Dear America- Billionaire greed, corruption, and shortsightedness reward a tech enabled Israeli state sponsored terrorism and endless wars polluting planet earth

This image is a viral message and design circulated widely across social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn as a symbol of unity, human equality, and shared global connection.

 Dear America, 

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.

Refugees in Gaza with their parish priest in 1948 ... From the archives of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

"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

Why should I care about other people’s economic situation? There are many reasons, but the simplest is that as human beings, our well-being is deeply interconnected. Growing inequality hurts economic growth and undermines social cohesion. This raises political and social tensions and, in some circumstances, drives instability and conflict... Every effort must be made to eradicate poverty so all people, everywhere, can live with dignity and prosperity.

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

The real refugee crisis is the failure to make peace. Refugees flee war, conflict and persecution. End the wars that force people to run for their lives

Dear America- How much pollution and corruption has been generated by the manufacturing, transport, and deployment of bombs?

September 21: UNITED NATIONS International Day of Peace

letter I just sent to my elected leaders

Dear America,

My vote is for decency, dignity, and kindness. Kindness to people, kindness to our planet, to our skies and galaxy... and kindness to the future. 

Stop forcing every American taxpayer to be a cog in the ugly war machine, the MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX that has been killing children, tormenting families, pulverizing homes, destroying communities, and brazenly polluting our shared planet earth... and now our skies.

How many men, women, and children have been killed by American made weapons of war, cruel policies, and cuts to aid since 1990 ?

How much pollution and corruption has been generated by the manufacturing, transport, and deployment of bombs?

9/11 was one day for all of America, one day with some utterly horrifying hours filmed, memorialized, seen, and talked about for decades now, while American bombs have been blasting- terrorizing, wounding and killing countless strangers who had nothing at all to do with 9/11.

American bombs have been killing civilians day after day for decades, in a slow torture of all humanity. 

Might is not right.

We should be funding human needs- healthcare, education, families, public transportation so that more people can get and keep a good job. Diplomacy. Democracy. Freedom... Not more and more war!

Social Security needs to be solvent.  Invest in the people's needs, including parks and environmental protections.

We should not be funding war and Israel:  Pennsylvania Treasurer, Stacy Garrity, poured tax payer funds into Israel bonds- $20 million since 2023, raising Pennsylvania's investment to $56 million   https://littlesis.org/news/u-s-state-and-local-treasuries-hold-at-least-1-6-billion-in-israel-bonds/

Since October 7th 2023, at least fourteen USA state governments, four USA municipal governments and one public pension fund have invested in Israel bonds. Combined, these investors have recently purchased $564 million in bonds... $1.6 billion worth of Israel bonds combined.

Don’t invest in bombs or buy Israel bonds.

Vote for America, vote for and invest in a better future for all people, regardless of supposed race, religion, gender, or nationality. !

We don't need government tyranny empowered by data centers that record every click of every mouse, with algorithms compiling favored lists of who says what and who to imprison and destroy - we need the rule of fair and just laws, for everyone's sake.

Please help support the United Nations- empower international law and respect for UNIVERSAL human rights.

Stop state sponsored terrorism and "preemptive" wars...  SCORN VIOLENCE!!!

Sincerely,

Anne Selden Annab

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

The US military just confirmed that it has deployed weapons in space.

The US government is the notorious #1 financier of Israel’s crimes, followed by a more dubious network of individuals and institutions who have directly transferred at least $8 billion in Israel bonds to the Israeli government in the first six months of its genocide on Gaza.

Rare film footage of Palestine from 1896, captured by the Lumière Brothers – pioneers of cinema. These unique films provide an invaluable glimpse into daily life in the Holy Land under the Ottoman Empire, offering a rare perspective of a time long past. Watch as Palestine appears over 100 years ago, during an era when the world was rapidly changing, and cinema was just beginning to take shape!

“What Are You Doing to My Brother?” A true story by Mike Hanini Odetalla (Abu Odeh) ... Here was an elderly Orthodox rabbi, aboard a plane filled largely with Jewish passengers headed to Israel, publicly kissing the hand of a Palestinian Muslim and calling him brother.

Palestinian American activist arrested and ‘charged for trespassing at a public hearing’. Noura Erakat says a Florida mayor shortened speaking time and banned discussion of investment in Israeli bonds

'Everything changed': The human cost of 25 years of US wars... Successive wars launched after 9/11 have killed at least 4.5 million people and displaced more than 38 million others.

