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queenie-says-free-palestine · 7 months

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Hi queenie! I hope I don't sound ignorant, but every single article on Palestine and Israel seems heavily biased and stuff, so I just wanted to ask you if you had a fully-fledged and explained post or something about the situation? Or, if you don't could you explain it to me?

I really want to know what's happening between the two places.

Sorry if I sound rude or ignorant

sorry this took a while to answer ive been kinda busy lol

dw idm !! im happy to explain it to you, but keep in mind that im only human n there might be missing info. all the information i use is verifiable—i didnt go off of rumors or anything like that

i explained the history briefly in a post i made on my main blog where i was tryna detail the israel-palestine situation:

zionist movements began in maybe mid 19th century, jews worldwide were being persecuted and they wanted a land to themselves. they had their eyes set on palestine, even tho the palestinian bedouins there have been living in palestine for at least 1500 years

wwii left millions of jews stranded, so in 1947, the united nations suggested dividing palestine into a jewish and arab state. the jews accepted, but the arabs rejected it. this rejection was ultimately ignored, and israel declared itself a state in 1947, leading to palestinian arabs being displaced and a war starting between israel and arab nations. this was known as nakba—literally the arabic word for disaster, it mainly refers to palestinians being displaced after israel declared independence

the six-day war of 1967 was a conflict ultimately won by israel—they took control of the west bank, the gaza strip, and east jerusalem. conflicts got worse from here, and violence against civilians grew. its been snowballing since then

now, what i didnt mention here was that jews do have a history in the land, but the reason i didnt mention that was because the vast majority of that history dates back to 2000 years ago, when they were exiled by the romans, n they still claim ties to the land due to this history and also the religious significance it has in judaism, as it has been mentioned in the torah several times. not to mention that jerusalem is the location of the west wall, which holds extreme significance in judaism

they have almost always lived in palestine as a minority. in fact, whent the un plan was made, the jews were given 55% of the land despite only being an estimated 30% of the population

what i also didnt mention is the extremely disproportionate number of casualties. the usa and uk have both been vocal in aiding israel, and esp the usa helps fund its military n help it build its military, whereas palestine has virtually no method of defense. according to the un, roughly 6400 palestinians and 300 israelis have been killed since 2008, not including recent fatalities, and not including the 60 years from the nakba until 2008

im sure youve seen videos or seen stories on the news of dead palestinian children, and these deaths are sometimes celebrated by israel because they were fighting back against the idf, however this form of "fighting back" is usually firing rocks at tanks using slingshots, and then proceeding to get shot

now, whats going on now is a result of the "snowballing" i mentioned. the problem was meant to be solved by the oslo accords, which was meant to be an agreement to help issues on both sides (for palestine it was meant to help economic development in palestinian society, as well as stop the construction and expansion of israeli settlements in the west bank n gaza strip. for israel it was meant to make a promise of peace, ending hostility esp from extremist palestinian movements such as hamas). however, the promises made in these accords were never met

now, hamas is something youve heard abt often, im sure. its an extremist militant group who works largely in gaza (they have absolutely no soldiers in the west bank, although they do have some support there) whose main objective is to take back palestine and give it to the palestinians. however, their methods of doing so are extremely unorthodox, as they tend to take courses of action such as smuggling rockets via a series of tunnels, suicide bombings, and also they largely target civilian populations

its also notable that they were voted for by the gazan population in 2006, where half of the population were children, so only a maximum of 50% of the gazan population voted for them. since this voting was also in 2006 (17 years ago) and the gazan population is still 50% minors, this means that only a maximum of 25% of the gazan population today were part of those who voted for hamas

what happened a couple weeks ago at the start of the war was that hamas had been planning for abt a year an attack on israel in retaliation for the thousands upon thousands of palestinians who have been killed, and the thing is that no one suspected it. thats one of the reasons why it shook the world

in the first couple days, israeli casualties outnumbered palestinian casualties, reaching abt 600 while palestine sat at just under 200. there was a music festival which hamas attacked, killing 260 civilians, injuring even more, and taking an unknown number of hostages, some of whom were not israeli and in fact just people visiting from other countries on israeli visas

israel retaliated heavily, with the israeli defense minister referring to palestinians as 'human animals', and they warned 1.1 million gazans to leave northern gaza (despite the fact that gaza is a 41km*12km piece of land thats been closed off for the past fifteen years) because they were going to level it. they also bombed a hospital, which is against international law and is a war crime, admitted it in a string of tweets, and then deleted them

they also damaged gaza's oldest church, the third oldest in the world which is estimated to be 1600 years old, where 400-500 palestinians were hiding. theres around 27 fatalities confirmed and an unknown number of people still trapped under the rubble

additionally theres a load of claims of things hamas has done (beheading babies n raping women being the most popular allegations) but basically none of these have based sources, and a lot of things israel accuses hamas of include crimes that members of the idf (israel defense force) has committed against palestinians in previous decades

so please fact check everything you hear, and be wary of biased sources

#hope this is okay!#palestine #free palestine #israel #gaza #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #فلسطين #save palestine #fuck israel #israel is not a country

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eretzyisrael · 6 months

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by Dov Fischer

Warning: This is much harsher than the last Dov Fischer piece we ran. Compared to the Hamas massacre however, it is just words.

