Dear Senator- White Supremacist violence and injustice makes the world an increasingly dangerous place for all who disagree with White Supremacists- Nazi Germany under Hitler then, and both American and Israeli White Supremacists in positions of power now.

Newberry Township's historic church building located at Erney and York Roads, shown while it was still being used for congregational use before 2016.

Dear Senator Fetterman, 

I happened to see your recent tweet regarding the ugly vandalism in the basement of the 1856 church located in Newberry Township, Pennsylvania. 

FYI You have your facts dangerously wrong: The Nazi Swastika is first and foremost a symbol for White Supremacy and Nazi Germany. 

White Supremacist violence and injustice makes the world an increasingly dangerous place for all who disagree with White Supremacists-  Nazi Germany under Hitler then, and both American and Israeli White Supremacists in positions of power now.

We need to reverse escalating violence and impunity, not add to it: We are wrong to be undermining The United Nations and UNWRA.

FYI that historic church was sold to a private owner in 2016 due to dwindling congregation and struggles with the outdated structure.  The new owner tried to create a basement, but a wall collapsed.

The vandals who painted the swastikas were wrong to do so...  And we Americans are abhorrently wrong to fund and arm Israel's flagrant violations of international law and the ongoing destruction of Palestinian homes and families.

We are also wrong to be fueling a global arms race.  Both America and Israel have nuclear weapons plus far too many dangerous White Supremacists in power who foolishly believe in bully tactics.

Sincerely,

Anne Selden Annab

"This is near where I grew up. These vile acts of antisemitism are becoming too common in Pennsylvania, across our country and the world. I unequivocally condemn this and those responsible must be held accountable." Senator John Fetterman https://x.com/SenFettermanPA

"Another disgusting act of antisemitism—this time in a historic church in York County, which holds cherished memories in the lives of so many Pennsylvanians. This type of hatred has no place in Pennsylvania and must be unequivocally called out." Senator Dave McCormick https://x.com/SenMcCormickPA

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Dear Senator- SUPPORT House Resolution 317 - Urging the United States to lead the world back from the brink of nuclear war and halt and reverse the nuclear arms race 2025... and please stop trusting Israel to give US good advice and intel.

USA/Israeli Harassment Campaigns seek silence support for Human Rights, the Rule of Fair and Just Laws, Real Democracy, Palestine... and the list will not stop there: Your turn is coming.

" Ever since the failure to implement the 1948 UN resolution 194, which gave Palestinian refugees the right to return to their homes in what became Israel, we have been disappointed again and again." Yes, Israel’s plan for Rafah would be a crime – but international law has never protected Gaza Raja Shehadeh

Israeli settlers kill American-Palestinian visiting relatives in West Bank - Ambulances were reportedly stopped from reaching Sayfollah Musallet after attack in which another Palestinian man was shot dead

“Of course I’ve been critical of Israel. It has been committing genocide and crimes against humanity and war crimes” UN's Francesca Albanese slams US sanctions as retaliation for exposing Gaza war crimes

United Nations’ special rapporteur for Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese says US sanctions against her a sign of ‘guilt’: “All eyes must remain on Gaza, where children are dying of starvation in their mothers’ arms, while their fathers and siblings are bombed into pieces while searching for food...”

Art by Safia Latif - Gaza 2025 Palestine

Dear America- The Texas floods killing children are a heartbreaking natural disaster, whereas Israel armed with American weaponry killing children is a cruel choice made by human beings who really should know better.

The rules of the institutions that define our lives bend like reeds when it comes to Israel – so much that the whole global order is on the verge of collapse: The destruction of Palestine is breaking the world

Mireille Rebeiz, Ph.D, Chair of Middle East Studies & Associate Professor, Dickinson College: "In November 2024, United Nations Special Committee found Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including the use of starvation as weapon of war. In December 2024, Amnesty International concluded in a damning report that Israel is committing a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. ..."

USA: Sanctions against UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese are a disgraceful affront to international justice - "This is a shameless and transparent attack on the fundamental principles of international justice."

Marco Rubio has received over a million $$ in donations from AIPAC, the pro Israel lobby. Don’t let the US silence Francesca Albanese @FranceskAlbs ! She deserves the Nobel prize more than anyone.

