expansion and <a href="https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/9964/">“peace-for-peace”</a>.</span></p>
<p class="selectionShareable"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the latter - despite its innocuous name
- Palestinians are offered neither withdrawal nor equal rights in
exchange for Israel’s peace, but rather a “peace” in which they are
spared from massive Israeli bombing (and, now, <a href="https://www.newarab.com/analysis/how-israels-war-creating-man-made-famine-gaza">starvation</a>) campaigns.</span></p>
<p class="selectionShareable"><span style="font-size: medium;">This threat of hugely asymmetric attacks
on civilian populations is used to guarantee Israel’s security as it
maintains its occupation and system of preferential rights, and as it
enacts the “lower intensity” everyday violence of occupation and
segregation on the Palestinians."</span></p>
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<p class="selectionShareable"><span style="font-size: 24px;">"The
Achilles heel of the peace process was assuming that Israel views
Palestinian statehood as necessary to its security, so that the benefits
of withdrawal would outweigh Israel's interest in expansionism"</span></p>
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<h2><strong>An untenable strategy</strong></h2><p> <span style="font-size: medium;">Read More ... <a href="https://www.newarab.com/analysis/israels-no-state-solution-and-endurance-palestine" target="_blank">https://www.newarab.com/analysis/israels-no-state-solution-and-endurance-palestine</a></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> <span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span data-reactid=".yi.0.0"><span style="color: #38761d;">[</span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span><span><span><span><b><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span data-reactid=".yi.0.0"><span style="color: #38761d;">AS
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</div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="field field--name-field-publish-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><span style="font-size: medium;">European Union (EU) foreign policy chief <a href="https://www.newarab.com/news/eus-borrell-calls-israel-gaza-evacuation-plan-impossible">Josep Borrell</a> said on Tuesday that Israel is deliberately using <a href="https://www.newarab.com/features/children-gaza-are-dying-starvation-sickening-rate">starvation </a>as a weapon of <a href="https://www.newarab.com/news/gaza-war-kills-more-children-4-years-global-conflict">war in Gaza</a>.</span></div></div>
<p class="selectionShareable"><span style="font-size: medium;">Addressing the <a href="https://www.newarab.com/news/un-security-council-passes-resolution-gaza-aid-delivery">UN Security Council</a> in New York, Borrell stated that the lack of aid entering the Palestinian enclave is "manmade".</span></p>
<p class="selectionShareable"><span style="font-size: medium;">"This humanitarian crisis... is not a
natural disaster, is not a flood, is not an earthquake, it is manmade,"
the EU diplomat said.</span></p>
<p class="selectionShareable"><span style="font-size: medium;">This comes as aid agencies warned that
land routes are the quickest and most effective method of getting aid
into the starving territory, yet <a href="https://www.newarab.com/news/how-israel-has-disrupted-north-gazas-aid-distribution">Israeli restrictions</a> on such routes mean that only a fraction of the necessary aid is getting in.</span></p>
<p class="selectionShareable"><span style="font-size: medium;">This has seen aid efforts shift away from land routes to other methods, such as by air and, most recently, sea.</span></p>
<p class="selectionShareable"><span style="font-size: medium;">A Spanish vessel loaded with critically
needed food supplies departed from Cyprus towards Gaza on Tuesday,
although the UN has stated that this, as well as airdrops, do not
substitute for land-based aid delivery.</span></p>
<p class="selectionShareable"><span style="font-size: medium;">In a preliminary ruling in January that stated Israel was <a href="https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-complying-icj-genocide-ruling-gaza">plausibly committing genocide</a> in Gaza, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) also ordered Tel Aviv to “facilitate immediate humanitarian aid to Gaza”.</span></p>
<p class="selectionShareable"><span style="font-size: medium;">However, <a href="https://www.newarab.com/news/hrw-accuses-israel-violating-icj-order-blocking-gaza-aid">human rights agencies and the UN</a>
have both noted that Israel has failed to live up to this demand, with
famine now looming in the Strip, conditions Borrell says are being
deliberately created by Tel Aviv.</span></p><p class="selectionShareable"><span style="font-size: medium;">“[The humanitarian crisis is] manmade and when we look for .... </span><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Read More: </span><a href="https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-using-starvation-weapon-war-gaza-borrell" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-using-starvation-weapon-war-gaza-borrell</span></a></b></p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span data-reactid=".yi.0.0"><span style="color: #38761d;">[</span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span><span><span><span><b><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span data-reactid=".yi.0.0"><span style="color: #38761d;">AS
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</p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">So all this fuss and bother about TiKToK because TiKToK was created
by the very foreign country called China... but our Congress has no
condemnation for another very foreign country called Israel while Israel
has spent decades interfering with our elections using AIPAC $$$ and
pressure, plus many a propaganda campaign to pollute and undermine our
Fourth Estate, and the very essence of our democratic ideals. <br /></span>
</p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">There is a very good reason why American tax payers' money should not be
funding religion here or there. There being Israel, a very foreign
country that wants our money and weaponry so it can continue to
persecute, impoverish and displace the native non-Jewish men, women and children of
historic Palestine.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Freedom, justice and equality are not empty words. These ideals
helped end slavery and Jim Crow laws. These ideals helped build a more
real democracy and helped give women the right to vote. These ideals
helped shape international law after the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust.
But freedom, justice and equality have not shaped Israel's "democracy" or its political and religious leaders' choices. <br /></span>
</p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Israel is actually using <a href="https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-using-starvation-weapon-war-gaza-borrell" target="_blank">starvation as a weapon of war</a> right this minute.