Let us be clear: If the Government of Israel were trying to murder civilians wantonly, just to inflict terror and to horrify them into submission, I would condemn that. No Jew can accept or refrain from criticizing organized institutional efforts to harm civilians wantonly. If Israel were deliberately bombing residential structures just to leave a population homeless and bombing hospitals just to inflict suffering on the ill, I would be outspoken in these pages criticizing them. But that is not the Israel I know, nor the Jewish people I know. We have our ethic, and the Arab Muslims have theirs. We have our religious guidelines and theological authorities, and they have theirs. Israel will not target civilians knowingly. They destroy known military targets: rocket launchers, land mines, IEDs (improvised explosive devices), military drones, RPGs (rocket-propelled grenades) and their launchers, anti-tank missiles, and other military battlefield materiel — and the people storing and launching them. If such terrorists are operating from specific residential buildings — say, running a rocket factory or storing attack drones in an 8th-floor apartment — then Israel may well bomb the entire building. But they won’t bomb the building next door. They attack with whatever precision is humanly possible. And if the day comes that they make a mistake, they will apologize, perhaps even compensate. That is what America does. By now, we all know that Hamas men and their weapons hide in and behind women, children, residential apartment buildings, hospitals, mosques, schools, and ambulances. When any or all of these are identified positively for their military threat, Israel will destroy them. And if the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) cannot avoid killing civilians alongside, then Dresden entails collateral casualties, and Israel now must Dresden Gaza. (READ MORE: Arab Muslim Foreigners and Illegals Stoke Campus Anti-Semitism) Importantly, Israel has had to fight five previous Gaza wars started by Hamas these past 16 years. Each time, Israel stopped its winning responses, forced by international pressure to cease fire. Each time, Hamas used the ceasefire to re-arm, build more tunnels, and militarize more of the population. They now have 40,000 terrorists in 300 miles of those tunnels. This time, upon having experienced the terror attacks of Shabbat Shmini Atzeret on October 7, Israel has learned the price of stopping halfway through a war. In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now is political “toast” because he adopted his advisors’ recommendations (known in Israel now as “The Concept”) that Hamas could be controlled with measured responsive wars, and then hoping that new money pouring in would persuade them to stop attacking. But that Concept simply left behind the weeds to grow back and fight an even more destructive next war. This time Israel must uproot even the weeds. Netanyahu will be replaced politically soon after. When the Washington Post and others present their empathy for the “poor innocent Gaza civilians,” I don’t care. They are poor only because Hamas has used the billions of dollars they have received from Qatar and European — and American — taxpayers to build an underground tunnel system as expansive as the New York City subway system instead of allocating the money to the public by building a beautiful country. Believe it or not, with all that money that has poured in — more than $8 billion — they have not even built a water or electricity infrastructure in their 16 years.

#hamas #gaza #dresden #germans #nazis #washington post #war crimes

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nerdylilpeebee · 6 months

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To be honest, at this point, anon doesn't want either Palestine OR Israel to "win."

That may sound like a joke, so anon wants to clarify that I'm being completely serious. This conflict has been going on for 56 years, if we start from the Six-Day War of 1967.

And right now, neither side is willing to discipline their own people, only their enemies. As long as that's the case, this war will never end.

So, maybe neither side should get the land. To make an analogy, if you had two kids, and they both constantly fought over a toy, you'd eventually take the toy away, wouldn't you?

Maybe instead of constantly fighting over the same land for 56 years, both sides should just give up the land entirely, and each one could "establish their ideal society in a completely different place".

For example, about 47% of the land in America is unoccupied. So maybe the Israelis and the Palestinians could come here instead, and each could "establish their promised land in a different part of the country".

That way, they both get the world they wish for, but they don't have constantly fight each other to get it.

I'd say that's a bad idea. There are extremists in America too, people who would butcher the Palestinians AND the Jews for coming here to establish their own country. Even if they came as American Citizens and just basically got a set of land that was legally theirs, like the native Americans do, there would be extremists that would view the Arabs as Muslim invaders coming to destroy america from the inside and the Jewish as, well, Jewish invaders who should go back where they came from.

We have our own set of extremists that wouldn't let them live in peace here. And unfortunately, even if you mean The Americas, as in the two continents not the USA, there are too many that would not be in favor of this.

There is a reason Israel the Jewish were given that land, and not just because they can trace their native lineage there. It's because it was one of the few places where there was enough uninhabited land and few enough people, that the British, who owned the land at the time, deemed the possibility that they'd be able to live in peace there the highest out of all the options. A shame that chance turned out to be so small regardless.

This is also ignoring taking the land from either would result in a LOT of death. It would be better if there was a 2 state solution, and both sides actually fucking accepted it this time.

#tvp discourse

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roman-catholic-mass-readings · 5 months

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3rd January >> Mass Readings (USA)

3rd January

The Most Holy Name of Jesus.

3rd January

(Liturgical Colour: White: B (2))

First Reading 1 John 2:29-3:6 No one who remains in him sins.

If you consider that God is righteous, you also know that everyone who acts in righteousness is begotten by him.

See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope based on him makes himself pure, as he is pure.

Everyone who commits sin commits lawlessness, for sin is lawlessness. You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. No one who remains in him sins; no one who sins has seen him or known him.

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 98:1, 3cd-4, 5-6

R/ All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.

Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done wondrous deeds; His right hand has won victory for him, his holy arm.

R/ All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.

All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation by our God. Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands; break into song; sing praise.

R/ All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.

Sing praise to the LORD with the harp, with the harp and melodious song. With trumpets and the sound of the horn sing joyfully before the King, the LORD.

R/ All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.

Gospel Acclamation John 1:14a, 12a

Alleluia, alleluia. The Word of God became flesh and dwelt among us. To those who accepted him he gave power to become the children of God. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel John 1:29-34 Behold the Lamb of God.

John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. He is the one of whom I said, ‘A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.’ I did not know him, but the reason why I came baptizing with water was that he might be made known to Israel.” John testified further, saying, “I saw the Spirit come down like a dove from the sky and remain upon him. I did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘On whomever you see the Spirit come down and remain, he is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ Now I have seen and testified that he is the Son of God.”

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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The Most Holy Name of Jesus

(Liturgical Colour: White: B (2))

(Readings for the memorial)

(There is a choice today between the readings for the ferial day (Wednesday) and those for the memorial. The ferial readings are recommended unless pastoral reasons suggest otherwise)

First Reading Philippians 2:1–11 Have in you the same attitude that is also in Christ Jesus.

Brothers and sisters: If there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in love, any participation in the Spirit, any compassion and mercy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love, united in heart, thinking one thing. Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves, each looking out not for his own interests, but also for those of others. Have in you the same attitude that is also in Christ Jesus,

who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 8:4–5, 6–7, 8–9

R/ O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!

When I behold your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you set in place— What is man that you should be mindful of him, or the son of man that you should care for him?

R/ O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!

You have made him little less than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him rule over the works of your hands, putting all things under his feet.

R/ O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!

All sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, the fishes of the sea, and whatever swims the paths of the seas.

R/ O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!

Gospel Acclamation John 1:14a, 12a

Alleluia, alleluia. The Word of God became flesh and dwelt among us. To those who accepted him he gave power to become the children of God. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel Luke 2:21-24 He was named Jesus.

When eight days were completed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name given him by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, the parents of Jesus took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord, and to offer the sacrifice of a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons, in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord.