"Israel’s definition of ceasefire: you cease & we’ll fire." James J. Zogby

Mosab Abu Toha poem ... "Every house is my heart"

11 year old Renad Attallah of Gaza "... but i am just exhausted like everyone else in gaza, exhausted from war, starving, from waiting ceasefire, but I still have hope- Love you all

2025-07-08 Israeli settlers set fire to the St. George Monastery and the Christian cemetery in the Christian village of Taybeh, West Bank—one of the oldest Christian sites in Palestine.

Priests Urge Immediate International Intervention

22,495 Haunting Cries: Children Affected by Conflict Endured an Unconscionable Number of Grave Violations in 2024: Israel and the State of Palestine: For the purposes of the present report, the present section provides information on grave violations in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and Israel

These are Gaza's taxi stories now, snapshots of an entire society being starved...

Map of the Israeli settlements in the West Bank and a blow-up map of East Jerusalem and its environs – 2023: The settlements have created a one-state reality in Israel, wherein Israelis have rights and Palestinians don´t. This oppressive system of control must be stopped.

Map- firing zones- Palestinians fear razing of villages in West Bank, as settlers circle their homes. An Israeli directive gives a green light for demolitions in Masafer Yatta, where residents keep watch at night for attackers in the darkness

Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza’s population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity’. Military ordered to turn ruins of Rafah into ‘humanitarian city’ but experts call the plan an internment camp for all Palestinians in Gaza

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” ― James Baldwin

Sorry America, while you’re struggling to pay for your health care, rent, and education, remember that your government couldn’t help you because they have to give Israel billions of dollars in US citizen tax money to bomb and kill innocent children in Gaza.

"If the UN is allowed to fail or is so diminished that its agencies cannot fully function, there is nothing to take its place. Nothing, that is, except the law of the jungle, as seen in Gaza and other conflict zones where UN agencies are excluded, aid workers murdered and legal norms flouted. The UN system has many failings, some self-inflicted. But a world without the UN would, for most people in most places, be more dangerous, hungrier, poorer, unhealthier and less sustainable." Simon Tisdall

ALLEGATIONS ARE NOT EVIDENCE: The Government of Israel has continued to make claims against UNRWA's neutrality, putting our staff at risk and harming the Agency’s reputation. “Last month, I wrote to the Foreign Minister of Israel, requesting once again information and evidence to substantiate these allegations. In my letter, I also noted that the Government of Israel has not pursued any prosecutions within its criminal justice system, which would also require the presentation of credible evidence. We have not received a response.” — UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini to the press on 24 June 2025

The UN emblem is a symbol of hope, peace and unity around the world. As the UN turns 80, we remain committed to advancing peace, dignity and equality for all on a healthy planet.

Churches, Cinemas — and Moon Artifacts — Top List of Endangered Monuments 2025: Aerial bombardment has caused severe damage to monuments across the Gaza Strip, including the roughly 1000-year-old church of St Porphyrius, partly destroyed by a bomb in October 2023 that also killed 16-18 civilians.

“The situation in Gaza is apocalyptic.” ... “Palestinians continue to endure suffering beyond imagination.” ... “Israel is responsible for one of the cruelest genocides in modern history.” —Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur

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Dear Senator McCormick- SUPPORT House Resolution 317 - Urging the United States to lead the world back from the brink of nuclear war and halt and reverse the nuclear arms race 2025... and please stop trusting Israel to give US good advice and intel.

Dear America- The Texas floods killing children are a heartbreaking natural disaster, whereas Israel armed with American weaponry killing children is a cruel choice made by human beings who really should know better.

Dear America, Happy Fourth of July... Happy that we have the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, The Bill of Rights, The Rule of Fair and Just laws, and all the brave civil rights heroes through out our history who helped America become a more real democracy for all people... Not so happy that America is funding and arming Israel's ongoing violations of international law and human rights in both Gaza and the West Bank.

Dear America, Set the right example by scorning violence and racist hate... The world does not need more weapons of war. We need to prioritize peace and progress with respect for ALL human beings, regardless of supposed race or religion.

Dear America- Invest in the people's needs... Be for real freedom, justice, true equality, and respect for all of humankind!

Dear America- Stand up for international law and Human Rights, not the weapons industry.

Dear America- PLEASE SCORN VIOLENCE and stop arming Israel with lethal weaponry plus dumb excuses to cause cruel harm to others!

