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Israel is SEGREGATION on steroids as Israel blocks aid from reaching starving Palestinians refugees in Gaza, blocks Palestinians in Jerusalem from harvesting heritage olive trees planted by their ancestors, and blocks Palestinians in the West Bank from reaching jobs and schools.
Countless Israeli checkpoints, blockades, prisons, laws, and cruel policies are torturing the children of Palestine.
There is a clear pattern that started decades ago as Jewish people worldwide are free to live and work where ever they might want to live and work (with extra special privileges and perks in both Israel and the illegally occupied territories) while Palestinian men, women and children are harshly oppressed, impoverished, displaced, and denigrated at every turn.
Meanwhile here in Pennsylvania, our foolish state treasurer, Stacy
Garrity, is investing more taxpayers' money in Israeli bonds.
Billionaire greed, corruption, and shortsightedness reward a tech enabled Israeli state sponsored terrorism and endless wars polluting planet earth while crippling America's economy all at once: Workers here in America need real jobs, good jobs not talent and time-wasting positions babysitting AI slop.
Lies of omission constantly let Israel off the hook as our mainstream legacy media teaches internet savvy students to ignore mainstream legacy media. New media and new politicians are already rising up like a thousand phoenixes from the ashes of America's failure to remain true to our core ideals.
"Right now, our tax dollars and American-made weapons are being used to perpetrate a genocide in Gaza, illegal settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem, and the attempted annexation of Southern Lebanon. That must end." Dr Abdul El-Sayed https://abdulforsenate.com/priority/money-out-of-politics/
"At this moment of reckoning, the essential questions that we must ask ourselves are what it means for a Western political structure that dehumanizes a group of people to the point of genocide, an international system that fails to stop it, and a free press that helps facilitate the greatest crime?" Assal Rad, page 186 in her book Don't Say Palestine: How the Media Manufactured Consent for Genocide.
Since 1948 Israel has foolishly refused to respect the Palestinian refugees inalienable legal and moral right to return to original homes and lands. Instead, Israel has continued to displace Palestinians, and rather than respect international law and universal basic human rights Israel bombs and bulldozes Palestinian refugee camps.
All people of compassion and integrity need to say NO. No more funds or weaponry or war for Israel.
And no more data or technological assistance for corrupt governments
like Israel and corporations that refuse to invest in real freedom,
justice, and equality for all people.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
NOTES https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/search/label/Notes
- In December 1948, following Israel's establishment based on the ethnic cleansing of approximately 750,000 Palestinians, the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 194, which states:
"refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbours should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property which, under principles of international law or in equity, should be made good by the Governments or authorities responsible."
Israel continues to restrict aid into Gaza, despite severe flooding, Palestinian foreign ministry warns. The calls come amid heavy rainfall, which has flooded around 70,000 tents over the weekend, and risks the spread of disease among the displaced in Gaza.
[Israel Decides that] Olive Picking in al-Haram al-Sharif Is Now a Crime for Palestinians... There are nearly 600 olive trees on the grounds of al-Aqsa Mosque, some of which are thousands of years old. The Islamic Waqf Department in Jerusalem, through the Zakat Committee, collects the olives from the trees, presses them, and distributes the oil to the poor in Jerusalem. No quantity of olives or the pressed oil from them is sold, despite a high demand for these olives from al-Aqsa Mosque, which the community considers blessed.
CNN: 60 years of denial about Israel’s nuclear weapons program confronts a new reality
Heavy rain floods displaced families’ tents in Gaza – in pictures
Current and former Cisco workers have objected to the company’s role in the Gaza war, calling it a ‘shocking and complete contradiction of values’
"AI may transform the economy. That does not guarantee investors will earn back the sums being poured into it."
‘Our aim is that children are protected’: besieged West Bank school fortifies its defences against settler violence- After deaths of five students at hands of Israeli settlers in last academic year, al-Mughayyir’s teachers and pupils are on high alert
"It is shameful that the world failed to prevent genocide, failed to shelter Gaza's civilians from Israel's bombs, and is now failing even to lift the blockade on basic supplies that would protect children and their families as rain floods the camps of displaced people across Gaza." Husam Zomlot
A year after the ‘ceasefire’ in Gaza, this is what our lives look like: no privacy, no peace. I look at myself and my neighbours queueing for water, and dream of a lost normality. We are now strangers even to ourselves
"In its official comments, the Israeli army had said that the displaced [Palestinian] population had left voluntarily, that “civilians who wished to evacuate were permitted to temporarily leave the area”. Ahmaro was outraged at the suggestion that he had any choice about fleeing. “Never, never, never. Why should I leave my house?” he asked."
Visualizing Palestine @visualizingpal Our latest highlights key findings from Francesca Albanese’s report, “Truth Under the Rubble: Media in the Time of Genocide”, exposing the systemic silencing of Palestinian journalists & the suppression of truth. Reshare to amplify findings & demand press freedom & accountability
Truth under the rubble [of Palestine]: MEDIA in the time of [Israeli made] GENOCIDE
Israeli authorities have severed Hebron from the rest of the occupied West Bank, sealing the governorate behind 106 iron gates and blocking 16 major access roads with earth mounds.
