The RED LINE happened way back in 1948 when Zionist terrorists murdered Palestinians, destroyed Palestinian homes and villages, and pushed countless Palestinians into poverty and forced exile.

Dear America,

Biden provides the bombshells, Republicans autograph the bombs... and American companies provide the jet-fuel to Israel as Israeli lies and toxic propaganda inspire America's elected Representatives to propose that Americans serving in the IDF's genocidal war against Palestinian men, women,and children be awarded U.S. service member benefits.

It is bad enough that American taxpayers are already forced to fund The Jewish State's cruel shenanigans- the Apartheid Wall and the illegal settlements, as well as Israel's extensive and invasive propaganda war aimed at interfering in American elections so that pro-Israel story lines will continue to flourish- swatting away any and all sympathy and support for Palestine (& UNWRA.)

Zionist students on American college campuses claim antisemitism is everywhere and they don't feel safe, inspiring our Congress to harass College presidents for allowing peaceful pro-Palestine protests on campuses.  Meanwhile Israel has bombed and destroyed every university, as well as multiple schools and hospitals in Gaza.  Did the Palestinian children killed by Israel feel safe as American made bombs pulverized their homes? 

Israel’s military offensive in Rafah has put the lives of 600,000 displaced Palestinian children at risk, according to UNICEF, with many now malnourished or disabled.

America's mainstream news and our elected leadership are obsessed with promoting Zionists and Zionism- and Israel's blatantly racist war on the indigenous people of Palestine. 

You are leadership- and you are leading people astray.  

The RED LINE happened way back in 1948 when Zionist terrorists murdered Palestinians, destroyed Palestinian homes and villages, and pushed countless Palestinians into poverty and forced exile.  76 years later a new generation of Zionist terrorists are bombing refugee camps that only exist due to Israel's racist refusal to respect international law and basic human rights, including but not limited to every refugee's right to return to original homes and lands.

Sincerely,

Anne Selden Annab

NOTES  https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/search/label/Notes

Reschenthaler, Miller Introduce Legislation to Support American Citizens Fighting in Israel

Revealed: Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry

Biden provided the bombs, Republicans autograph them... Nikki Haley signs artillery shells in Israel: 'Finish them! America ♡ Israel!' ... "Imperial feminism, everyone. A message written in purple marker, like she's doodling in someone's yearbook instead of co-signing a genocide" Susan Muaddi Darraj

Cut the supply line of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, says rights group with the aim of “genocide prevention by third states, companies and civil society actors”

West Bank village, proudly self-reliant, now faces wartime hostility [from Israel]

Israel’s military offensive in Rafah has put the lives of 600,000 displaced children at risk, according to UNICEF, with many now malnourished or disabled... At least 36,171 Palestinians have been killed and 81,420 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7.

Israeli forces have bombed a tent camp housing displaced people in a designated safe zone in Rafah, killing 45 Palestinians, most of them women and children.

UN rapporteur urges states to cut ties, impose sanctions on Israel UN expert Francesca Albanese is calling for sanctions on Israel until it complies with the ICJ's ruling to halt its Rafah offensive.

Prairie Schooner Fusion #12 Archives: Palestinian poets and poets from the back issues of the Schooner collaborate on a special portfolio of poetry exploring the theme of “Archive”...

217 DAYS OF ISRAEL BOMBING GAZA: 14,500 Palestinian Children Killed by Israel... 493 Palestine Healthcare workers killed by Israel... 78,514 Palestinians injured by Israel & so far ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WAR CRIMES

As one war rages in Gaza, in the West Bank another goes unnoticed. Military operations, destruction, movement restrictions, and poverty generate fear, uncertainty, and anxiety among Palestine Refugee communities.

The ICC's request for arrest warrants has created a diplomatic dilemma for Western member states: do they support Israel or international law?

Israel raids, forces medical staff to leave Gaza Al-Awda Hospital... "More than 35,700 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, the vast majority being women and children, and nearly 80,000 others injured since October."

'Where are our loved ones?': Palestinians in search of missing family members amid Gaza war

Decades of spying and repression: the anti-Palestinian origins of American Islamophobia - It’s often assumed that Islamophobia is the driving force behind US anti-Palestinian bigotry. In fact, it’s the other way around

Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah condemn escalating settler violence and displacement during visit to Northern Jordan Valley communities

US surveillance of pro-Palestinian speech has a direct line to McCarthyism - Chip Gibbons in The Guardian

The UN says 1.1 million people in the coastal strip – nearly half the population – face catastrophic levels of hunger, and that the territory is on the brink of famine.