And America's Congress is empowering Israel's cruel starvation and
intentional torture of the native non-Jewish Palestinians trapped in Gaza by Israel's Apartheid laws and walls. <br /></span>
</p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Defunding UNWRA is a horrible idea, and so is saying that Israel is our
friend. As many a mother has said through the years: "With friends like
that you don't need enemies." </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">TicToc the clock is ticking on American hypocrisy and racist Israeli crimes.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Say yes to compassion and decency... Say yes to Palestine... and say NO to Israel. <br /></span>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">As for TiKToK, fix the Israel problem first. Pegasus is not just a pretty horse.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Sincerely,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Anne Selden Annab<br /></span>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>NOTES</b> <a href="https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/search/label/Notes Sincerely," target="_blank">https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/search/label/Notes </a><a href="https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/search/label/Notes Sincerely," target="_blank"><br /></a></span>
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<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a href="https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/2024/03/think-of-others-mahmoud-darwish-of.html">"Think of Others" Mahmoud Darwish of Palestine </a></h3>
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a href="https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/2024/03/palestinian-poet-marwan-makhoul-in.html">Palestinian
Poet Marwan Makhoul: "In order to write poetry that isn't politcal, I
must listen to the birds; and in order to listen to the birds, the
warplanes must be silent."</a></h3>
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a href="https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/2024/03/susan-sarandon-you-dont-have-to-be.html">Susan
Sarandon: "You don't have to be Palestinian to care about what's
happening in Gaza. I stand with Palestine. No one is free until everyone
is free."</a></h3>
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a href="https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/2024/03/bloody-extremists.html">Bloody Extremists</a></h3>
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a href="https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/2024/03/what-was-palestine-before-nakba.html">What Was Palestine Before the Nakba? </a></h3>
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a href="https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/2024/03/we-must-regard-all-people-as-we-regard.html">We must regard all people as we regard ourselves | Patriot News PennLive letters Mar. 10, 2024 </a></h3>
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a href="https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/2024/03/pamela-olsons-fast-times-in-palestine.html">Pamela
Olson's "Fast Times in Palestine" is a primer on the realities in
Palestine for newbies... & It's free to download from her website</a></h3>
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a href="https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/2024/03/huwaida-arraf-may-this-holy-month-of.html">Huwaida
Arraf: "May this holy month of Ramadan bring comfort to those in need;
sanity and compassion to those lacking it, particularly world leaders;
and may it strengthen our determination and resolve to keep fighting for
true liberation, justice and peace. Ramadan Mubarak." </a></h3>
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a href="https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/2024/03/a-glimpse-of-palestines-beauty-shared.html">A Glimpse of Palestine's Beauty shared by Mazin Qumsiyeh of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability</a></h3>
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a href="https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/2024/03/rima-isam-anabtawi-ramadan-kareem-to.html">Rima
Isam Anabtawi: "Ramadan Kareem, to those who observe. May it be as
serene and peaceful as "this very old Anatolian prayer rug, and may the
beauty of your month endure as long."</a></h3>
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a href="https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/2024/03/we-may-not-be-born-in-palestine-but-our.html">"We may not be born in Palestine but our hearts are" Hibah Musthafa </a></h3>
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a href="https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/2024/03/susan-muaddi-darraj-explains-crucial.html">Susan Muaddi Darraj explains a crucial point about Israel, Palestine, & America... #LandTheft</a></h3>
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a href="https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/2024/03/150-days-gaza-municipality-damages.html">150 Days- Gaza Municipality Damages thanks to Israel's War on Palestine</a></h3>
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<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a href="https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/2024/03/october-7-march-6-human-beings-killed.html">October 7 - March 6 Human Beings killed & injured by Israel's War On Gaza</a></h3>
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<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a href="https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/2024/03/displaced-palestinian-families-prepare.html">Displaced Palestinian families prepare for Ramadan in Rafah, Gaza.❤ photo by Fares Abulebda</a></h3>
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a href="https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/2024/03/israeli-restrictions-on-palestinian.html">Israeli Restrictions on Palestinian Food Sovereignty </a></h3>
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a href="https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/2024/03/warning-children-in-gaza-strip-are.html">WARNING: “Children in the Gaza Strip are dying slowly [of starvation] before the eyes of the world.”</a></h3>
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<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a href="https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/2024/03/in-1948-israel-could-have-chosen-to.html">In
1948 Israel could have chosen to include all indigenous Arabs-
Christian and Muslim- as part of the process to make a real democracy
for all human beings, but Zionists did the opposite by creating a huge
refugee crisis. </a></h3>
<p align="center"><a href="https://www.un.org/en/observances/human-rights-day/resources" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Where, after all, do universal
human rights begin?</b></span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
UN Mediator for Palestine, Count <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folke_Bernadotte" title="Folke Bernadotte">Folke Bernadotte</a>, believed that
the Palestinians displaced had a right to return to their homes
and wrote several UN reports to that effect.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"It
would be an offence against the principles of elemental justice
if these innocent victims of the conflict were denied the right
to return to their homes while Jewish immigrants flow into
Palestine, and, indeed, at least offer the threat of permanent
replacement of the Arab refugees who have been rooted in the