Israeli settler terrorists are attacking the Christian village of Taybeh in the occupied West Bank, blocking its entrance and preventing residents from entering or leaving the town
UNRWA condemns the terrible terrorist attack on the church in Hmoud. We mourn those killed and wish the injured a swift recovery. We stand with our host nation Jordan. Places of worship must be sanctuaries of peace and safety. Attacks on civilians and religious sites are indefensible. The international community must do everything to support peace, tolerance, and respect for the rights and faiths of all.
UNRRA was very successful in communicating the message that solidarity is not charity but it is enlightened self-interest.
“Hungry men are desperate men, especially when their children also are hungry.” ... Prelude to the UN: As the Second World War raged, a remarkable international effort was already taking shape to help rebuild a shattered world. Founded in November 1943, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) began its work before the United Nations itself had been constituted. Faced with hunger, disease, mass displacement and devastation, it helped deliver the essentials of survival and offered hope to millions struggling to rebuild their lives. Beyond emergency relief, UNRRA became a pioneering experiment in international cooperation. UN Video highlights UNRRA’s extraordinary mission through archival footage and personal testimony. Watch Before the UN: The Forgotten Story of UNRRA
Ten crucial ways the United Nations makes a difference... Maintaining International Peace and Security... Protecting Human Rights... Delivering Humanitarian Aid... Supporting Sustainable Development and Climate Action... Upholding International Law
The International Criminal Court (ICC) thanks the European Parliament for awarding the Court and its officials the 2026 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, at a time when the Court and its officials face unprecedented challenges.
"So perhaps the question is no longer: why would Israeli forces ever kill children? Perhaps the question instead should be: how much Israeli testimony describing the killing of children are we expected to ignore?"
‘I cannot carry all of this alone’: the couples kept apart by the war in Gaza. Families have been scattered, fathers separated from their children, and couples unable to reunite and marry
Israeli settlers attack [PALESTINIAN] olive farmers and Washington Post journalist in West Bank: Settlers hurl rocks at Palestinians and beat photographer Heidi Levine as part of yearly attacks to disrupt harvest
Online ads weaponised to deliver ‘zero-click’ spyware, researchers say: [Israel-based] Discover-Tech’s Controlium software lets clients mass-profile internet users then covertly hack targets, say researchers at University of Toronto
Israel-based "AdFection"... Spyware vendors found a way to make targeted ads even worse- Israeli adtech outfit allegedly helped spyware vendors infect phones while enjoying Google's seal of approval
NPR: The skincare scheme that led to consumer complaints, lawsuits and a federal investigation... "Mazal translates to "luck" or "good fortune" in Hebrew. The Weingartens and Odeds are originally from Israel, as are the majority of corporate employees and licensees (store owners), according to former staff members."
This excerpt is taken from On the Path of the Ghoul: The Memoirs of Sliman Mansour, a biography by Rana Anani. The original Arabic text is available- Presented below is the English translation of the book’s introduction.
The new report by Francesca Albanese »The Truth Beneath the Rubble «, has just been released. It analyzes how the media contribute to the genocide in Gaza.
Checkpoints in the occupied West Bank choking Palestinian life, warns UN expert- – Israel’s expanding system of checkpoints, road gates and other movement restrictions in the occupied West Bank is fragmenting Palestinian territory and aggravating the arbitrary system of control that costs Palestinians time, livelihoods, education and lives, a UN expert warned today.
Mosab Abu Toha: On this day in 2023, Israel carried out a terror strike on my friend Heba Zaqout’s home, killing her and two of her children, Adam and Mahmoud. Heba was an artist and a schoolteacher. Many of her artworks were destroyed in the strike, too...
Looted Antiquities, Billionaire Collectors, and the Politics of Return: "...This is ongoing. Since the genocide in Gaza began, over 20,000 rare artifacts spanning the prehistoric to the Ottoman periods, housed in Gaza City's Pasha's Palace museum, have gone missing or been looted. Israeli forces have fully or partially destroyed more than 316 archaeological sites and buildings in Gaza. Meanwhile, a 2025 study by Palestinian researchers found that, as the war in Gaza continued, archaeological theft in the West Bank skyrocketed...."
Gaza: ‘She survived the bombing, but not the blockade’- A year into Gaza’s ceasefire, Palestinians continue to die from preventable illnesses, denied medical care and a lack of safe shelter under Israel’s ongoing blockade
Global Perception Scores 2026 .... ( Most people say the main purpose of democracy is to improve living standards & Most people agree that countries should follow international law)
The World's Largest Open-Air Prison... and one of the most densely populated places on earth: GAZA, Palestine
Big Tech fuels the machinery of Occupation & Israel's war on Palestinians: “Between October 7th and October 15th, 2023, because of AI-facilitated systems that were used to target homes and people, we had already seen 47 Palestinian families completely eliminated from the civil registry.”