Palestinian refugees in Gaza- AFSC Defending a displaced people

Apartheid and Genocide ARE NOT JEWISH VALUES

Israel-Gaza war Biden wants progressives to believe he’s reining in Israel. He isn’t. Biden will be remembered as a president who could have restrained Israel but instead made the US complicit in this war- Mohamad Bazzi

Dear President Biden... Connect The Dots

An ICJ Excerpt: "This genocide takes place within the context of the ongoing Nakba –– the 76th anniversary of which was celebrated yesterday –– the continued forced displacement of the Palestinian people, the erasure of Palestinian presence in Palestine and replacement with colonial settlers –– a criminal process entrenched and maintained by 76 years of apartheid and 56 years of illegal belligerent occupation... " 

Palestine Nakba 1948-2024 

Anti-Defamation League ramps up lobbying to promote controversial definition of antisemitism : Federal records show a dramatic spending increase that critics say is primarily intended to punish criticism of Israel and target pro-Palestinian groups

On Nakba Day, as Palestinians run for their lives, Biden advances $1 billion in arms sales to Israel – Day 221

From 1948 to 2024, three Palestinian sisters speak of endless Nakba For Dalal

‘Barbaric’: Palestinian lorry drivers recount settlers’ attack on Gaza aid convoy- Israeli soldiers escorting convoy accused of doing nothing to stop widely condemned incident

The Nakba Explained- May 15th is the day commemorating the Nakba—a term used to denote Palestinians’ forced expulsion from their homeland by Zionist forces in 1948. 

Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour reflects on the impact of the Gaza war, the life and legacy of his friend Fathi Ghaben, and the role of art under occupation.

Palestinians are living a new Nakba: survivor of 1948 says

76 years after #Nakba, Palestinians continue to be forcibly displaced. 

Nakba yesterday, Nakba today: The story of my grandmother's two keys- Ghefreh has lived through two Nakbas, 1948 and today. Her grandson Emad Moussa tells her story of twinned displacement and how they've now blurred into one.

There are enough weapons of war and destruction already on planet earth.

Please stop aiding and abetting Israeli insanity. Full Stop.

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin?

The UN Mediator for Palestine, Count Folke Bernadotte, believed that the Palestinians displaced had a right to return to their homes and wrote several UN reports to that effect.

"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."

Bernadotte was assassinated on Friday 17 September 1948 by members of the group Lehi, a Zionist terrorist organization, commonly known in the West as the Stern Gang 

 PALESTINE REMEMBERED

 

"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

Dear President Biden... Connect The Dots

@UNRWA  estimates that around 800,000 people have fled Rafah since Israel's military operations intensified. Families flee looking for safety, but living conditions deteriorate by the day and no place is safe in the Gaza Strip.

Dear President Biden,

"Democracy worthy of our dreams starts with opening the doors for every one without exceptions." Biden's speech at Morehouse College May 2024 graduation ceremonies.

During the 1930s-1970s maps were made and Federal Loans were denied to red lined Black neighborhoods. Eventually, through the efforts of organizers like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the resulting protests, the Civil Rights Act was signed in 1964, outlawing discrimination, though desegregation was a slow process, especially in schools.

YES, democracy worthy of our dreams MUST open doors for everyone without exception.

Slavery and segregation are all wrong.  Please connect the dots... real democracy needs our support, not Israel. 

Israel has targeted and murdered multiple Palestinian journalists, stifled free speech, violated international law, imprisoned countless Palestinian men, women & children, and freely bombs universities, bookstores, businesses, neighborhoods, refugee camps, roads, cars, schools, restaurants, and other countries over and over again. 

Israel, fully funded by America, punitively demolishes Palestinian homes, destroys Palestinian communities, and kills Palestinian men, women and children.

Why is Atlanta building a $90 million dollar Israeli inspired "COP CITY" usurping 100 acres of forest to create a tactical training compound featuring a mock city?!

Why are American police forces being trained by Israel?!

There is a better way forward, for everyone: Enough with foolishly wasting American money on Israel and COP CITY antics.

Fund true community needs- not Israel.    Start honoring basic human rights and respect for all people, regardless of supposed race or religion.

No more delusions for Israel.  No more support for Apartheid Walls, IDF checkpoints, conniving Zionist propaganda, and COP CITY vice.

Enough with destroying hopes and dreams here and in Palestine.

Invest in goodness- not Israel.

