Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Silence is Complicity... and silence turns voters off, ensuring that Democracy dies in the darkness.
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| Protest Sign 2024 |
We live in a post Nazi-Holocaust world where international law and universal basic human rights are supposed to be respected. You can not compare what is going on today with the world before WWII, when racism and pseudoscience reigned supreme.
Countless popular books, plays, museums, and movies currently show
details of Jewish suffering way back then, but when it was happening few
knew.
Today's world has the potential to be fully connected and informed as
photos, videos, fact-sheets, stories, & poems clearly show
Palestine suffering NOW... RIGHT NOW crimes against humanity are being
committed by Israel and in response (horror of horrors) America sends
more weapons to Israel.
Meanwhile as the IDF bombs Gaza killing children and destroying homes and refugee camps, Israel's powers that be elect to dismiss and destroy UNWRA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Did you know that Not ONE DROP OF WATER entered #Jabalia, #BeitLahia & #BeitHanoun since 1 October... thanks to Israel.
If I write the word Apartheid or Genocide minds shut, refusing to believe our friend, Israel, is that bad. After all we have prayers and hymns singing Israel's praises. Never mind that those were written long before modern man made Israel existed.
But Israel is that bad.
UNWRA is good- UNWRA
plays a critical role in providing protection, shelter, food, water,
and medical care to millions of Palestinian refugees in Gaza, the
occupied West Bank, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. Not in Israel, but
Israel is itching for excuses to further persecute and destroy the
native non-Jewish people of historic Palestine.
Israel already targets journalists and medics and UNWRA in order to torment and kill- and get away with it.
Silence is Complicity... and silence turns voters off, ensuring that Democracy dies in the darkness.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
NOTES
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UN News Global perspective Human stories: Israeli Knesset vote on UNRWA set to deepen Palestinian suffering
The rights of Palestine Refugees exist separate to UNRWA, including the right of return, which was set out in resolution 194, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948, and predates the creation of UNRWA in 1949. Besides the right to return, the right to family unity and the right to reparations would also remain in UNRWA’s absence, as would the refugee camps of Gaza and the West Bank.
UNRWA was created by the UN Member States. Today’s decision by the Israeli parliament barring UNRWA from its life-saving and health-protecting work on behalf of millions of Palestinians will have devastating consequences.
All the way back to 1948...
US professors face discipline and investigations over Palestine support: Universities such as Columbia and Princeton punish educators for posts and comments criticizing war in Gaza
United Nations: “Either the world ashamedly fails those who so desperately need help, or we stand united & put a stop to this.” Warning that darkest moment of Gaza war is unfolding, @UNHumanRights chief @volker_turk calls for an end to carnage & release of hostages.
The Guardian: ‘Anticipatory obedience’: newspapers’ refusal to endorse shines light on billionaire owners’ motives
Chris Hedges: Israel’s War on Journalism... "Israel spins out its lies and fabrications, from Hamas using Palestinians as human shields, to mass rape and beheaded babies, to a captive press that slavishly amplifies them. By the time the lies are exposed, often weeks or months later, the media cycle has moved on and few notice."
ELECTIONS: Our tax money should go to the people's needs- not war mongering and weapons manufacturing for foreign countries that use bigotry and injustice to determine who gets security and who gets their home demolished.
Dear America- We are in this collectively- no exceptions... Stop the hate- and the pollution of war.
Dear America- Don't let Israel drive a wedge between you and the truth.
Dear America, Please Help Stop Institutionalized Bigotry & Injustice
Dear America- Israel can not be trusted, and should not be subsidized
Accusing peaceful pro-Palestine protesters of being "antisemitic" pleases Israel but it does not make any Jews any safer anywhere.
Send an honorable message far and wide- we believe in freedom of and from religion... and we believe in real justice, peace, and security for ALL !
"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
Sunday, October 27, 2024
The Guardian: ‘Anticipatory obedience’: newspapers’ refusal to endorse shines light on billionaire owners’ motives
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| Jeff Bezos, one of the richest men in the world, now owns the Washington Post. Photograph: Gary Cameron/Reuters |
“I think my fear is, if we chose either one, that it would just add to the division,” Patrick Soon-Shiong, the biotech billionaire who owns the Los Angeles Times, said. He emphasised that though some might assume his family is “ultra-progressive”, he is a registered “independent”.
