I’m involved with an effort, “Words About War Matter,” and the group led by David Vine has posted guidance for language related to Israel, Hamas, and Gaza. The link is https://www.wordsaboutwar.org/gaza.html
Thank You, Bill, for that link. It is a very valuable resource and asset for anybody who wants to actually, really think ~ let alone write, talk, or social medialize ~ about War. And not just the one in Gaza.
perhaps you have not read and absorbed all the forwards i've sent you, jg, or i have failed to include you in the multitudes i have sent.... but then, this is not your ambit. one must work in palestine to answer those inquiries for oneself. hamas was originally created w/ funding from the israeli govt. in order to create a classic brit-empire 'divide and conquer' subreption against the PLO, which had transmutated into the more pacifistic fatah political sector. 'freedom' means a diverse concept for everyone, depending on her/his background ambit and experiences. in the case of palestinians, they want their land back which was usurped from them by zionists in 1947/1948... and yet more of their land again, which was summarily and opportunistically expropriated from them following the US/UK-supported israeli attack on egypt. YES! the israelis attacked egypt first! i was there. in their classic duplicity and seigneury over the MSM, you and every other donnard were persuaded to believe that egypt and jordan attacked first. the duplicity and hate-mongering of israeli zionists against palestinians defies comprehension. the zionists surreptitiously launched the 1967 war; the palestinians were mere pawns in that mulligrubbing pogrom.
the palestinians have reached a nexus in their beleaguered lives wherein many prefer to die quickly w/ dignity rather than die slowly. as well, palestinians [originally, a small tribe w/in the larger caananite tribe] have been demonized, marginalized, abjured, dispossessed, disdained, and denigrated for over 70 years. they are fighting for their right to exist in their own homeland, which they have occupied for thousands of years. they have virtually nothing remaining and nothing to live for... no future whatsoever, particularly given that the international power-elite refuse to help them. may i repeat?: the palestinians have reached a nexus in their beleaguered lives that many prefer to die quickly w/ dignity rather than die slowly!
my west bank students in the 4 refugee camps surrounding nablus, where i volunteered throughout may, june, and july this year, have bemoaned in defeasance that they will be bombed next. during the months i was there as a volunteer teacher, the israelis bombed jenin, just north of us, and dropped tons of ordnance from their helicopters and drones on our refugee camps, ambulances, and streets, demolishing houses and slaughtering putative 'militants' who were trying to protect their families, homes, shops, and schools. you have no clue, jg, what is it is like in palestine, not in the west bank nor in gaza. please allow the subsumed emails to elucidate you.
these emails are part of a chain carried on by my children and myself.:
[from coryn~alcyon]: Very well-said, all of you. It is bolstering to feel your solidarity of sentiments; it helps one feel less isolated amidst this insanity. I love you fam! 💕
[from jeanie]: please read my explanatory email below that i just winged off to burla [bry], naiis. every asseveration is a veracious one.
Interesting to hear their perspective mom. I wonder how much popular support there was for Hamas at the time of that election and whether it was a rigged outcome.
There is a conspiracy going around on social media postulating that Hamas would only have been able to break through Israel’s highly guarded, virtually impenetrable barriers “undetected” if some faction of Israeli’s defence forces sanctioned Hamas’ invasion (in order to justify a counter-invasion). “If you want to start a war, then hire a terrorist group to invade you and kill some of your civilians”, is the thinking. I have no idea about the veracity of this theory, but it does make me wonder… especially since Israel already had a history of funding Hamas…
by the way, 2 of my local palestinian translation femmes who had volunteered to be my interpreters in the refugee camps’ classes around the nablus region, repined in despair when it was announced that hamas had been elected to represent the palestinian people and that fatah had lost the election. they explained that hamas was a bellicose organization that had been originally funded by the israeli govt to act as an undermining counterweight to the PLO, which had transmutated into the more pacifistic fatah political sector of the now-defunct PLO. my volunteer interpretors, both nablus university students, claimed their consociates and their families were extremely discouraged that hamas had won the election rather than the far more pacifistic fatah political sector of the PLO. having nugatory knowledge of these political machinations at the time, i absorbed their distrust of the seminally israeli-funded hamas w/ naught but curiosity and intrigue. luvmum/jeanie
what is wrong w/ our species? are we insane? the insanity of destroying so many children’s lives is so demented i just can’t wrap my dendrites around it. war is such a crazed, endemic sector of our DNA it seems implausible our species remains regnant.
Fully agree. Flabbergasted and frustrated by US and Canadian politicians and the western media right now. Unbelievable that they can robotically justify Israeli war crimes and ignore a humanitarian catastrophe. Deplorable and sickening.
I have been getting most of my news on the events from Aljazeera. Yes they have their own bias but in this case that is needed in an ocean of blind pro-Israel sentiment.
Love you all
Menzie McEachern
On Oct 23, 2023, at 6:52 AM, Kavan McEachern <kavanmce@gmail.com> wrote:
100%. Most people form strong opinions based on scant information, and Western sentiment on Israel-Gaza is a stark example of that. Supposedly the older and more right wing you are, the more likely you are to support Israel. Although there are plenty of young liberals who still support Israel 🤯 it’s a shockingly bipartisan sentiment.
On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 12:57 AM Firth McEachern <firth.mce@gmail.com> wrote:
I feel the same way you do Naiis. Most mainstream Western media reporting on Israel-Gaza, and the public statements being made by politicians (Canadians included), are agonizingly myopic, unbalanced, callous, fallacious, incomplete, or specious — enough to drive one demented!
It has made me so disappointed with our international order, and humanity in general....how ignorant, spineless, irrational, and uncompassionate people can be. And how easily we form camps of crass competition, collective delusion, presumed moral authority, and self-censorship, based on the flimsiest knowledge, experience, and critical thought.
my nifty nymph naiis: am sorry you asked, but i’m barely functional, weeping unconsolably, of exiguous use to anyone, wandering around on the ridges behind us in a tenebrous fugue of despair and desolation. the fabrications of the western MSM have dissolved my psyche into rubble. firth’s and my friends and our students in the west bank refugee camps will be bombed next. the reaction has been so egregiously visceral that i can barely eat, and when i do, i feel emetic. i am certain our courageous PROJECT HOPE NABLUS consociates persist in devoting themselves to those who need their services so desperately, but i cannot reach them. i luvu nymph-naiis, aka, our coryn~alcyon.
How are you faring with the devastation that is occurring in Palestine? I have been thinking of you and wondering how you are coping. I am filled with rage, my heart is breaking, and I feel so helpless. I am unable to read any mainstream media as it incites a volcanic anger.
It is hard to maintain equanimity and not allow the hatred I feel for Zionism and the Israeli government to subsume me- but I try- as I know carrying hatred doesn’t help anyone and is ultimately injurious to myself.
I have been taking small actions- signing petitions and letters, sending money to the World Food Program for Gaza- but it feels ineffectual in the face of so much horror.
The only salve is that I know there are others who think as we do, who recognize that this is genocide, and our voices are growing stronger.
The pain in the world is palpable. I remind myself to maintain my centre and stay in a place of good will and intent, whilst also acknowledging that these insupportable feelings of torment can be a catalyst for change.
I am thinking of you mom; I hope you are as well as can be. I am guessing you have not been able to communicate with any of your Project Hope Nablus friends?
"....humanitarian efforts cannot be allowed to impact the mission to dismantle Hamas."
So, in other words, not only are Palestinian casualties to be disregarded, but in its single- mindedness, Israel is willing to sacrifice its own people being held hostage. All to accomplish a non-quantifiable aim, more political fantasy than anything else. Naturally, it would be an absolute good to get rid of terrorists, but then what? All the hard questions about Palestinian rights still remain.
Suggested reading of Jonathan Cook's latest, a British Journalist who lived in Biblical Nazareth for years until he moved back to England last year.
With his on the ground direct experience of what Israel does with expendable Palestinians, he is persona non grata as an EXPERT in Western MSM. He doesn't hold back exposing Israeli crimes.
'Did Israel choose to kill Hamas and the hostages indiscriminately?'
The case builds that Israel may have invoked its infamous ‘Hannibal directive’, which requires that the army kill Israelis rather than let them be taken hostage.
So much space continues to be dedicated to the Hamas attack more than two weeks on. But this article from Mondoweiss is a rare attempt to try to piece together the events of October 7 without relying simply on Israel’s official, increasingly strained narrative.
The author explains the response of the Israeli army to Hamas’ incursion into Israel and capture of Israeli communities near Gaza in terms of Israel’s infamous “Hannibal directive”. That military directive compels the Israeli army to kill Israelis rather than let them be taken hostage. It usually applies to military personnel, but has been used against Israeli civilians too.
The author cites plenty of evidence indicating that the Hannibal directive was likely to have been applied as policy towards Israeli civilians captured by Hamas and held hostage in their own homes inside Israel.
In other words, the army appears to have preferred to kill both Israeli civilians and the Hamas militants holding them rather than try to negotiate a release.
That would explain the images of Israeli communities near Gaza that are in ruins, with sections of the walls of homes blasted down and the remains of buildings charred by fire. The article cites evidence that this appears not necessarily to have happened in the heat of battle after the army’s arrival but following a prolonged stand-off with Hamas.
Were a significant number of the 1,400 Israelis who died during the Hamas attack killed as a result of intentional efforts to stop them being taken by Hamas into Gaza?
Here is an Israeli survivor of the Hamas attack speaking about how the Israeli army sprayed her building with live fire, killing Hamas militants and Israeli civilians indiscriminately – in line with the ‘Hannibal directive’.
these are not 'militants', rjc; they are 'freedom seekers'. words matter b/c they are more puissant than weaponry in this era of social media, the MSM, bloggers, mass indoctrination, mendacity, and military 'doublespeak'.
Israel has the right to defend itself, but the Western WAR narrative never says by the same International Law, Palestinians have the RIGHT to resist and fight the OCCUPIERS of their Land
The very small so called "International Community" led by the US is the MINORITY on Earth.
Their MSM, acting like a 5th Horseman of the Apocalypse give the Innocent Jewish Civilians 95% sympathetic propaganda emotional pap while Israel MASSACRES INNOCENT Palestinians without restraint because the US & Europe gave them the green light to do it without any reproach.
Can you imaging what Israeli State TERRORISM is doing to the INNOCENT CIVILIANS in Gaza bombing all night long with hundreds of Women, Children and Babies killed in the DARK?
Israeli MSM said ALL the Hamas Terrorists who actually did all the killing on the ground, were killed within 24 hours by the IDF.
Israel is so blinded by it's rage, they can't see or don't care, they are alienating themselves from the Majority of People of People on Earth inspiring more antisemitism Worldwide.
How about "militant freedom seekers," Jeanie? But how much "freedom" are they actually seeking? And what kind of "freedom" is it? And how much of what kind of "militantcy" are they prepared to use? And against Whom?
One can only wonder what a Gandhiesque campaign of non-violent resistance would have accomplished; as opposed to what "Al-Aqsa Storm" has actually accomplished for the people of Gaza and the West Bank.
It certainly could not have achieved less than has been accomplished and gained by Hamas so far.
Except Hamas and Gazans went the PEACEFUL route at the Gaza fence during The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip near the Gaza-Israel border from 30 March 2018 until 27 December 2019, during which a total of 223 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces.
The demonstrators demanded that the Palestinian refugees must be allowed to return to lands they were displaced from in what is now Israel. They protested against Israel's land, air and sea blockade of the Gaza Strip and the United States recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel.