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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kendrixtermina · 6 months

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Israels 'Gargoyle Logic'

As a kid, I was fond of the anime show 'Nadia & the Legend of Blue Water' - what appealed to me about it was that despite some humorous whimsicalness, it was absolutely No Bullshit about serious themes. For example I was impressed by a scene where, when a little girl's parents die, they don't give her some Bs about how "they will always be with her" but outright tell her that she'll never see them again.

One areas where it was extremly Real is the depiction of war & fascism. The villain, known only as Gargoyle, was an obvious fascist analogy likely inspired by Imperial Japan, and he was absolutely brutal & uncompromising with no shred of cartoonish silliness.

One of the notable things about him is that he would do that he would resort to gratuitous violence to make the protagonist comply with his demands.

She would defy him, and then he would just shoot a random person and claim that "it is you who killed this man" by resisting.

Now, many years later, I notice that this was a very insightful depiction of fascist violence.

I'm seeing the same twisted logic play out with regards to the massacres in Gaza, in the way the deaths get blamed on the resistance and the fact that Palestinians (or rather, a small group of them that most civilians had little to do with) dared to resist being conquerred & subjugated.

"Oh its Hamas who killed these people, they should have known..." what, that Israelis would be completely inhuman? Bomb their own people, rile up the mob with atrocity propaganda & kill indescriminately?

What's the alternative? Peaceful & economic protest was shut down with lethal force. Should they just lie down & take it?

Heck, even if we accept the notion of Hamas as "baddies", broadly speaking, - they could have sent in a swat team to get them. They could have backed their political rivals. They could have pressured Qatar to extradite their bosses with the help of the USA.

Absolutely NO ONE forced the Zionist Regime to resort to mass murder. They chose that. Self-defense only goes as far as repelling them past their borders. (that is, if we're generous, considering the occupation... )

Now in the story, Gargoyle ended up realizing that he couldn't compell Nadia to do his biding no matter what. Her stubbornness which, in other contexts was often a character flaw, ensured that she would never cooperate with someone she saw as a megalomaniac murderer, even when he killed her boyfriend in front of her. (indeed this exploded his plan cause she sacrificed the magical artifact he was after to save him)

And there is truth in this, too: Human will is not actually so weak that it can't ever resist tyranny & torture - for some, the will to resist tyrants actually HARDENS with every wanton act that they do.

its time Netanyahu & Biden find that out, too....

#nadia: the secret of blue water #israel #palestine #gaza #free palestine #free gaza #zionism is fascism

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13th March >> Fr. Martin’s Gospel Reflections / Homilies on Luke 4:24-30 for Monday, Third Week of Lent: ‘He slipped through the crowd and walked away’.

Monday, Third Week of Lent

Gospel (Except USA)

Luke 4:24-30

No prophet is ever accepted in his own country.

Jesus came to Nazara and spoke to the people in the synagogue: ‘I tell you solemnly, no prophet is ever accepted in his own country.

‘There were many widows in Israel, I can assure you, in Elijah’s day, when heaven remained shut for three years and six months and a great famine raged throughout the land, but Elijah was not sent to any one of these: he was sent to a widow at Zarephath, a Sidonian town. And in the prophet Elisha’s time there were many lepers in Israel, but none of these was cured, except the Syrian, Naaman.’

When they heard this everyone in the synagogue was enraged. They sprang to their feet and hustled him out of the town; and they took him up to the brow of the hill their town was built on, intending to throw him down the cliff, but he slipped through the crowd and walked away.

Gospel (USA)

Luke 4:24-30

Like Elijah and Elisha, Jesus was sent not only to the Jews.

Jesus said to the people in the synagogue at Nazareth: “Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place. Indeed, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the sky was closed for three and a half years and a severe famine spread over the entire land. It was to none of these that Elijah was sent, but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon. Again, there were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet; yet not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all filled with fury. They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong. But he passed through the midst of them and went away.

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(i) Monday, Third Week of Lent

It is said in today’s gospel reading that in response to Jesus’ preaching in Nazareth ‘everyone in the synagogue was enraged’. What was it that enraged people so much? Jesus had the nerve to suggest that God was as concerned with the enemies of Israel as with the people of Israel. Jesus identifies himself with Elijah when he was sent to minister to a widow of a town near Sidon in Phoenicia and with Elisha when he ministered to a commander in the Syrian army. The Phoenicians and the Syrians were perceived by the people of Israel as enemies because of the past history of the relationship between them and Israel. It can be very dangerous to speak well of enemies, especially in time of war. The Russian leadership today would certainly not tolerate people in Russia speaking well of the people of Ukraine or suggesting that they have right on their side. The great anger that Jesus generated has been replicated all through history by those who have tried to show that life is more complex, less black and white, than we may think. Jesus was revealing to the people of Nazareth that God was not a national God, fighting on the side of Israel against everyone else. Rather, the heart of God embraced all humanity, and he was as concerned for widows of Phoenicia as for widows in Israel and for lepers of Syria as for lepers in Israel. God sent his Son to show the length and breadth and depth and height of God’s love, a love that surpasses knowledge, in the language of Saint Paul. It is very tempting to make God in our own image, our own personal image or our own image as a nation. Jesus reveals a God who has no favourites. He cares for the suffering and broken of the world, regardless of where they live or what their nationality. Jesus has sent the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, into our lives, so that we may be empowered to love others with the all-inclusive, non-discriminatory, love of God that Jesus revealed to the full by his teaching, his life, his death and resurrection.

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(ii) Monday, Third Week of Lent

In today’s gospel reading we hear that the people of Nazareth were enraged at Jesus because of the message that he preached. They were angry because the words of Jesus challenged their somewhat narrow view of God and what God was about. Jesus identified himself with two prophets who ministered not just within Israel but far beyond Israel - Elijah in Sidon, and Elisha in Syria. Jesus was revealing a God who was just as concerned about the sick and suffering outside of Israel as the sick and suffering within Israel. Jesus was showing the people of Nazareth that God’s horizons were much wider than they had realized. They didn’t like their image of God being challenged and that is why they rejected Jesus, and would have killed him if they could have. Jesus will always challenge our image of God, because he knows God better than we do. The God of Jesus is a big God, with a big heart, a wide horizon, a generous purpose for our lives. Our vision of God can sometimes be too restricted. We need to keep on being exposed to Jesus’ vision of God. That is one of the reasons why we need to keep reading, reflecting upon and praying the gospels that have been entrusted to us by the evangelists. It is above all in the gospels that we meet Jesus’ God, the living and true God, in the words of St Paul.