Life is not a video game. These are real human beings and American made weaponry has been creating a Holocaust with The Rule of Lawlessness in the Holy Land.

Taxpayers' money should not be shoring up greed, corporate corruption, injustice, and war.

Please, let Golden Rule thinking and the rule of fair and just laws guide US all towards a better way forward.

State sponsored violence is not the way to convince vulnerable people to veer away from arming religious tyranny and terrorism.

Hate crimes are escalating here in America with people primed by to think, say and do horrible things...

Slavery, Segregation and Forced Displacement are wrong. Wrong then and wrong now

This Earth Day please start noticing how much pollution and injustice war creates.

Building a Culture of Peace ...

"The United Nations was not created to take mankind to heaven, but to save humanity from hell." ~Dag Hammarskjöld, second Secretary-General of the United Nations

"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

Mireille Rebeiz, Ph.D, Chair of Middle East Studies & Associate Professor, Dickinson College: "In November 2024, United Nations Special Committee found Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including the use of starvation as weapon of war. In December 2024, Amnesty International concluded in a damning report that Israel is committing a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. ..."

 "In November 2024, United Nations Special Committee found Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including the use of starvation as weapon of war. In December 2024, Amnesty International concluded in a damning report that Israel is committing a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.  

Senators like Bernie Sanders have been critical of Biden and Trump’s blind support to Israel. In fact, Sanders led several efforts to block arms sales to Israel and has been drawing attention to the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza. In contrast, Fetterman, who expressed unwavering support to Israel since Oct. 7, spoke in favor of arm transfer to Israel.

New statistics indicate that 6 in 10 Democratic voters now back the Palestinian cause, which translates into a record of 59% of all Democrats. In other words, less than half are sympathetic toward Israel. An estimated 56% of younger Americans, Democrats, and leaning Democrats support a two-state solution.

The Arab American Institute estimates there are 3.7 million Arab Americans. Pennsylvania is home to more than 182,000 and has one of the fastest growing Arab American community in the United States. This community supports an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and sustainable peace in the region."   Mireille Rebeiz, Ph.D, is Chair of Middle East Studies & Associate Professor, Dickinson College.

https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2025/07/dear-sen-fetterman-it-is-time-for-you-to-resign-opinion.html

Dear America- Life is not a video game. These are real human beings and American made weaponry has been creating a Holocaust with The Rule of Lawlessness in the Holy Land.

Gaza April 7th 2025: Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza is named in honor of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, who journeyed through Gaza during their flight to Egypt.

Dear America

Would you build a fence deep within your neighbors yard? 

Would you establish "KILL ZONES" to target and destroy others, including children?

Do you endorse bombing men, women, and children living in refugee camps- then bombing the roads, schools, hospitals and the flimsy tents of refugees who have been displaced multiple times?

Life is not a video game. These are real human beings and American made weaponry has been creating a Holocaust with The Rule of Lawlessness in the Holy Land.

Israel (established in 1948) is in the wrong.  Zionism (established in 1897) is in the wrong.  HAMAS (established in 1987) is in the wrong too, but HAMAS only exists because of a century of Zionism's never ending crimes against the native non-Jewish people of historic Palestine.  

Both Israel and HAMAS hold political prisoners- ALL should be freed!

Terrorism of all types is wrong, and so is racist hate and segregation. The United Nations (established in 1945) and The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (established in 1948) are in the right- and remain the very best hope for all of humanity.

President Trump wants to further displace Palestinians out of Gaza.  How about welcoming home Jewish Israelis instead, welcome them home to real democracy with equal rights and respect for all people: 

Religion must be a personal private choice, not a state sponsored project armed with bribes, lethal weaponry, and misleading propaganda aimed at perpetuating conflict and injustice.