Israel was indiscriminate KILLING Journalists, Medics, even wheelchair bound Palestinians, in addition to shooting so many in the knees creating so many invalids.
No place to comment on this header in Today's WaPo, "Gaza death toll spikes, mainly in the south, after Israel launches hundreds of strikes"
People forget quickly in a 30 second sound byte Society!
Israel has been TERRORIZING the Innocent Palestinians about the pending invasion and to go South for SAFETY.
Israeli MSM reports ALL the Hamas terrorists who ACTUALLY DID ALL THE KILLING, some 1500 of them, in the 1st breakout from the Jewish controlled Gaza Ghetto - BIGGEST Concentration Camp in the World since 2007, were ALL KILLED within 2 Days. THEY"RE ALL DEAD!
The World can now see the stark contrast, only Innocent Jews Civilians count.
Innocent Palestinians can be MASSACRED without a peep from the West, and certainly not from the Biden Administration in a Public Rebuke!
With all the $BILLIONS the US Taxpayer gives Israel every year, all he could get into Gaza was 17 Trucks for 2.3 MILLION Innocent Palestinians Israel wants to starve to DEATH if BOMBS don't kill them 1st.
Since the 1967 WAR, in VIOLATION of International Law prohibiting the transfer of Israeli Jews during the ILLEGAL OCCUPATION of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, it has been Israeli policy to demolish Palestinian Family Homes even if they had nothing to do with whoever in the Family did the terrorist act. Jews then took over the property.
In January, The Netanyahu government was taken over by an OLD TESTAMENT JEWISH ESTABLISHMENT RELIGIOUS Government, and they sped up the process of demolishing Palestinian Homes
Only the wilfully BLIND will not see the Israeli MASSACRE of the INNOCENT Palestinians Civilians in Gaza and the destruction of their Homes on a wholesale scale, is just the latest version of that old Israeli policy.
The guilty who were all killed, paid with their lives, and Israel taking revenge on the INNOCENT, is a WAR CRIMINAL the West tolerates.
Why does The West make Israel a Golden Calf beyond reproach??
i've been away, ray, 1st in indonesia for a month, then, as i suspect you already know, in palestine's west bank for 3 months as a volunteer teacher. since returning home to mindoro island, i've been overwhelmed helping w/ the efforts of friends and family supporters, following israel's entrenched, unrelenting genocide of palestinian children... 2 of whom, who were my students in the west bank, have already been killed. metaphorically, i'm not really 'here' any more, RJC, w/ you and my old blogging crwth; my brain and heart are back in palestine.
In his 1st speech as Speaker, Mike Johnson said he will restore HOPE.
There are no guarantees the new Speaker of the House will see it, and most House Representatives do not accept anything in their embedded Office email systems other than from their own Constituents.
As a Canadian, I had employ some subterfuge to find a City, Street address and ZIP Code for his 4th Congressional District in Louisiana to send this Message his Office acknowledged receiving online.
You never know if you don't at least try!
Representative Johnson,
Congratulations on your elevation to the Speaker-ship of the House.
It would be good if Hope is restored under your Leadership, especially for the Innocent Palestinian Civilians of Gaza with NO Hope and NOTHING left to lose after 16 YEARS of the Jewish control of the Gaza Ghetto and BIGGEST Concentration Camp in This World.
The World can see on TV the Israeli MASSACRE of INNOCENT Gaza CIVILIANS, Women, Children and BABIES.
And now abides Faith, Hope, Love, these three; but the greatest of these is LOVE.
1 Corinthians 13:13
The Angel's Greeting to the shepherds that 1st Christmas Eve was, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to ALL people.
Glory to God in the highest, and on Earth Peace, Good Will toward men.
The problem Speaker Johnson, is the great Joy and Peace on Earth comes ONLY if men on Earth practice Good Will toward men and act on it.
You will be doing God's WILL if you are a Living Example of that Good Will in practice.
This video of the 85 year old woman hostage Hamas released yesterday is giving nightmares to those conducting the Israeli Propaganda WAR alongside the Military WAR. They don't want the World to hear things like this.
It undermines the narrative Hamas is as sub-human to Jews Today, as Jews were to NAZIS in another place and Time
She says it was tough being kidnapped, but once she found herself in the famous Hamas tunnels, she says, like the previous 2 hostages released before her, Hamas treated them well and provided for all their needs, including regular Doctor visits over those 2 weeks
Thank you very much for these lines, I think it is very important to draw people's attention to these details and to name the injustice that is expressed in the choice of language. It is this judicious selection of terms that makes the big difference in reporting and shows the reporter's "chosen side," apart from the omission or distorted presentation of facts. For me it's good to see that others are also dealing with this and naming these things.
A week ago Sunday, I was taken by Ambulance to the Hull Hospital with the most excruciating pain I've ever felt up to this 155th Day of my 80th Year, counting up, not down.
The prescriptions Emergency gave me are working and as I rest and recuperate, I can only do what I can do within my abilities and means, so I tweeted this to these people this morning.
My sister called me a radical and mental for tweeting the powerful from Time to Time.
I have to do this because that's how I see it unfolding Today;
@CanadianPM
@SecBlinken
@mikepompeo
@Morning_Joe
@AymanM
@AliVelshi
Unfolding in The Middle East is ARMAGEDDON, the BATTLE of the Great Day of God Almighty.
Unfolding Day by Day is a RELIGIOUS WAR between Jews & Gentile non-Jews.
Recommending Johnathan Cook downstream, if no one wants to read the script, this radio interview with a woman who lived through the terrors of October 7 on her Kibbutz, but was not taken hostage has a real story to tell about how the Hamas Terrorists treated her in the Propaganda WAR giving the Innocent Civilians of Israel 95% of the sympathy, with only 5% going to the Innocent Palestinians of Gaza just to keep the WAR going no matter how much DEATH and DESTRUCTION Israel bombs the Innocent Civilians of Gaza, the Women, Children and new born babes.