4.7 Million Dead, $8 Trillion: Counting the Devastating Human & Economic Costs of the Post‑9/11 Wars

Never forget also means remembering who else was hurt on 9/11 | - Ann Van Dyke, PennLive letters

Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says: Global push will triple toxic e-waste annually in 25 years, filling enough shipping containers to circle globe six times

"The White Dove" by artist Reem Arkan

"It’s worth remembering that no one actually asked for AI, and yet here it suddenly is trying to kill us. And even if that’s averted, it’s embedding itself in our workplaces and in our emotional lives (ChatGPT may be the largest provider of mental health services in the US), robbing us of the capacity for critical thinking, and threatening economic and social stability." Brigid Delaney

"There is something historically inevitable in this. Immigration from countries and backgrounds against which the US has waged military and ideological war eventually yields not a cowed assimilation, but a sort of political cosmopolitanism – kryptonite for American exceptionalism."

Report by Israeli human rights group [B’Tselem] says systematic and broad assault being waged on conditions required for Palestinians’ existence

Children. Displaced people. Farmers. Shepherds. People returning to check their homes. Israeli drones track their movements, and strike them with precision.

The violence and the creation of new outposts are two different aspects of settlement activity, but together they show how illegal settlement expansion is occurring not only through established communities and government planning, but also through new activity on the ground.... Animated map shows spread of illegal Israeli settlements across Palestine

Why protect nature with criminal law (#EcocideLaw)? Criminal law: 👼 Shapes moral boundaries 💰 Redirects financial flows 🤵 Creates personal accountability

From Spain to Netherlands to UK: Israel exploits Gaza aid coordination to entrench occupation and settlements- Israel leverages its control over humanitarian aid coordination, which is an international legal obligation meant to assist civilians, to blackmail, punish, and isolate states

"Zohran Mamdani and Abdul El-Sayed are probably today’s most visible Muslim American politicians. What makes them noteworthy is not just their obvious communication skills, but their deliberate attention to policies that enhance the public good for all."

For now, it is Palestinians who are being killed and displaced. But ideologies of supremacy and domination threaten us all- In Gaza, we’ve seen horror unfold with global powers’ support. Is that a blueprint for elsewhere?

"In the coming year, amidst a world filled with horror, may we turn our rage, our grief, and our despair into steadfast action. May we renew our dedication to the Palestinian freedom struggle. May we double down in our commitment to collective liberation." Jewish Voice for Peace - Rosh Hashanah

A quarter century later, we must recognize that “wars on terror” have undermined Human Rights and stretched the fundamental principles of international law to breaking point. Security and human rights must go hand in hand

“Consider what we didn’t do,” said [Ben] Rhodes. “I sometimes am haunted by this. The trillions of dollars spent on a forever war: what could that have been spent on? Climate change, universal healthcare, public education. There’s a real opportunity cost to how we chose to spend our time and resources."

“What is taking place today in the West Bank is a Chillul HaShem, a violation of God’s name of the worst order. We cannot stay silent. This is terrible for Palestinian people who want to get on with their lives in peace. It is terrible for Israel,” he said. Wittenberg added: “We must speak out. We must do so out of deep concern for what is human and just, and for the sake of Israel and Judaism. We cannot turn away.”

A Palestinian child looks at the funeral of three-year-old Saadi Ghalia, who was killed by an Israeli tank shell, in Deir al-Balah. Testimony from 24 Israeli military insiders ​on the secret ​systems used in ​the war on Gaza​ has been revealed in a new documentary film about the mass killing of Palestinian civilians.

Grief Tsunami

A poem by award winning poet Naomi Shihab Nye from her newest book (2026) Sidekick

"As the CIA director John Ratcliffe said of advanced AI models this summer, “it would be … not misplaced to refer to their capabilities as akin to digital nuclear weapons.” This technology should be treated with this deadly seriousness, not the move fast, break things ethos defining Silicon Valley. And right now, stopping the race to build labor-replacing machines – ones the public does not want and the industry can no longer control – is the only surefire way to head off calamity." Garrison Lovely

Trump’s repeated threats to ‘wipe out’ Iran are normalizing mass violence: The president’s latest warning barely registered, written off as typical behavior. But the threats have real-world consequences

Secret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new film. Testimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian

United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk stresses that respect for human rights, international law & accountability are essential to building lasting peace...