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(iii) Monday, Third Week of Lent

In this morning’s gospel reading, Luke tells us that early in his ministry Jesus was rejected by the people of Nazareth. At the end of his ministry he would be rejected by the people of Jerusalem. Whereas the people of Nazareth intended to throw him down a cliff, the people of Jerusalem, or, rather, their leaders would have him crucified. It may seem strange to us that someone whom we honour and take our lead from should have evoked such deadly hostility in others. One of the reasons he generated such hostility is, perhaps, because he was somewhat unconventional. In the gospel reading he speaks to the people of Nazareth about a God who is as likely to heal the sick outside Israel as he was to heal the sick inside Israel. The God Jesus revealed did not have favourites; this news was not well received by those who had come to think of themselves as God’s favourites, God’s chosen. Jesus continues to speak to us of a God who does not have favourites. More accurately, he reveals a God who favours all men and women. In and through Jesus, God’s favour has come to rest on us all. This is a cause for joy, not, as was the case in Nazareth, a cause for anger. Our calling is to reveal something of God’s indiscriminate favour to others. Like Jesus, legionaries often go out to those who have not been favoured by others; for one reason or another, they have not enjoyed the favour of their families or of society. Yet, as legionaries you can reveal God’s favour to them – help them to see that God’s favour rests upon them as much as upon anyone else. This was very much the work of Jesus.

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(iv) Monday, Third Week of Lent

In this morning’s gospel reading, the people of Nazareth were enraged with Jesus. They were so angry with him that they were prepared to kill him. Jesus is often described as angry in the gospels. When he is angry it is because there is something not right with the people he is talking to or with the situation in which he finds himself. The angry of the people of Nazareth, however, showed that there was something wrong with them. They had a very narrow view of God; they believed that God had a special relationship with them, and had no relationship with those beyond Israel. Jesus reminded them that many of the prophets ministered to people beyond Israel, Elijah to a widow from Sidon and Elisha to a leper from Syria. The implication was that Jesus would do the same. He came not just for the people of Israel, but for all men and women. If God chose Israel, it was for the sake of all those beyond Israel. In reality, God had no favourites. It was this generous image of God that Jesus displayed that the people of Nazareth objected to. Our calling today is to allow Jesus to shape our image of God, to rejoice, rather than to be angry at the generous and expansive God that Jesus reveals.

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(v) Monday, Third Week of Lent

In this morning’s gospel reading Jesus challenges the rather narrow view that the people of his home town, Nazareth, had of God. Just as they felt that Jesus belonged to them, ‘Do here in your home town the things we heard you did in Capernaum’, so they felt that God belonged to the people of Israel. When Jesus reminded them of a couple of passages in the Scriptures where God seemed to favour the pagans over the Jewish people they did not like it, and in response they forcibly ejected Jesus out of Nazareth. His rejection in Nazareth anticipated his even more brutal rejection in Jerusalem. The people of Nazareth’s God was too small and Jesus was seeking to broaden their understanding of God. He wanted them to realize, in the words of Peter in the Acts of the Apostles, that ‘God has no favourites’. The God of Jesus was more generous, more expansive, more inclusive than people realized. Jesus was always trying to show people that there was much more to God than they imagined. He is more like the father in the parable of the prodigal son than his is like the elder son. Jesus’ vision of God remains challenging for us today, but it is a vision of God that is fundamentally ‘good news’ for all who are willing to receive it.

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(vi) Monday, Third Week of Lent

In today’s gospel reading we hear that the people of Nazareth were enraged at Jesus because of the message that he preached. They were angry because the words of Jesus challenged their somewhat narrow view of God and what God was about. Jesus identified himself with two prophets who ministered not just within Israel but far beyond Israel - Elijah in Sidon, and Elisha in Syria. Jesus was revealing a God who was just as concerned about the sick and suffering outside of Israel as the sick and suffering within Israel. Jesus was showing the people of Nazareth that God’s horizons were much wider than they had realized. They didn’t like their image of God being challenged and that is why they rejected Jesus, and would have killed him if they could have. Jesus will always challenge our image of God, because he knows God more deeply than we do. The God of Jesus is a big God, with a big heart, a wide horizon, a generous purpose for our lives. Our vision of God can sometimes be too restricted. We need to keep on being exposed to Jesus’ vision of God. That is one of the reasons why we need to keep reading, reflecting upon and praying the gospels that have been entrusted to us by the evangelists. It is above all in the gospels that we meet the living and true God, whom Jesus reveals by his words, his deeds, his death and his resurrection.

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(vii) Monday, Third Week of Lent

I was struck by the number of angry people in this morning’s two readings. In the first reading, the king of Israel was angry when he received a letter about Naaman, the Syrian army commander, asking that he be cured of his leprosy. Naaman became angry when the prophet Elisha asked him to bathe seven times in the Jordan river. In the gospel reading the people of Nazareth were enraged when Jesus drew attention to how God had cured the pagan Naaman of his leprosy through the prophet Elisha and fed a woman from Sidon, another pagan, through the prophet Elijah. In none of the three instances was the anger really justified. We can all find ourselves getting angry for no good reason. The people of Nazareth were angry because Jesus was implying that the God of Israel cared just as much about the people beyond Israel as he did about the people of Israel itself. They didn’t really want to hear this. They had their own comfortable understanding of God as the God of Israel, his favourite people, his chosen people. The God Jesus soke about made them feel uncomfortable because it challenged their narrowness and parochialism. God is always bigger than our understanding of him, and, rather than being resentful like the people of Nazareth, we can be very grateful for that. God is always more generous, more embracing, more forgiving, than we could ever imagine. God’s ways are not ours and God’s thoughts are not ours, and that is ultimately very reassuring and comforting.