We can see it with our own eyes, unless we have eyes that will not see, Israeli State TERRORISM bombing INNOCENT Palestinian CIVILIANS IN GAZA ALL NIGHT LONG IN THE DARK, demolishing the Homes of 100s of thousands!
Caitlin is usually spot on with most of her critiques and I link her quite often. Although some tend to think she is anti-American with her views. I rather think she calls it how it is. Linking your article today as well as hers @https://nothingnewunderthesun2016.com/
Notice God did not give his "Chosen People" a heads up!
In the Revelation of Jesus the Jew it's written, "And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. (false teachings about God)
For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth (Billionaires, Presidents, Prime Ministers, CEOs, and other IDOLS of the People) and of the whole world, (the rest of us) to gather them to the BATTLE of that Great Day of God Almighty.
Behold, I come as a thief. (not in the sense of being a thief, but in the sense it comes when the World LEAST EXPECTS IT as happened October 7)
Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue ARMAGEDDON.
Revelation 16:13-16
It starts in Israel recreated from the BIBLE in 1948 after an absence of 2650 years.
The Jewish OLD Testament is replete with records God brings WAR to Israel because they departed from the Ways of God.
In January an OLD TESTAMENT Jewish Religious Establishment became the government implementing policies that speed up vis a vis Palestinians in Gaza and the ILLEGALLY OCCUPIED West Bank, the Path to Armageddon.
Once the Jews demolish the Al-Aqsa Mosque to rebuild a 3rd Jewish Temple, their aim and intention is to re-instate Animal Blood Sacrifice for the Atonement of SIN.
The nominally Christian West encourages Israel to go as far as it can even knowing that is the Jewish goal and by doing so, denies Jesus the Christ, the only Atonement for SIN for all People for All Time. That's a Fundamental of Christianity!
You know that custodians of the Bible back in the day debated whether Revelations was worthy of being in the Bible. Because of its obscure and extravagant imagery, they worried that it could lead to a wide variety of interpretations.
"And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet" Huh? A perfect example! How does one make any sense of that? And one man's interpretation may be another man's bovine excrement.
And it seems their concerns were justified as to this day there are a wide variety of interpretations, ranging from the historical interpretation; to prophecies on what will happen in the future by way of God's will, to different and wild "end time" scenarios, and to the views of critics who deny any spiritual value to Revelation at all.
Carl Jung (1875-1961) the famous Swiss psychiatrist who founded analytical psychology and whose work was influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, philosophy, psychology, and religious studies said in his autobiography "Memories Dream Reflections"..."I will not discuss the transparent prophecies of the Book of Revelation because no one believes in them and the whole subject is felt to be an embarrassing one."
Hence for me, I take any reference to Revelations with a great pinch of salt. Having reservations that most of it is even true or accurate. And its "end times" prophetic stuff we see on our TV Charlatan's religious shows every weekend are surely superstitious nonsense. Scaring the shit outa gullible people! And all the cartoons of bearded men on street corners with their signs. "The End is Near". LOL
Good Day Dennis! Who would be "the kings of the Earth" to you?
Is my interpretation wrong, identifying them as "Billionaires, Presidents, Prime Ministers, CEOs and other IDOLS of the People?"
"False prophet" could reasonably describe those prosperity TV Evangelists living the lifestyle of the rich and famous, selective in their teaching of God with too many SINS of OMISSION.
What can be seen in this MATERIAL World is last January, an OLD Testament Jewish Religious Establishment took over the Israeli government.
It's no secret Jews want the Islamic Al Aska Mosque gone to build a 3rd Jewish Temple. They are already planning to re-instate repetitive Animal Blood Sacrifice for the Atonement of SIN.
A Christian Fundamental is the Blood Christ Jesus shed during the pain and torture of Crucifixion is the one and only Atonement for SIN for ALL People for ALL Time not to be repeated.
Nominal Western Christianity supporting that Jewish goal denies the Role of Christ.
These words are very EXPLICIT in the Revelation, but Western Christian Leaders never, ever cite them,
I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. Revelation 2:9
Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; Revelation 3:9
The fact those words are in Revelation 2:9 & 3:9 are for confirming emphasis.
Israel used fear and intimidation to have almost 1 Million Palestinians move from the North pending the Israeli invasion to the South of Gaza near the Egyptian border to be SAFE, then Israel increased bombing the INNOCENT Palestinian CIVILIANS in the South.
I’m involved with an effort, “Words About War Matter,” and the group led by David Vine has posted guidance for language related to Israel, Hamas, and Gaza. The link is https://www.wordsaboutwar.org/gaza.html
And Thank You for this article. It almost is beginning to sound like You are getting totally and completely fed up with all The Bullshit.
Thank You, Bill, for that link. It is a very valuable resource and asset for anybody who wants to actually, really think ~ let alone write, talk, or social medialize ~ about War. And not just the one in Gaza.
perhaps you have not read and absorbed all the forwards i've sent you, jg, or i have failed to include you in the multitudes i have sent.... but then, this is not your ambit. one must work in palestine to answer those inquiries for oneself. hamas was originally created w/ funding from the israeli govt. in order to create a classic brit-empire 'divide and conquer' subreption against the PLO, which had transmutated into the more pacifistic fatah political sector. 'freedom' means a diverse concept for everyone, depending on her/his background ambit and experiences. in the case of palestinians, they want their land back which was usurped from them by zionists in 1947/1948... and yet more of their land again, which was summarily and opportunistically expropriated from them following the US/UK-supported israeli attack on egypt. YES! the israelis attacked egypt first! i was there. in their classic duplicity and seigneury over the MSM, you and every other donnard were persuaded to believe that egypt and jordan attacked first. the duplicity and hate-mongering of israeli zionists against palestinians defies comprehension. the zionists surreptitiously launched the 1967 war; the palestinians were mere pawns in that mulligrubbing pogrom.