Miliband rejects chief rabbi’s claim that West Bank sanctions put UK Jews at risk. Foreign secretary says Sir Ephraim Mirvis wrong to suggest measures against Israeli settlements will make British Jews less safe

The Guardian view on Britain’s new Middle East policy: an unlawful occupation must carry a price- Ed Miliband has delivered Britain’s toughest indictment of Israeli conduct in Palestinian lands - and rightly says this has economic consequences

"Our sanctions aren’t about the Israeli people, but about the unacceptable policies of the Israeli government, and the suffering they cause Palestinians" Andy Burnham, prime minister of the United Kingdom

UK accuses Israeli ‘terrorists’ of ethnic cleansing in West Bank with government backing. Ed Miliband announces sanctions on trade with settlements as PM says in the Guardian it is time to act

United Nations: For 80 years, the UN has been saving lives & helping people by: 🇺🇳 feeding the hungry 🇺🇳 helping those forced to flee 🇺🇳 vaccinating children 🇺🇳 promoting human rights 🇺🇳 protecting the planet 🇺🇳 responding to humanitarian crises & more....

Sustainable Development Goals are a call for action by all countries – poor, rich and middle-income – to promote prosperity while protecting the planet. They recognize that ending poverty must go hand-in-hand with strategies that build economic growth and address a range of social needs including education, health, social protection, and job opportunities, while tackling climate change and environmental protection

"As the Sept. 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows have said numerous times, war will not end terrorism or bring peace." William Lambers

"Perhaps the most terrifying thing about Gaza was not that the world allowed it to happen. It was discovering that Gaza was only the beginning...."

"In Gaza, rubble is not just construction waste. It is part of a crime scene, a graveyard, and the material record of a brutal and senseless 2-year bombing campaign" Francesca Albanese

The world is finally watching Palestine. But who gets to narrate its story? As courts and sports stadiums turn towards Palestine, a quieter struggle runs beneath the headlines over memory, heritage and the right of Palestinians to speak for themselves

"A state banning “dates from Ma’ale Adumim [a city in the West Bank]” while “continuing to licence the equipment used to enforce the checkpoints around it” had not “changed its relationship with the occupation … It has rearranged its communication strategy.” UN expert Francesca Albanese calls for ‘true paradigm shift’ as Miliband resets policy on Israel Exclusive: UN special rapporteur on occupied territories says ban on goods from settlements ‘important’ but must go further if it is to amount to more than a ‘press release’

Israeli ministers keep telling everyone their brutal plans – so why doesn’t the world take them seriously? Schemes to forcibly remove Palestinians from Gaza are not being promoted by fringe voices. But the international community continues to avert its eyes

"Zionists have been contemplating the ethic cleansing of the Palestinians ever since Herzl. 750,000 were evicted in 1948; 325,000 more in 1967. Katz & Ben Gvir want to kick out 2m more: "US rejects Israeli suggestions of removing Palestinians from Gaza"" William Dalrymple

Between Dec 2024 and Jan 2026, Israel’s “Operation Iron Wall” expelled the entire populations of Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps, killed 102 Palestinians, including 21 children, and largely destroyed the emptied camps, making them uninhabitable. The Operation raises concerns of crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing, and appears aimed at entrenching the Israeli occupation and undermining the viability of a Palestinian state. Read the report:

Israel ‘organised and prepared’ to remove Gaza population if US gives green light, Katz says

POWER ... a 2026 Poem by Anne Selden Annab

Symbols of Palestine- Palestinian artist- Fedaa Boqaileh, 1948... "I dream of a gallery … one day , exact vision here… where people can smell the jasmine, hear the oud,share a coffee and sit to admire falasteen…"

Ben-Gvir did not come into power in a vacuum: he was helped into his position by an international community that has afforded Israel complete impunity

Israeli settler violence and escalating Israeli military operations alongside severe movement restrictions, demolitions and widespread displacement “have eroded Palestinian livelihoods and contributed to increased food insecurity...”

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.

DEAR AMERICA

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

The real refugee crisis is the failure to make peace. Refugees flee war, conflict and persecution. End the wars that force people to run for their lives.

POWER ... a 2026 Poem by Anne Selden Annab

                  POWER

Billionaires hoard wealth in part, 

by deploying a small fraction 

of their ginormous wealth to persuade-

persuading leaders to vote for data centers 

and shape public policies 

that build Billionaire wealth 

and increasing political influence:

The VORTEX spins...

Erasing democracy.

Erasing equality.

Erasing justice.

Erasing security for most people, 

excluding, of course, the Billionaires' own personal empires-

the influencers they train, the puppets they prop up, 

the politicians they own,

the armies they build to bully US.

Massive Data Centers

hide Billionaire corruption 

and cover up Billionaire greed

in a trillion different ways...

Human history online is rewritten

bit by bit, to empower

and reward Billionaires even further.

A bloodless coup d'état

to impoverish We The People 

individually and collectively.

A global game of get get get

more wage slaves

to cook the food and clean the toilets

on the mega-yachts and in the McMansions

More wage slaves

for whatever whims and itches

the Billionaires and their

calculating Data Centers might feel.

 

 poem copyright ©2026 Anne Selden Annab

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.

STAGE ONE so far: Map of Greater Israel overlaying Google map.

Dear America,

So as the years roll by and Israel becomes more obviously cruel to the men, women, and children of historic Palestine, I cannot help but think that most Israelis are sadists who find pleasure in Palestinian suffering and pain.

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. 

Modern man-made Israel's influence and advice is very very bad:  Israel stands in long term and egregious violation of multiple international laws. But our politicians idolize a fantasy they have of Israel, and our mainstream media has spent decades reinforcing Zionist lies and misinformation by shaping most every story to diminish, denigrate, vilify, dismiss, and destroy Palestinians and those that care for them.

Israel used the United Nations to become a sovereign nation state in 1948, and now in 2026, having taken every inch of historic Palestine it can capture and occupy, Jews-preferred Israel seeks to destroy the United Nations starting with UNRWA (The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) one of many United Nations relief and human development agencies.

Building a land grabbing Apartheid wall PLUS multiple checkpoints to choke Palestinian roads intersected by Israeli-only express highways that serve Jews-only settlement projects is bad- but that is just the tip of the iceberg.  For decades now, Israel has been deploying bulldozers, bombs, lawfare, injustice, "settlers" and savage brutality to destroy Palestinian individuals, communities, commerce, and to steal vital Palestinian resources like water.  That is just a few of many monstrously heinous actions that Zionist Israel has taken so far, in Israel's gruesome quest to torture and destroy "others."

Right now, the "others" targeted and tortured by Israel are Palestinians and those that care for them. Arab Christians and Muslims, neighboring countries.... Israel creates a huge refugee crisis, and now freely bombs refugee camps.  

An Israeli sniper intentionally targets and kills a baby in his mother's arms.

I object. 

This situation is not healthy or wise.

Israel is a very bad investment.

Sincerely,

Anne Selden Annab

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

"It should not have taken mass slaughter and apocalyptic destruction. But the daily stream of horror from Gaza is what finally broke through the overwhelming propaganda machine and media ecosystem that perpetuates the narrative of Israel’s “right to self-defence,” while castigating any form of resistance by occupied and oppressed Palestinians. Americans were not only shocked by the disturbing images from Gaza—parents carrying the remains of their children in plastic bags, children amputated without anaesthetic, entire neighbourhoods flattened, and so much more—they were also seeing the blatant hypocrisy of Western governments and media playing out in real time. What they were being told directly contradicted what they were seeing with their own eyes." Assal Rad

Gaza’s archaeological heritage was destroyed in Israel’s genocide. These volunteers are trying to salvage it from the rubble: Israeli forces systematically and deliberately targeted many of Gaza’s archaeological sites, including ancient churches. Before the war, Gaza was home to archaeological sites and artifacts from periods spanning more than 5,000 years of continuous human civilization. Some looted artifacts have quietly resurfaced in a Paris exhibition

New Maps Show How Israel Has Thwarted Hopes for a Palestinian State

Israeli forces repeatedly stop aid and goods truck drivers at military checkpoints and inside the Kerem Shalom crossing, forcing them to strip, beating them, and humiliating them, even after they have received prior security approval to work and access these areas.

Palestinian woman and NBC News team attacked by masked Israeli settlers in West Bank. The woman and crew were treated for injuries..... Between Jan. 1 and July 24, Israeli forces [IDF] or settlers [Zionists] killed 76 Palestinians, according to the latest data available from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Three Israelis were killed over the same period, the data shows.