Sincerely,

Anne Selden Annab

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Israel military razed Gaza perimeter land to create ‘kill zone’, soldiers say- Combatants’ testimonies describe how areas were destroyed to create ‘a death zone of enormous proportions’

The more shocking the carnage becomes, the more people are punished for speaking out. This just makes it clear how much is really at stake- Politicians want to normalise what’s happening in Gaza. Our moral outrage won’t let that happen - Nesrine Malik in The Guardian

The blockade and seige imposed on Gaza amount to collective punishment and may also amount to the use of starvation as a method of war... The recent killings of 15 medical personnel and humanitarian aid workers in Gaza raise further concerns over the commission of war crimes by the Israeli military- UN Human Rights chief Volker Turk

For over a month, no commercial or humanitarian supplies have entered Gaza. : World must act with urgency to save Palestinians in Gaza, top UN officials say. Statement by heads of OCHA, UNICEF, UNOPS, UNRWA, WFP and WHO

At least 100 children are reported killed or injured by Israeli Forces every day in Gaza, since Israeli violence resumed (on 18 March) according to UNICEF #ForEveryChild ... "After nearly 18 months of war, nearly one million children in Gaza have been repeatedly displaced and deprived of their right to basic services. The world must not stand by and allow the killing and suffering of children in Gaza to continue."

It's really like this...

What is freedom of speech worth if you cannot condemn genocide?

Old Photos of Historic Palestine - before The Nakba of 1948

 featuring true Christians- living links to a very precious heritage

9th Station of the Cross JERUSALEM – Jesus falls the third time

No War Please 

"We urge you to reconsider your stance and retract this endorsement. We need the Church’s voice to stand with justice and truth, not with narratives that conceal suffering and excuse oppression.

We need to bring to life the values and principles of the UN Charter in every corner of the world

For over 75 years Palestine Refugees have endured loss and hardship- UNWRA- Until there is a just solution to their plight, a world where Palestine refugees thrive: Families newly displaced by the escalation in northern Gaza, including Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun, are facing dire conditions. With limited food and water, some of them now live in makeshift tents on the main street near the UNRWA Gaza main compound. #CeasefireNow

Don’t just blame Trump [and Republicans] – Democrats paved the way for this campus crackdow. Both parties are responsible for the mess facing Columbia and other institutions

Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac  2025 book tour USA 'Christ In The Rubble' ... Now more than ever, we need to talk about the American Church's role in what is happening in your country and ours, as we all are waking up to terrible news day after day.

Jewish Yale faculty sign letter denouncing attacks on pro-Palestine dissenters: The statement, which rejected “cynical” claims of antisemitism, urged universities across the U.S. to resist federal actions like the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil and to protect university members’ right to free speech.

"Hossam Shabat and Mohammad Mansour were the latest Palestinian journalists to be assassinated in Gaza. Responsibility for their killings rests in part on their Western colleagues who have failed to accurately cover Israel's genocidal assault. "

Sands of Sorrow. 1950 Dorothy Thompson speaks out about the people of Palestine... Palestine Diary "In spit of the efforts made in the documentary to bring attention to the humanitarian issues, it falls short of representing what these refugees needed most, their unquestionable right of return to their homes and towns, not a temporarily humanitarian relief while the Zionist settlers were colonizing and taking over the refugees' towns, farms and homes, and changing the geography and history books."

Dorothy Thompson: The journalist who warned us about Hitler... "There is a great quote, which she makes at the end of her life," says Walther. "She says, 'I had to speak out about this' — meaning attacks on Palestinian civilians — 'for the same reason I had to speak out about Hitler. But my Zionist friends do not seem to understand the universality of simple moral principles.' "

"The Holocaust did not start with gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed from words, stereotypes, and prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanisation and escalatin violence" Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau

"I have always believed that my duty is not only to liberate myself from the oppressor, but also to liberate my oppressors from their hatred and fear." ... I Am a Political Prisoner. A letter dictated by Mahmoud Khalil over the phone from ICE detention in Louisiana. Mahmoud Khalil March 18, 2025

From USS Liberty to Rachel Corrie: Israel’s Attacks on U.S. You Probably Didn’t Know About - Israel’s violent history with US citizens reveals a shocking pattern of attacks and impunity.

Dear America- Taxpayers' money should not be shoring up greed, corporate corruption, injustice, and war.

Please, let Golden Rule thinking and the rule of fair and just laws guide US all towards a better way forward.

State sponsored violence is not the way to convince vulnerable people to veer away from arming religious tyranny and terrorism.

Hate crimes are escalating here in America with people primed by to think, say and do horrible things...

Slavery, Segregation and Forced Displacement are wrong. Wrong then and wrong now

"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

“Far too many states are enabling the genocide of the Palestinians, while turning also repressive toward their own citizens. This is both revolting and scary. We must stop it now.” —UN Special Rapporteur, Francesca Albanese

Dear America- Taxpayers' money should not be shoring up greed, corporate corruption, injustice, and war.

 Dear America- letter I just sent to my elected officials,

Taxpayers' money should not be shoring up greed, corporate corruption, injustice, and war.

The rule of fair and just laws is crucial, for everyone's sake.

So please stop endorsing, empowering, protecting, and arming Israel's flagrant violations of international law and UNIVERSAL human rights.

UNIVERSAL is a key concept.  It is Golden Rule logic- based on treating people the way you want to be treated.

The United Nations (founded after the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust) is also a key concept and the only definite hope for creating true peace and security for all of humanity.  That is good business. War is not.

Israeli violence and Zionist cruelty are escalating. So is HAMAS stupidity. Arming religion with lethal weaponry and excuses to kill or kidnap or displace others is a very VERY bad idea. BAD when Israel does it, and BAD when HAMAS does it.  BAD when America does it too.

Bigotry is a bully tactic that makes the world a very ugly place.

Meanwhile individual people worldwide are a diverse mix of good, bad, and indifferent, regardless of what their passport or ID card might say.  

Look for the good and empower peace with justice, not bombs or bigotry. 

Empower a just and lasting peace with full respect for Universal Human Rights and the rule of fair and just laws.

Sincerely,

Anne Selden Annab

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

"I want to be a pilot... but not to drop bombs" Raed, 11 year old Palestinian child killed by Israeli shrapnel in Gaza 2025

The ongoing Israeli Forces’ operation in northern West Bank is causing the largest population displacement since the 1967 war. It has resulted in systematic destruction, forced displacement, and demolition orders affecting Palestinian families and refugee camps.

What is freedom of speech worth if you cannot condemn genocide?

“When the Sky Is No Longer” from Something About Living a poem by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha.

Palestinian journalist Hossam Shabat dreamed of one day traveling beyond Gaza. Though he never had the chance, in the past few days, people around the world have marched and paid tribute to him. He never left Gaza, but his name echoed across the globe. [Toronto , Canada]

Old Photos of Historic Palestine - before The Nakba of 1948

 featuring true Christians- living links to a very precious heritage

9th Station of the Cross JERUSALEM – Jesus falls the third time

"We urge you to reconsider your stance and retract this endorsement. We need the Church’s voice to stand with justice and truth, not with narratives that conceal suffering and excuse oppression.

March 29: Happy Nameday to His Eminence Alexios, Archbishop of Tiberias in Gaza “As long as there is at least one Christian in the territory of Gaza, I will not go anywhere, because I can be a hope for them”

Orthodox Vespers in Gaza Saint Porphyrius Church March 29, 2025

We need to bring to life the values and principles of the UN Charter in every corner of the world

For over 75 years Palestine Refugees have endured loss and hardship- UNWRA- Until there is a just solution to their plight, a world where Palestine refugees thrive: Families newly displaced by the escalation in northern Gaza, including Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun, are facing dire conditions. With limited food and water, some of them now live in makeshift tents on the main street near the UNRWA Gaza main compound. #CeasefireNow

This Week In Palestine [actually every week in Palestine] Exceptional Women: Hanan Daoud Mikhail Ashrawi Daughter of Palestine By Zeina Ashrawi Hutchison

Mike Hanini Odetalla: When I was a small child living in our ancestral village of Beit Hanina, Palestine, I used revel in the stories my late aunts and the elders used to tell... Kharareef... We would fall asleep after a night of kharareef, comforted in the knowledge that good always triumphed over evil, the monsters vanquished.

Don’t just blame Trump [and Republicans] – Democrats paved the way for this campus crackdow. Both parties are responsible for the mess facing Columbia and other institutions

Jewish Yale faculty sign letter denouncing attacks on pro-Palestine dissenters: The statement, which rejected “cynical” claims of antisemitism, urged universities across the U.S. to resist federal actions like the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil and to protect university members’ right to free speech.

"Israel kills a child in Gaza every 45 minutes."... Gaza's stolen childhood: Who were the thousands of children Israel killed?

"Hossam Shabat and Mohammad Mansour were the latest Palestinian journalists to be assassinated in Gaza. Responsibility for their killings rests in part on their Western colleagues who have failed to accurately cover Israel's genocidal assault. "

Sands of Sorrow. 1950 Dorothy Thompson speaks out about the people of Palestine... Palestine Diary "In spit of the efforts made in the documentary to bring attention to the humanitarian issues, it falls short of representing what these refugees needed most, their unquestionable right of return to their homes and towns, not a temporarily humanitarian relief while the Zionist settlers were colonizing and taking over the refugees' towns, farms and homes, and changing the geography and history books."