land for centuries."</span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bernadotte
was assassinated on Friday 17 September 1948 by members of the
group <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehi_(militant_group)" title="Lehi (militant group)">Lehi</a>, a Zionist terrorist
organization, commonly known in the West as the Stern Gang </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights" target="_blank"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="162" data-original-width="780" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqp56q9zn2kIrG76_GrpzX8wOjILOK3JNrFc7YniAUvR__P9k4r44P4YF2Qx_XAJP0jwSLj5gKR_MofrQfW7lnqeBg9HBv0X89HsyMilHHu4XrqMfBlT4mZMXqC_zogHjIOpCj80C1z0fVW4sJFeA63qO1K2DmDadnKOTtwd3hb6wpeoANwIhzUuN8vVA/w627-h129/banner%202009%2060%20years.jpg" width="627" /></span></a>
<a href="https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights" target="_blank"><b><span><span style="font-size: large;">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</span></span></b></a></p>
<p><br /></p>Anne Selden Annabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584152597470342913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056582249415577391.post-41205303296421425972024-03-14T16:33:00.006-04:002024-03-14T16:33:46.750-04:00"Think of Others" Mahmoud Darwish of Palestine <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87r9BmSBY30iGbe0dBSoEB6Yg_18jO4JLSnVbMD8JTs5pTT_cds04tkw-NiqP6OTtidooLDBo7Bk6RKXtKCnZbyg6OgSCTQeuDy_ax4x4Q0iFAk0GOL92ld8vjO0WAWUbUeYIir7Ep5ZNst08VypYzrhO46w9oM9neO21rHpldCFk1ST8n7cAFT6XuH4/s1265/Think%20of%20others%20poem-%20Mahmoud%20Darwish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1265" data-original-width="1080" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87r9BmSBY30iGbe0dBSoEB6Yg_18jO4JLSnVbMD8JTs5pTT_cds04tkw-NiqP6OTtidooLDBo7Bk6RKXtKCnZbyg6OgSCTQeuDy_ax4x4Q0iFAk0GOL92ld8vjO0WAWUbUeYIir7Ep5ZNst08VypYzrhO46w9oM9neO21rHpldCFk1ST8n7cAFT6XuH4/w496-h582/Think%20of%20others%20poem-%20Mahmoud%20Darwish.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><p></p><p></p>Anne Selden Annabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584152597470342913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056582249415577391.post-5595882873405907432024-03-14T16:29:00.001-04:002024-03-14T16:29:16.829-04:00Palestinian Poet Marwan Makhoul: "In order to write poetry that isn't politcal, I must listen to the birds; and in order to listen to the birds, the warplanes must be silent."<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTjzTQwrrAdnJ_xYhL76v0JiCquEdVwqy-W_cvm1BcO2D8Qp35WOBN4v5YaIwPzsGX9xqXLaOin2GvSimnAx-MXt2bcEtzF5tJScjYqcR3n81aEweB8H9eQR5ZbnLDG2QBQx9r5rtZz_pOJTNj57ZThFmLOfJvlT7iVWpEgpMlNam4kV0TCh68oEu8Cw/s1620/Marwan%20Makhoul%20in%20oder%20to%20write%20poetry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="1080" height="711" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTjzTQwrrAdnJ_xYhL76v0JiCquEdVwqy-W_cvm1BcO2D8Qp35WOBN4v5YaIwPzsGX9xqXLaOin2GvSimnAx-MXt2bcEtzF5tJScjYqcR3n81aEweB8H9eQR5ZbnLDG2QBQx9r5rtZz_pOJTNj57ZThFmLOfJvlT7iVWpEgpMlNam4kV0TCh68oEu8Cw/w474-h711/Marwan%20Makhoul%20in%20oder%20to%20write%20poetry.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Anne Selden Annabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584152597470342913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056582249415577391.post-10160398626816123722024-03-13T09:01:00.006-04:002024-03-13T09:01:59.230-04:00Susan Sarandon: "You don't have to be Palestinian to care about what's happening in Gaza. I stand with Palestine. No one is free until everyone is free."<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg-0iNL6U4fVoKti-u8qXL54VcodmtiNl65BnXYfkNY4dw3lGbY7ulSbE0II_jWHSMXw3g3YIqmmGBis8TMdrzd60usQ9_DeHTrffddYvmJXae7VQPAvBO3wAYTnfFAJPWFbMNeynXdxTguFYxGBIvSo-9raKILtAQdyxfxgg514V1ph65TfntQrQBX4M/s960/You%20don;t%20have%20to%20be%20a%20Palestinian.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="772" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg-0iNL6U4fVoKti-u8qXL54VcodmtiNl65BnXYfkNY4dw3lGbY7ulSbE0II_jWHSMXw3g3YIqmmGBis8TMdrzd60usQ9_DeHTrffddYvmJXae7VQPAvBO3wAYTnfFAJPWFbMNeynXdxTguFYxGBIvSo-9raKILtAQdyxfxgg514V1ph65TfntQrQBX4M/w445-h554/You%20don;t%20have%20to%20be%20a%20Palestinian.jpg" width="445" /></a></div> <br /><p></p>Anne Selden Annabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584152597470342913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056582249415577391.post-16978400311491842612024-03-13T08:58:00.002-04:002024-03-13T08:58:21.518-04:00Bloody Extremists<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOKROdJyW5M6UMmeZmGaOJNafLLtiiU4oZypTSUHULPbOfICMFWRSpN-tTl2ZgYwCpf_GwsAgSnGj5KArFi2PMhpybWJqWbhXz9bjpb0BIIwYjOV09iad84Czze1MbFeWb1_KvwCGiUf-NXpI5wDAm-H_nV2AjC71eq6DsbUNRCGERgfzZOj40_frSUVU/s1230/Bloody%20Extrmists.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="1080" height="513" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOKROdJyW5M6UMmeZmGaOJNafLLtiiU4oZypTSUHULPbOfICMFWRSpN-tTl2ZgYwCpf_GwsAgSnGj5KArFi2PMhpybWJqWbhXz9bjpb0BIIwYjOV09iad84Czze1MbFeWb1_KvwCGiUf-NXpI5wDAm-H_nV2AjC71eq6DsbUNRCGERgfzZOj40_frSUVU/w450-h513/Bloody%20Extrmists.jpg" width="450" /></a></div> <br /><p></p>Anne Selden Annabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584152597470342913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056582249415577391.post-56930090073785977232024-03-12T08:50:00.002-04:002024-03-12T08:50:44.504-04:00What Was Palestine Before the Nakba? <p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">A stunning photo archive reveals a
time before the [Apartheid] walls and checkpoints, when Palestine was not defined by its
ailments but by its industries and cultures </span></span></b><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOppxVo767rTBA2IEJofVHMiEbfzQD5GFEg-AgVNDfpkAgoTYa7k4v3Zqho_xg2bNkPnCrfBIEQJTO7eSPOdg8kydUygaewFjGcoWQLYXqZDHw6WFWvGuiTE8kvUF1zC10ZRmaI_NyyHNFRwKycSrfqBMT07DbGNEplWCrI4d_6HYUxp_NYhrrZ7b5VN8/s900/What%20Was%20%23Palestine%20Before%20the%20%23Nakba%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="900" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOppxVo767rTBA2IEJofVHMiEbfzQD5GFEg-AgVNDfpkAgoTYa7k4v3Zqho_xg2bNkPnCrfBIEQJTO7eSPOdg8kydUygaewFjGcoWQLYXqZDHw6WFWvGuiTE8kvUF1zC10ZRmaI_NyyHNFRwKycSrfqBMT07DbGNEplWCrI4d_6HYUxp_NYhrrZ7b5VN8/w468-h296/What%20Was%20%23Palestine%20Before%20the%20%23Nakba%20.jpg" width="468" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Three
generations from the village of Dhahiriyya (located between Hebron<br />
and Beersheba), February 9, 1940</span>
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</p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">I
am writing this introduction in English and Arabic, and it is in these moments
that the profound chasm between these two languages reveals itself. In English,
there is a need to riddle the page with facts and figures detailing the
essential cruelties of an atrocity that should be—and should have long
been—internationally recognized. I’m tempted to squeeze into these lines a
history lesson, to list the names of the various terrorist paramilitaries that
formed the Israeli military that’s terrorizing us today; the number of
massacres, exiles, refugees; the endless hectares of stolen land; the pregnant
bellies split open in Deir Yassin. There is no need for such contextualization
in Arabic: The Nakba breathes down our necks, invading our national identity and
contorting our earliest encounters with our sense of self. It is relentless. It
happens in the </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">present tense, everywhere on the map.