The rebranding of ‘Lake America’ is Trump’s desperate attempt to distract us. Ignore Iran, the Epstein files, and your wallet – not to mention Trump’s plummeting approval ratings

Life in Gaza next to Israel's 'Yellow Line' : This is life in Gaza near Israel's advancing ‘Yellow Line’, where two million people are now crammed into just 36 per cent of the Strip marked out by the Israeli military amid continued airstrikes, despite the ceasefire with Hamas.

"In Gaza, Palestinian journalists filming on their phones have provided an indispensable record of a war foreign reporters have largely been prevented from entering. There, picking up a camera is an act of extraordinary courage." Phoebe Greenwood

The Guardian: Smoke rises after an Israeli attack in Gaza. A witness said the strike targeted the Asqalan prayer hall, which is home to many Gaza residents displaced during the Israeli incursion. More than 100 French and British former diplomats have said Palestine is being erased in front of the world’s eyes and called for urgent action including trade and arms sales bans to press Israel to accept a Palestinian state.

UNESCO pays tribute to the memory of Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour, laureate, in recognition of his commitment to art education and his efforts to create platforms for younger generations of artists.

Why Israeli Authorities Are Encouraging Settler Violence Against Palestinians: The retired I.D.F. colonel Doron Meiner, who was arrested while trying to protect a Palestinian community from settlers in the West Bank, discusses Israel’s strategy

Israeli settlers targeting Palestinian factories to force workers off land: Rising Israeli settler violence targets Palestinian industrial facilities across the occupied West Bank, aiming to paralyse the local economy and force mass displacement.

Israeli court acquits Jewish settler who kicked Catholic nun in the head. The ruling comes amid growing attacks by extremist settlers against Christians in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank

Fake US thinktank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI for propaganda: In effort to prime chatbots to make pro-Israel arguments the site published 124 reports, over 560,000 words in nine days, Guardian analysis shows

"Well, Core 5 is going ahead with the demolition of my Great Great Grandparents' farmhouse. While this lack of respect for our local history makes me sad, it pales in comparison to the losses experianced daily by Palestinians who are being systematically forced off their land by the illegal and immoral actions of the Likud government and its settler proxies." David Dietz of York, Pennsylvania, USA

United Nations rejects Israel’s threat to expel Gaza residents over kite-flying. United Nations rights office spokesperson slams Israeli threat of forced evacuations from Gaza communities over kite flying.

Suleiman Mansour 1947-2026... "Palestine has lost one of its most iconic painters, Sliman Mansour, who passed away today in Jerusalem. Mansour immortalised Palestine’s memory and steadfastness in his art, rendering eternal the struggle of a people living under the grip of the dystopian military occupation by Israel. Rest in peace."

"Because, after all, how do you explain to a 12-year-old that one of the world’s most powerful militaries is designating paper kites as “weapons of war” in a completely devastated area?" Maha Hussaini of Palestine

The Guardian cartoonist Ella Baron on AI (artificial intelligence) and the drought

AMERICAN DOCTOR: ‘Can we accept what we have done or not done?’: harrowing film follows doctors in Gaza. American Doctor follows three volunteer doctors as they try to save lives on the frontline and then return to the US to become advocates in congress

"... But the moral weight of American Doctor lies not just in its depiction of Gaza but its unflinching examination of the political and media machinery that enables it."

"Insane how little media coverage the occupied West Bank gets while Israel steals more land and terrorizes Palestinians every, single, day." Assal Rad

Assal Rad

@AssalRad

If you’re an Israeli occupier, you can terrorize Palestinians, steal their land, burn their trees, kill their animals, shoot, paralyze and kill them, and you’re called a “settler.” If you’re Palestinian and try to defend yourself against any of this, you’re called a “terrorist.” https://x.com/AssalRad/status/2091277430535451116

Calculated deception: How Israel uses diplomacy to buy time for Gaza’s destruction

Francesca Albanese says that what’s happening in West Bank is a continuation of Israel’s [1948] Nakba

How much is your support for Israel worth? Try $1 billion [that we know of]... Israel is spending wads of cash on public diplomacy in a desperate attempt to reverse waning American support for the country after it stands accused of genocide in Gaza and pushing the U.S. into the Iran war.

Dear America, American taxpayers are being forced to fund the cruel destruction of Palestine, international law AND our own country's future... This is crazy and wrong- oh so wrong!

DEAR AMERICA

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

The real refugee crisis is the failure to make peace. Refugees flee war, conflict and persecution. End the wars that force people to run for their lives.