Dorothy Thompson: The journalist who warned us about Hitler... "There is a great quote, which she makes at the end of her life," says Walther. "She says, 'I had to speak out about this' — meaning attacks on Palestinian civilians — 'for the same reason I had to speak out about Hitler. But my Zionist friends do not seem to understand the universality of simple moral principles.' "

Please, let Golden Rule thinking and the rule of fair and just laws guide US all towards a better way forward.

No War Please 

Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac  2025 book tour USA 'Christ In The Rubble' ... Now more than ever, we need to talk about the American Church's role in what is happening in your country and ours, as we all are waking up to terrible news day after day.

"The Holocaust did not start with gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed from words, stereotypes, and prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanisation and escalatin violence" Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau

From USS Liberty to Rachel Corrie: Israel’s Attacks on U.S. You Probably Didn’t Know About - Israel’s violent history with US citizens reveals a shocking pattern of attacks and impunity.

"I have always believed that my duty is not only to liberate myself from the oppressor, but also to liberate my oppressors from their hatred and fear." ... I Am a Political Prisoner. A letter dictated by Mahmoud Khalil over the phone from ICE detention in Louisiana. Mahmoud Khalil March 18, 2025

State sponsored violence is not the way to convince vulnerable people to veer away from arming religious tyranny and terrorism.

Hate crimes are escalating here in America with people primed by to think, say and do horrible things...

Slavery, Segregation and Forced Displacement are wrong. Wrong then and wrong now

"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

“Far too many states are enabling the genocide of the Palestinians, while turning also repressive toward their own citizens. This is both revolting and scary. We must stop it now.” —UN Special Rapporteur, Francesca Albanese

Criticizing Israel is not Anti-Semitic. Calling for respect for human rights and the rule of fair and just laws is not Anti-Semitic. Countering the poisonous propaganda of a very foreign rogue nation state that interferes with our elections and our free speech is not Anti-Semitic... Americans should not be funding, arming, and/or excusing Israel in any way, shape, or form.

Emily Jacir, Memorial to 418 Palestinian Villages Which Were Destroyed, Depopulated, and Occupied by Israel in 1948, 2021, refugee tent, embroidery thread, record book

Dear America (letter I just sent to my elected officials),

If you want to fight Anti-Semitism, the first step has to be realizing that Israel of 1948 claims to be Jewish, but it is not actually Jewish and never has been: Don't confuse the nice Jewish people you personally know with the political entity called Israel.

Israel of 1948 is many things, but first and foremost Israel of 1948 is a land hungry war machine, a violently racist nation, and a political process aimed at disparaging and displacing indigenous Palestinian men, women and children who speak the Semitic language called Arabic. 

Every Palestinian in Gaza and the West Bank and Israel, and every descendant of exiled Palestinian refugees worldwide is in fact a spiritual and rightful citizen of the land "between the river and the sea" which is currently called Israel and the OPT (occupied territories.)

Modern man-made Israel wants the land but not the native non-Jewish people of that land- the Palestinians. Israel's state sponsored terrorism intentionally targets and destroys Palestinian refugee camps, schools, and homes... Our post-Nazi Holocaust world has words for that, and laws to prevent such ethnic cleansing and/or genocide.

Criticizing Israel is not Anti-Semitic. Calling for respect for human rights and the rule of fair and just laws is not Anti-Semitic.

Countering the poisonous propaganda of a very foreign rogue nation state that interferes with our elections and our free speech is not Anti-Semitic.

Americans should not be funding, arming, and/or excusing Israel in any way, shape, or form.

Sincerely,

Anne Selden Annab

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

Please do not demonize and silence or destroy people who speak out peacefully against corruption, injustice, racism, bigotry, and violence of every type.

US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms Civicus, an international non-profit, puts country alongside Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia

Noura Erakat: "It was the Biden administration, it was the Democratic establishment, that has created the conditions that we are now seeing taken advantage of," Palestinian scholar says of Mahmoud Khalil's arrest and the Trump administration's crackdown on dissent.

