"To be accused of speaking too loudly about one injustice but not others by someone who doesn't care about any of them is to be told, simply, to keep quiet."
An Ontario high school valedictorian dares to mention Gaza victims in her speech and is maligned for not sticking to the "pre-approved script". The high school principal apologizes for her act. What has happened here as an 'educator' appears to cower and equivocate oppression and genocide of the Palestinian population?
Another way to help. I've been donating to Bethlehem University. It's in the occupied territories. No tax receipt in Canada but you do get a letter of acknowledgement. BU provides a safe haven and an education for people whose universities have been destroyed. There was a period when the courses were online because of rampaging settlers attacking villages around Bethlehem. Less so now so classes are back. BU is Catholic (which I didn't know, but it doesn't matter to me) but on the website you can see the integration of Christians and Muslims. Sometimes I designate the donation to the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability, which is part of BU, and in its own way also much needed.
I would like to know what the ordinary person can do to help the people in Gaza. It's helpful to speak up, of course, but I would like to do more. It saddens me to remember how the Jews were persecuted in the Second World War; they suffered starvation, death camps, and other horrors. I would hope that their people would speak up against their government. Hamas is a terrorist group and does pose a threat to Israel. Why can't they separate the woman and the children to give them rations? There must be some way to stop the War crimes. Could we write letters to the Jewish people asking them to speak up against what their government is doing?
Yesterday Israel announced it had suffered 13 deaths in attacks by Iran. That is called a good day in Gaza. Two gangster regeimes. No sympathy for either one. I save my sympathy for Gaza.
I live in Comox on Vancouver Island. I haven’t seen an organization like this protesting here but would join in if there was one.. We must all speak out against genocide.
Excellent pics and article, Charlie. Keeping the cowardly israeli slaughter and daily massacres of innocent unarmed Palestine people in the forefront and front and centre. Using food as a weapon is a dirty, dirty war crime. Hope these idf cowards meet their due fate. Thanks Charlie for the reporting. Elbows up. The orange freak is in Canada-shame.
Thank you, Charlie. I will try. I did protest at the Russian embassy against their war on Ukraine at the start but not much now because my legs can't do it anymore. I did get a few op-eds in the Citizen, my favourite co-written with an Ojibwa Plains protester who identified with Ukrainian people. That's what we all must do, whatever our background. I was born in Russia's Gulag and remember my mother looking at a picture of a starving child during the Biafra War. She said, "That's what you looked like in Russia." She saw not an African, not a Black, but a child, just like her own. You have inspired me with this grandmothers story, I must figure out a way. I walk using two sticks so carrying a sign is tricky, but I'll figure out something. I've written to our PM, and to our MPs but joining even a small group is encouraging. Thank you, again.
Ya and then we have the millions spent on G7 here in Canada now, couldn't they have met in a basement room under the parliament bldgs in Ottawa or something and put the multi dollar, hoopla, looking good ego version away to do something practical like stop those consciousless world leaders and their followers from making their horrible inhumane decisions! The 45 million dollar parade , south of us on Saturday, inorder to feed one mans ego ( birthday)and one countries ego was certainly money that could have / should have been spent better elsewhere! We seem determined to loose sight of human beings!
It isn't just grandparents and adults who are speaking out on Gaza. High school students are also speaking out, but in at least one case, a student was punished for doing so. Go to the CBC website and read the story about the High school valedictorian who was told to stay home after making pro-Palestinian remarks in her graduation speech. When I read that story I immediately sent the following email to Bell High School: "This may come as a shock to you, but in Canada people, including students, are free to express their opinions. Telling Elizabeth Yao that she should not come to school because you do not like what she said about Gaza is an infringement of her rights and freedoms. You owe her a public apology!" Now, having said that I do agree with her principal that she should not be in school today. Rather, she should be in a lawyer's office putting together the paper work for a court case. I also tried to contact the author, Gabrielle Huston at cbc.ca, but was unable to do so.
An Ontario high school valedictorian dares to mention Gaza victims in her speech and is maligned for not sticking to the "pre-approved script". The high school principal apologizes for her act. What has happened here as an 'educator' appears to cower and equivocate oppression and genocide of the Palestinian population?
