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| This drawing is by Anja Rozen, a 13-year-old primary school student in Slovenia. She was chosen from 600,000 children around the world to create a piece of art to show what peace looks like. |
Thursday, March 6, 2025
What Peace Looks Like
Dear Hitler 2.0 [Trump], etc.: Please stop fueling corporate corruption, WAR, and escalating suffering for countless men, women, and children.
Please stop fueling corporate corruption, WAR, and escalating suffering for countless men, women, and children.
PLEASE stop being a bull in a china shop.
Greed is not good.
Violating sovereign borders and international law is also not good.
AND FYI Israel does not need more weapons of war plus more time to inflict even more torture & starvation on prisoners living in Israeli made concentration camps and Apartheid situations.
Might is not right. Genocide is wrong.
The rule of fair and just laws is right.
Respecting basic human rights is right.
Diversity, equality, and inclusion empower a better way forward for everyone's sake.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
Notes https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/search/label/Notes
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Dr Martin Luther King Jr
United Nations Geneva #DisarmamentDay: For the 9th consecutive year, global military spending increased in 2023, reaching a record $2.4 trillion... military spending continues to soar while peace initiatives remain woefully underfunded.
Francesca Albanese: Imagine if people stopped telling the Palestinians what to do and instead focused on Israel's LEGAL OBLIGATIONS
Humanitarian aid should never be used as a tool of war. Doctors w/o Borders: "Israel is once again blocking an entire population from receiving aid, using it as a bargaining chip. This is unacceptable, outrageous, and will have devastating consequences," says MSF’s Caroline Seguin. "The news has created uncertainty and fear, causing food prices to spike."
ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES: NO OTHER LAND Accepts the Oscar for Documentary Feature Film !!!
Oscars 2025: The winner for best documentary feature [NO OTHER LAND] still has no U.S. distribution... ‘No Other Land’ Oscar winners call for a different path on Israeli-Palestinian conflict
We Defend Our Right To Protest
SEIZED, SETTLED, LET: How Airbnb and Booking.com help Israelis make money from stolen Palestinian land... "Businesses should not enable, facilitate, or profit from serious violations of international law."
Photo by Palestinian Journalist Osama Abu Rabee أسامة أبوربيع : A rainbow this morning in Khan Yunis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Mar 1, 2025
United Nations: In this Holy Month, let us all embrace our common humanity to build a more just and peaceful world for all... as millions of people around the world begin to observe Ramadan.
Jewish Voice for Peace: Mazel tov to the Presbyterian Church (USA) on their historic vote to divest from Israel's occupation, one year ago! !!!!!!!!!
Israel, armed with American made weaponry and political support, invests in religious extremism and sets up families to be canon fodder for religious wars.... Israel claims to be Jewish, but what it really is is a cruel war machine that has been aggressively grabbing land, rights, and peace from the people of historic Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan.
Hate crimes are escalating here in America with people primed by Zionism to think, say and do horrible things...
Slavery, Segregation and Forced Displacement are wrong. Wrong then and wrong now
Please do not demonize and silence or destroy people who speak out peacefully against corruption, injustice, racism, bigotry, and violence of every type.
Building a Culture of Peace ...
"Whatever our nationality, place of residence, gender, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status, the international community on December 10 1948 made a commitment to upholding dignity and justice for all of us..."
Building
a Culture of Peace
"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
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| Diversity, equality, and inclusion |
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| In the aftermath of the ceasefire in Gaza, 1.9 million displaced people urgently need shelter, aid, and psycho-social support. UNRWA plays a vital role in fostering stability and resilience during this critical time. |
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Francesca Albanese: Imagine if people stopped telling the Palestinians what to do and instead focused on Israel's LEGAL OBLIGATIONS
Imagine if people stopped telling the Palestinians what to do and instead focused on Israel's LEGAL OBLIGATIONS to:
1. Withdraw its unlawful presence (cum Apartheid) from the 22% that remains of historical Palestine;
2. Stop committing acts that may result in genocide, as per the ICJ South Africa v Israel.;
3. Start devising a Reparation Plan for the apocaliptic destruction caused in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Monday, March 3, 2025
Humanitarian aid should never be used as a tool of war. Doctors w/o Borders: "Israel is once again blocking an entire population from receiving aid, using it as a bargaining chip. This is unacceptable, outrageous, and will have devastating consequences," says MSF’s Caroline Seguin. "The news has created uncertainty and fear, causing food prices to spike."