For some households, it began when a grandfather was dispossessed in Jaffa and
sought refuge in Gaza, where it continues in the rumble of the warplanes across
the blockaded enclave, introducing his grandchildren to their first—or perhaps
third, or sixth—war. Not a corner of our geography is spared, not a generation.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">And it is seemingly ubiquitous,
following us even in exile. A Palestinian born in Lebanon’s Ein El-Hilweh
refugee camp, and not in their grandparents’ Akka—which is both far and near,
less than 100 kilometers away—will live tortured by their aborted potential,
deprived of citizenship and freedom of movement. And it is absurd: Settlers
with New York accents, armed with rifles, can escape criminal charges in the
United States to squat in a Jerusalemite’s home, backed by their army,
judiciary, and God (their favorite real estate agent)....<a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/world/palestine-before-the-nakba/" target="_blank">READ MORE https://www.thenation.com/article/world/palestine-before-the-nakba/ </a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span data-reactid=".yi.0.0"><span style="color: #38761d;">[</span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span><span><span><span><b><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span data-reactid=".yi.0.0"><span style="color: #38761d;">AS
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/world/palestine-before-the-nakba/">https://www.thenation.com/article/world/palestine-before-the-nakba/</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Mohammed El-Kurd is a writer and poet
from Jerusalem, occupied Palestine, currently serving as <i>The Nation</i>'s
first-ever Palestine Correspondent. He is the author of <i>RIFQA</i>
(Haymarket) and the forthcoming nonfiction project tentatively-titled <i>A
Million States In One</i> (Haymarket). His 2023 Edward Said Memorial Lecture at
Princeton will be adapted into a book.</span></p><p><style>@font-face
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{page:WordSecti</style></p>Anne Selden Annabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584152597470342913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056582249415577391.post-45340468057242820762024-03-12T08:18:00.001-04:002024-03-12T08:18:28.688-04:00We must regard all people as we regard ourselves | Patriot News PennLive letters Mar. 10, 2024 <p><span style="font-size: large;">Ed Nyce: "U.S. government decision-makers need to regard Palestinians and Israelis
as of equal value. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">If tens of thousands of Israelis were killed in five
months by an entity naming security as its reason, would the U.S.
provide money, weapons, and diplomatic cover to those doing the killing?
I hope not. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Every Israeli life – Jewish, Palestinian citizen of Israel,
Druze – is precious beyond words. The same is true of every Palestinian
life in Gaza and the West Bank – Christian, Muslim, child, teen, adult..</span><span style="font-size: medium;">." <a href="https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2024/03/we-must-regard-all-people-as-we-regard-ourselves-pennlive-letters.html" target="_blank">READ MORE https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2024/03/we-must-regard-all-people-as-we-regard-ourselves-pennlive-letters.html</a></span> </p><div id="inarticle-5"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><b><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span data-reactid=".yi.0.0"><span style="color: #38761d;">[</span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span><span><span><span><b><span><span><span><span><i><span><span><span data-reactid=".yi.0.0"><span style="color: #38761d;">AS
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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2bs1PIgU3wRCE8rz-ARWYFG6S7ZzYNfbltqjyd0ysHH7_gVt6DspyuIfXrA3FuDZxdHrzFTf58BOF3wQI8MSk1LgBAxUMQy4hYJB5tUYTOmdTHyPF5dyWiQcsXuu4e2Zia3N5a9Rvm54km0oL1vlKPAbqrto3-QfCUD9mcDHmyZPiifR4O0ZOdCzEGw0/s2500/Pamela%20Olsen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2bs1PIgU3wRCE8rz-ARWYFG6S7ZzYNfbltqjyd0ysHH7_gVt6DspyuIfXrA3FuDZxdHrzFTf58BOF3wQI8MSk1LgBAxUMQy4hYJB5tUYTOmdTHyPF5dyWiQcsXuu4e2Zia3N5a9Rvm54km0oL1vlKPAbqrto3-QfCUD9mcDHmyZPiifR4O0ZOdCzEGw0/s320/Pamela%20Olsen.jpg" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pamela Olsen, author of <span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">Fast Times in Palestine</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xi81zsa x1yc453h" dir="auto"></span></p><h4 class="x1heor9g x1qlqyl8 x1pd3egz x1a2a7pz x1gslohp x1yc453h" id=":r5j8:"><span class="xt0psk2"><strong><span></span></strong></span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xi81zsa x1yc453h" dir="auto"><h2 class="x1heor9g x1qlqyl8 x1pd3egz x1a2a7pz x1gslohp x1yc453h" id=":r68r:"><span class="xt0psk2"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u x1s688f" href="https://www.facebook.com/pamolson4?__cft__[0]=AZU3QK0KH6yY9pZd6IH7BdpqN1NvaQ8L8BDAZLDjJW-KiTJlzZn1_COAF4Jdq_9p6uzba4ddWBboP92UfVQr_H-EX0YFG-FfcxIbZUqlf4U3z0vwALGSbAa0tVqfsPgV5uzZdKUADOp7UHkGUO2YzhVcgRdXVZu_Z0aTSSj2LtWsXJFfEbfI1PzP43IzBB1Ppe0&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><strong><span>Pamela Olson</span></strong></a></span></h2></span></h4><p></p><div class="xqcrz7y x78zum5 x1qx5ct2 x1y1aw1k x1sxyh0 xwib8y2 xurb0ha xw4jnvo"><div></div></div><div></div><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id=":r5ja:"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My book Fast Times in Palestine is a primer on the realities in Palestine for newbies. It's free to download from my website: </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"></div></div></span><div class="x1n2onr6" id=":r5jb:"><div class="x1n2onr6"><div class="xmjcpbm x1n2onr6 x1ja2u2z"><div class="xua58t2 xwmqs3e xxxdfa6 xzg4506 x78zum5 x1q0g3np x1n2onr6"><div class="x2lah0s"><div style="height: 430px; width: 278px;"><img alt="Fast Times in Palestine" class="xz74otr x5yr21d xh8yej3" src="https://external-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/emg1/v/t13/2926220881533368113?