At the Washington Post, which reported that its billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos, was behind the decision, publisher William Lewis described the retreat from making presidential endorsements as “a statement in support of our readers’ ability to make up their own minds”.
Veteran journalists and media critics are using a very different phrase to describe Soon-Shiong’s and Bezos’s choice: they’re saying the two billionaires, among the richest men on the entire globe, are performing “anticipatory obedience” to Donald Trump.
Yes, “cowardice” has also been a popular way to describe the choice by the billionaire owners of two of the country’s major newspapers to not to risk angering Trump by allowing their papers to endorse his opponent.
But “anticipatory obedience” is more specific. The term comes from On Tyranny, the bestselling guide to authoritarianism by Timothy Snyder, a historian of eastern and central Europe. The phrase describes, in Snyder’s words, “the major lesson of the Nazi takeover, and what was supposed to be one of the major lessons of the twentieth century: don’t hand over the power you have before you have to. Don’t protect yourself too early.” It’s a way of describing what Europeans did wrong as totalitarians came to power: by “mentally and physically conceding, you’re already giving over your power to the aspiring authoritarian”, Snyder explains... READ MORE https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/26/anticipatory-obedience-newspapers-endorsement-refusal
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Dear America- Don't let Israel drive a wedge between you and the truth.
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@UNHumanRights chief @volker_turk urges Governments to put human rights at the core of policy & action to achieve a more peaceful, just & sustainable world. https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements-and-speeches/2024/09/human-rights-are-our-mainstay-against-unbridled-power Human Rights are our mainstay against unbridled power |
Time will tell who gets elected next.
Meanwhile time has already told that American leadership does not
care about the very real plight and suffering of the native non-Jewish
people of historic Palestine. You should.
Israel, heavily armed with American weaponry, freely bombs
humanitarian safe zones in Gaza, obliterating refugee tents, leaving
huge craters in the sand.
I remember 9-11 here- and the horror of what happened, and I remember
Israeli leadership on our TV authoritatively telling America what to
think, exasperating racism and hate on every "side."
23 years later American puppets and pawns are busy legislating that protest against Israel is "antisemitism". It isn't.
Protest and awareness are crucial tools against dangerous Zionist lies and racist cruelty.
Today's modern man made Israel is a dangerous entity with tentacles everywhere as it grows & grows & grows: The Israel Empire ignores borders, international law, human rights, and basic logic.
Please don't let America and all we have achieved be totally
corrupted and destroyed: Arabs and Muslims (and Jews and Christians)
are human beings, just like us, and just like us they can be good and
bad and everything in between. Don't let Israel drive a wedge between
you and the truth.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
NOTES https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/search/label/Notes
Palestine is the most well-documented genocide in history, yet the most denied by American leadership & mainstream news.... September 2024
American killed in West Bank was longtime activist ‘bearing witness to oppression’, friends say
“Depth of Kinship”: Zeina Azzam’s Some Things Never Leave You BOOK REVIEW by Deema K. Shehabi
Escalations ... a poem by Anne Selden Annab
‘If I would speak, I would start crying’: Our reporters grapple with loss in Gaza war
Omar Badder on America's mainstream media coverage of #Israel VS #Palestine "As you reflect on why only one of these stories is dominating the headlines, there are 5 more things to keep in mind..."
Palestinian journalist Hind Al-Khoudary on her nomination for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.
"My grandfather kept the key to his house in Yaffa in 1948. He thought they would return in a few days. His name was Hasan. The house was destroyed. Others built a new one in its place. Hasan died in Gaza in 1986. The key has rusted but still exists somewhere, longing for the old wooden door." Mosab Abu Toha ... From Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear
"Gaza has taught me that a lot of people who claim to be human rights activists are only active when it applies to people of a specific background or ethnicity." Mohamad Safa
Israel is committing genocide and Western media is helping hide the bodies
Ending Discrimination #fightracism #StandUp4HumanRights #NoToHate #UNGA #UnitedNations #HumanRights #HumanBeings #Compassion #GoldenRuleThinking #Kindness
Nelson Mandela grandson Zwelivelile comes out in support of South Africa coal embargo on Israel
The Government of Israel has been running a smear campaign against Palestinians & UNWRA by buying ads on Google
More Than 65 Palestinian Filmmakers, Including Hany Abu Assad, Elia Suleiman and Farah Nabulsi, Sign Letter Accusing Hollywood of ‘Dehumanizing’ Palestinians
August 28 2024: Since last night, the Israeli army has conducted a large-scale military operation in various parts of the West Bank, particularly in the northern regions.
