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Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Crucial progress in human history is being swatted away by Biden's bungling and blundering Israel first perspective... my letter to my elected officials here in America

US VETO   by @yassindraws
 Dear President Biden.

“Were there no Israel, there wouldn’t be a Jew in the world that is safe” Joe Biden- current President of the United States, celebrating Hanukkah at the White House this week by promising Israel more "military assistance"...

So the hell with American law, our Bill of Rights, our separation of church from state, and generations of brave and valiant civil rights work here in America so that these United States can become a more real democracy with more freedom, justice, jobs, respect and true equality for all people regardless of supposed race or religion ?!!!  

What about all the good and decent people who died in WWII to stop the Nazi Holocaust or because of the Nazi Holocaust. And what about the 1948 creation of The United Nations and The Universal Declaration of Human Rights!  

Crucial progress in human history is being swatted away by Biden's bungling and blundering Israel first perspective. 

I object to forcing all Jews world wide to be part of Israel and Israel's demented war on the native non-Jewish men, women and children of historic Palestine. 

I object to a person's apparent religion shaping citizenship rights, and I object to arming religion and religious "scholars" with tax payer's money and lethal weaponry. 

I object to crimes against humanity, I object to HAMAS, and I object to Israeli violence and Apartheid.

I object to racism and America's idiotic VETO of a ceasefire to stop the genocide in Gaza.

Oh and when you deploy the word anti-Semitic, start noticing that Semites include all who spoke or speak Semitic languages- technically including both Arabs and Jews.

Sincerely,

Anne Selden Annab

 NOTES

Spread the word: End the Genocide in Gaza

UNRWA Situation Report #49 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem- Monday, December 11, 2023

UN agency staff in Gaza feels "abandoned" after US vetoed ceasefire resolution... “Too many people haven't eaten now for two, three days in the Gaza Strip,” 

Harvard and UPenn presidents walked into a trap in Congress- they were asked about non-existent calls for genocide on American campuses, while the potential dangers of genocide in Gaza were ignored

100 Rabbis in New York City created and lit a beautiful CEASEFIRE menorah for Hanukkah 2023

Our Congress created a storm of news condemning "anti-Semitism", a storm of news that totally ignores the very real plight and suffering of the native non-Jewish men, women, and children of historic Palestine (who also happen to be Semites)

It’s sadly reported that one of Gaza’s most prominent poets, Saleem Al-Naffar, has been buried since last Thursday with his family under the rubble of the house where he sought refuge in Gaza City. The bodies can’t be retrieved. No one can check whether any person can be rescued.

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Ramallah Friends School Song to the World 

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This olive tree is situated on the Hebron Road just outside Bethlehem. It marks a contrast with the brutal and life-restricting Wall of Separation behind it, which fences in the Palestinian people.

Palestinian Tatreez designs decorating a Christmas Cake

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SHAME ON US for the US veto of a UN Security Council resolution calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza!

The Palestinian poet, writer, literature professor, and activist Dr. Refaat Alareer was killed today in a targeted Israeli airstrike that also killed his brother, his sister, and her four children.

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Who Shall Remember How? Palestinian Poets Respond- gems in The Los Angeles Review of Books December 4th 2023

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“It’s super dangerous. It sets a really, really bad precedent. It’s aiming to criminalise our liberation struggle and our call for justice and peace and equality,” Husam Marajda

Pointing out facts about Israeli Apartheid and Zionist brutality is not racism... my letter to my elected leaders

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U.S. and Israeli MILITARISM fuels GENOCIDE and ECOCIDE

Pray for Palestine

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Today's Nativity scene inspired by Israeli Bombing Campaigns 2023 #Gaza #Bethlehem, #Palestine #Christmas 

 

1948: 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... READ MORE

 [AS ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE LINK TO READ GOOD ARTICLES or quotes IN FULL: HELP SHAPE ALGORITHMS (and conversations) THAT EMPOWER DECENCY, DIGNITY, JUSTICE & PEACE... and hopefully Palestine] 

 



Monday, December 11, 2023

100 Rabbis in New York City created and lit a beautiful CEASEFIRE menorah for Hanukkah 2023

"More than 500 people gathered in New York’s Columbus Circle Thursday evening to mark the first night of Hanukkah and to call for a cease-fire in Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.

Organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, IfNotNow, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice and other left-leaning groups, the two-hour event featured prayers, songs and speeches from activists, rabbis and politicians who denounced Israel’s offensive in Gaza, which according to health officials in the Hamas-controlled territory has killed more than 17,000 Palestinians.

The centerpiece of the event was a menorah, about 14 feet high, emblazoned with the word “ceasefire.” Organizers passed out a song sheet and the crowd said the traditional Hanukkah blessings and sang about peace and healing." ... READ MORE 

https://forward.com/fast-forward/572625/hanukkah-menorah-cease-fire-wallace-shawnisrael-hamas-gaza/

 [AS ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE LINK TO READ GOOD ARTICLES or quotes IN FULL: HELP SHAPE ALGORITHMS (and conversations) THAT EMPOWER DECENCY, DIGNITY, JUSTICE & PEACE... and hopefully Palestine] 

Friday, December 8, 2023

Happy Hanukkah Governor Shapiro- May the Festival of Lights bring you hope- and more clarity

Menorah

Happy Hanukkah

Dear Pennsylvania Governor Shapiro,

May the Festival of Lights bring you hope- and more clarity:  Antisemitism is evil & wrong AND there is a huge danger right here now in America with political leaders foolishly claiming that criticizing Israel or Zionism is antisemitism.  

Since early autumn this year U of Penn Pres. Liz Magill has been slammed & harassed for allowing a Palestinian Literature Festival on the U of Penn Campus. That was more than a month before HAMAS's despicable attack on the music festival. 

American tax payers are being forced to fund, arm, & empower Israel as Israel persecutes & bombs Palestinian men, women and children- and the Jewish hostages.

Our college students have a right to research and object to injustice and flagrant violations of international law and basic human rights. 

Far too many of our elected officials and news anchors misuse their podiums & fame to persuade America to look away while Israel displaces, impoverishes, harasses, & kills the native non-Jewish people of the Holy Land.

Sincerely,

Anne Selden Annab

Pennsylvania USA 

NOTES

The Palestinian poet, writer, literature professor, and activist Dr. Refaat Alareer was killed today in a targeted Israeli airstrike that also killed his brother, his sister, and her four children.

UNRWA shelters are OVERFLOWING. There is NOT ENOUGH aid to meet the overwhelming needs - Heavy bombardment & resumption of [Israeli] military operation[s] have made the situation in #Gaza desperate. Conditions required to deliver aid DO NOT exist.

Palestinians at UN distribution points in Gaza - 2.2 million people are food insecure. People are dying from bombs and soon many will die from consequences of the Israeli siege imposed on Gaza.

We are not numbers- Lubna Alyaan, a 14-year-old prodigious musician, aspired to achieve international acclaim as a violinist, proudly representing her homeland #Palestine: Killed by Israeli bombs with her family in Gaza 2023.

Who Shall Remember How? Palestinian Poets Respond- gems in The Los Angeles Review of Books December 4th 2023

The sacred between mother and child captured in two images across time... Palestine past & Palestine present.

The Little Prince and The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - both 75 years old & And both impart messages of hope and dignity that are available for all.

“It’s super dangerous. It sets a really, really bad precedent. It’s aiming to criminalise our liberation struggle and our call for justice and peace and equality,” Husam Marajda

Pointing out facts about Israeli Apartheid and Zionist brutality is not racism... my letter to my elected leaders

We won’t stop speaking out about Gaza’s suffering – there is no climate justice without human rights - Greta Thunberg

U.S. and Israeli MILITARISM fuels GENOCIDE and ECOCIDE

Pray for Palestine

An Ongoing Displacement- The Forced Exile of the Palestinians since 1922

Invest Time & Money in American Ideals - NOT ISRAEL ... letter to my elected officials

Today's Nativity scene inspired by Israeli Bombing Campaigns 2023 #Gaza #Bethlehem, #Palestine #Christmas

GAZA UPDATE: More than 6,600 Palestinian children in Gaza have been killed by Israeli forces since October 7, according to the Governmental Media Office. Thousands more are still missing under the rubble.

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To quote a well known American hero...  "Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children."  I Have A Dream speech by Martin Luther King Jr.  in 1963

1948: 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... READ MORE

 [AS ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE LINK TO READ GOOD ARTICLES or quotes IN FULL: HELP SHAPE ALGORITHMS (and conversations) THAT EMPOWER DECENCY, DIGNITY, JUSTICE & PEACE... and hopefully Palestine]