the palestinians have reached a nexus in their beleaguered lives wherein many prefer to die quickly w/ dignity rather than die slowly. as well, palestinians [originally, a small tribe w/in the larger caananite tribe] have been demonized, marginalized, abjured, dispossessed, disdained, and denigrated for over 70 years. they are fighting for their right to exist in their own homeland, which they have occupied for thousands of years. they have virtually nothing remaining and nothing to live for... no future whatsoever, particularly given that the international power-elite refuse to help them. may i repeat?: the palestinians have reached a nexus in their beleaguered lives that many prefer to die quickly w/ dignity rather than die slowly!
my west bank students in the 4 refugee camps surrounding nablus, where i volunteered throughout may, june, and july this year, have bemoaned in defeasance that they will be bombed next. during the months i was there as a volunteer teacher, the israelis bombed jenin, just north of us, and dropped tons of ordnance from their helicopters and drones on our refugee camps, ambulances, and streets, demolishing houses and slaughtering putative 'militants' who were trying to protect their families, homes, shops, and schools. you have no clue, jg, what is it is like in palestine, not in the west bank nor in gaza. please allow the subsumed emails to elucidate you.
these emails are part of a chain carried on by my children and myself.:
[from coryn~alcyon]: Very well-said, all of you. It is bolstering to feel your solidarity of sentiments; it helps one feel less isolated amidst this insanity. I love you fam! 💕
[from jeanie]: please read my explanatory email below that i just winged off to burla [bry], naiis. every asseveration is a veracious one.
On Oct 23, 2023, at 05:57, Corinne McEachern <corinnemce@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, makes me wonder too Brya…
On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 3:34 PM Brya <bryarly@gmail.com> wrote:
Interesting to hear their perspective mom. I wonder how much popular support there was for Hamas at the time of that election and whether it was a rigged outcome.
There is a conspiracy going around on social media postulating that Hamas would only have been able to break through Israel’s highly guarded, virtually impenetrable barriers “undetected” if some faction of Israeli’s defence forces sanctioned Hamas’ invasion (in order to justify a counter-invasion). “If you want to start a war, then hire a terrorist group to invade you and kill some of your civilians”, is the thinking. I have no idea about the veracity of this theory, but it does make me wonder… especially since Israel already had a history of funding Hamas…
On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 6:23 AM Jeanie McEachern <jeaniemce@icloud.com> wrote:
by the way, 2 of my local palestinian translation femmes who had volunteered to be my interpreters in the refugee camps’ classes around the nablus region, repined in despair when it was announced that hamas had been elected to represent the palestinian people and that fatah had lost the election. they explained that hamas was a bellicose organization that had been originally funded by the israeli govt to act as an undermining counterweight to the PLO, which had transmutated into the more pacifistic fatah political sector of the now-defunct PLO. my volunteer interpretors, both nablus university students, claimed their consociates and their families were extremely discouraged that hamas had won the election rather than the far more pacifistic fatah political sector of the PLO. having nugatory knowledge of these political machinations at the time, i absorbed their distrust of the seminally israeli-funded hamas w/ naught but curiosity and intrigue. luvmum/jeanie
On Oct 22, 2023, at 11:10, Jeanie McEachern <jeaniemce@icloud.com> wrote:
what is wrong w/ our species? are we insane? the insanity of destroying so many children’s lives is so demented i just can’t wrap my dendrites around it. war is such a crazed, endemic sector of our DNA it seems implausible our species remains regnant.
On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 10:05 AM Menzie McEachern <mceachernclan@gmail.com> wrote:
Fully agree. Flabbergasted and frustrated by US and Canadian politicians and the western media right now. Unbelievable that they can robotically justify Israeli war crimes and ignore a humanitarian catastrophe. Deplorable and sickening.
I have been getting most of my news on the events from Aljazeera. Yes they have their own bias but in this case that is needed in an ocean of blind pro-Israel sentiment.
Love you all
Menzie McEachern
On Oct 23, 2023, at 6:52 AM, Kavan McEachern <kavanmce@gmail.com> wrote:
100%. Most people form strong opinions based on scant information, and Western sentiment on Israel-Gaza is a stark example of that. Supposedly the older and more right wing you are, the more likely you are to support Israel. Although there are plenty of young liberals who still support Israel 🤯 it’s a shockingly bipartisan sentiment.
On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 12:57 AM Firth McEachern <firth.mce@gmail.com> wrote:
I feel the same way you do Naiis. Most mainstream Western media reporting on Israel-Gaza, and the public statements being made by politicians (Canadians included), are agonizingly myopic, unbalanced, callous, fallacious, incomplete, or specious — enough to drive one demented!
It has made me so disappointed with our international order, and humanity in general....how ignorant, spineless, irrational, and uncompassionate people can be. And how easily we form camps of crass competition, collective delusion, presumed moral authority, and self-censorship, based on the flimsiest knowledge, experience, and critical thought.
On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 5:48 PM Jeanie McEachern <jeaniemce@icloud.com> wrote:
my nifty nymph naiis: am sorry you asked, but i’m barely functional, weeping unconsolably, of exiguous use to anyone, wandering around on the ridges behind us in a tenebrous fugue of despair and desolation. the fabrications of the western MSM have dissolved my psyche into rubble. firth’s and my friends and our students in the west bank refugee camps will be bombed next. the reaction has been so egregiously visceral that i can barely eat, and when i do, i feel emetic. i am certain our courageous PROJECT HOPE NABLUS consociates persist in devoting themselves to those who need their services so desperately, but i cannot reach them. i luvu nymph-naiis, aka, our coryn~alcyon.