Scholasticide: As the new school year begins, Palestinian students in Gaza cannot access education due to Israel’s systemic attacks on the education system
Dear America, Please Help Stop Institutionalized Bigotry & Injustice
Accusing peaceful pro-Palestine protesters of being "antisemitic" pleases Israel but it does not make any Jews any safer anywhere.
A Guardian report reveals that there are 60,000 Americans living in illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank, as well as some 23,400 Americans serving in the Israeli army.
Send an honorable message far and wide- we believe in freedom of and from religion... and we believe in real justice, peace, and security for ALL !
"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
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
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
NOTES https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/search/label/Notes
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
"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
Monday, May 6, 2024
Americans should not be helping racist Israel maim, wound and kill the children of Palestine.
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| 2024 Student Protests |
America has been unfairly siding with Jews-preferred Israel instead of standing up for the rule of fair and just laws- real security - and true democracy.
Israel aggressively persecutes and impoverishes the native non-Jewish people of historic Palestine over and over and over, for almost a century now, pushing Palestinian individuals and families into forced displacement and crowded refugee camps.
Meanwhile, here in America we frown on prayer in our public schools,
while at the same time our taxes, as well as charity donations,
generously fund Israel's religious "scholars" and schemes... American
politicians should not be legislating Israel's official taxpayer funded
religion, nor should our elected officials be helping racist Israel
maim, wound and kill the children of Palestine.
Holocaust
Remembrance & "Never Again" need to be for everyone's sake- a fully
inclusive plea, and a historically accurate call to remember all
who suffered and died in the Nazi Holocaust including blacks, gays,
disabled people, Poles, Roma
"Gypsies", and political prisoners, to name a few.
Furthermore "Never Again" has to be about firmly condemning ongoing crimes against humanity today, not just yesterday.
Israel's monstrous Apartheid Wall needs to fall.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
NOTES https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/search/label/Notes
Biden recently tweeted: "This Holocaust Remembrance Day, we mourn the six million Jews who were killed by the Nazis during one of the darkest chapters in human history. And we recommit to heeding the lessons of the Shoah and realizing the responsibility of “Never Again.” "
"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
Gaza's Christians face subdued Easter Sunday amid Israel's bombs: With Israel's war continuing to rage in Gaza, Christians in the strip face sombre Easter Sunday ceremonies, with festivities curtailed.
Merry Orthodox Easter to all my friends who celebrate. May you next celebrate your holidays in a Free Palestine.
A Rose Shoulders Up- poem fragment by Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha, gracefully illustrated by Hannah Maguire
Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha: "I miss my books. I miss the sea. I miss Gaza. Ceasefire Now!!"
Hind Rajab was six years old when she was killed in Gaza. So why did a CNN host refer to her as ‘a woman’?... "It’s not just CNN, of course. There is a long history (one that stretches back way before October 7) of mainstream media outlets dehumanizing Palestinians. "
'Our unwavering determination to return one day': Displaced Palestinians keep hold of keys to Gaza homes like their Nakba ancestors: Palestinians displaced by Israel's war on Gaza are holding on to keys from their damaged or destroyed houses as a symbol of one day returning to their homeland.
4 Palestinian female journalists detained in Israel jails
‘World powers allowing Israel to keep killing Gaza journalists to hide war crimes’
At Harvard Yard, students advocating for Palestine installed an artistic display above the statue of George, featuring Mark 84 bombs. These missiles, measuring 13 feet in length and weighing 2,000 pounds, are supplied by the U.S. to Israel.
6 days before the 2nd anniversary of Israel's killing of correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh: Israel to shut down local offices and broadcasrs of Al Jazeera in Ar & En, seize equipment used for its broadcasts; & limit access to its websites
Razia Iqbal: I teach democracy at Princeton. Student protesters are getting an education like no other- Students across the US are forging bonds in the face of brutal power structures. You might say they’ve already won
Academic freedom and free speech are essential. Universities must protect them. - ACLU's Open Letter to College and University Presidents on Student Protests
Which is worse, Israel’s lies about Gaza or its western backers who repeat those lies? ... Useful idiots keep parroting provably false Israeli talking points. Mehdi Hasan in The Guardian
No Freedom Without Free Press #WorldPressFreedomDay - Last week another Palestinian journalist was killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza, taking the death toll to 142 media personnel since October 7, 2023
Irish Artists For Palestine- Beautiful Resistance 9th May 2024 Dublin & Shine on Palestine: The Alternative Eurovision May 10th 2024
Our hearts are with the many Palestinian communities who have been forced to flee their homes, traditions, and livelihoods in the rural West Bank due to escalating Israeli settler and military violence.