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(viii) Monday, Third Week of Lent

At the end of this morning’s gospel reading, Jesus meets with a very violent reaction from the inhabitants of Nazareth. They hustled Jesus out of the town, intending to throw him down the hill on which their town was built. Their reaction to Jesus was one of great anger. In the parable of the prodigal son, anger was also the reaction of the elder son to his father giving a feast for his younger son after he returned home having wasted his share of the inheritance he received from his father. The elder son was angry because he considered his younger brother unworthy of the attention his father was giving him. Similarly, the inhabitants of Nazareth were angry with Jesus because he identified himself with two prophets, Elijah and Elisha, who ministered to people beyond Israel, people whom the inhabitants of Nazareth would have considered unworthy of such attention. Like the father in the parable, Jesus gave time and attention to people who would have been written off by others as undeserving and unworthy. The people of Nazareth, like the elder son, had a much narrower view of God than Jesus had. Jesus reveals a God who relates to us not on the basis of whether we are worthy or deserving but simply out of a compassionate love whose length and breadth and height and depth cannot be fathomed. The gospel reading suggests that we don’t have to fit other people’s standards of what is acceptable for God to seek us out and embrace us.

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(ix) Monday, Third Week of Lent

In this morning’s gospel reading, the people of Jesus’ home town, Nazareth, were enraged at Jesus. In their anger, they tried to hurl Jesus down from the brow of the hill on which their town was built. We are given a very clear image of just how destructive anger can be. We know from our own experience that anger, especially extreme anger or rage, can take us to places we would never normally go. What was it about Jesus that left his townspeople so enraged? He was challenging their rather parochial mindset and their narrow understanding of God. Jesus was proclaiming a God who was concerned for those in need, whether they were to be found within Israel or among the traditional enemies of Israel, such as the Syrians. Jesus was declaring that God did not just belong to the people of Israel, much less to the people of Nazareth. The God who was the Father of Jesus was had a much broader horizon than the God of the people of Nazareth. God is always bigger than our conception of him. Whenever we make God in our own image, whenever we believe in a God who reflects our own prejudices and blindness, it can lead to violent and destructive behaviour, as we know all too well today. On our pilgrimage of faith we need to keep asking Jesus to open our hearts and minds more fully to the living and true God whom he reveals to us by his words and his deeds, by his death and his resurrection.

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(x) Monday, Third Week of Lent

In his sermon on the mount, Jesus warns against the danger of anger, an emotion that can have deadly consequences if it is nurtured and stoked. Jesus went behind the commandment ‘Do not kill’ to the emotion of anger that can lead to the action that the commandment prohibits. Today’s gospel reading gives an example of the kind of deadly anger that Jesus warned against. It is said that the people of Nazareth who heard Jesus preach in their synagogue were enraged at him. Their anger was such that they took Jesus up to the brow of the hill on which their town was built with the intention of throwing him down the cliff to his death. On this occasion Jesus escaped from the deadly power of their anger. Group anger, as is portrayed in the gospel reading, can be even more deadly than individual anger. Why were people so angry at Jesus, so enraged? Jesus reminded his townspeople of what was in their own Scriptures, the Jewish Scriptures. He was simply showing them that the God of Israel was the God of all humanity and that God often sent his prophets to care for people beyond Israel, indeed, to care for those who would have been considered Israel’s enemies. This was the dimension of the God of Israel that Jesus wanted to highlight in his ministry. Because the one, true God cares for all of humanity, all the members of the human race are our brothers and sisters, including those who are very different from us. History, past and present, suggests that this is a lesson we have to keep on relearning.

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(xi) Monday, Third Week of Lent

In the gospel reading, Jesus identifies with two prophets, Elijah and Elisha, who once ministered to people beyond Israel, a woman from Sidon and a man from Syria. Jesus was implying that his own ministry, while having a special focus on his own people, was not confined to them. He had come for Samaritans and pagans as well. Jesus was showing that the God of Israel was the God of all nations, and that, in reality, God had no favourites. This was a message that the people of Israel did not wish to hear. They were enraged by it, so enraged that they ran Jesus out of his home town and wanted to kill him. The words of Jesus aroused strong emotion in the people of Nazareth. Sometimes the words of Scripture can have a strong emotional impact on us too. A particular passage can leave us feeling peaceful, or joyful, or sad or angry. When a gospel passage or some other passage of Scripture evokes strong emotions in us, it is worth noting it and staying with the passage. It may be a sign that the Lord has something to say to us through this particular passage. The anger of the people of Nazareth was a sign that God, speaking through Jesus, was challenging them to broaden their image of God so as to have a less nationalistic picture of God. We need to listen to our emotions in prayer, because the Lord can often be saying something important to us through them.

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(xii) Monday, Third Week of Lent

In today’s first reading, we hear of two people who were asked to do something and initially reacted in a very negative way to what was being asked of them. When the king of Aram asked the king of Israel in a letter to cure his commander Naaman of his leprosy, the king of Israel thought the king of Aram was trying to pick a quarrel with him. When Naaman was asked by Elisha the prophet to bath in the river Jordan for the healing of his leprosy, Naaman thought Elisha was trying to insult him. However, both the king of Israel and Naaman misinterpreted what was being asked of them. They interpreted something positive in a very negative way. Our first reaction to what is being asked of us is not always the best reaction. Sometimes we need another person to point out to us that there is something good in what we initially see as negative. In the gospel reading, the people of Nazareth heard what Jesus was saying to them as insulting, whereas it was intended to be reassuring. Jesus identifies with two prophets, Elijah and Elisha, who helped two people beyond Israel, showing that the God of Israel was also the God of the pagans. This was good news, but the people of Nazareth heard it as bad news. If God is the God of the pagans then he cannot be the God of Israel as well, they seemed to think. We need the wisdom to hear and see the good in what we can be tempted to dismiss as problematic. The Lord can be speaking to us in and through situations that we initially find disturbing. If we stand back and allow ourselves to reflect and truly listen to what is unfolding, we can be helped to see the Lord in places, in situations, where we might never expect to have found him.

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(xiii) Monday, Third Week of Lent

There is quite a lot of anger in today’s readings. In the first reading, the king of Israel is enraged because he thinks that the king of Syria is trying to pick a quarrel with him by sending Naaman to him to be healed of his leprosy. It was the prophet Elijah who persuaded the king to move beyond his anger, declaring that he, Elijah, could cure Naaman of his leprosy. When Elijah asks Naaman to bathe seven times in the river Jordan, it is Naaman’s turn to fly into a rage. It was his servants who persuaded him to move beyond his anger and do what Elijah asked of him. In the gospel reading, the people of Nazareth are enraged because Jesus identifies himself with Elijah and Elisha, two prophets who ministered to individuals beyond the boundaries of Israel. On this occasion, there was no one present to persuade the people of Nazareth to move beyond their anger and listen carefully to Jesus. They wanted to throw Jesus to his death, but Jesus somehow managed to slip away. We can be angry for various reasons, but it isn’t always right to act out our anger. We are blessed if we have people around us who help us to see that our anger is propelling us in a direction that won’t serve us well. Jesus’ way of revealing God often made people angry. He proclaimed a God who welcomes all sorts, sinners and tax collectors, people from outside Israel, even from Israel’s traditional enemies, such as the Syrians. In the parable of the prodigal son, the older son was angry that his father was throwing a feast for his younger, rebellious, son. The older son was being asked to journey into the father’s unconditional love. It is a journey we are all asked to make. We are asked to accept a God who passionately loves those we find very difficult to love, and then to reveal something of that indiscriminate love of God in our lives.

