Dave
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Rafah is *at least* 42 times older than the State of Israel. It was one of humanity's earliest settlements, and is referenced in texts from Bronze-age pharaohs. Now it is no more. Totally destroyed before our eyes.








Palestinianism is just Qanon for leftists.








****Statement from Mosab Abu Toha in response to LeMoyne College's President's email to students today***** This is deeply shameful. I cannot believe what I am reading. How dare you tell a person who survived a genocide that they cannot speak about it? On April 15, I had the honor of visiting and speaking at Le Moyne College. I spoke about my lived experience in Gaza, shared the family trees of those killed by Israel, and read my poems. I also played the actual recordings of Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling that I documented myself while on the ground in Gaza. This morning, the President of the college sent out an email condemning my use of the word GENOCIDE when describing these crimes. She claimed that using that word is "antisemitic." She stated that she recognized the "real hurt" that the word caused to Jewish students. Seriously? Are the crimes of the Israeli state representative of all Jewish people? I personally refuse to believe that is the case. It is utterly ridiculous to begin a letter by stating that your institution welcomes the "free exchange of ideas," only to immediately condemn a speaker, not for sharing abstract ideas, but for sharing his own life. I still carry the physical wounds of a 2009 airstrike on my neck, my forehead, and my cheek. My wife and I have lost over one hundred relatives, most of them children. Some of them have still not been buried. Who are these students you are talking about? Not a single person who identified themselves as Jewish approached me after my talk to offer condolences or acknowledge the actual crimes committed against me and my family. I never once used the word "Jewish" during the entire event; I refuse to conflate the faith of Judaism with the actions of the state of Israel. Yet, you suggest my language caused "hurt." Whoever went to your office to complain about my words should have been the first to approach the stage to show humanity and support for a survivor. It may surprise you to know that I used the word GENOCIDE to describe Israel’s actions in Gaza long before most human rights organizations, including prominent Israeli organizations, and leading Holocaust and Genocide scholars arrived at the same conclusion. I hope this fact does not "hurt" anyone even more. If anyone told you they felt "hurt" because I used the word GENOCIDE, then I ask you: how should I feel? How should my wife feel after losing her father? How should my three children feel after losing their grandfather? At a time when a GENOCIDE should be condemned, it is the survivors and those who speak out against it who are being targeted instead. SHAME!!!!!



"The worst [countries] are those who deny dignity from other human beings." President of the U.N. General Assembly Annalena Baerbock on how the U.N. is trying to reform itself to meet the urgent challenges facing the world







This is not just significant. It’s a turning point. The Middle East will be divided—clearly and irreversibly—between those who choose peace, partnership and prosperity, and those who choose chaos, hatred and destruction. Let me be blunt:Nations that glorify terror, murder and extremism are choosing a path of darkness—and they will pay the price of Isolation, Weakness, Economic collapse and Internal decay. History has proven it. And it will happen again. Nations that invest in people, knowledge, innovation and cooperation will lead. They will be much much safer, stronger and infinitely more prosperous. My prediction is unwavering: the nihilists, the hate preachers, the merchants of death—they will lose. Spectacularly. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽




🇱🇧/🇫🇷 Liban - France : un lien indéfectible ? ▶️Emmanuel Macron et Nawaf Salam "sont apparus en parfaite symbiose", déclare Karim-Emile Bitar, @karimbitar, enseignant à Sciences Po Paris et professeur à l'Université Saint-Joseph à Beyrouth sur #ledebatf24 @StphAntoine



"Khalil was trapped alive under rubble for hours, having made a phone call to her family and the Lebanese military for help, Qudah told CNN on Thursday. 'The Red Cross was blocked for seven hours and when they reached her after seven hours, she was already dead,” she said. 'This kind of obstruction of rescue efforts may really amount to war crime.'"











