What should America believe in & what should America invest in?

Protest for Palestine 2023 Washington DC

Dear Elected Leaders,

Our mainstream news is full of stories to strengthen American support for Israel.  Don't be fooled.  Just because a foreign country called Israel has undo influence on America's fourth estate and our democratic process does not mean you should trust the ongoing mojo of Zionist stories and Israeli spin.

More and more Americans of every color, including white, have broken free from the Zionist stranglehold on America, seeking out news and opinion from other sources internationally. 

FYI God is not a real estate agent.

Tragically for everyone's sake we can see that our elected leaders and our mainstream news media tend to ignore and undermine support for Palestine and the native non-Jewish men, women, and children of the Holy Land.

Meanwhile, some people call for a two state solution to end the violence in the Middle East, while others call for a one state solution to end the injustice and Apartheid.  

What should America believe in & what should America invest in?   Real Democracy with full and equal rights for all is the correct answer!  

Start with what is- it already is one state from the river to the sea.

Sincerely,

Anne Selden Annab

American Homemaker & Poet

NOTES

When Palestinians tell the world what is happening to them, why are they met with disbelief? Yara Hawari in The Guardian

Israel-Hamas War: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Because of Us... a poem by Em Berry

UN flag flown at half-mast to honour the memory of 101 UN staff killed by Israel in its bombardments of the Gaza Strip 2023 #Palestine

There is nothing humanitarian about a pause in which your two options are to either leave your home forever or die ....

Oh hey, a friendly reminder that you can understand, acknowledge, and sympathize with very real generational Jewish trauma and still push for a free Palestine. - Susan Muaddi Darraj

"Never in history has a military targeted hospitals, doctors, patients, and fleeing refugees as Israel is doing now..."

Israel's War on Palestine did not begin on October 7th #1948-2023

Former State Dept. official who resigned over U.S. arming Israel: "When Russia takes out the power grid of a country, we condemn it as a war crime. But, when Israel does it, we provide the bombs."

What does Palestine mean to you?

Don't use our hard earned tax dollars for more injustice and war

Statement from APWU [American Postal Workers Union] General Officers on the Conflict in Israel and Palestine

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's 2023 map of Israel - totally erases Palestine and Jordan... 

From the River to the Sea (worldwide) NOTE All human beings need to be free to live and work and love in peace and security. 

From Ellis Island to Gaza, NEVER AGAIN means never again — for anyone. 

Human Rights are NON-NEGOTIABLE

Many Palestinian families still have the keys to the houses they left in 1948.

1948's Universal Declaration of Human Rights | United Nations

The UDHR is a landmark document that sets out fundamental human rights to be universally protected and translated into over 500 languages. It was drafted by different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world and has inspired more than seventy human rights treaties.  

 

"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... 

 

Artist- Melissa Kobe

When Palestinians tell the world what is happening to them, why are they met with disbelief? Yara Hawari in The Guardian

 "The Israeli war machine is always horrifically ruthless. But this time we are witnessing a level of violence not seen since the 1948 Nakba – during which about 70% of the Palestinian population was forcibly displaced and more than 500 communities were wiped out completely. 

Indeed, for nearly four weeks the Israeli regime has cut off power and limited access to the internet, reducing contact with the outside and meaning the full scale of its assault has been hidden from the world. 

Some Palestinians in Gaza are still managing to maintain some communication by charging phones in cars and using power from what solar panels are left. Among them are Palestinian journalists – at least 32 media workers have been killed since Hamas’s offensive on 7 October – who are risking their lives to show us the devastation that is being wrought upon them." ... READ MORE

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

When Palestinians tell the world what is happening to them, why are they met with disbelief?

Yara Hawari

The Palestinian viewpoint is credible and vital as Israel continues to unleash carnage on Gaza

 

 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/13/palestinians-world-israel-carnage-gaza

Israel-Hamas War: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

“Look, it is true that Gazans did at one point elect Hamas,” Oliver said. “But if you think that makes them all complicit in war crimes their government commits, then boy, do I have bad news for you about decades of U.S. foreign policy.”

He also noted that there were also “huge asterisks” on “Gazans electing Hamas,” considering the election was nearly 17 years ago, when much of Gaza’s population — which is nearly 50% children — had not even been born, as well as multiple other factors that were at play.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/john-oliver-israel-hamas_n_6551e7e4e4b09c9500aaeebb

Because of Us... a poem by Em Berry

 

UN flag flown at half-mast to honour the memory of 101 UN staff killed by Israel in its bombardments of the Gaza Strip 2023 #Palestine

UN flag flown at half-mast to honour the memory of 101 UN staff killed by Israel in its bombardments of the Gaza Strip

 

There is nothing humanitarian about a pause in which your two options are to either leave your home forever or die ....

A "novel" idea: Why not starve Israel of bombs & bullets instead of starving Palestinian children of bread & water?

More of Mike Hanini Odetalla's comments & telling posts...

Zionists are talking "From the Euphrates to The Nile" and we're the one's being vilified?