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Another way to help. I've been donating to Bethlehem University. It's in the occupied territories. No tax receipt in Canada but you do get a letter of acknowledgement. BU provides a safe haven and an education for people whose universities have been destroyed. There was a period when the courses were online because of rampaging settlers attacking villages around Bethlehem. Less so now so classes are back. BU is Catholic (which I didn't know, but it doesn't matter to me) but on the website you can see the integration of Christians and Muslims. Sometimes I designate the donation to the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability, which is part of BU, and in its own way also much needed.
I would like to know what the ordinary person can do to help the people in Gaza. It's helpful to speak up, of course, but I would like to do more. It saddens me to remember how the Jews were persecuted in the Second World War; they suffered starvation, death camps, and other horrors. I would hope that their people would speak up against their government. Hamas is a terrorist group and does pose a threat to Israel. Why can't they separate the woman and the children to give them rations? There must be some way to stop the War crimes. Could we write letters to the Jewish people asking them to speak up against what their government is doing?
Yesterday Israel announced it had suffered 13 deaths in attacks by Iran. That is called a good day in Gaza. Two gangster regeimes. No sympathy for either one. I save my sympathy for Gaza.
Netanyahu needs to be arrested for war crimes!
I live in Comox on Vancouver Island. I haven’t seen an organization like this protesting here but would join in if there was one.. We must all speak out against genocide.
Excellent pics and article, Charlie. Keeping the cowardly israeli slaughter and daily massacres of innocent unarmed Palestine people in the forefront and front and centre. Using food as a weapon is a dirty, dirty war crime. Hope these idf cowards meet their due fate. Thanks Charlie for the reporting. Elbows up. The orange freak is in Canada-shame.
Never stop speaking up! Many thanks to those who do！How can anyone condone strvation and genocide??
We had a group at our no Kings protest. Jews against the genocide
Thank you, Charlie. I will try. I did protest at the Russian embassy against their war on Ukraine at the start but not much now because my legs can't do it anymore. I did get a few op-eds in the Citizen, my favourite co-written with an Ojibwa Plains protester who identified with Ukrainian people. That's what we all must do, whatever our background. I was born in Russia's Gulag and remember my mother looking at a picture of a starving child during the Biafra War. She said, "That's what you looked like in Russia." She saw not an African, not a Black, but a child, just like her own. You have inspired me with this grandmothers story, I must figure out a way. I walk using two sticks so carrying a sign is tricky, but I'll figure out something. I've written to our PM, and to our MPs but joining even a small group is encouraging. Thank you, again.
Ya and then we have the millions spent on G7 here in Canada now, couldn't they have met in a basement room under the parliament bldgs in Ottawa or something and put the multi dollar, hoopla, looking good ego version away to do something practical like stop those consciousless world leaders and their followers from making their horrible inhumane decisions! The 45 million dollar parade , south of us on Saturday, inorder to feed one mans ego ( birthday)and one countries ego was certainly money that could have / should have been spent better elsewhere! We seem determined to loose sight of human beings!
It isn't just grandparents and adults who are speaking out on Gaza. High school students are also speaking out, but in at least one case, a student was punished for doing so. Go to the CBC website and read the story about the High school valedictorian who was told to stay home after making pro-Palestinian remarks in her graduation speech. When I read that story I immediately sent the following email to Bell High School: "This may come as a shock to you, but in Canada people, including students, are free to express their opinions. Telling Elizabeth Yao that she should not come to school because you do not like what she said about Gaza is an infringement of her rights and freedoms. You owe her a public apology!" Now, having said that I do agree with her principal that she should not be in school today. Rather, she should be in a lawyer's office putting together the paper work for a court case. I also tried to contact the author, Gabrielle Huston at cbc.ca, but was unable to do so.
Neil, I agree with your outrage and support your efforts to make it public.
Thanks!
The bottom line is that when you give a license to one genocidal dictator, you're giving a license to all of them.
The Pol Pots, Adolph Hitlers, Joseph Stalins, or Idi Amins of old are simply being replaced by the Netanyahus, Khameneis, and Putins of today.
Apparently, we learn NOTHING from history.
You can add tRump to this list since he ended foreign aid and took away funding for food banks, and so many programs that provide food.
This is beautiful