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpamolson.org%2Fcovermd.jpg&fb_obo=1&utld=pamolson.org&stp=c0.5000x0.5000f_dst-jpg_flffffff_p278x430_q75&ccb=13-1&oh=06_AbHmARVia6dBZSkDw6gO0X6zI04b9mY3oyikVM23J30o8A&oe=65F1EABF&_nc_sid=14c225" /></div></div><div class="x6s0dn4 x78zum5 xw2csxc x1odjw0f xyamay9 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x4zkp8e x676frb x1nxh6w3 x1sibtaa xo1l8bm xi81zsa x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="xtvhhri"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div></span></div><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x4zkp8e x676frb x1lkfr7t x1lbecb7 x1s688f xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span class="x1lliihq x6ikm8r x10wlt62 x1n2onr6" style="-moz-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; display: -webkit-box;"><div id=":r5jl:"><b>Fast Times in Palestine</b></div><div id=":r5jl:"> </div></span></span></span></div><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xi81zsa x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span class="x1lliihq x6ikm8r x10wlt62 x1n2onr6" style="-moz-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 5; display: -webkit-box;">A
moving, inspiring account of life in Palestine that's enormously
informative yet reads like a novel... Part adventure story, part searing
reportage, part love story, and wholly absorbing</span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #990066;"><b>Get a Free PDF of the book <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/988b3tuniecdc1155pg7w/FastTimes2023.pdf?rlkey=j696vazwun464boj2mgyh47o2&dl=0" target="_blank">here</a>
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Also available on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fast-Times-Palestine-Pamela-Olson-ebook/dp/B094YZV441" target="_blank">Kindle</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fast-Times-Palestine-Homeless-Homeland/dp/B00FGXCH70" target="_blank">Audible</a>, &
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fast-Times-Palestine-Pamela-Olson/dp/0615456243" target="_blank">Paperback</a>
<br /><br /></b>
<i><span style="color: #999999;"> (all proceeds donated to orgs that support Palestinian rights) </span></i>
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View my <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h_lxxvvE1_hivXdh9nNNzO7U-cJAAUPWV7-bZNm9Bb8/edit" target="_blank">Gaza FAQs</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pamolson4/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #990066;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><p align="left"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Pamela
Olson, a small town girl from eastern Oklahoma, had what she always
wanted: a physics degree from Stanford University. But instead of
feeling excited for what came next, she felt consumed by dread and
confusion. This irresistible memoir chronicles her journey from aimless
ex-bartender to Ramallah-based journalist and foreign press coordinator
for a Palestinian presidential candidate.
</span></p><p><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">
With dizzying speed she found herself attending Yasser Arafat's
funeral, tour-guiding Israeli friends around the West Bank, dating a
Palestinian from a conservative village, being held at gunpoint and
injured by a stun grenade, and witnessing the 2005 Disengagement from
inside the Gaza Strip.
The gripping narrative focuses not only on violence, terror, and
politics but also on the daily rounds of house parties, concerts,
barbecues, weddings, jokes, harvests, and romantic drama that happen in
between.
</span></p><p><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">
Funny, gorgeous, shocking, and galvanizing, <i>Fast Times in Palestine</i> challenges the way we think not only about the Middle East but about human nature and our place in the world.
<br /></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;"> Named a <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/55657-spring-2013-announcements-travel-stranger-in-a-strange-land.html" target="_blank">Top 10 Travel Book of 2013</a> by <i>Publishers Weekly</i>
</span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Named a <a href="http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2013/04/22/the-best-travel-books-of-spring" target="_blank">Best Travel Book of Spring</a> by <i>National Geographic</i>
</span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;"> Click to view the <a href="https://pamolson.org/tablecont.htm"><b>Table of Contents</b></a> with links to excerpts </span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></li><li style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://pamolson.org/" style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>https://pamolson.org/</b></span></a></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><a href="https://pamolson.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><br /></span></a></span></span></li></ul></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div>Anne Selden Annabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584152597470342913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056582249415577391.post-31816782043536360912024-03-11T17:59:00.000-04:002024-03-11T17:59:06.937-04:00Huwaida Arraf: "May this holy month of Ramadan bring comfort to those in need; sanity and compassion to those lacking it, particularly world leaders; and may it strengthen our determination and resolve to keep fighting for true liberation, justice and peace. Ramadan Mubarak." <p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii4-S8UdlwRGQmYXhuiBBkMPCIXr43HmtQBKN67xtoNg0rSzInCjE0kJuJORhcC31sTrFVY_G3se0RkyOVKr4GFY65K6RLEXAcNunbc3Ii39kZ8H1RfTUEIZcFV-naIjJnZHI1U3BVmIHSTFKzqhyphenhyphenfH6EYJMvhPPhmv_b_woR8ZsRsCre6w5dBaLW9Q9Y/s1080/Ramadan%20Mubarak..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii4-S8UdlwRGQmYXhuiBBkMPCIXr43HmtQBKN67xtoNg0rSzInCjE0kJuJORhcC31sTrFVY_G3se0RkyOVKr4GFY65K6RLEXAcNunbc3Ii39kZ8H1RfTUEIZcFV-naIjJnZHI1U3BVmIHSTFKzqhyphenhyphenfH6EYJMvhPPhmv_b_woR8ZsRsCre6w5dBaLW9Q9Y/w534-h534/Ramadan%20Mubarak..jpg" width="534" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">"May