Sincerely,

Anne Selden Annab

NOTES  https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/search/label/Notes

A telling sign at a recent Atlanta protest reads "FROM THE West End TO THE West Bank STOP COP CITY Free Palestine" 

An ICJ Excerpt: "This genocide takes place within the context of the ongoing Nakba –– the 76th anniversary of which was celebrated yesterday –– the continued forced displacement of the Palestinian people, the erasure of Palestinian presence in Palestine and replacement with colonial settlers –– a criminal process entrenched and maintained by 76 years of apartheid and 56 years of illegal belligerent occupation... " 

Palestine Nakba 1948-2024 

NAKBA 76 years so far....

Anti-Defamation League ramps up lobbying to promote controversial definition of antisemitism : Federal records show a dramatic spending increase that critics say is primarily intended to punish criticism of Israel and target pro-Palestinian groups

On Nakba Day, as Palestinians run for their lives, Biden advances $1 billion in arms sales to Israel – Day 221

From 1948 to 2024, three Palestinian sisters speak of endless Nakba For Dalal

‘Barbaric’: Palestinian lorry drivers recount settlers’ attack on Gaza aid convoy- Israeli soldiers escorting convoy accused of doing nothing to stop widely condemned incident

The Nakba Explained- May 15th is the day commemorating the Nakba—a term used to denote Palestinians’ forced expulsion from their homeland by Zionist forces in 1948. 

Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour reflects on the impact of the Gaza war, the life and legacy of his friend Fathi Ghaben, and the role of art under occupation.

Palestinians are living a new Nakba: survivor of 1948 says

76 years after #Nakba, Palestinians continue to be forcibly displaced. 

Nakba yesterday, Nakba today: The story of my grandmother's two keys- Ghefreh has lived through two Nakbas, 1948 and today. Her grandson Emad Moussa tells her story of twinned displacement and how they've now blurred into one.

Release The Hostages Poem by Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha 

May 15th poem-a-day from the Academy of American Poets:We Live We Live by Brandy Nālani McDougall- For Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer, with lines from his poems

I wear the traditional black and white scarf to celebrate my heritage. That’s enough to make you a target in the US today

The Guardian: ‘No water, food, health care, toilet’: Desperation deepens in Gaza’s camps 

The New Yorker: The View from Palestinian America In Kholood Eid’s photographs of Missouri, taken six months into the war in Gaza, the quiet act of documenting life is a kind of protest against erasure. By Zaina Arafat Photography by Kholood Eid

In these challenging times, it is heartening to witness the remarkable solidarity and support from university students across the #USA many #European countries & others around the world standing with #Gaza. #StandWithGaza #StudentsForPeace #HumanRights #StopGenocideInGaza

‘Our struggles are connected’: Atlanta protesters link Cop City to Gaza war: Campus protesters say issue of police training center and its connections to Israel has been on their minds for months

Israel attacked aid workers despite knowing their locations: Human Rights Watch documents eight Israeli strikes on humanitarian groups that had provided their coordinates in advance

Spotted in a pro-Palestine demonstration in Ottawa, Canada.... "Israel Did It in 1948... 56...67...82...2002...08...14...21...23..."

English guitar legend Eric Clapton kicks off his concert by playing a guitar adorned with the Palestinian flag.🇵🇸

[CNN] Israeli whistleblowers detail abuse of Palestinians in shadowy detention...

There are enough weapons of war and destruction already on planet earth.

Please stop aiding and abetting Israeli insanity. Full Stop.

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin?

The UN Mediator for Palestine, Count Folke Bernadotte, believed that the Palestinians displaced had a right to return to their homes and wrote several UN reports to that effect.

"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."

Bernadotte was assassinated on Friday 17 September 1948 by members of the group Lehi, a Zionist terrorist organization, commonly known in the West as the Stern Gang 

 

 PALESTINE REMEMBERED

 

"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

Please stop aiding and abetting Israeli insanity. Full Stop.

 Dear Biden ...etc... 

Israeli insanity convinces select Americans who were raised with full and equal rights to hate, harass, impoverish and kill Arabs in Israel/Palestine.

Israeli insanity convinces Israelis, fully subsided by Israel AND America, to go out and uproot Arab olive trees & steal Arab land- rights- and freedom... day after day after day for decades now, ALL fully funded by the American government and protected by most of our mainstream media and commercial entertainment enterprises. 

Israeli insanity is dangerous and wrong: Since 1948 Palestinians have been pushed into forced exile and crowded refugee camps that are bombed and invaded by Israel- armed by America.  

Our Congress adds insult to injury by cutting funds to UNWRA, the aid agency created by the United Nations to help Palestinians who were forcibly displaced from their ancestral homes and lands in 1948 by invading armed Zionist terrorists. 

Israeli insanity funds Jewish privilege creating apartheid and escalating injustice in The Holy Land.