BREAKING: MSF strongly denounces Israel’s announcement to block aid into Gaza.
Humanitarian aid should never be used as a tool of war. Regardless of negotiations between warring parties, people in Gaza still need an immediate and massive scale-up of humanitarian supplies.
"Israel is once again blocking an entire population from receiving aid, using it as a bargaining chip. This is unacceptable, outrageous, and will have devastating consequences," says MSF’s Caroline Seguin.
"The news has created uncertainty and fear, causing food prices to spike."
While the overall number of trucks that entered Gaza has increased since the ceasefire started, restrictions by Israeli authorities on critical supplies, are hindering the humanitarian response.
Most of the aid that entered was food and fuel, not nearly enough to meet the people’s immense needs.
ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES: NO OTHER LAND Accepts the Oscar for Documentary Feature Film !!!
ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES The Oscar for Documentary Feature Film goes to NO OTHER LAND! Congratulations to Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham on taking home the Oscar. See more Oscar acceptance speeches and highlights on Oscars.com.
Oscars 2025: The winner for best documentary feature [NO OTHER LAND] still has no U.S. distribution... ‘No Other Land’ Oscar winners call for a different path on Israeli-Palestinian conflict
NPR: The 2025 Oscars: Heavy on speeches, light on politics, and one big winner
In January, Justin Chang wrote that No Other Land "brings us into Masafer Yatta, a community of Palestinian villages in the Israeli-occupied southern West Bank, which is being bulldozed by the Israeli military to make room for a tank training ground." He also said the film, made by a team of Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers, was "the most powerful nonfiction film [he] saw in 2024." Then, as now, it lacked U.S. distribution; as of mid-February, the filmmakers were self-distributing to a few movie theaters. The filmmakers spoke powerfully from the Oscar stage about not only the destruction depicted in the film, but also their frustration with U.S. foreign policy. It is now almost certainly the most decorated film of last year not to be widely available in the United States.
No Other Land
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CNN: Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers make defiant speech after winning best documentary Oscar
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A joint Israeli-Palestinian team which made a film
chronicling the eviction of Palestinians from their homes in the
occupied West Bank delivered a passionate speech calling out injustices
faced by Palestinians on Sunday night after they won the Oscar for best documentary.
“No Other Land” tells the story of the continued demolition by Israeli authorities of Masafer Yatta, a collection of villages in the Hebron mountains of the West Bank where Basel Adra, one of the directors, lives with his family.
The documentary follows the Israeli government’s attempt to evict the villagers by force, having claimed the land for a military training facility and firing range in 1981. Viewers see the local playground being torn down, the killing of Adra’s brother by Israeli soldiers, and other attacks by Jewish settlers while the community tries to survive... READ MOREhttps://www.cnn.com/2025/03/03/entertainment/no-other-land-palestine-israel-oscar-win-intl-hnk/index.html
‘No Other Land’ Oscar winners call for a different path on Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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| Basel Adra, from left, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, and Yuval Abraham accept the award for best documentary feature film for “No Other Land” during the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) |
The filmmakers behind ‘No Other Land,’ which won the Oscar for best documentary, called for a different path forward to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in their acceptance speech Sunday.
“There is a different path, a political solution without ethnic supremacy, with national rights for both of our people,” said Israeli filmmaker Yuval Abraham, in his acceptance speech.
“And I have to say, as I am here, the foreign policy in this country is helping to block this path,” Abraham continued, knocking President Trump’s approach to foreign policy.
The film is a collaboration between Israelis and Palestinians, and it follows activist Basel Adra as he documents the destruction of his hometown at the southern edge of the West Bank, which Israeli soldiers are tearing down to use as a military training zone, according to The Associated Press. Adra then befriends a Jewish Israeli journalist to help tell his story.
“We made this film, Palestinians and Israelis, because together, our voices are stronger. We see each other, the atrocious destruction of Gaza and its people, which must end, the Israeli hostages brutally taken in the crime of October 7, which must be freed,” Abraham said on stage.