this holy month of Ramadan bring comfort to those in need; sanity and
compassion to those lacking it, particularly world leaders; and may it
strengthen our determination and resolve to keep fighting for true
liberation, justice and peace. Ramadan Mubarak." <span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xi81zsa x1yc453h" dir="auto"><h4 class="x1heor9g x1qlqyl8 x1pd3egz x1a2a7pz x1gslohp x1yc453h" id=":r575:"><span class="xt0psk2"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u x1s688f" href="https://www.facebook.com/huwaidaarraf?__cft__[0]=AZVjlMBA1zb2xqRcdVUztAELCQE2TDolDMZH4uMficyCw-gZym29Ke-NfiOCq9k5MfpOSufyPjyQZYH9xotrQBIG3gj0M8BsiW0ki0-fMD_z92TzNucpBI1Qj2YZbdGV1myJRi2D_zuWEkluMSX1enGGUNhuqajCrn-0P4UOWDFKsQ&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><strong><span>Huwaida Arraf</span></strong></a></span></h4></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p>Anne Selden Annabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584152597470342913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056582249415577391.post-14937002582555047522024-03-11T11:45:00.005-04:002024-03-11T11:45:44.115-04:00A Glimpse of Palestine's Beauty shared by Mazin Qumsiyeh of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Last ride was Saturday. Under difficult circumstance, we still did yet another field trip this past weekend. We had amazing discoveries <strong>"</strong><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xi81zsa x1yc453h" dir="auto"></span></p><h4 class="x1heor9g x1qlqyl8 x1pd3egz x1a2a7pz x1gslohp x1yc453h" id=":r2fr:"><span class="xt0psk2"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u x1s688f" href="https://www.facebook.com/mazin.qumsiyeh.9?__cft__[0]=AZV2WitPz1ycFQP5s4fRAPhlB3IyPCiKWwgguKr2P6XqCnpB6uz41hYpsLLyLvt0RCgc0gj3cXvI3rq_JuGTqQh9PEGlsPT9rmyugLYbO42tSd8nCx_TkDfgbUmsUyr5mm2qK0svKvPY4klMYAF2gVgdHIb7mhYwDEiVCSeaGYBJcY8nu4Ese52FF6NBHkrr-Z5MWZx2xJQHGOqMoIf5_LZe&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><strong><span>Mazin Qumsiyeh</span></strong></a></span></h4><p></p><blockquote class="xckqwgs x26u7qi x7g060r x1gslohp x11i5rnm xieb3on x1pi30zi x1swvt13 x1d52u69"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h"></span></div></div></span></blockquote><div class="x6ikm8r x10wlt62"></div><div class="x1a8lsjc x1swvt13 x1pi30zi"><div class="x1jx94hy x78zum5 x1q0g3np"><div class="x78zum5 xqtp20y x1emribx"><span class="xt0psk2"><a aria-hidden="true" class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u" href="https://www.facebook.com/PIBS.PMNH?__cft__[0]=AZV2WitPz1ycFQP5s4fRAPhlB3IyPCiKWwgguKr2P6XqCnpB6uz41hYpsLLyLvt0RCgc0gj3cXvI3rq_JuGTqQh9PEGlsPT9rmyugLYbO42tSd8nCx_TkDfgbUmsUyr5mm2qK0svKvPY4klMYAF2gVgdHIb7mhYwDEiVCSeaGYBJcY8nu4Ese52FF6NBHkrr-Z5MWZx2xJQHGOqMoIf5_LZe&__tn__=%3C%2CP-y-R" role="link" tabindex="-1"><div class="xc9qbxq x1td3qas x6s0dn4 x78zum5 xl56j7k"></div></a></span></div></div></div><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><h5 class="x1heor9g x1qlqyl8 x1pd3egz x1a2a7pz x1gslohp x1yc453h"><span class="xt0psk2"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u x1s688f" href="https://www.facebook.com/PIBS.PMNH?__cft__[0]=AZV2WitPz1ycFQP5s4fRAPhlB3IyPCiKWwgguKr2P6XqCnpB6uz41hYpsLLyLvt0RCgc0gj3cXvI3rq_JuGTqQh9PEGlsPT9rmyugLYbO42tSd8nCx_TkDfgbUmsUyr5mm2qK0svKvPY4klMYAF2gVgdHIb7mhYwDEiVCSeaGYBJcY8nu4Ese52FF6NBHkrr-Z5MWZx2xJQHGOqMoIf5_LZe&__tn__=-UC%2CP-y-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><strong><span>Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability</span></strong></a></span></h5></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKTIgWo-wG0wkKZt5IcVIdvojAJi3sVxAC1aBp0Nnw2sd2K_tgPba0jHSpjsBecro5k0etku3ftJrNJ5pfVonyf7gagRdsVPuTOtgAlCaVj8EuNxf88ZawhY7C4wPpAORFl8WAB1oXBjfayJayAJY3vBGpa4Qnc11gUVNPE0tUUQMXbOz9zkx0oAN4myg/s1181/311018544_481657850661127_3079926604822079886_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="456" data-original-width="1181" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKTIgWo-wG0wkKZt5IcVIdvojAJi3sVxAC1aBp0Nnw2sd2K_tgPba0jHSpjsBecro5k0etku3ftJrNJ5pfVonyf7gagRdsVPuTOtgAlCaVj8EuNxf88ZawhY7C4wPpAORFl8WAB1oXBjfayJayAJY3vBGpa4Qnc11gUVNPE0tUUQMXbOz9zkx0oAN4myg/w628-h243/311018544_481657850661127_3079926604822079886_n.jpg" width="628" /></a></div><p></p>Anne Selden Annabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584152597470342913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056582249415577391.post-75626130336921192582024-03-11T11:19:00.002-04:002024-03-11T11:19:18.113-04:00Rima Isam Anabtawi: "Ramadan Kareem, to those who observe. May it be as serene and peaceful as "this very old Anatolian prayer rug, and may the beauty of your month endure as long."<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIpT49iKvQmNt3zBEVV8Gs_XRxVowXRE-0A2aqnLjBm1RTLeKIwb4OxBtzh2sBjFu538qgfjMh9Jomshjru1EfE6zWAVWJXYMhDZcQj97MdiSAdLbdQcYNzitvLP-vzDzJAS53DGci4VC5blPrKk03hfF8ysopsewyfzC6x3T2bqwPcxM8o9lVNTyt3s/s1350/Ramadan%20Kareem,%20to%20those%20who%20observe.