On Oct 22, 2023, at 23:50, Corinne McEachern <corinnemce@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi mumaiis,
How are you faring with the devastation that is occurring in Palestine? I have been thinking of you and wondering how you are coping. I am filled with rage, my heart is breaking, and I feel so helpless. I am unable to read any mainstream media as it incites a volcanic anger.
It is hard to maintain equanimity and not allow the hatred I feel for Zionism and the Israeli government to subsume me- but I try- as I know carrying hatred doesn’t help anyone and is ultimately injurious to myself.
I have been taking small actions- signing petitions and letters, sending money to the World Food Program for Gaza- but it feels ineffectual in the face of so much horror.
The only salve is that I know there are others who think as we do, who recognize that this is genocide, and our voices are growing stronger.
The pain in the world is palpable. I remind myself to maintain my centre and stay in a place of good will and intent, whilst also acknowledging that these insupportable feelings of torment can be a catalyst for change.
I am thinking of you mom; I hope you are as well as can be. I am guessing you have not been able to communicate with any of your Project Hope Nablus friends?
Love naiis ♥️
"....humanitarian efforts cannot be allowed to impact the mission to dismantle Hamas."
So, in other words, not only are Palestinian casualties to be disregarded, but in its single- mindedness, Israel is willing to sacrifice its own people being held hostage. All to accomplish a non-quantifiable aim, more political fantasy than anything else. Naturally, it would be an absolute good to get rid of terrorists, but then what? All the hard questions about Palestinian rights still remain.
Israel has been assassinating the Hamas Leadership for years and new Leaders always come forth.
You think the Children of Gaza will forget this Israeli TERRORISM no matter how many are killed?
Suggested reading of Jonathan Cook's latest, a British Journalist who lived in Biblical Nazareth for years until he moved back to England last year.
With his on the ground direct experience of what Israel does with expendable Palestinians, he is persona non grata as an EXPERT in Western MSM. He doesn't hold back exposing Israeli crimes.
'Did Israel choose to kill Hamas and the hostages indiscriminately?'
The case builds that Israel may have invoked its infamous ‘Hannibal directive’, which requires that the army kill Israelis rather than let them be taken hostage.
So much space continues to be dedicated to the Hamas attack more than two weeks on. But this article from Mondoweiss is a rare attempt to try to piece together the events of October 7 without relying simply on Israel’s official, increasingly strained narrative.
The author explains the response of the Israeli army to Hamas’ incursion into Israel and capture of Israeli communities near Gaza in terms of Israel’s infamous “Hannibal directive”. That military directive compels the Israeli army to kill Israelis rather than let them be taken hostage. It usually applies to military personnel, but has been used against Israeli civilians too.
The author cites plenty of evidence indicating that the Hannibal directive was likely to have been applied as policy towards Israeli civilians captured by Hamas and held hostage in their own homes inside Israel.
In other words, the army appears to have preferred to kill both Israeli civilians and the Hamas militants holding them rather than try to negotiate a release.
That would explain the images of Israeli communities near Gaza that are in ruins, with sections of the walls of homes blasted down and the remains of buildings charred by fire. The article cites evidence that this appears not necessarily to have happened in the heat of battle after the army’s arrival but following a prolonged stand-off with Hamas.
Were a significant number of the 1,400 Israelis who died during the Hamas attack killed as a result of intentional efforts to stop them being taken by Hamas into Gaza?
Here is an Israeli survivor of the Hamas attack speaking about how the Israeli army sprayed her building with live fire, killing Hamas militants and Israeli civilians indiscriminately – in line with the ‘Hannibal directive’.
https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2023-10-23/israel-kill-hamas-hostages/
these are not 'militants', rjc; they are 'freedom seekers'. words matter b/c they are more puissant than weaponry in this era of social media, the MSM, bloggers, mass indoctrination, mendacity, and military 'doublespeak'.
Good to see you're still with us Jeanie!
Israel has the right to defend itself, but the Western WAR narrative never says by the same International Law, Palestinians have the RIGHT to resist and fight the OCCUPIERS of their Land
The very small so called "International Community" led by the US is the MINORITY on Earth.
Their MSM, acting like a 5th Horseman of the Apocalypse give the Innocent Jewish Civilians 95% sympathetic propaganda emotional pap while Israel MASSACRES INNOCENT Palestinians without restraint because the US & Europe gave them the green light to do it without any reproach.
Can you imaging what Israeli State TERRORISM is doing to the INNOCENT CIVILIANS in Gaza bombing all night long with hundreds of Women, Children and Babies killed in the DARK?
Israeli MSM said ALL the Hamas Terrorists who actually did all the killing on the ground, were killed within 24 hours by the IDF.
Israel is so blinded by it's rage, they can't see or don't care, they are alienating themselves from the Majority of People of People on Earth inspiring more antisemitism Worldwide.
I think this is a very important video to see: https://youtu.be/rTQcjyhPOIk
How about "militant freedom seekers," Jeanie? But how much "freedom" are they actually seeking? And what kind of "freedom" is it? And how much of what kind of "militantcy" are they prepared to use? And against Whom?
One can only wonder what a Gandhiesque campaign of non-violent resistance would have accomplished; as opposed to what "Al-Aqsa Storm" has actually accomplished for the people of Gaza and the West Bank.
It certainly could not have achieved less than has been accomplished and gained by Hamas so far.
Except Hamas and Gazans went the PEACEFUL route at the Gaza fence during The Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip near the Gaza-Israel border from 30 March 2018 until 27 December 2019, during which a total of 223 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces.
The demonstrators demanded that the Palestinian refugees must be allowed to return to lands they were displaced from in what is now Israel. They protested against Israel's land, air and sea blockade of the Gaza Strip and the United States recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel.
Israel was indiscriminate KILLING Journalists, Medics, even wheelchair bound Palestinians, in addition to shooting so many in the knees creating so many invalids.
No place to comment on this header in Today's WaPo, "Gaza death toll spikes, mainly in the south, after Israel launches hundreds of strikes"
People forget quickly in a 30 second sound byte Society!