Please stop aiding and abetting Israeli insanity. Full Stop. 

Sincerely,

Anne Selden Annab

NOTES  https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/search/label/Notes

"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

Gaza death toll surpasses 35,000 amid Israeli onslaught & At least 78,755 other Palestinian men, women, and children have been injured in the Israeli onslaught as of May 10th, 2024

Asna Tabassum, the USC valedictorian who had her commencement speech canceled due to her support for Palestinian equality, received a heavy round of applause during her graduation today from the engineering school.

Israel's Attack on America's USS Liberty in 1967

Former Congressman Pete McCloskey, longtime supporter of Palestinians and USS Liberty veterans, has passed away at the age of 96

From UC Berkeley’s encampment: Mosab Abu Toha's poem on what a Gazan should do during an Israeli Air Strike

Will our own democracy and established Fourth Estate survive the decades old insidious invasion of a very foreign country that pretends to be our friend, but really is no one's friend, including its own Apartheid building citizens?

Maps illustrating Israel (& Palestine) 1947 Partition plan, the 1949 Armistice Lines, the 1967 borders, the border jumping convoluted Israeli-made Apartheid wall, maps of Jewish-only Settlements and IDF Checkpoints in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and Gaza.

UN agency closes East Jerusalem HQ after arson attack by ‘Israeli extremists’ Unrwa chief says compound has faced a number of attacks, with lives of UN staff at serious risk

The New Yorker: The Kids Are Not All Right. They Want to Be Heard. What explains the student movement against the war in Gaza? Sometimes the correct answer is the one right in front of you. By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

A conversation in a cafe

Once upon a time, not terribly long ago... ‏ Miss Palestine with her two Runners-Up: Beauty in a peaceful country (Palestine) before 1947

Queen Rania of Jordan: ‘What’s happening in Gaza today… is a war crime’ ...

Israel Officially Banned the Palestine Flag from 1967 to1993 (Occupation to Oslo) ... WATERMELONS

Israel is banning Al Jazeera, America is banning TikTok. We know why: What the two laws have in common is desire to silence Israel-Gaza war critics.

There is ‘nowhere safe to go’ for the 600,000 children of Rafah, warns UNICEF

Americans should not be helping racist Israel maim, wound and kill the children of Palestine.

Arresting students and banning Tiktok will not stifle the truth about Israeli crimes against humanity.

FYI the Israel/Palestine conflict did not start on Oct 7th 2023. To be fair and honest you must go back to 1917 when the British Empire and Occupation promoted the Balfour Declaration to create a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine.  At the time Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire and there was a small Arab Jewish population living there, living in peace along with Muslims and Christians.  

Fast forward to 1948 when following the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust, modern man made Israel was created. Israel was not created peacefully or by consensus with the Arab residents who had lived there for eons.  Israel was created by invading Zionist terrorists who murdered many indigenous Arabs- fragmenting families, and pushing millions of Palestinians into forced exile.

Israel has failed to provide evidence of Unrwa staff terrorist links: report

Israel has dropped almost 75,000 bombs and shells on Gaza in 200 days, twenty times more than the US aimed at Iraq in six years of war. It’s not war. It’s genocide.

There are enough weapons of war and destruction already on planet earth.

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin?

The UN Mediator for Palestine, Count Folke Bernadotte, believed that the Palestinians displaced had a right to return to their homes and wrote several UN reports to that effect.

"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."

Bernadotte was assassinated on Friday 17 September 1948 by members of the group Lehi, a Zionist terrorist organization, commonly known in the West as the Stern Gang

 

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

 PALESTINE REMEMBERED

A Palestinian refugee woman cross-stitching traditional Palestinian embroidery, Gaza, 1967. © UNRWA Photo Archives.

Will our own democracy and established Fourth Estate survive the decades old insidious invasion of a very foreign country that pretends to be our friend, but really is no one's friend, including its own Apartheid building citizens?

On December 10, 1948, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was created following WWII and the horrors, abuses,and atrocities of the Nazi Holocaust.

 Dear Biden ...etc....

Netanyahu's stated goal with Israel's war on Gaza is to destroy HAMAS. That is a line and a lie, just like the old Zionist line and lie "A land for a people for a people without a land". Life pre-1948 in The Holy Land was Palestinian: Arab Christian, Muslim and Jewish Palestinians living very civilized lives in an exceptionally beautiful place. 

HAMAS did not even exist until 1987- forty years after the West imposed the partition plans to create Israel on the Arab world, and twenty years after Israel usurped every inch of historic Palestine with its (Israel's ongoing) illegal occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.