%20May%20it%20be%20as%20serene%20and%20peaceful%20as%20this%20very%20old%20Anatolian%20prayer%20rug,%20and%20may%20the%20beauty%20of%20your%20month%20endure%20as%20long-%20RIMA%20Isam%20Anabtawi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIpT49iKvQmNt3zBEVV8Gs_XRxVowXRE-0A2aqnLjBm1RTLeKIwb4OxBtzh2sBjFu538qgfjMh9Jomshjru1EfE6zWAVWJXYMhDZcQj97MdiSAdLbdQcYNzitvLP-vzDzJAS53DGci4VC5blPrKk03hfF8ysopsewyfzC6x3T2bqwPcxM8o9lVNTyt3s/w469-h586/Ramadan%20Kareem,%20to%20those%20who%20observe.%20May%20it%20be%20as%20serene%20and%20peaceful%20as%20this%20very%20old%20Anatolian%20prayer%20rug,%20and%20may%20the%20beauty%20of%20your%20month%20endure%20as%20long-%20RIMA%20Isam%20Anabtawi.jpg" width="469" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="x78zum5 xqtp20y x1emribx"><span class="xt0psk2"><a aria-hidden="true" class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u" href="https://www.facebook.com/rimaisam?__cft__[0]=AZVpaFxlRRw1hln06zLX4c5o0-z2BPpnTFRftGfRD1GfJHXtmZv7JvHLJbWJNCbh0syZkLQu_4Njv8Eq10yvy6pbLJvGoBCmJ8SyhcYcPWA-6NrPyziv-w5v72cUIM4cHnpe7KVoJFFmG1JcBZNYZbUXB-Y2Jc8VPcgGBkHIAerpQg&__tn__=%3C%2CP-R" role="link" tabindex="-1"><div class="x1vqgdyp x1n2onr6 x100vrsf"></div></a></span></div><div class="x1iyjqo2"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xi81zsa x1yc453h" dir="auto"><h2 class="x1heor9g x1qlqyl8 x1pd3egz x1a2a7pz x1gslohp x1yc453h" id=":r1vr:"><span class="xt0psk2"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u x1s688f" href="https://www.facebook.com/rimaisam?__cft__[0]=AZVpaFxlRRw1hln06zLX4c5o0-z2BPpnTFRftGfRD1GfJHXtmZv7JvHLJbWJNCbh0syZkLQu_4Njv8Eq10yvy6pbLJvGoBCmJ8SyhcYcPWA-6NrPyziv-w5v72cUIM4cHnpe7KVoJFFmG1JcBZNYZbUXB-Y2Jc8VPcgGBkHIAerpQg&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><strong><span>Rima Isam Anabtawi</span></strong></a></span></h2></span></div><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x4zkp8e x676frb x1nxh6w3 x1sibtaa xo1l8bm xi81zsa x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span id=":r1vs:"><span><span class="x4k7w5x x1h91t0o x1h9r5lt x1jfb8zj xv2umb2 x1beo9mf xaigb6o x12ejxvf x3igimt xarpa2k xedcshv x1lytzrv x1t2pt76 x7ja8zs x1qrby5j"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz x1heor9g xt0b8zv xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/rimaisam#" role="link" tabindex="0"><span><span aria-labelledby=":r203:" class="x1rg5ohu x6ikm8r x10wlt62 x16dsc37 xt0b8zv"><span class="xmper1u xt0psk2 xjb2p0i x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1n2onr6 x17ihmo5 x1g77sc7" style="display: flex;"></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span>"Ramadan Kareem, to those who observe. May it be as serene and peaceful as this very old Anatolian prayer rug, and may the beauty of your month endure as long" <span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/ramadanmubarak?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVpaFxlRRw1hln06zLX4c5o0-z2BPpnTFRftGfRD1GfJHXtmZv7JvHLJbWJNCbh0syZkLQu_4Njv8Eq10yvy6pbLJvGoBCmJ8SyhcYcPWA-6NrPyziv-w5v72cUIM4cHnpe7KVoJFFmG1JcBZNYZbUXB-Y2Jc8VPcgGBkHIAerpQg&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" tabindex="0">#ramadanmubarak</a></span> <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od"><img alt="🌙" class="xz74otr" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td2/2/16/1f319.png" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od"><img alt="💛" class="xz74otr" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tb4/2/16/1f49b.png" width="16" /></span></div></div></div><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id=":r1vt:"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p></p>Anne Selden Annabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584152597470342913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056582249415577391.post-17298698117131348142024-03-10T08:53:00.005-04:002024-03-10T08:53:52.171-04:00"We may not be born in Palestine but our hearts are" Hibah Musthafa <p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFNbmG2rg5YyArY3Ehl2c_jFcTV8CcVIAL4eqYTyx-AIha9WxaIJQHex2CTEto2e71gEQNlLP6v24mscwdTOMe0mb1Z3kIEv3cOxlaxVUzMjGu2gfQW9AGVt1lSjuv2Jpm_aqFDHHbtm7VGTc9biqccOGy_TTpkCbnqyrQEXNL_nsZYHHGuTNDDjbbgI/s1334/Artist-%20%20Hibah%20Musthafa%20%20Instagram-%20%20hibah_musthafa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="1080" height="671" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFNbmG2rg5YyArY3Ehl2c_jFcTV8CcVIAL4eqYTyx-AIha9WxaIJQHex2CTEto2e71gEQNlLP6v24mscwdTOMe0mb1Z3kIEv3cOxlaxVUzMjGu2gfQW9AGVt1lSjuv2Jpm_aqFDHHbtm7VGTc9biqccOGy_TTpkCbnqyrQEXNL_nsZYHHGuTNDDjbbgI/w543-h671/Artist-%20%20Hibah%20Musthafa%20%20Instagram-%20%20hibah_musthafa.jpg" width="543" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">Artist: Hibah Musthafa </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">Instagram: hibah_musthafa</span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <br /></p>Anne Selden Annabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584152597470342913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056582249415577391.post-31009028718272085292024-03-09T10:49:00.000-05:002024-03-09T10:49:22.199-05:00Susan Muaddi Darraj explains a crucial point about Israel, Palestine, & America... #LandTheft<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVvXbi2ckwevImm_r-OA8I5hzznvISOW5rt8kphAUief3xEyPiDbljmRv2_7EhTd0B-JPXaxdkEpS5KSs2rlgIYjK_ndByHXQ5vgEfOTT1ZgcdOcRRjMZXRrH4Ha1HITWmyRchEThJWUbLy6aRbUMBnfm4TX7MUOCd2CQ-px3HK6T9LP-4nEMW2dxPj7k/s800/Israeli%20settlements%20in%20the%20illegally%20occupied%20territories.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="464" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVvXbi2ckwevImm_r-OA8I5hzznvISOW5rt8kphAUief3xEyPiDbljmRv2_7EhTd0B-JPXaxdkEpS5KSs2rlgIYjK_ndByHXQ5vgEfOTT1ZgcdOcRRjMZXRrH4Ha1HITWmyRchEThJWUbLy6aRbUMBnfm4TX7MUOCd2CQ-px3HK6T9LP-4nEMW2dxPj7k/s320/Israeli%20settlements%20in%20the%20illegally%20occupied%20territories.jpg" width="186" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Illegal Israeli Settlement Fortresses in the Occupied West Bank where a fully sovereign and free Palestinian State was supposed to be<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Please understand that this is not a religious issue </b></span></div></div><div class="x1iyjqo2"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xi81zsa x1yc453h" dir="auto"><h2 class="x1heor9g x1qlqyl8 x1pd3egz x1a2a7pz x1gslohp x1yc453h" id=":r988:"><span class="xt0psk2"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u x1s688f" href="https://www.facebook.com/susan.muaddidarraj?