May 13, 2018

The Tragedy of the Occupation: Israel bombs Gaza tunnel, closes key crossing after attack

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Israel bombs Gaza tunnel, closes key crossing after attack

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May 12, 2018

Apologizing for donald trump in Ramallah

On a recent trip to Ramallah:


One kept having to apologize for donald trump.

Yes, it was embarrassing........very embarrassing.




At the coffee bar:

A very lovely older gentleman asked me, "Where are you from?"


Finding my location of residence to be the United States they asked my opinion of our president with passion.


Explaining endlessly:  "He is not my president, I do not agree with him.  I do not like his policies."



Repeatedly explaining to these very friendly and welcoming individuals, "I do not like what he has done."

"He does not have respect for the Arab countries," was the common complaint.

Why is he moving the embassy to Jerusalem?


It is an embarrassment for an American to travel in the Middle East and constantly have to apologize for donald trump--our very misinformed and ignorant president.

What does the United States stand for if not respecting all citizens of the world.

The same thing happened again:


Have you seen the candy shops in Ramallah?

Seriously, the food alone is worth the trip.

All the vendors are friendly and willing to chat.

I love the nougat candy.

Just wanting to purchase one piece of candy the shop keeper insisted I take one for free and enjoy a delicious cup of Arabic coffee.

The same question is asked again--Do I agree with donald trump--he has no respect for us.

The folks in the shops were so nice--so willing to chat--well dressed and well spoken--so eager to welcome me into their shop.

Fellow Americans, this very, very ignorant and insulting individual who poses as our president is a huge embarrassment when one constantly has to apologize for his insults and lack of respect.

Let's see if we can't eliminate him in our next election so we can hold our heads up as we visit Palestine and the Holy Land

My gosh, what has this world come to?

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Apr 27, 2018

ACOAers--This is good--"OVERCOME Your FEARS!" - Gary Oldman - Top 10 Rules







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Been in it forever, but still just starting to get it. 





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Apr 21, 2018

Helping Dogs in Palestine


Helping Dogs in Palestine




Diana George Babbish talks about the special challenges of operating an animal shelter on the West Bank in Palestine.






 

Apr 14, 2018

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Apr 9, 2018

from Larry Hancock: Radicalization

New post on Larry Hancock

Radicalization

by larryjoe2
Given the chaos of domestic news these days, its difficult for a good many issues to penetrate the media for any period of time. One of those issues is the extent to which the internet is being used for domestic radicalization and incitement to violence.
Certainly I'm not ignoring the foreign aspects of the information warfare being waged within social media, but with the launch of Killing King on the anniversary of MLK's assassination, Stu and I were both surprised to find virtually a total lack of interest in its implications related to contemporary acts of violence.
Given that, I though I would post a couple of excerpts from the one interview (VICE Magazine) we did where that subject was addressed.  I'll put in the full interview link after those excerpts:
How do you think the white supremacist moment we're in right now, with Trump and the Alt Right, compares to what went on back then in the late 60s?
Larry Hancock: What's happening now is an enabling thing. Whenever these folks are able to get broad attention, as we saw during the 1960s, more recruiting happened. In 1967, the White Knights recruited young people. They used these people basically as their terrorist foot soldiers. They were young, relatively naive, and easily manipulated. It was the groups of older, more experienced radicals who actually were able to recruit young people like this and send them out on major terror attacks.
I'm afraid that's exactly what we're seeing now. If you look at the connections of some of the recent church shootings and school shootings, you will find that these are young people who have been radicalized by the same sort of racist, nativist network that has the same footprint that it did back in the 1960s.
Stuart Wexler:
There’s this giant continuum of Klan violence from the time the Klan was formed in the later 19th Century until the present. Wesley Swift’s influence on white supremacy is so profound that it's now in the ether of what the white supremacist movement breathes. Specifically the focus on a race war. This wasn't something that you saw as part of the motivation for racial violence before the 1960s. But in 1968, that's what we believe motivated the people to kill King, and in 2016, virtually everybody who commits these racist acts, people like Dylann Roof, they're talking about race war. That's because Wesley Swift’s Christian Identity ideas, over a period of five decades, filtered into the white supremacist movement. Even the groups that say they're not Christian Identity or that broke away from Christian Identity, this notion of a race war is very profound.
For those who might be skeptical that such groups still exist or are increasingly active - and that acts of violence result from their influence -  you might check these two links:

larryjoe2 | April 9, 2018 at 1:38 pm | Categories: Everything else | URL: https://wp.me/p1DeOb-gq
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