Teachers for Palestine #LetsTalkAboutPalestine ... 29th April-10th May 2024
Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign IPSC - Flight of Return Kites for Palestine 2024
Hereford Palestine Solidarity Campaign 2024 for Gaza
"The Zionist is not the Jew, The time before Zionism in Palestine, When people lived together in peace and harmony, Jews, Samaritans, Christians, Muslims, Druze, Baha’i, and many others of these spiritual and religious in Palestine, Who lived together for many centuries, before colonialism arrived to our land,, Zionism is not Judaism"
Universal Echo poem by Anne Selden Annab from 2008 "Every time you unlock any door any where any one you are Al-Awda. Any time you fit a key into any ignition of any vehicle you are Al-Awda. Any time you write a poem (or a grocery list)..."
BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights
Factsheet on Palestinian Refugees: THE RIGHT TO RETURN, A BASIC RIGHT STILL DENIED*
Historical Maps of PALESTINE (or the) HOLY LAND
GLOBALIZE THE INTIFADA #artagainstapartheid Free Palestine!
Part of Israel's nefarious Ethnic Cleansing campaign is stealing the story- pressuring newspapers and politicians worldwide to favor "The Jewish State" above and beyond all else. Israel Uber Alis.
"For the White House to allow pro-Israel “word police” to define what is & isn’t acceptable language is a dangerous abuse of power" James J Zogby ... & Annie's Notes about the real meanings of some very crucial words that are being badly misconstrued by Biden & the Zionist Word Police
Arresting students and banning Tiktok will not stifle the truth about Israeli crimes against humanity.
FYI the Israel/Palestine conflict did not start on Oct 7th 2023. To be fair and honest you must go back to 1917 when the British Empire and Occupation promoted the Balfour Declaration to create a
Israel has failed to provide evidence of Unrwa staff terrorist links: report
Israel has dropped almost 75,000 bombs and shells on Gaza in 200 days, twenty times more than the US aimed at Iraq in six years of war. It’s not war. It’s genocide.
There are enough weapons of war and destruction already on planet earth.
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
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Part of Israel's nefarious Ethnic Cleansing campaign is stealing the story- pressuring newspapers and politicians worldwide to favor "The Jewish State" above and beyond all else. Israel Uber Alis.
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Nazi tactics included burning books, breaking windows, and cattle cars transporting human beings to concentration camps.
Zionists learned all about optics and record keeping from that
terrible time- not all about how to build a fair and just nation and
real democracy, but how to less obviously persecute, impoverish, and
displace targeted populations in order to steal their land and
resources.
Part of Israel's nefarious ethnic cleansing campaign is stealing
the story- pressuring newspapers and politicians worldwide to favor "The
Jewish State" above and beyond all else. Israel Uber Alis.
There are legions of word police using bully tactics aimed at
denigrating & silencing support for the indigenous Arab population
of what was not so long ago called Historic Palestine.
There are also charm campaigns seeking to beguile and/or bribe people into idolizing and funding Israel while our own country crumbles from lack of investment in infrastructures- roads- schools- public transportation- medical costs- affordable housing...etc...
The word "Semites" includes Arabs, but the phrase "antisemitism"
excludes Arabs, specifically excludes the indigenous Arab Palestinians
while they are being erased- ethnically cleansed- from their ancestral
homes and lands while they are also being intentionally &
persistently excluded from the definitions of antisemitism.
I AM NOT & never have been pro-Hamas. I am pro-Human Rights &
pro- the rule of fair and just laws, Pro MLK Jr.'s "I Have A dream"...
and pro-American ideals: Please stop being an idiot for Israel.