Fr. Martin Hogan.

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Postcolonial Überfremdung

Churchill was a disgusting pig. The fact that the West still reveres him so much today speaks for itself. As the leader of the British Empire in its last phase of existence, he is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands. Churchill and those like him left behind nothing but burnt earth and mass graves when they were unable to control an area. He was racist through and through.

It is just a fair punishment that the "motherland" is now being flooded with Indians, Pakistanis, Afghans and various Africans who are gradually replacing the original population or are mixing with the descendants of their former masters. This is true justice for colonialism und the terrorizing of the entire world for centuries. There is no revenge, only union. This is the price that the British nation must pay for the world to now speak their language. ;)

The USA will suffer the same fate if it does not finally withdraw militarily from all countries. But as the new host body of the Zionists, the USA has fully followed in the Empire's footsteps. But they think that the many refugees from their wars won't make it to them, well protected by two oceans. However, it looks like the US is becoming more of a Latino country. It seems Allah always finds ways and means to seek justice. ;)

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What's also interesting is how treacherous the Saudis and their fucking Wahabists have always been by collaborating with the British colonial rulers and adopting their morals as well as laws. It is therefore not surprising that today they stand idly by as Israel kills tens of thousands of Palestinian children. Or how in the years before they actually didn't accept any refugees from Syria.

#politics #essay

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I am an atheist and I go to Bible college in the middle of nowhere via /r/atheism

I am an atheist and I go to Bible college in the middle of nowhere I (F18) go to a small Bible college in the countryside of the USA as an international student and an atheist. I genuinely hate my community and I’m unmotivated and depressed. I am convinced I made the worst mistake of my life. My parents are Christian missionaries and they strongly encouraged me to go to Christian Bible college. I stupidly agreed even though I am an atheist, because they would not pay for a secular college and they would only pay for Bible college. It’s my second semester (almost done with my first year) and I am so miserable. This “college” is terrible. It can’t even really be called a college since it’s not accredited and it teaches the most false information. We have long lectures on why evolution is false and how historically accurate the Bible is. All I do all day is learn about how great the Bible and Jesus is. I have to fake my beliefs in order to get good grades. It’s horrible and I am exhausted trying to appear like a good Christian. Everyone here (All 200 white students, there’s like only 3 students that aren’t white including me) is so racist and sexist and as a feminist it’s just disgusting to me. They think women should stay at home and make babies. They also think “Jewish” people are the superior race as Jesus was Jewish and Israel was God’s chosen nation. There is a tutoring group that tutors Palestinian refugees. My peers openly talk about supporting Israel in front of these Palestinian kids and how the war is God’s plan. Whenever I eat Korean food there’s always a white person gagging and saying it looks gross. People also love to call me “Kim Jung Eun” which sickens me. I feel so alone because I have zero friends. I don’t know if it’s standoffish but I just cannot be friends with people who support such a hateful religion. My own so-called friends and roommates called me a murderer and psycho when I said I would get an abortion if it was a life or death situation. This angered me so much but I couldn’t say anything as I was outnumbered and apparently a good Christian should care more about a clump of cells than the life of a woman. They also love to hate on the LGBTQ+ people and as a member of that community I genuinely feel unsafe and uncomfortable. The men are so much worse as they are constantly voicing what they think of women and how much better men are. For example, all the male students talk about how women need to wear makeup if they want to ever think about finding a husband. Wives are also apparently supposed to obey and follow the husband without question and make as many babies as the husband wants. I’m sorry to say this but genuinely the people here disgust me. They have no value for humans that do not share the same beliefs as them. This school teaches horribly wrong scientific information on why the creation is true, and worst of all they encourage us to go out into the world and spread this hateful religion to “the ends of the earth”. I know I’m ranting but I need to get this off my chest. It just makes me so sad because in high school I had a great community and a circle of loving friends and people. I was so much more outgoing and I felt accepted, but now I never go out or interact with my peers and I just feel so lonely. I hate hate hate my community and my school and I cannot wait to leave. Submitted April 12, 2024 at 06:09PM by sirikim8 (From Reddit https://ift.tt/D1yZjdr)

#reddit

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Candace owens spent *years* accepting and working under a zionist (Shapiro), attacking everyone and everything, but only NOW she spoke against his support for Israel and wants sympathy from everyone because she got fired

The only reason I think is because recently Andrew T has been supportive of her a lot so she would probably jump on his bandwagon soon for money. Which makes no sense since her husband is supposedly a millionaire, she doesn’t like working mothers in general and believes in a trad family unit but will not stop working outside of the house despite having young kids. Does her husband not work? Are her kids being raised by nannies? She makes no sense

I watched her interview in the Breakfast Club and I couldn't help but shake my head thinking "there's no way this woman would've gone there if she didn't fall from White conservatives good graces". The BC is a popular radio show among the Black American community so this move screamed "pls Black people, take me (back) 🥺👉🏾👈🏾". Candace is not stupid - she knew what she was doing.

When Charlemagne asked her about the White Lives Matter tee stunt she simply said "I wore this tee because White Lives Matter 🤷🏾‍♀️" AS IF THAT WAS NOT EXACTLY WHAT BLACK PEOPLE SAID ABOUT BLACK LIVES MATTER AND YET IT DIDN'T STOP THOSE WHITE CONSERVATIVES CANDACE HAS BEEN SHILLING FOR YEARS TO BITCH ON THAT STATEMENT ?? She hides behind the "BLM is a money laundering scheme and there's no way Black people would be supported by mainstream medias and big corporation like that" as if it was a rational explanation to why White conservatives freaked out at Black people simply saying their life mattered.