Israel has been TERRORIZING the Innocent Palestinians about the pending invasion and to go South for SAFETY.
Israeli MSM reports ALL the Hamas terrorists who ACTUALLY DID ALL THE KILLING, some 1500 of them, in the 1st breakout from the Jewish controlled Gaza Ghetto - BIGGEST Concentration Camp in the World since 2007, were ALL KILLED within 2 Days. THEY"RE ALL DEAD!
The World can now see the stark contrast, only Innocent Jews Civilians count.
Innocent Palestinians can be MASSACRED without a peep from the West, and certainly not from the Biden Administration in a Public Rebuke!
With all the $BILLIONS the US Taxpayer gives Israel every year, all he could get into Gaza was 17 Trucks for 2.3 MILLION Innocent Palestinians Israel wants to starve to DEATH if BOMBS don't kill them 1st.
Since the 1967 WAR, in VIOLATION of International Law prohibiting the transfer of Israeli Jews during the ILLEGAL OCCUPATION of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, it has been Israeli policy to demolish Palestinian Family Homes even if they had nothing to do with whoever in the Family did the terrorist act. Jews then took over the property.
In January, The Netanyahu government was taken over by an OLD TESTAMENT JEWISH ESTABLISHMENT RELIGIOUS Government, and they sped up the process of demolishing Palestinian Homes
Only the wilfully BLIND will not see the Israeli MASSACRE of the INNOCENT Palestinians Civilians in Gaza and the destruction of their Homes on a wholesale scale, is just the latest version of that old Israeli policy.
The guilty who were all killed, paid with their lives, and Israel taking revenge on the INNOCENT, is a WAR CRIMINAL the West tolerates.
Why does The West make Israel a Golden Calf beyond reproach??
The big lie is "war on Hamas". "Hamas-Israel" war!
Israel has turned Gaza into a "free fire zone", an entire country!
Biden's "right to defend" is allowance for a free fire zone!
Our evil is in the open!
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
For God shall bring EVERY WORK into Judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Ecclesiastes 12
i've been away, ray, 1st in indonesia for a month, then, as i suspect you already know, in palestine's west bank for 3 months as a volunteer teacher. since returning home to mindoro island, i've been overwhelmed helping w/ the efforts of friends and family supporters, following israel's entrenched, unrelenting genocide of palestinian children... 2 of whom, who were my students in the west bank, have already been killed. metaphorically, i'm not really 'here' any more, RJC, w/ you and my old blogging crwth; my brain and heart are back in palestine.
immense gratitude for you support, fellow raster-scanner RJC, on behalf of palestinians, particularly those in gaza and the west bank.
In his 1st speech as Speaker, Mike Johnson said he will restore HOPE.
There are no guarantees the new Speaker of the House will see it, and most House Representatives do not accept anything in their embedded Office email systems other than from their own Constituents.
As a Canadian, I had employ some subterfuge to find a City, Street address and ZIP Code for his 4th Congressional District in Louisiana to send this Message his Office acknowledged receiving online.
You never know if you don't at least try!
Representative Johnson,
Congratulations on your elevation to the Speaker-ship of the House.
It would be good if Hope is restored under your Leadership, especially for the Innocent Palestinian Civilians of Gaza with NO Hope and NOTHING left to lose after 16 YEARS of the Jewish control of the Gaza Ghetto and BIGGEST Concentration Camp in This World.
The World can see on TV the Israeli MASSACRE of INNOCENT Gaza CIVILIANS, Women, Children and BABIES.
And now abides Faith, Hope, Love, these three; but the greatest of these is LOVE.
1 Corinthians 13:13
The Angel's Greeting to the shepherds that 1st Christmas Eve was, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to ALL people.
Glory to God in the highest, and on Earth Peace, Good Will toward men.
The problem Speaker Johnson, is the great Joy and Peace on Earth comes ONLY if men on Earth practice Good Will toward men and act on it.
You will be doing God's WILL if you are a Living Example of that Good Will in practice.
Peace,
Ray Joseph Cormier
Ottawa-Hull, CanaDa
www.rayjc.com
grats, den and RJC.. tnx for your support, both of my comments and the dispossessed palestinians.
This video of the 85 year old woman hostage Hamas released yesterday is giving nightmares to those conducting the Israeli Propaganda WAR alongside the Military WAR. They don't want the World to hear things like this.
It undermines the narrative Hamas is as sub-human to Jews Today, as Jews were to NAZIS in another place and Time
She says it was tough being kidnapped, but once she found herself in the famous Hamas tunnels, she says, like the previous 2 hostages released before her, Hamas treated them well and provided for all their needs, including regular Doctor visits over those 2 weeks
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/10/24/shalom_hamas_hostage_release_handshake_video?jwsource=cl
Thank you very much for these lines, I think it is very important to draw people's attention to these details and to name the injustice that is expressed in the choice of language. It is this judicious selection of terms that makes the big difference in reporting and shows the reporter's "chosen side," apart from the omission or distorted presentation of facts. For me it's good to see that others are also dealing with this and naming these things.
A week ago Sunday, I was taken by Ambulance to the Hull Hospital with the most excruciating pain I've ever felt up to this 155th Day of my 80th Year, counting up, not down.
The prescriptions Emergency gave me are working and as I rest and recuperate, I can only do what I can do within my abilities and means, so I tweeted this to these people this morning.
My sister called me a radical and mental for tweeting the powerful from Time to Time.
I have to do this because that's how I see it unfolding Today;
@CanadianPM
@SecBlinken
@mikepompeo
@Morning_Joe
@AymanM
@AliVelshi
Unfolding in The Middle East is ARMAGEDDON, the BATTLE of the Great Day of God Almighty.
Unfolding Day by Day is a RELIGIOUS WAR between Jews & Gentile non-Jews.