All along invading Zionists have wanted the land, but not the indigenous people of that land. 

Israel has consistently ignored borders, basic human rights, and international law. 

The land grabbing shenanigans and torture tactics of Zionist bigots are only possible because "Israel-proper" finances illegal settlements, military installations and multiple IDF checkpoints aimed at tormenting and destroying Palestinians. 

Israel wants excuses to further terrorize, displace, and destroy Palestinians in every possible way, and Zionists want American money, weaponry and support for this cruel enterprise.  Meanwhile corrupt politicians in America want AIPAC money and approval.

The Zionist con-job worked for decades on U.S. but in today's online world Israeli violence and Zionist cruelty are being live-streamed 24/7 on our children's cell phones, skipping over the gate keepers of our major newspapers and politicians.  

Will our own democracy and established Fourth Estate survive the decades old insidious invasion of a very foreign country that pretends to be our friend, but really is no one's friend, including its own Apartheid building citizens?

Awareness of The Nazi Holocaust should be a motivation to say NEVER AGAIN to Israel. 

Sincerely,

Anne Selden Annab

NOTES  https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/search/label/Notes

Maps illustrating Israel (& Palestine) 1947 Partition plan, the 1949 Armistice Lines, the 1967 borders, the border jumping convoluted Israeli-made Apartheid wall, maps of Jewish-only Settlements and IDF Checkpoints in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and Gaza.

UN agency closes East Jerusalem HQ after arson attack by ‘Israeli extremists’ Unrwa chief says compound has faced a number of attacks, with lives of UN staff at serious risk

The New Yorker: The Kids Are Not All Right. They Want to Be Heard. What explains the student movement against the war in Gaza? Sometimes the correct answer is the one right in front of you. By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

A conversation in a cafe

NPR: Israel seized control of the Rafah border crossing. The impact could be devastating

CSM: Israel arms shipment on hold as US weighs new accountability

The Key of Return 🗝️ Symbol of Hope, Freedom, and Resilience: The Key of Return Unlocks Palestine's Promised Future 🇵🇸 ❤️

Once upon a time, not terribly long ago... ‏ Miss Palestine with her two Runners-Up: Beauty in a peaceful country (Palestine) before 1947

Queen Rania of Jordan: ‘What’s happening in Gaza today… is a war crime’ ...

Israel Officially Banned the Palestine Flag from 1967 to1993 (Occupation to Oslo) ... WATERMELONS

Israel is banning Al Jazeera, America is banning TikTok. We know why: What the two laws have in common is desire to silence Israel-Gaza war critics.

‘Man Number 4’ by Selma Dabbagh in the London Review of Books

There is ‘nowhere safe to go’ for the 600,000 children of Rafah, warns UNICEF

Americans should not be helping racist Israel maim, wound and kill the children of Palestine.

"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

Gaza's Christians face subdued Easter Sunday amid Israel's bombs: With Israel's war continuing to rage in Gaza, Christians in the strip face sombre Easter Sunday ceremonies, with festivities curtailed.

‘World powers allowing Israel to keep killing Gaza journalists to hide war crimes’

6 days before the 2nd anniversary of Israel's killing of correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh: Israel to shut down local offices and broadcasrs of Al Jazeera in Ar & En, seize equipment used for its broadcasts; & limit access to its websites

Razia Iqbal: I teach democracy at Princeton. Student protesters are getting an education like no other- Students across the US are forging bonds in the face of brutal power structures. You might say they’ve already won

Academic freedom and free speech are essential. Universities must protect them. - ACLU's Open Letter to College and University Presidents on Student Protests

Which is worse, Israel’s lies about Gaza or its western backers who repeat those lies? ... Useful idiots keep parroting provably false Israeli talking points. Mehdi Hasan in The Guardian

Historical Maps of PALESTINE (or the) HOLY LAND

Part of Israel's nefarious Ethnic Cleansing campaign is stealing the story- pressuring newspapers and politicians worldwide to favor "The Jewish State" above and beyond all else. Israel Uber Alis.

"For the White House to allow pro-Israel “word police” to define what is & isn’t acceptable language is a dangerous abuse of power" James J Zogby ... & Annie's Notes about the real meanings of some very crucial words that are being badly misconstrued by Biden & the Zionist Word Police

Arresting students and banning Tiktok will not stifle the truth about Israeli crimes against humanity.

 

"Fast Times in Palestine" by Pamela Olson is free to download "Funny, gorgeous, shocking, and galvanizing, Fast Times in Palestine challenges the way we think not only about the Middle East but about human nature and our place in the world"  https://pamolson.org

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

 PALESTINE REMEMBERED

A scene taken before 1934, Matson Collection Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem, Palestine

 

Americans should not be helping racist Israel maim, wound and kill the children of Palestine.

