The remarkable scene in this video of South Africa's presentation of their case against Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) yesterday gives a sense of the gravity of what is happening there. https://youtu.be/4f_yoal4gx8 Day 1 Of South Africa V. Israel In an exhaustive presentation, lawyers for South Africa presented its case to the … Continue reading South Africa presents its case against Israel at the ICJ
Category: Colonialism
Palestine and LANDBACK
Plans to destroy Palestine were well under way 75 years ago with schemes to legalize land theft. The LandBack movement began in 2018 with efforts in the US and Canada for Native Americans to regain their ancestral lands. The idea quickly spread to Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and even Fiji. LandBack could easily encompass the … Continue reading Palestine and LANDBACK
South Africa Accuses Israel of Genocide
On December 29 South Africa, a state party to the Genocide Convention, filed an 84-page application in the International Court of Justice (ICJ, or World Court) alleging that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. As news from Gaza worsens, I can only hope and pray the International Court of Justice might offer some hope to stop the atrocities. News … Continue reading South Africa Accuses Israel of Genocide
The Crucified of the Earth
I was recently made aware of a slightly different way of thinking about the flight of the family of Jesus from Bethlehem. A farmer who fled from the war in Guatemala into Honduras in the early 1980s, meaning he was a refugee, told Chris Hedges that when the family left Bethlehem, “It was on this … Continue reading The Crucified of the Earth
Exploring the depths of conflict
Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) (Quakers) has donated all the money in the Peace and Social Concerns budget to AFSC's Gaza Emergency Relief Fund. Many Quaker meetings that are part of the Yearly Meeting have also donated money to the fund.https://secure.afsc.org/a/gazaer?ms=WEB24HGPI American Friends Service Committee https://afsc.org/action/call-cease-fire-and-humanitarian-access-gaza-now https://secure.afsc.org/a/gazaer?ms=WEB24HGPI Friends Committee on National Legislation https://www.fcnl.org/issues/middle-east-iran/israelpalestine/israel-palestine-war I think some things … Continue reading Exploring the depths of conflict
How the world sees Israel’s colonial violence in Palestine
(c)2023 Jeff Kisling Increasingly, many more stories and events are emerging related to global opposition to Israel's war in Palestine and the US support for it. The US and Israel are facing growing isolation and opposition from the rest of the world due to their colonial and imperial policies. The U.S. Again Voted Against A … Continue reading How the world sees Israel’s colonial violence in Palestine
What if there was a war and everyone forgot it?
Yesterday, I wrote about the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC. because I was thinking of the December 7 attack on Pearl Harbor. I am a little surprised to find almost no coverage of that attack in today's mainstream news. But of course, most wars have been forgotten. There has been greatly diminished coverage … Continue reading What if there was a war and everyone forgot it?
“Ain’t Gonna Study War No More”
There is a sense of hopelessness, helplessness, and despair in the face of the horrors of the Israeli-Hamas war. Coming of age in the 1960s, during the Vietnam War, I witnessed and was part of the massive antiwar movement in this country. But for the past several decades I’ve wondered what happened to the antiwar … Continue reading “Ain’t Gonna Study War No More”
Prerequisites to Building a Hub for Local Resilience
[Note: This is a continuation of a series I’ve been writing about resilience based on THE RESILIENCE WE WANT, A Guide to Making Your Community Space into a Hub for Local Resilience and Mutual Aid.] Before getting more into the details of the guide to make your community a hub for resilience, I'd like to express more fully … Continue reading Prerequisites to Building a Hub for Local Resilience
Midwest Solidarity with Palestine
The focus of the mainstream media in this country revolves around who is to blame for the current hostilities and the relentless videos of the bombings and devastation in Gaza. But there is a much deeper fundamental reason behind this conflict: Israel's settler colonialism of Palestine. The same settler colonialism that dispossessed Indigenous peoples of … Continue reading Midwest Solidarity with Palestine
Polycrisis Center 