As of now ANNE FRANK RULES APPLY

Pro-Palestinian activist's arrest meant 'to intimidate and chill speech' ... Omar Baddar: Mahmoud has a green card & is married to an American who is 8 months pregnant w/their kid. His only crime seems to be free speech against genocide. Now he's being smeared by the secretary of state of the Trump regime who is promising to deport him. This is dark time in America.

What Americans think the Israel-Palestine 'conflict' is VS What it really is ...

For seven days, not a single food truck has entered Gaza. Today, Israel cut off all electricity—shutting down the last sources of clean water. No food. No water. For two million people, half of them children. This isn’t war. It’s extermination....

‘Ceasefire’ is a hollow word for Palestinians – the killings, displacements and denial of aid continue. A winding down of operations in Gaza has allowed Israel to turn its attention to the West Bank, with devastating effects

A farmer, a nurse, and a pastor return from war torn Palestine. They shared what they saw... “It’s also extremely meaningful for us to witness their [PALESTINIAN] courage and resilience and to learn from them..."

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.

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."

Building a Culture of Peace

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."

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

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"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

Diversity, equality, and inclusion

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.

Dear Hitler 2.0 [Trump], etc.: Please stop fueling corporate corruption, WAR, and escalating suffering for countless men, women, and children.

Dear Hitler 2.0 [Trump], etc.,

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

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"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

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"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

Diversity, equality, and inclusion

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.⁣

The RED LINE happened way back in 1948 when Zionist terrorists murdered Palestinians, destroyed Palestinian homes and villages, and pushed countless Palestinians into poverty and forced exile.

Dear America,

Biden provides the bombshells, Republicans autograph the bombs... and American companies provide the jet-fuel to Israel as Israeli lies and toxic propaganda inspire America's elected Representatives to propose that Americans serving in the IDF's genocidal war against Palestinian men, women,and children be awarded U.S. service member benefits.

It is bad enough that American taxpayers are already forced to fund The Jewish State's cruel shenanigans- the Apartheid Wall and the illegal settlements, as well as Israel's extensive and invasive propaganda war aimed at interfering in American elections so that pro-Israel story lines will continue to flourish- swatting away any and all sympathy and support for Palestine (& UNWRA.)

Zionist students on American college campuses claim antisemitism is everywhere and they don't feel safe, inspiring our Congress to harass College presidents for allowing peaceful pro-Palestine protests on campuses.  Meanwhile Israel has bombed and destroyed every university, as well as multiple schools and hospitals in Gaza.  Did the Palestinian children killed by Israel feel safe as American made bombs pulverized their homes? 

Israel’s military offensive in Rafah has put the lives of 600,000 displaced Palestinian children at risk, according to UNICEF, with many now malnourished or disabled.

America's mainstream news and our elected leadership are obsessed with promoting Zionists and Zionism- and Israel's blatantly racist war on the indigenous people of Palestine. 

You are leadership- and you are leading people astray.  

The RED LINE happened way back in 1948 when Zionist terrorists murdered Palestinians, destroyed Palestinian homes and villages, and pushed countless Palestinians into poverty and forced exile.  76 years later a new generation of Zionist terrorists are bombing refugee camps that only exist due to Israel's racist refusal to respect international law and basic human rights, including but not limited to every refugee's right to return to original homes and lands.

Sincerely,

Anne Selden Annab

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Reschenthaler, Miller Introduce Legislation to Support American Citizens Fighting in Israel

Revealed: Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry

Biden provided the bombs, Republicans autograph them... Nikki Haley signs artillery shells in Israel: 'Finish them! America ♡ Israel!' ... "Imperial feminism, everyone. A message written in purple marker, like she's doodling in someone's yearbook instead of co-signing a genocide" Susan Muaddi Darraj

Cut the supply line of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, says rights group with the aim of “genocide prevention by third states, companies and civil society actors”

West Bank village, proudly self-reliant, now faces wartime hostility [from Israel]

Israel’s military offensive in Rafah has put the lives of 600,000 displaced children at risk, according to UNICEF, with many now malnourished or disabled... At least 36,171 Palestinians have been killed and 81,420 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7.

Israeli forces have bombed a tent camp housing displaced people in a designated safe zone in Rafah, killing 45 Palestinians, most of them women and children.