2024 Student Protests

 Dear Biden...etc... ,

America has been unfairly siding with Jews-preferred Israel instead of standing up for the rule of fair and just laws- real security - and true democracy.

Israel aggressively persecutes and impoverishes the native non-Jewish people of historic Palestine over and over and over, for almost a century now, pushing Palestinian individuals and families into forced displacement and crowded refugee camps.

Meanwhile, here in America we frown on prayer in our public schools, while at the same time our taxes, as well as charity donations, generously fund Israel's religious "scholars" and schemes...  American politicians should not be legislating Israel's official taxpayer funded religion, nor should our elected officials be helping racist Israel maim, wound and kill the children of Palestine.

Holocaust Remembrance & "Never Again" need to be for everyone's sake- a fully inclusive plea, and a historically accurate call to remember all who suffered and died in the Nazi Holocaust including blacks, gays, disabled people, Poles, Roma "Gypsies", and political prisoners, to name a few.

Furthermore "Never Again" has to be about firmly condemning ongoing crimes against humanity today, not just yesterday.

Israel's monstrous Apartheid Wall needs to fall.

Sincerely,

Anne Selden Annab

NOTES  https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/search/label/Notes

Biden recently tweeted: "This Holocaust Remembrance Day, we mourn the six million Jews who were killed by the Nazis during one of the darkest chapters in human history. And we recommit to heeding the lessons of the Shoah and realizing the responsibility of “Never Again.” "

"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

Gaza's Christians face subdued Easter Sunday amid Israel's bombs: With Israel's war continuing to rage in Gaza, Christians in the strip face sombre Easter Sunday ceremonies, with festivities curtailed.

Merry Orthodox Easter to all my friends who celebrate. May you next celebrate your holidays in a Free Palestine.

A Rose Shoulders Up- poem fragment by Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha, gracefully illustrated by Hannah Maguire

Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha: "I miss my books. I miss the sea. I miss Gaza. Ceasefire Now!!"

Hind Rajab was six years old when she was killed in Gaza. So why did a CNN host refer to her as ‘a woman’?... "It’s not just CNN, of course. There is a long history (one that stretches back way before October 7) of mainstream media outlets dehumanizing Palestinians. "

'Our unwavering determination to return one day': Displaced Palestinians keep hold of keys to Gaza homes like their Nakba ancestors: Palestinians displaced by Israel's war on Gaza are holding on to keys from their damaged or destroyed houses as a symbol of one day returning to their homeland.

4 Palestinian female journalists detained in Israel jails

‘World powers allowing Israel to keep killing Gaza journalists to hide war crimes’

At Harvard Yard, students advocating for Palestine installed an artistic display above the statue of George, featuring Mark 84 bombs. These missiles, measuring 13 feet in length and weighing 2,000 pounds, are supplied by the U.S. to Israel.

6 days before the 2nd anniversary of Israel's killing of correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh: Israel to shut down local offices and broadcasrs of Al Jazeera in Ar & En, seize equipment used for its broadcasts; & limit access to its websites

Razia Iqbal: I teach democracy at Princeton. Student protesters are getting an education like no other- Students across the US are forging bonds in the face of brutal power structures. You might say they’ve already won

Academic freedom and free speech are essential. Universities must protect them. - ACLU's Open Letter to College and University Presidents on Student Protests

Which is worse, Israel’s lies about Gaza or its western backers who repeat those lies? ... Useful idiots keep parroting provably false Israeli talking points. Mehdi Hasan in The Guardian

No Freedom Without Free Press #WorldPressFreedomDay - Last week another Palestinian journalist was killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza, taking the death toll to 142 media personnel since October 7, 2023

Irish Artists For Palestine- Beautiful Resistance 9th May 2024 Dublin & Shine on Palestine: The Alternative Eurovision May 10th 2024

Our hearts are with the many Palestinian communities who have been forced to flee their homes, traditions, and livelihoods in the rural West Bank due to escalating Israeli settler and military violence.

Teachers for Palestine #LetsTalkAboutPalestine ... 29th April-10th May 2024

Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign IPSC - Flight of Return Kites for Palestine 2024

Hereford Palestine Solidarity Campaign 2024 for Gaza

"The Zionist is not the Jew, The time before Zionism in Palestine, When people lived together in peace and harmony, Jews, Samaritans, Christians, Muslims, Druze, Baha’i, and many others of these spiritual and religious in Palestine, Who lived together for many centuries, before colonialism arrived to our land,, Zionism is not Judaism"

Universal Echo poem by Anne Selden Annab from 2008 "Every time you unlock any door any where any one you are Al-Awda. Any time you fit a key into any ignition of any vehicle you are Al-Awda. Any time you write a poem (or a grocery list)..."

BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights

Factsheet on Palestinian Refugees: THE RIGHT TO RETURN, A BASIC RIGHT STILL DENIED*

Historical Maps of PALESTINE (or the) HOLY LAND

GLOBALIZE THE INTIFADA #artagainstapartheid Free Palestine!

Part of Israel's nefarious Ethnic Cleansing campaign is stealing the story- pressuring newspapers and politicians worldwide to favor "The Jewish State" above and beyond all else. Israel Uber Alis.

"For the White House to allow pro-Israel “word police” to define what is & isn’t acceptable language is a dangerous abuse of power" James J Zogby ... & Annie's Notes about the real meanings of some very crucial words that are being badly misconstrued by Biden & the Zionist Word Police

Arresting students and banning Tiktok will not stifle the truth about Israeli crimes against humanity.

FYI the Israel/Palestine conflict did not start on Oct 7th 2023. To be fair and honest you must go back to 1917 when the British Empire and Occupation promoted the Balfour Declaration to create a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine.  At the time Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire and there was a small Arab Jewish population living there, living in peace along with Muslims and Christians.  

Fast forward to 1948 when following the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust, modern man made Israel was created. Israel was not created peacefully or by consensus with the Arab residents who had lived there for eons.  Israel was created by invading Zionist terrorists who murdered many indigenous Arabs- fragmenting families, and pushing millions of Palestinians into forced exile.

Israel has failed to provide evidence of Unrwa staff terrorist links: report

Israel has dropped almost 75,000 bombs and shells on Gaza in 200 days, twenty times more than the US aimed at Iraq in six years of war. It’s not war. It’s genocide.

There are enough weapons of war and destruction already on planet earth.

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin?

The UN Mediator for Palestine, Count Folke Bernadotte, believed that the Palestinians displaced had a right to return to their homes and wrote several UN reports to that effect.

"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."

Bernadotte was assassinated on Friday 17 September 1948 by members of the group Lehi, a Zionist terrorist organization, commonly known in the West as the Stern Gang

 

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

 PALESTINE REMEMBERED

Part of Israel's nefarious Ethnic Cleansing campaign is stealing the story- pressuring newspapers and politicians worldwide to favor "The Jewish State" above and beyond all else. Israel Uber Alis.

August 23, 2013 USPS postage stamp commemorating the 1963 March on Washington.

August 23, 2013 USPS postage stamp commemorating the 1963 March on Washington.

 Dear President Biden ...ec....

Nazi tactics included burning books, breaking windows, and cattle cars transporting human beings to concentration camps.

Zionists learned all about optics and record keeping from that terrible time- not all about how to build a fair and just nation and real democracy, but how to less obviously persecute, impoverish, and displace targeted populations in order to steal their land and resources.

Part of Israel's nefarious ethnic cleansing campaign is stealing the story- pressuring newspapers and politicians worldwide to favor "The Jewish State" above and beyond all else. Israel Uber Alis. 

There are legions of word police using bully tactics aimed at denigrating & silencing support for the indigenous Arab population of what was not so long ago called Historic Palestine. 

There are also charm campaigns seeking to beguile and/or bribe people into idolizing and funding Israel while our own country crumbles from lack of investment in infrastructures- roads- schools- public transportation- medical costs- affordable housing...etc...

The word "Semites" includes Arabs, but the phrase "antisemitism" excludes Arabs, specifically excludes the indigenous Arab Palestinians while they are being erased- ethnically cleansed- from their ancestral homes and lands while they are also being intentionally & persistently excluded from the definitions of antisemitism.

I AM NOT & never have been pro-Hamas. I am pro-Human Rights & pro- the rule of fair and just laws, Pro MLK Jr.'s "I Have A dream"... and pro-American ideals:  Please stop being an idiot for Israel. 