I absolutely do not buy her narrative that the criticism of BLM came from a place of benevolence or genuine concern for the Black community. They didn't behave this way because the movement was money laundering scheme that would eventually be tokenized - FROM THE START White conservatives got mad at BLM for simply centering Black lives, and *this* was enough for them to call it an "anti White" statement. Besides, if their criticism of BLM was truly about protecting Black lives from gross corporate tokenization, Conservatives wouldn't be so hellbent to prove those dead Black people actually deserved it. I will never understand the brainrot of thinking the purpose of the police was to kill - even bad people. I know the USA is shitty country but in civilized country the police is supposed to catch and then drag people before the justice. When it kills an offender it's considered as a FAILURE. Killing ≠ justice. But USAmericans are way too barbaric and violent to grasp that. (and that's also why so also why American "Christian" wrongfully link death penalty to justice when Christianity condemns murder and asserts repentance as the real tool of God given righteousness)

So Candace can keep it with her BS excuses. I'm mad that neither of the host clocked her hypocrisy off but it's not like Charlemagne or Jessy Hilarious were the most qualified people, in terms of challenging guests intellectually....

And yeah, Candace is the typical "do as I say, not as I do" because she keeps dunking on feminism while she's basically the man in her marriage. She's the one constantly on the spotlight. Her husband did a YouTube interview lately and its title is "being Candace Owens husband" 💀 and in the thumbnail Candace face took the entire place front & center...and her husband's is like at the bottom corner lmao nobody knows dude by his name!! they need to drag Candace name to bring clicks!! isn't that embarrassing? lol

Candace went from being a leftist SJW to a rightoid SJW. She really didn't progress on that aspect. There's nothing less traditional than being a activist as a woman. Just because she's not a feminist doesn't mean she, by her status, does not go against traditional gender roles. And that's something many conservatives fail to understand. If it was about keeping gender roles, they wouldn't be so eager to elevate women to mouthpiece status (notably to bash feminism). Tradition is all about letting women embrace their softness, nurture and create - not jumping in the wolf arena to blurp political propaganda on social media 24/7. Politics is one of the most male oriented profession field. You can't be a politician/political commentator without having a very dominant male energy. So Candace being critical of feminism comes off as an absolute joke, because feminism (that enabled women to break gender norms) is what made her happen - whether she like it or not.

If she truly stuck to her word, she would've put down the cape & retired after her marriage. She had 2 kids but homegirl is still running left and right to host talk shows, crowdfund money, attend political meetings, etc. WHEN IS SHE AT HOME. HER KIDS NEED HER.

Isn't her husband milllionnaire? Why doesn't he provide?? Why doesn't she soften up her act, FINALLY embrace her traditional soft feminity and stop being a political warrior?? ...Sorry but her storytelling ain't mathing - at All.

And I'm absolutely not surprised to see Andrew Tate defend her. She made this very partisan interview of him (that's why any person saying she's lOgiCal and unbiased is an idiot) and I guess he feels like he owes her. Having such a proeminent female figure defend him is definitely an asset he's going to capitalize off as much as he can. She did the same with Kanye until he shoved her under the bus and made his techouva to the Jewish community ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ this woman never learns....

And that's what tell me, from one Black woman to another, Candace never managed to deconstruct her male identification - which is particularly strong with Black women. We are rised to defend and worship Black men, because of slavery, racism, etc. (that's why I'm glad I grew up surrounded by women bc I got sparred from having to look up for males lol)

#answered #candace owens #papi truths

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Love For All: Forever Palestine 🇵🇸! Zone of Interest Director Jonathan Glazer Makes Gaza Statement in Oscars Speech

EPA James Wilson (L) Leonard Blavatnik (C) and Jonathan Glazer (R) after winning the Oscar for the Best International Feature Film during the 96th annual Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA, 10 March 2024EPA

Glazer (right) took home the Oscar for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards

Director Jonathan Glazer focused on the war in Gaza in his acceptance speech at the Oscars, saying he refuted his "Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation".

His film about Auschwitz and the Holocaust - The Zone of Interest - won the best international film award.

Glazer said those killed in both Israel and Gaza were victims of "dehumanisation".

Celebrities, including Billie Eilish, also wore pins calling for a ceasefire.

The awards night started slightly later than planned on Sunday, after protesters, also demanding a ceasefire, blocked traffic outside the venue.

US media reported that around 1,000 people took part in the demonstration outside the Dolby Theatre. A cascade of limousines heading towards the venue were blocked by the protesters, with some stars - including Killers of the Flower Moon star Lily Gladstone - being forced to abandon their vehicles.

Glazer said it was an "honour" to win the award - the UK's first win for the category. The German-language film, which earned a total of five Oscar nominations, focuses on the family of Auschwitz's longest-serving commandant, Rudolf Höss.

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Höss ran the Auschwitz concentration camp between 1940 and 1943. An estimated 1.1 million people were murdered there - one million of whom were Jews.

After thanking those who worked with him on the film, Glazer - reading from a pre-written speech - said: "All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present, not to say look what they did then, rather what we do now.

"Our film shows where dehumanisation leads at its worst. It's shaped all of our past and present."

The director, who is Jewish, added: "Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people.

"Whether the victims of October 7th in Israel, or the ongoing attack on Gaza, all the victims of this dehumanisation, how do we resist?"

Palestinians in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem have lived under Israeli occupation since 1967.

The director previously told the BBC that his film "looks into dark corners of human capacity", and is relevant today.

"I think what's inside this film is what we do to each other as human beings," he said. "We see others as lesser than ourselves, different from ourselves. Somehow, step by step, that leads to atrocity."

Singer Billie Eilish was one of the celebrities present wearing the Red Pin. Photograph Reuters

Singer Billie Eilish, actor Mark Ruffalo and Poor Things star Ramy Youssef were among celebrities wearing a pin on the red carpet calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

The pin-wearing followed an open letter to US President Joe Biden signed by nearly 400 artists.

Some of the signatories include Bradley Cooper and America Ferrera, who were both nominated for awards this year.

Some 1,200 people were killed after Hamas gunmen attacked communities in southern Israel on 7 October. They took around 250 hostages back into the Gaza Strip, with many still alive and being held there.

Israel responded with a massive bombardment and invasion of Gaza, which it said would destroy Hamas. More than 30,900 people have been killed in Gaza since then, the territory's Hamas-run health ministry says.

The UN has warned that famine in the Gaza Strip is "almost inevitable" and children are starving to death.

