Wednesday, June 3, 2026

In perspective... the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms..

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A gold cup at the National Museum of Iran , from the first half of the 1st millennium BC   1776 Declaration of Independence USA  National Ar...

The Guardian view on Trump and Lebanon: civilians need lasting peace, not short-term patches. The US president seeks to curb Israel’s intensified offensive as he looks for an exit from war with Iran, but turmoil in the Middle East will not easily be ended

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The southern Lebanese port city of Tyre was targeted by Israeli airstrikes on 2 June 2026. Photograph: Marwan Naamani/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutt...

"Thank God for Pope Leo. He’s the leader our world desperately needs. Even for nonbelievers like me, the pope has become a reassuring – and all too rare – voice of moral clarity " - Arwa Mahdawi in the Guardian

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‘He is still a mere mortal, he is not perfect, but he is proving to be a much-needed force for good.’ Photograph: Remo Casilli/Reuters   Op...
Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Mosab Abu Toha- My translation of a new poem by my friend Hamed Ashour, who is in Gaza and writing from there: And just like this, whenever you smile, I see sorrowful peoples migrating from one cheek to another, mistaking—while thirst is killing them— every dimple they encounter for a well of water.

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  Mosab Abu Toha @MosabAbuToha   My translation of a new poem by my friend Hamed Ashour, who is in Gaza and writing from there:    And just ...

"They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks” (Is 2:4)... Vatican announces theme for 2026 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation - traditionally SEPTEMBER 1

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B'Tselem: "Israel is carrying out ethnic cleansing in East Jerusalem through discriminatory legislation, planning procedures, funding allocations and service provision, all designed to advance the Judaization of the area. "

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B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم @btselem   Immediately after occupying East Jerusalem in 1967, Israel annexed about 70,000 dunam (1 dunam = 0.1 hec...

"Tech billionaires are plowing hundreds of millions into political campaigns, to fend off attempts at regulation and evade accountability lest their endeavors go awry. They want to make sure nobody butts in as they work to reshape society. And they are largely succeeding – for now, no one with the power to stop them is butting in."

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 Our tech overlords are planning for conscious AI to conquer the cosmos. What could go wrong? A new belief set is uniting some of the wealth...
Monday, June 1, 2026

Imagine what we could have done to educate, inspire, and care for our children here instead of spending billions to bomb our children there... Whatever there you are thinking about right now, theey are our children, too. - MLK Jr Center

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The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center @TheKingCenter   Imagine.     #OurChildrenEverywhere #BelovedCommunity #TheKingCenter #MLK #WorldHou...

From Gaza to Iran, the pattern is the same: precision weapons, chosen blindness, and dead children. The cost of failing to regulate AI warfare is already too high:

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  These aren’t AI firms, they’re defense contractors. We can’t let them hide behind their models Avner Gvaryahu   Sun 15 Mar 2026   There...