NOTES  https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/search/label/Notes

Sincerely,

Anne Selden Annab

"For the White House to allow pro-Israel “word police” to define what is & isn’t acceptable language is a dangerous abuse of power" James J Zogby ... & Annie's Notes about the real meanings of some very crucial words that are being badly misconstrued by Biden & the Zionist Word Police

Guardian Book Review: The Tale of a Wall by Nasser Abu Srour– a Palestinian prisoner writes... Jailed since the first intifada, Abu Srour charts a deeply personal journey through the conflict that has defined his life

Nothing screams ‘covering up war crimes’ like insisting that there should absolutely not be an independent investigation - Why hasn’t the US called for an investigation into mass graves in Gaza? Arwa Mahdawi in The Guardian

"Moreover, the Court considers it particularly important to remind all States of their international obligations relating to the transfer of arms to parties to an armed conflict, in order to avoid the risk that such arms might be used to violate the above-mentioned Conventions. "

Historical Maps of PALESTINE (or the) HOLY LAND

1948-2024 Palestinian Refugees ... due to Zionist brutality & Israeli bigotry

ARMS

Mark Twain "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it."

Israel's real, undeclared goal has always been to make Gaza uninhabitable and destroy as many traces of Palestinian life as possible

Letter from 100+ Refugee and Human Rights Organizations to U.S. Government: Withholding Funding to UNRWA a “Moral and Strategic Failure”

Stephen Kapos is a regular figure on the pro-Palestine marches, often as part of the ever-growing Jewish bloc: “My message to the brave student protesters in America is just keep doing it. Don’t give up.”

87-year-old Holocaust survivor says- “From the River to the Sea, for me - a single democratic state... equal rights ... too late for the two state solution...

2,700-year-old carved shell found in Italy - but made in Syria, Lebanon, or Palestine ... trade & trade routes- civilization #art #beauty

It's an open book test #FreePalestine ... Pro-Palestinian protesters target White House Correspondents Dinner

SEE and SHARE: Zionists objecting to the Palestine Flag & a sign for CEASEFIRE break the display window of Women and Children First Bookstore in Chicago this week

Enlightenment ripples out online thanks to little things such as a forwarded photo of the Educate & Protest for Palestine College Campus Campaigns: The University of Pennsylvania encampment has set up a Refaat Alareer memorial library

Kamal Nasir poem: "The Story" thanks to educator Nancy Harb Almendras http://umkahlil.blogspot.com/

The now-famous poem “If I must die” by Refaat Al-Areer was written to his daughter Shaymaa, who Refaat foresaw as his continued presence on this earth, even after his departure from it. Today, Israel murdered Shaymaa, her husband, and their newborn child, in a deliberate assassination.

In my local paper: Dickinson students stage sit-in to show solidarity with arrested Palestine protesters "...organizer Diana Webb said she set up a folding chair by a “Free Gaza” sign and soon found other students came out to join her."

Arresting students and banning Tiktok will not stifle the truth about Israeli crimes against humanity.

FYI the Israel/Palestine conflict did not start on Oct 7th 2023. To be fair and honest you must go back to 1917 when the British Empire and Occupation promoted the Balfour Declaration to create a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine.  At the time Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire and there was a small Arab Jewish population living there, living in peace along with Muslims and Christians.  

Fast forward to 1948 when following the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust, modern man made Israel was created. Israel was not created peacefully or by consensus with the Arab residents who had lived there for eons.  Israel was created by invading Zionist terrorists who murdered many indigenous Arabs- fragmenting families, and pushing millions of Palestinians into forced exile.

Israel has failed to provide evidence of Unrwa staff terrorist links: report

The Colonna report, which was commissioned by the UN in the wake of Israeli allegations, found that Unrwa had regularly supplied Israel with lists of its employees for vetting, and that “the Israeli government has not informed Unrwa of any concerns relating to any Unrwa staff based on these staff lists since 2011”.

Israel has dropped almost 75,000 bombs and shells on Gaza in 200 days, twenty times more than the US aimed at Iraq in six years of war. It’s not war. It’s genocide.

UN NEWS 23 April 2024 Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights office...200 days of horror... “Every 10 minutes a child is killed or wounded. They are protected under the laws of war, and yet they are ones who are disproportionately paying the ultimate price in this war,” said the High Commissioner.

Colleges should not be using students' tuition money to invest in companies supporting Israel's war in Gaza... "I Am a Jewish Student at Columbia. Don’t Believe What You’re Being Told About ‘Campus Antisemitism’. Smears from the press and pro-Israel influencers are a dangerous distraction from real threats to our safety."

CSM In West Bank, wave of settler violence creating feel of a war zone

There are enough weapons of war and destruction already on planet earth.

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin?

The UN Mediator for Palestine, Count Folke Bernadotte, believed that the Palestinians displaced had a right to return to their homes and wrote several UN reports to that effect.

"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."

Bernadotte was assassinated on Friday 17 September 1948 by members of the group Lehi, a Zionist terrorist organization, commonly known in the West as the Stern Gang

 

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

 PALESTINE REMEMBERED

Jaffa's fishermen in 1870 Palestine