UN rapporteur urges states to cut ties, impose sanctions on Israel UN expert Francesca Albanese is calling for sanctions on Israel until it complies with the ICJ's ruling to halt its Rafah offensive.

Prairie Schooner Fusion #12 Archives: Palestinian poets and poets from the back issues of the Schooner collaborate on a special portfolio of poetry exploring the theme of “Archive”...

217 DAYS OF ISRAEL BOMBING GAZA: 14,500 Palestinian Children Killed by Israel... 493 Palestine Healthcare workers killed by Israel... 78,514 Palestinians injured by Israel & so far ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WAR CRIMES

As one war rages in Gaza, in the West Bank another goes unnoticed. Military operations, destruction, movement restrictions, and poverty generate fear, uncertainty, and anxiety among Palestine Refugee communities.

The ICC's request for arrest warrants has created a diplomatic dilemma for Western member states: do they support Israel or international law?

Israel raids, forces medical staff to leave Gaza Al-Awda Hospital... "More than 35,700 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, the vast majority being women and children, and nearly 80,000 others injured since October."

'Where are our loved ones?': Palestinians in search of missing family members amid Gaza war

Decades of spying and repression: the anti-Palestinian origins of American Islamophobia - It’s often assumed that Islamophobia is the driving force behind US anti-Palestinian bigotry. In fact, it’s the other way around

Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah condemn escalating settler violence and displacement during visit to Northern Jordan Valley communities

US surveillance of pro-Palestinian speech has a direct line to McCarthyism - Chip Gibbons in The Guardian

The UN says 1.1 million people in the coastal strip – nearly half the population – face catastrophic levels of hunger, and that the territory is on the brink of famine.

Palestinian refugees in Gaza- AFSC Defending a displaced people

Apartheid and Genocide ARE NOT JEWISH VALUES

Israel-Gaza war Biden wants progressives to believe he’s reining in Israel. He isn’t. Biden will be remembered as a president who could have restrained Israel but instead made the US complicit in this war- Mohamad Bazzi

Dear President Biden... Connect The Dots

An ICJ Excerpt: "This genocide takes place within the context of the ongoing Nakba –– the 76th anniversary of which was celebrated yesterday –– the continued forced displacement of the Palestinian people, the erasure of Palestinian presence in Palestine and replacement with colonial settlers –– a criminal process entrenched and maintained by 76 years of apartheid and 56 years of illegal belligerent occupation... " 

Palestine Nakba 1948-2024 

Anti-Defamation League ramps up lobbying to promote controversial definition of antisemitism : Federal records show a dramatic spending increase that critics say is primarily intended to punish criticism of Israel and target pro-Palestinian groups

On Nakba Day, as Palestinians run for their lives, Biden advances $1 billion in arms sales to Israel – Day 221

From 1948 to 2024, three Palestinian sisters speak of endless Nakba For Dalal

‘Barbaric’: Palestinian lorry drivers recount settlers’ attack on Gaza aid convoy- Israeli soldiers escorting convoy accused of doing nothing to stop widely condemned incident

The Nakba Explained- May 15th is the day commemorating the Nakba—a term used to denote Palestinians’ forced expulsion from their homeland by Zionist forces in 1948. 

Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour reflects on the impact of the Gaza war, the life and legacy of his friend Fathi Ghaben, and the role of art under occupation.

Palestinians are living a new Nakba: survivor of 1948 says

76 years after #Nakba, Palestinians continue to be forcibly displaced. 

Nakba yesterday, Nakba today: The story of my grandmother's two keys- Ghefreh has lived through two Nakbas, 1948 and today. Her grandson Emad Moussa tells her story of twinned displacement and how they've now blurred into one.

There are enough weapons of war and destruction already on planet earth.

Please stop aiding and abetting Israeli insanity. Full Stop.

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin?

The UN Mediator for Palestine, Count Folke Bernadotte, believed that the Palestinians displaced had a right to return to their homes and wrote several UN reports to that effect.

"It would be an offence against the principles of elemental justice if these innocent victims of the conflict were denied the right to return to their homes while Jewish immigrants flow into Palestine, and, indeed, at least offer the threat of permanent replacement of the Arab refugees who have been rooted in the land for centuries."

Bernadotte was assassinated on Friday 17 September 1948 by members of the group Lehi, a Zionist terrorist organization, commonly known in the West as the Stern Gang 

 PALESTINE REMEMBERED

 

"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