NOTES https://anniesnewletters.blogspot.com/search/label/Notes
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
"For the White House to allow pro-Israel “word police” to define what is & isn’t acceptable language is a dangerous abuse of power" James J Zogby ... & Annie's Notes about the real meanings of some very crucial words that are being badly misconstrued by Biden & the Zionist Word Police
Guardian Book Review: The Tale of a Wall by Nasser Abu Srour– a Palestinian prisoner writes... Jailed since the first intifada, Abu Srour charts a deeply personal journey through the conflict that has defined his life
Nothing screams ‘covering up war crimes’ like insisting that there should absolutely not be an independent investigation - Why hasn’t the US called for an investigation into mass graves in Gaza? Arwa Mahdawi in The Guardian
"Moreover, the Court considers it particularly important to remind all States of their international obligations relating to the transfer of arms to parties to an armed conflict, in order to avoid the risk that such arms might be used to violate the above-mentioned Conventions. "
Historical Maps of PALESTINE (or the) HOLY LAND
1948-2024 Palestinian Refugees ... due to Zionist brutality & Israeli bigotry
ARMS
Mark Twain "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it."
Israel's real, undeclared goal has always been to make Gaza uninhabitable and destroy as many traces of Palestinian life as possible
Letter from 100+ Refugee and Human Rights Organizations to U.S. Government: Withholding Funding to UNRWA a “Moral and Strategic Failure”
Stephen Kapos is a regular figure on the pro-Palestine marches, often as part of the ever-growing Jewish bloc: “My message to the brave student protesters in America is just keep doing it. Don’t give up.”
87-year-old Holocaust survivor says- “From the River to the Sea, for me - a single democratic state... equal rights ... too late for the two state solution...
2,700-year-old carved shell found in Italy - but made in Syria, Lebanon, or Palestine ... trade & trade routes- civilization #art #beauty
It's an open book test #FreePalestine ... Pro-Palestinian protesters target White House Correspondents Dinner
SEE and SHARE: Zionists objecting to the Palestine Flag & a sign for CEASEFIRE break the display window of Women and Children First Bookstore in Chicago this week
Enlightenment ripples out online thanks to little things such as a forwarded photo of the Educate & Protest for Palestine College Campus Campaigns: The University of Pennsylvania encampment has set up a Refaat Alareer memorial library
Kamal Nasir poem: "The Story" thanks to educator Nancy Harb Almendras http://umkahlil.blogspot.com/
The now-famous poem “If I must die” by Refaat Al-Areer was written to his daughter Shaymaa, who Refaat foresaw as his continued presence on this earth, even after his departure from it. Today, Israel murdered Shaymaa, her husband, and their newborn child, in a deliberate assassination.
In my local paper: Dickinson students stage sit-in to show solidarity with arrested Palestine protesters "...organizer Diana Webb said she set up a folding chair by a “Free Gaza” sign and soon found other students came out to join her."
Arresting students and banning Tiktok will not stifle the truth about Israeli crimes against humanity.
FYI the Israel/Palestine conflict did not start on Oct 7th 2023. To be fair and honest you must go back to 1917 when the British Empire and Occupation promoted the Balfour Declaration to create a
Israel has failed to provide evidence of Unrwa staff terrorist
links: report
The Colonna report, which was commissioned by the UN in the wake of Israeli allegations, found that Unrwa had regularly supplied Israel with lists of its employees for vetting, and that “the Israeli government has not informed Unrwa of any concerns relating to any Unrwa staff based on these staff lists since 2011”.
Israel has dropped almost 75,000 bombs and shells on Gaza in 200 days, twenty times more than the US aimed at Iraq in six years of war. It’s not war. It’s genocide.
UN NEWS 23 April 2024 Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights office...200 days of horror... “Every 10 minutes a child is killed or wounded. They are protected under the laws of war, and yet they are ones who are disproportionately paying the ultimate price in this war,” said the High Commissioner.
Colleges should not be using students' tuition money to invest in companies supporting Israel's war in Gaza... "I Am a Jewish Student at Columbia. Don’t Believe What You’re Being Told About ‘Campus Antisemitism’. Smears from the press and pro-Israel influencers are a dangerous distraction from real threats to our safety."
CSM In West Bank, wave of settler violence creating feel of a war zone
There are enough weapons of war and destruction already on planet earth.
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
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| Jaffa's fishermen in 1870 Palestine |
Friday, April 26, 2024
Arresting students and banning Tiktok will not stifle the truth about Israeli crimes against humanity.
Dear Bide ...etc...
Concerned college students are raising U.S. awareness about the very real plight and suffering of Palestinian men, women, and children.
In response, billionaire businessmen on broadcast TV news here in America boast that they won't hire college students who protest for Palestine. Arrests are made, students are suspended... But even that is not stopping or silencing the passion for Palestine that has awakened in many young people today.