Two Mothers watching over their sons- Same place in the world, over 2,000 years apart

While drug companies do trials to see the effectiveness of drugs, in Gaza, the US & Israel are showcasing their latest weapons on children so they can sell them to prospective customers later on...It's always about the "Benjamin$"

 

Yes there are over 12,000 dead, but the walking wounded are at least 4 times that, most haven't been treated yet... #Gazagenocide

 

 

There but for the grace of God go I  #GazaGenocide

 

The allegations of mass rape have been dropped by the Israeli government. 

 

The allegations of forty beheaded Israeli babies have been dropped by the main stream media. 

 

But the propaganda worked, millions of people were fed false information, shaping their views on the conflict.

 

We demand all news organizations that spread disinformation to apologize and issue a statement explaining how there is no evidence for the claim that 40 Israeli babies were beheaded.

 

 Most wars create widows & orphans, not so with the Zionist War on Gaza. They've erased entire families. No survivors left!

 

Rashida Tlaib with a gift of support from her constituency.

“President Biden’s cruelty and disregard for Palestinians exceeded all previous US presidents.”

Gazans Told to Move South Must Choose Between Israeli Bombardment, Disease, and horrific conditions...Still getting bombed!

The destruction in Gaza is not about Hamas tunnels, no it's a deliberate destruction of essential civil institutions so that people of Gaza have nothing to go back to...

 

 People clamoring for the ICC should understand that the ICC only punishes minor/3rd world actors!

Those international institutions that rose from the ashes of WW2 have been burned to the ground with their ashes spread over Gaza!

 

Oh hey, a friendly reminder that you can understand, acknowledge, and sympathize with very real generational Jewish trauma and still push for a free Palestine. - Susan Muaddi Darraj

 

Susan Muaddi Darraj

Oh hey, a friendly reminder that you can understand, acknowledge, and sympathize with very real generational Jewish trauma and still push for a free Palestine. 

 

Calling for a ceasefire and an end to the Israeli occupation is not antisemitic. That's a dangerous binary the media is pushing you to believe. Thanks, and enjoy your day!

 

 https://susanmdbooks.com/

 

"Never in history has a military targeted hospitals, doctors, patients, and fleeing refugees as Israel is doing now..."

Susan Abulhawa

"Never in history has a military targeted hospitals, doctors, patients, and fleeing refugees as Israel is doing now. 

 

To hell with the United Nations and every tenet of international law that is paralyzed to stop this mind blowing genocidal zionist violence against utterly defenseless civilians, babies in incubators, and the hospitalized sick and injured. 

 

I'm in Cairo since two days ago with a delegation trying to get simple permission to travel to Rafah with aid and journalists. There are no words to capture the devastation. 

 

Israel's bombing of Gaza has been so intense that geologists are warning of a regional earthquake as a result. Imagine the terror, if you can. The equivalence of two nuclear bombs have been dropped on the most densely populated place on earth in the span of one month. ENOUGH! ENOUGH! ENOUGH!!!

 

Whether through boycotts, direct actions, voting booths, social media, social shunning or otherwise, we as peoples of the world must make sure that Israel pays for their wanton murder and criminality."

Susan Abulhawa 

susanabulhawa.com

Israel's War on Palestine did not begin on October 7th #1948-2023

 

Former State Dept. official who resigned over U.S. arming Israel: "When Russia takes out the power grid of a country, we condemn it as a war crime. But, when Israel does it, we provide the bombs."

Former State Dept. official Josh Paul

The former State Department official who resigned over the U.S. arming Israel speaks to Joy Reid. Josh Paul, former director of the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs tells Joy: "When Russia bombs hospitals, we condemn it as a war crime. When Russia takes out the power grid of a country, we condemn it as a war crime. But, when Israel does it, we provide the bombs."

“We Have Come to an End”: Palestine Red Crescent Says Gaza’s Hospitals Are Out of Solutions

 Democracy Now Story November 09, 2023

As tens of thousands flee northern Gaza amid an intensifying Israeli ground invasion, most operations have been halted at al-Quds Hospital in Gaza City due to limited fuel supplies and Israel’s bombardment nearby. “We have completely run out of all solutions,” says Nebal Farsakh, spokesperson for the Palestine Red Crescent Society, which operates the hospital, where thousands of civilians are sheltering. Israel’s evacuation order is impossible to follow without killing patients in critical care. “Evacuating them means killing them.”

...video & transcript found here

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/11/9/nebal_farsakh_ifrc_israel_gaza

What does Palestine mean to you?

What does Palestine mean to you?

Laila El-Haddad

Now cooking the cuisine of Gaza. First shot is dagga, or سلطة غزوية, a spicy tomato and dill salad. Can’t wait to explore further from Laila El-Haddad’s Gaza kitchen cookbook.

 

Celebrate Palestinian flavors!

 

The Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Culinary Journey: El-Haddad, Laila ...

The Gaza Kitchen is a richly illustrated cookbook that explores the distinctive cuisine of the area known prior to 1948 as the Gaza District and that of the many refugees who came to Gaza in 1948 and have been forced to stay there ever since.

 

"... this is not just a cookbook. In its pages, women and men from Gaza tell their stories as they relate to cooking, farming, and the food economy: personal stories, family stories, and descriptions of the broader social and economic system in which they live."