“When I look at Basel, I see my brother, but we are unequal,” he
continued. “We live in a regime where I am free under civilian law, and
Basel is under military laws that destroy his life, and he cannot
control.” .... READ MORE https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5172274-no-other-land-oscar-winners-call-for-a-different-path-on-israeli-palestinian-conflict/
No Other Land directors criticise US as they accept documentary Oscar: ‘US foreign policy is helping block the path’ to peace
Self-distributed film about Israeli displacement of a Palestinian community beat out Porcelain War and Sugarcane
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/03/no-other-land-wins-best-documentary-feature-oscar
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| Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham in No Other Land. Photograph: Antipode Films |
Speaking to a standing ovation, the film-makers thanked the Academy before co-director Basel Adra said he had recently become a father and hoped his daughter’s life would not be like his – “always fearing certain violence, home demolitions and forced displacement”.
He continued by saying his film reflected “the harsh reality” that his fellow Palestinians had endured for many years, “as we call on the world to take serious action to stop the injustice and stop the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people”.
Co-director Yuval Abraham then took to the stage to say that Palestinians and Israelis had made the film together “because together our voices are stronger. We see each other the atrocious destruction of Gaza and its people must end.
“Israeli hostages brutally taken in the crime of October 7 which must be freed. When I look at Basel I see my brother but we are unequal. we live in a regime where I am free under civilian law but Basel has to live under military laws that destroy his life and he cannot control.
He continued: “There is a different path. A political solution. Without ethnic supremacy, with national rights for both of our people. And I have to say, as I am here, the foreign policy in this country is helping to block this path.
“Why? Can’t you see that we are intertwined? That my people can be truly
safe if Basel’s people are truly free and safe. There is another way.
It’s not too late for life, for the living. There is no other way.” ...READ MORE https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/03/no-other-land-wins-best-documentary-feature-oscar
Sunday, March 2, 2025
Saturday, March 1, 2025
SEIZED, SETTLED, LET: How Airbnb and Booking.com help Israelis make money from stolen Palestinian land... "Businesses should not enable, facilitate, or profit from serious violations of international law."
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| "By operating in settlements, multinational companies including Booking.com and Airbnb are violating international law, human rights activists warn. Booking.com and Airbnb are among 16 non-Israeli companies identified by the UN as having ties to Israeli settlements in the West Bank." |
As Israel deploys tanks in the West Bank for the first time in 20 years, we reveal how two of the world’s biggest travel companies are helping settlers commercialise stolen land
The villa is stunning. The private swimming pool; the lush, landscaped terrace with firepit; the long dining table with its expansive balcony view; the pingpong table; the piano.
But the jewel in the crown, according to the Airbnb listing, is the experience of watching the sun rise over the nearby mountains from the luxury of the generous master bedroom.
The villa with views of the Judean mountains is in a settlement located on land seized from Palestinians and considered illegal under international humanitarian law.
Only a handful of Palestinians are allowed to enter this, and other, Israeli settlements in the West Bank, usually as labourers with special permits.
Exclusive analysis carried out by the Guardian found 760 rooms being advertised in hotels, apartments and other holiday rentals in illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, on two of the world’s most popular tourism websites.
Taken together, the listings that appear on either Airbnb or Booking.com could host more than 2,000 people as of August 2024. The villa was just one of them.... READ MORE https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/feb/27/seized-settled-let-how-airbnb-and-bookingcom-help-israelis-make-money-from-stolen-palestinian-land
Photo by Palestinian Journalist Osama Abu Rabee أسامة أبوربيع : A rainbow this morning in Khan Yunis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Mar 1, 2025
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A rainbow this morning in Khan Yunis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. |
United Nations: In this Holy Month, let us all embrace our common humanity to build a more just and peaceful world for all... as millions of people around the world begin to observe Ramadan.
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 In this Holy Month, let us all embrace our common humanity to build a more just and peaceful world for all.
— as millions of people around the world begin to observe #Ramadan. |
António Guterres: We will never, ever give up making this world better for everyone, everywhere.
The Whole World
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| Professor of Physics David Goldberg, PhD, is part of a team that tackled these questions and struck upon what is now the most accurate flat map of the world: a double-sided circle that features the Northern Hemisphere on one side and the Southern Hemisphere on the other. Picture a vinyl record and flipping it over in your hands—the edge of the record would be the equator. |
Jewish Voice for Peace: Mazel tov to the Presbyterian Church (USA) on their historic vote to divest from Israel's occupation, one year ago! !!!!!!!!!
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Mazel tov to the Church (USA) on their historic vote to divest from Israel's occupation, one year ago! |
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