We ignore it at our own PERIL!
Recommending Johnathan Cook downstream, if no one wants to read the script, this radio interview with a woman who lived through the terrors of October 7 on her Kibbutz, but was not taken hostage has a real story to tell about how the Hamas Terrorists treated her in the Propaganda WAR giving the Innocent Civilians of Israel 95% of the sympathy, with only 5% going to the Innocent Palestinians of Gaza just to keep the WAR going no matter how much DEATH and DESTRUCTION Israel bombs the Innocent Civilians of Gaza, the Women, Children and new born babes.
https://youtu.be/rTQcjyhPOIk
We can see it with our own eyes, unless we have eyes that will not see, Israeli State TERRORISM bombing INNOCENT Palestinian CIVILIANS IN GAZA ALL NIGHT LONG IN THE DARK, demolishing the Homes of 100s of thousands!
Caitlin is usually spot on with most of her critiques and I link her quite often. Although some tend to think she is anti-American with her views. I rather think she calls it how it is. Linking your article today as well as hers @https://nothingnewunderthesun2016.com/
Sometimes wish that I could have faith in a God of Righteous Justice. This level of evil against the children is Satanic.
Notice God did not give his "Chosen People" a heads up!
In the Revelation of Jesus the Jew it's written, "And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. (false teachings about God)
For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth (Billionaires, Presidents, Prime Ministers, CEOs, and other IDOLS of the People) and of the whole world, (the rest of us) to gather them to the BATTLE of that Great Day of God Almighty.
Behold, I come as a thief. (not in the sense of being a thief, but in the sense it comes when the World LEAST EXPECTS IT as happened October 7)
Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue ARMAGEDDON.
Revelation 16:13-16
It starts in Israel recreated from the BIBLE in 1948 after an absence of 2650 years.
The Jewish OLD Testament is replete with records God brings WAR to Israel because they departed from the Ways of God.
In January an OLD TESTAMENT Jewish Religious Establishment became the government implementing policies that speed up vis a vis Palestinians in Gaza and the ILLEGALLY OCCUPIED West Bank, the Path to Armageddon.
Once the Jews demolish the Al-Aqsa Mosque to rebuild a 3rd Jewish Temple, their aim and intention is to re-instate Animal Blood Sacrifice for the Atonement of SIN.
The nominally Christian West encourages Israel to go as far as it can even knowing that is the Jewish goal and by doing so, denies Jesus the Christ, the only Atonement for SIN for all People for All Time. That's a Fundamental of Christianity!
Hello my friend Ray,
You know that custodians of the Bible back in the day debated whether Revelations was worthy of being in the Bible. Because of its obscure and extravagant imagery, they worried that it could lead to a wide variety of interpretations.
"And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet" Huh? A perfect example! How does one make any sense of that? And one man's interpretation may be another man's bovine excrement.
And it seems their concerns were justified as to this day there are a wide variety of interpretations, ranging from the historical interpretation; to prophecies on what will happen in the future by way of God's will, to different and wild "end time" scenarios, and to the views of critics who deny any spiritual value to Revelation at all.
Carl Jung (1875-1961) the famous Swiss psychiatrist who founded analytical psychology and whose work was influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, philosophy, psychology, and religious studies said in his autobiography "Memories Dream Reflections"..."I will not discuss the transparent prophecies of the Book of Revelation because no one believes in them and the whole subject is felt to be an embarrassing one."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Revelation
Hence for me, I take any reference to Revelations with a great pinch of salt. Having reservations that most of it is even true or accurate. And its "end times" prophetic stuff we see on our TV Charlatan's religious shows every weekend are surely superstitious nonsense. Scaring the shit outa gullible people! And all the cartoons of bearded men on street corners with their signs. "The End is Near". LOL
Take care my good man.
Good Day Dennis! Who would be "the kings of the Earth" to you?
Is my interpretation wrong, identifying them as "Billionaires, Presidents, Prime Ministers, CEOs and other IDOLS of the People?"
"False prophet" could reasonably describe those prosperity TV Evangelists living the lifestyle of the rich and famous, selective in their teaching of God with too many SINS of OMISSION.
What can be seen in this MATERIAL World is last January, an OLD Testament Jewish Religious Establishment took over the Israeli government.
It's no secret Jews want the Islamic Al Aska Mosque gone to build a 3rd Jewish Temple. They are already planning to re-instate repetitive Animal Blood Sacrifice for the Atonement of SIN.
A Christian Fundamental is the Blood Christ Jesus shed during the pain and torture of Crucifixion is the one and only Atonement for SIN for ALL People for ALL Time not to be repeated.
Nominal Western Christianity supporting that Jewish goal denies the Role of Christ.
These words are very EXPLICIT in the Revelation, but Western Christian Leaders never, ever cite them,
I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. Revelation 2:9
Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; Revelation 3:9
The fact those words are in Revelation 2:9 & 3:9 are for confirming emphasis.
Israel used fear and intimidation to have almost 1 Million Palestinians move from the North pending the Israeli invasion to the South of Gaza near the Egyptian border to be SAFE, then Israel increased bombing the INNOCENT Palestinian CIVILIANS in the South.
Phew Ray - way above my pay grade I'm afraid my friend!
Not exactly my area of expertise! LOL But thanks. I find it interesting.
But I agree with your last sentence. I'm pro-Palestine and finding this very stressful.
Hope you are doing well.
Are you making any progress with getting you TURP procedure done?
My Oncologists are pleased with my Blood Cell Counts with the Leukemia chemo drugs.
Sadly, the side effects make me feel pretty bad all the time.
Take it easy my friend. No worries.
Thanks for reminding me about TURP, Dennis.
Just contacted the Urology Clinic at the Hospital, and the Urologist will phone me November 27. I'll talk about that then.
Yes, and when Jonah told the Babylonians to repent they did, while the chosen condemned most of His messages.