__cft__[0]=AZVmso9LpYNr8hhQUFdSHzFCL4WpB2rsjn-9a9s7sdtdU7nr60aknanWDSHkI9_Aq0DVSys9lc4xMnLocE2XPD1q7oFWe1aqMd1rLlxfrNUfsYHccLD8FYFaSXCOlsVFtXTfLEzc-4ew2oqYerGdsvANIuEFA0PP3zQNEh-OokuoFg&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><strong><span>Susan Muaddi Darraj</span></strong></a></span></h2><h2 class="x1heor9g x1qlqyl8 x1pd3egz x1a2a7pz x1gslohp x1yc453h" id=":r988:"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">"Friends, please allow me to explain a crucial point. </span></b><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Israel has been building illegal cities (settlements) on Palestinian land for decades - Palestinian land that is supposed to be part of a future Palestinian state. The world has condemned the building of these cities, but Israel keeps building them. </span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></div></div></span></h2></span></div></div></div><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id=":r98a:"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">In order to build them, they steal land from Palestinian residents and families. It's been ongoing, even though I can remember presidents as far back as Ronald Reagan strongly <span></span>condemning Israel for this policy. </span></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The policy is obviously aimed at pushing people out, at emptying Palestinian land of its Palestinian residents, people who have inhabited that land for thousands of years.</span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It is not a myth or a lie that we are indigenous to the land. As an example, Palestinian Christians have baptismal records proving their existence in Palestine for at least a couple of hundred years. </span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">So now, Israeli companies are holding real estate sales IN THE UNITED STATES to sell homes to Americans in these illegal settlements. It's like selling a vacation home to someone that has been built on the wreckage of someone else's stolen land. This comes after the recent news that Netanyahu approved the building of 30,000 new homes built illegally on Palestinian land. </span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Please understand that this is not a religious issue. This is an issue about ongoing land theft! </span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Please understand what is happening." </span></b></div></div></span></div></div></div></div><p> "A for-profit company renting out a Teaneck synagogue on Sunday to pitch
real estate deals in Israel ― including some in the occupied <a class="gnt_ar_b_a" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" href="https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2024/02/01/israel-hamas-war-gaza-generational-divide-gen-z/72296726007/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">West Bank</a> ― has drawn calls for protests and investigations after one of the region’s most outspoken Jewish critics of Israel cried foul." <b><a href="https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2024/03/06/west-bank-israel-real-estate-event-teaneck-nj-protests/72845026007/" target="_blank">A pitch for West Bank real estate is prompting protest and fear in Teaneck [New Jersey]</a></b></p>Anne Selden Annabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584152597470342913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056582249415577391.post-84176640032003485092024-03-08T12:56:00.007-05:002024-03-08T12:56:52.468-05:00150 Days- Gaza Municipality Damages thanks to Israel's War on Palestine<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_7lx8Wy45YRTR4plWVUPkV8WvREBYj2F0_ZZOMF4wK4VYoi_9rOWIAxvjqKc0pSo7QIngG9iPkmzhFwSKc6GgKqkbQ44ce42PCk4XyPOl56huxXu0t5Z3tAWY81ys7lYnkhzM3t3_3SmSISc9ug1gJET5HWzNboe4aEjGUQ6gjUfvNs0ingUhoe5uINM/s1181/150%20days%20of%20Israeli%20aggression.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1181" data-original-width="1080" height="575" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_7lx8Wy45YRTR4plWVUPkV8WvREBYj2F0_ZZOMF4wK4VYoi_9rOWIAxvjqKc0pSo7QIngG9iPkmzhFwSKc6GgKqkbQ44ce42PCk4XyPOl56huxXu0t5Z3tAWY81ys7lYnkhzM3t3_3SmSISc9ug1gJET5HWzNboe4aEjGUQ6gjUfvNs0ingUhoe5uINM/w526-h575/150%20days%20of%20Israeli%20aggression.jpg" width="526" /></a></div> <br /><p></p>Anne Selden Annabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584152597470342913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056582249415577391.post-85831326590697004232024-03-08T12:22:00.000-05:002024-03-08T12:22:01.233-05:00UNWRA: 17,000 children orphaned in Gaza <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1M7bwVGbqvAThJQTL3mgRl9UoLTcXPUf_IqwHm8aNCuS7djHHbcCTt_mrcPnPiIOaAuQIqGF29S6cZXsG-HL2ep2AdS6hoEHF0hecTbM7HxT0e-T-ZMh41BBoYP-O600U-cZRpdnWlrZft-kcTewRiUkU9Gjtqq-WL9AdcCVz-jy8VjNVgX4PVTg6PM/s1452/17000%20children%20orphaned%20in%20Gaza.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="1284" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1M7bwVGbqvAThJQTL3mgRl9UoLTcXPUf_IqwHm8aNCuS7djHHbcCTt_mrcPnPiIOaAuQIqGF29S6cZXsG-HL2ep2AdS6hoEHF0hecTbM7HxT0e-T-ZMh41BBoYP-O600U-cZRpdnWlrZft-kcTewRiUkU9Gjtqq-WL9AdcCVz-jy8VjNVgX4PVTg6PM/w553-h625/17000%20children%20orphaned%20in%20Gaza.jpg" width="553" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Anne Selden Annabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584152597470342913noreply@blogger.com0