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Uploaded by [@]ahmedeldin on January 16, 2024 EST.

"The mask comes off The end of the western fantasy

Biden, accepting war crimes. USA choosing Israel over International law.

Dehumanizing the victims, Denying their deaths.

“No red lines”.

The US stopped pretending.

Biden’s statement making no mention of Palestinians or their suffering in this genocide and ethnic cleansing.

Says it all.

Do you see it yet?"

#palestine #gaza #israel #zionism #judaism #usa #politics #joe biden #genocide in gaza #ethnic cleansing #genocide joe #uk #germany #biden administration

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ahlulbaytnetworks · 4 months

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Do you see it?

The mask comes off

The end of the western fantasy

Biden, accepting war crimes.

USA choosing Israel over International law.

Dehumanizing the victims, Denying their deaths.

"No red lines".

The US stopped pretending.

Biden's statement making no mention of Palestinians or their suffering in this genocide and ethnic cleansing.

Says it all.

Do you see it yet?

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Just recently, Saudi Arabia bombed Houthi targets in Yemen using US-provided warplanes, marking a significant spike in bombing the country in recent months. Despite the fact that the US has tried to help the warring parties reach a ceasefire, America has been continuously favoring the Saudis with offensive weaponry that the Arabian nation uses against Yemen-based groups. The debate of helping Saudi Arabia for the "offensive" vs. "defensive" war in Yemen is a long-lasting topic in the American legislature. US Senate Allowed Saudi Arabia to Bomb Yemen: Violations of Biden's Earlier Preached Plans Despite Biden's continuous rhetoric that he would make his foreign policy choices based on human rights, the US Democratic-led Senate failed to block arms sales to Saudi Arabia earlier in December. This allows the country to provide weapons to Saudi Arabia to use against Yemen. When Biden assumed the presidency, he was of the view that Saudi Arabia would not be entertained any further for its continuous human rights abuses. The report of Jamal Khashoggi's murder further strained the relations between the two nations. However, these relations are normalizing with every passing day now. As the USA gives the Saudis the go-ahead for air-to-air missiles and missile rail launchers, the increasing boldness of the Saudis is imminent against Yemen. And this was apparent as the Saudis perceived the US Senate's signal as a green light to attack the already troubled nation. A week later, when the Senate took this controversial measure, raining missiles happened in Saudi Arabia's neighboring country, resulting in many deaths. In November 2021, civilian casualties in Yemen were at a sixteen-month high with increasing bombing rates. Offensive Vs. Defensive Realism: Democrats are Fueling the Fire in Yemen by Spinning Facts When the President pledged not to support the Saudis militarily anymore, a glimpse of peace emerged for a short while. However, when the White House announced to give $650 million of weapons to the Saudis, it acted as a catalyst to increase violence and human rights abuses in the world. Despite seeing Saudi's offensive record against Yemen, the Biden administration concluded that the provision of the weaponry was for defensive purposes. The US uses the same logic to help Israel for building its landmark Iron Dome, and give them enough money every year to kill any rising movement in Palestine, further extending human rights abuses. The offensive vs. defensive debate in the US Senate was largely symbolic, as the lawmakers ignored some basic assumptions on why the Saudis perpetuate war against the Houthis in Yemen. The latest gesture by the Biden administration portrays that even if Saudis go on an all-out assault against Yemenis, Democrats will remain aligned with the Arabian nation. As a matter of fact, the US will only accept the Saudis version of events. Some of the basic facts which US Senators ignored include that Saudis merciless bombings against Yemenis have destroyed the ports of the country, which is ultimately starving children in the nation, kicking off a humanitarian and hunger crisis. With no access to seaports, airports, or land crossings, Yemeni civilians have nowhere to go. And this stood even more true in the pandemic when the destroyed infrastructure in Yemen compounded the pandemic. Hospitals saturated with COVID-19 patients have consistently been facing power outages as the oil imports have been hampered due to the destroyed ports. This is ultimately resulting in increased numbers of casualties in the war-torn region amid the pandemic. Final Thoughts Even though Saudi Arabia has been waging war against Yemen Houthis for six years with the help of the United States, the biggest military power on the face of the earth, no end to the war is in sight. The situation is unfolding just like in Afghanistan, where the US failed to break the stalemate solely dependent on its military mi

ght. The same is bound to happen in Yemen, where too many warring proxies will not find a way forward militarily, but it will only increase the suffering of civilians. Despite continuous concerns of progressives against the arms deal, the progressive caucus failed to materialize their efforts in Congress, which will keep biting the United States whenever any civilian dies in Yemen.

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3rd January >> Mass Readings (USA)

3rd January

The Most Holy Name of Jesus.

3rd January

(Liturgical Colour: White)

First Reading

1 John 2:29-3:6

No one who remains in him sins.

If you consider that God is righteous, you also know that everyone who acts in righteousness is begotten by him.

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 98:1, 3cd-4, 5-6

R/ All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.

Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done wondrous deeds; His right hand has won victory for him, his holy arm.

R/ All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.

All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation by our God. Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands; break into song; sing praise.

R/ All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.

Sing praise to the LORD with the harp, with the harp and melodious song. With trumpets and the sound of the horn sing joyfully before the King, the LORD.

R/ All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.

Gospel Acclamation

John 1:14a, 12a

Alleluia, alleluia. The Word of God became flesh and dwelt among us. To those who accepted him he gave power to become the children of God. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel

John 1:29-34

Behold the Lamb of God.

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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The Most Holy Name of Jesus

(Liturgical Colour: White)

(Readings for the memorial)

(There is a choice today between the readings for the ferial day (Tuesday) and those for the memorial. The ferial readings are recommended unless pastoral reasons suggest otherwise)

First Reading

Philippians 2:1–11

Have in you the same attitude that is also in Christ Jesus.

Have in you the same attitude that is also in Christ Jesus,

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 8:4–5, 6–7, 8–9

R/ O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!

When I behold your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you set in place— What is man that you should be mindful of him, or the son of man that you should care for him?

R/ O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!

You have made him little less than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him rule over the works of your hands, putting all things under his feet.

R/ O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!

All sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, the fishes of the sea, and whatever swims the paths of the seas.

R/ O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!

Gospel Acclamation

John 1:14a, 12a

Alleluia, alleluia. The Word of God became flesh and dwelt among us. To those who accepted him he gave power to become the children of God. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel

Luke 2:21-24

He was named Jesus.

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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