"So according to the WSJ editorial board, the problem isn’t Israel’s actions, it’s the Nobel Prize committee, the UN, the ICC, the ICJ, Amnesty International…. "
Joint statement of the foreign minister of Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, United Kingdom raffirming continued and unwavering support for the independence, impartiality, and integrity of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
An arms race is underway in the development and deployment of new technologies in warfare, including artificial intelligence (AI). Rather than making battlefields safer for civilians, these technologies often increase risks and cause significant harm.
Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment Newly established commission identifies 17 catastrophic threats to human health but says ‘realistic route to act’ on each exists
Women cooking - Jerusalem 2026, Water Colours - Rawan Anani
[Israeli] Violence and restrictions continue to drive humanitarian needs in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank [Palestine], while shortfalls in humanitarian funding are further holding back relief efforts
The International Criminal Court (ICC) strongly rejects United States sanctions against the institution..."No one should be punished for serving the cause of justice. History will judge this moment. Future generations, and above all the victims of mass atrocities, will ask how we responded when an institution created to protect them came under attack. They will ask whether the Court held firm and whether the international community defended the principles it proclaimed or allowed them to be abandoned under pressure. "
Armed Israeli settlers beat Jaafar Ashtiyeh, the photographer who took this image, in the presence of Israeli soldiers, hospitalising him, as he covered the settler violence against the olive farmers.
Gaza City- Palestinians inspect the destruction caused by an Israeli airstrike that hit a residential building in the Sabra area of Gaza City. Photograph: Omar Ashtawy in The Guardian
"Art can play an important role in supporting children’s healthy development during conflicts and emergencies." UNRWA works
Smaller than a Mouse- a poem by Naomi Shihab Nye published in her most recent book "Sidekick" 2026
Navanethem “Navi” Pillay is awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote peace and international law... "Her independence, expertise and steadfastness have made her one of the most respected international jurists of our time."
It’s easier to blame brutes and sadists for extreme violence. But as we see in the documentary, modern genocides are fueled by people who are uncomfortably recognizable
Back to School, in Gaza My nephews study in a big tent surrounded by bombed-out houses. They have no access to chairs or desks, so they sit on the dirt. By Mosab Abu Toha in The New Yorker
Praise for Assal Rad's book DON'T SAY PALESTINE How the Media Manufactured Consent for Genocide
Israel’s expanding network of checkpoints is UNLAWFUL and must be dismantled immediately. Part of the carceral geography of apartheid, it makes Palestiniams' daily life fully dependent on arbitrariness. Thank you @WIRED for exposing this viciousnes: "Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. How Israeli checkpoints suffocate Palestinian life in the occupied West Bank. CHOKE POINTS "
DEAR AMERICA
No matter who is elected... I very much hope our elected leaders start to seriously invest in peace and prosperity for all people, not just white "Christian" con-artists, Billionaire tech bros, corporate corruption, AI delusions, and escalating pollution.
Dear America, I know for a fact that there are good and decent Jewish people on planet earth, there are good and decent Jewish groups on earth... but Israel is bad.
How much pollution and corruption has been generated by the manufacturing, transport, and deployment of bombs?
WE THE PEOPLE are being forced to fund weapons, escalating war, hate, and hypocrisy everywhere.
ICE and Israel should both be de-funded and de-fanged.
Jobs created by the weapons industry bring temporary economic relief to some- while inflicting immense pain and suffering on many many many more.
Pushing all commerce online to "Save A Tree" ends up decimating numerous forests and fields for energy and water hungry Data Centers. CEOs and our elected leaders take huge profits while taxpayers are left with escalating losses, including the surging loss of land and water for hyperscale Data Centers.
Anti-immigrant legislation and excessive funding for ICE are more about protecting wealthy people and corporations, who can hire illegals knowing that the workers and their families will be too afraid to complain about dangerous working conditions, low pay, long hours, and slum landlord housing.
You can't win a modern war. You can destroy homes & families, you can usurp land & resources from the rightful owners, and you can undermine & destroy a free press and the fourth estate- but people worldwide have memories, as well as a sense of right and wrong that cannot be bombed into oblivion.
STOP THE BOMBS and the bigotry, and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop accepting bribes & propaganda & bad advice from a very foreign country that seeks to destroy support for UNIVERSAL human rights and the rule of fair and just laws.
Along the way we learned that slavery is wrong. We learned that domestic violence is wrong. We learned that racist hate is wrong. SO WHY are we funding Israel and why are we bombing Iran for Israel!!!
Violence is a problem- not the answer
The power of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the power of ideas to change the world. It inspires us to continue working to ensure all people can gain freedom, equality and dignity...
In 1945, 50 nations came together in San Francisco to create a new organization for peace, prosperity & human rights- the United Nations
"The United Nations is the only place on Earth where all the world's nations come together to discuss common problems and find shared solutions that benefit all of humanity. This intergovernmental organization born out of the ashes of the Second World War remains indispensable to the pursuit of world peace, justice, equality and sustainable development" https://www.un.org/en/
The right of refugees to return to homes and lands they were expelled from is an individual right and cannot be unilaterally abrogated by third parties. https://imeu.org/resources/resources/fact-sheet-palestinian-refugees-the-right-of-return-under-international-law/441
"Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world..." https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights
