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I’m a bit of a student of the Israel-Palestine conflict.� I tend to read news from all sides, study history, try to�listen to and understand disparate views, and avoid flame wars.� The current ...
by nmprogressive
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on Sat Apr 20, 2024 at 04:00 PM PDT
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There is no path to peace. Peace is the path.
Mahatma Gandhi
Israel-Hamas-Iran-Hezbullah
Russia-Ukraine-NATO-Republican Party
North Korea
China-Taiwan
Sudan
ISIS
Syria
The forces of ...
by Mokurai
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on Sun Apr 14, 2024 at 09:00 AM PDT
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“As we look to the future, the only real solution is a two-state solution.” President Joe Biden — State of the Union Address My Heart Is Heavy My name is Fawzi Guleid. I am a Muslim by birth and an American by choice. I am emotionally drained and...
by Bulbul22
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on Tue Apr 09, 2024 at 08:02 AM PDT
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Before I get to the main body of the diary, last night I was watching the news and an Israeli mother was burying her son, he had died in Khan Yunis. Unfortunately, I did not catch her name, and just a few words in English, “this hatred must stop”, the...
by LaFeminista
111 comments
on Mon Apr 08, 2024 at 05:55 AM PDT
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Come, Let Us Be Friends
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming (1875-1963)
Come, let us be friends, you and I, �
by strawbale
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on Fri Mar 22, 2024 at 07:00 PM PDT
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My family was not religious, but we were always aware that we were Jews. Until I was 12, we were the only Jewish family in a Catholic neighborhood. Some families wouldn’t let their children play with us. My parents sent us to Hebrew School, to get in...
by AliceT4
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on Sat Mar 09, 2024 at 01:03 PM PST
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13097551/tennessee-capitol-building-nazi-flag-swastika-white-supremacy-march.html https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2024/02/18/nazi-marchers-at-capitol-in-nashville-prompt-bipartisan-blowback/72651479007/...
by BLAYMAN
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on Sun Feb 18, 2024 at 06:29 PM PST
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Happy 65th birthday to the peace symbol , originally designed as a symbol for nuclear disarmament.
Still ...
by jck
100 comments
on Wed Feb 21, 2024 at 05:30 PM PST
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🕊️ Global Observatory.org - 2019 The Role of Women in Northern Ireland’s Peace Process: Q&A with Monica McWilliams by Samir Ashraf. For clarity, the Ireland-England conflict dates back at minimum to about 1540, and in some...
by mettle fatigue
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on Sat Mar 02, 2024 at 04:50 PM PST
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If you live in a district that is represented by a Republican in the US House of Representatives, you might feel like calling them to ask them to vote a certain way is an exercise in extreme futility. I know I’ve felt that way the last several years....
by nancyjones
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on Fri Feb 16, 2024 at 06:46 AM PST
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“Israel exists. And Palestinians must have a homeland, too. It doesn’t matter who got there first.” Colbert L. King, THE WASHINGTON POST in THE SACRAMENTO BEE, 11/14/23 Political and religious viewpoints aside, the 2023-24 war in Israel/Palestine...
by Gregg Matson
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on Mon Feb 12, 2024 at 11:49 AM PST
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As a foreign policy realist, a liberal realist of the Hedley Bull school, I fully understand the importance of individual states pursuing their interests on the world stage. Realist thinking can help states prevent quagmires like Iraq and Afghanistan....
by jasonsibert
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on Sat Jan 27, 2024 at 09:05 AM PST
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I promised myself that I was not going to wade into the heated discussions (truthfully, “discussions” might not be the most accurate description of what had been occurring on this and other sites) around the Israel/Palestine war. And I really, really,...
by BlackGrannyRising
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on Tue Jan 23, 2024 at 03:42 AM PST
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Ha'aretz - 22 January 2024 by Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib “Opinion |I Grew Up in Gaza. This Is What I Hope for Its Future” The senseless killing of 30 of my own relatives in Gaza forces me to seek a fundamentally different future. Palestinians must...
by mettle fatigue
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on Tue Jan 23, 2024 at 02:30 PM PST
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To quote Robert Burns: "O, wad some Power the giftie gie us/ To see oursels as others see us!" Growing up in my argumentative Jewish family, I remember most political and cultural issues were subjected, at some point, to the question: but is it good...
by AliceT4
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on Sat Jan 20, 2024 at 11:08 AM PST
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s views on foreign policy: A perspective based on justice. A model to emulate “I accept this award today with an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind. I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history. I refuse to accept the idea that the ‘isness’ of man’s present...
by tony a
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on Sun Jan 14, 2024 at 08:15 AM PST
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Our species has had a wild and crazy adolescence. These days we’re facing the consequences of our irresponsible behavior. We can now see that our bad habits will kill us if we don’t quit. It’s time to grow up. Can we stop eating too much meat, using...
by AliceT4
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on Sat Jan 06, 2024 at 03:16 PM PST
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Note: This a re-post for when I tried to update the text of the earlier diary, it “corrupted” and nullified the entire diary. I could only see blank spaces and no text. I have deleted the earlier version. This could very well be one of the more...
by JekyllnHyde
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on Mon Jan 01, 2024 at 04:04 PM PST
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The ghost of Anne Frank calls us—with a chorus of children dead in all wars—to the negotiating table to save the children of all humanity. By Mimi Kennedy, Co-founder and Board Member, PDA That sentence runs through my mind as I witness the horror of...
by Progressive Democrats of America
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on Wed Dec 27, 2023 at 07:59 AM PST
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A Celebration of Peace Anytime, anywhere, when the cycle of violence is momentarily interrupted or broken — and a tenuous step taken towards achieving peace — that, in itself, is worthy of remembrance. For one day, the guns of war were silent along...
by JekyllnHyde
28 comments
on Sun Dec 24, 2023 at 05:33 PM PST
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