Arresting students and banning Tiktok will not stifle the truth about Israeli crimes against humanity.
Foolishly our mainstream media, religious leaders, and
politicians protect Jews-preferred Israel, empowering blatant
bigotry and genocide: FYI only reading echo chamber pro-Israel
distractions and fabrications serves Israeli interests- not America.
American money should not be funding Israel in any way, shape or form. But we should be fully funding UNWRA which was created
Israel has failed to provide evidence of UNWRA staff terrorist links
Please stop misusing American tax payers' hard earned money to fund
rampant Israeli injustice, religious craziness, home demolitions, and escalating war in the Middle
East.
Building a pier in Gaza for American aid for Palestinians is an expensive distraction, and not a good use of funds. UNWRA is already in place- already built thanks in a large part to American efforts after WWII. Use the right tool for the job to get the job done.
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Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
FYI the Israel/Palestine conflict did not start on Oct 7th 2023. To be fair and honest you must go back to 1917 when the British Empire and Occupation promoted the Balfour Declaration to create a
Israel has failed to provide evidence of Unrwa staff terrorist links: report
The Colonna report, which was commissioned by the UN in the wake of Israeli allegations, found that Unrwa had regularly supplied Israel with lists of its employees for vetting, and that “the Israeli government has not informed Unrwa of any concerns relating to any Unrwa staff based on these staff lists since 2011”.
The Nation: “The Bulldozer Kept Coming”: A Girl Stares Down Death in Gaza- The extraordinary story of a 14-year-old, her mother, and what happened when the Israeli military came to destroy their house.
CSM: Ken Makin Commentary on Columbia: History, protests, and humanity- After arrests at Columbia University and other schools, our commentator considers the legacy of civil disobedience. How and why does society’s lens on protests change over time?
Hundreds of Israeli extremists, under the protection of Israeli police, stormed occupied East Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque complex on Wednesday: Israeli authorities and settlers seek to strip East Jerusalem of its Palestinian Muslim and Christian character and turn it into a Jewish-Israeli area.
This Passover, we don’t need or want the false idol of Zionism. We want freedom from the project that commits genocide in our name. We need an exodus from Zionism- Naomi Klein
Israel has dropped almost 75,000 bombs and shells on Gaza in 200 days, twenty times more than the US aimed at Iraq in six years of war. It’s not war. It’s genocide.
UN NEWS 23 April 2024 Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights office...200 days of horror... “Every 10 minutes a child is killed or wounded. They are protected under the laws of war, and yet they are ones who are disproportionately paying the ultimate price in this war,” said the High Commissioner.
Colleges should not be using students' tuition money to invest in companies supporting Israel's war in Gaza... "I Am a Jewish Student at Columbia. Don’t Believe What You’re Being Told About ‘Campus Antisemitism’. Smears from the press and pro-Israel influencers are a dangerous distraction from real threats to our safety."
Student activists have been calling for universities to "divest from genocide".
Colleges should not be using students' tuition money to invest in companies supporting Israel's war in Gaza.
Mosab Abu Toha: "If you want to learn about the truth about our lives, at least for the past 30 years, not only for the past 200 days as many want others to understand, read these poems..."
A Dream of Palestine ... A children's book written by Wafa Shami illustrated by Christina Qahoush: Noor, a young school-aged girl, is curious to learn about what happened to her Palestinian grandmother (Teta) during the infamous 1948 Nakba (The Catastrophe) that befell the Palestinian people, and why her family was forced to leave their home in al-Quds (Jerusalem). Why were they pushed out of their homeland? Where did they go? And how did they become refugees?
Disinformation Warfare: Journalistic Cover for Israel’s Genocide- For decades, Israel has recognized the importance of information warfare in justifying the everyday violence of occupation, apartheid, and settler colonialism. Now they are using the same tactics in overdrive to justify and facilitate genocide. In just six months, Israeli forces have killed more than 33,000 Palestinians and left most of Gaza uninhabitable.
Mona Chalabi: Settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank – visualized... International attention is on Gaza, but attacks by Israelis who live on Palestinian land have been increasing
Falastine Saleh: By weaponising settlers, the Israeli government not only perpetuates violence, but also lays the groundwork for further domination, displacement and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians
April is Arab American Heritage Month!✨ ... GOOD BOOKS!
CSM In West Bank, wave of settler violence creating feel of a war zone
There are enough weapons of war and destruction already on planet earth.
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