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These Gazan babies had to be removed from incubators because of the siege on fuel for electricity. Five have already died. Our military aid tax dollars at work. Ready to support a cease fire yet, or do you still want to debate the issue? NEW Give Peace a Song event! Our 20 voice “New Peace Choir” will once again be singing out for peace and justice, along with other musical guests and speakers. Featuring The New Peace Choir (secular songs of Peace & Hope) You can optionally RSVP on Facebook, as well as invite others: https://fb.me/e/5bbxUWpIA Palestine-Israel News Sources: Jewish Voice for Peace www.jvp.org Democracy Now www.democracynow.org Code Pink www.codepink.org American Friends Service Committee www.afsc.org B’TSelem https://www.btselem.org Common Dreams www.commondreams.org The Gray Zone www.thegrayzone.com The Intercept www.theintercept.com Veterens For Peace www.vfp.org Electronic Intifada www.electronicintifada.org The Chris Hedges Report www.chrishedges.substack.com The Real News Network https://therealnews.com/ Mint Press News https://www.mintpressnews.com/ Mondoweiss https://mondoweiss.net/ Palestine Portal https://www.palestineportal.org/ Videos: The Greater Context of the Genocide in Gaza (youtube) Gaza Fights for Freedom (Documentary) (youtube) Watch Born in Gaza (Netflix required) Husam Zomlot, Head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK interview Democracy Now Interview with Mohammed El-Kurd Democracy Now interview with Refaat Alareer Breakthrough News https://www.youtube.com/@BreakThroughNews Books: The General’s Son Miko Peled A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy Nathan Thrall The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine: Pappe, Ilan 10-23-23 I learned of the October 7, 2023 atrocities committed by Hamas with much sadness, and feel great empathy for the families that lost loved ones, as a Jew who has worked on a Kibbutz and a humanThe Peace and Justice Center believes that violence creates a spiral that destroys our world and brings suffering to all eventually. Also as a Jew, I feel great responsibility to tell the rest of the story. I grew up in a neighborhood of Holocaust survivors and vowed to never remain silent in the midst of a genocide. I don’t approve of the 75 years of ethnic cleansing and apartheid that has brought us to this sad day, nor do I approve of the vengeful acts against helpless civilians, half of whom are children, in Gaza that are ongoing: no water, no food, no electricity, bombardment of schools, hospitals and houses of worship, and no medical facilities to take injured children to. Israel portrays this as a war against Hamas, but most do not know that Hamas was actually supported at its inception by Israel in an attempt to create a fundamentalist Islamic enemy for the secular Palestinian liberation movement, like the US did with the mujahedeen in Afghanistan. Few also know that despite all the implausible commotion about how unprepared Israel was for the attack, Israel admits that it was warned about the attack by Egypt and other sources. The right wing government of Israel’s strategy is clearly to eventually annex Gaza and the West Bank occupied territories. What stops them from doing so is the “demographic problem”. In other words, there are enough Palestinians in total to outvote Jewish Israelis. So Israel is trying hard to reduce the Palestinian population by making their lives unlivable in the occupied territories, by expulsion, by violence. Although we will probably never know for sure, it’s not hard to imagine this government cynically allowing the October 7 security breach in order to create the pretext for emptying Gaza of its 2 million plus Palestinians. For now, we must advocate for a ceasefire to prevent genocide, and a prohibition on US military aid to Israel . Subsequently, the blockade must be ended and the apartheid conditions must end. One major obstacle to this is the outsized power of the Israel lobby in US politics, where groups like AIPAC massively fund primary challenges to any legislators who speak out for Palestinian rights. Israel’s policies do not make Israelis safer. A negotiated settlement is the only path to safety. Jeffrey Gottesman NEW LOCATION AND TIME: Due to a last minute change this event will now be at the above time and location. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Admission is $5.00 per person, or $10.00 per family and that will get you in to enjoy an afternoon of inspiring music and spoken word. Please join us! Our second event takes place November 18 at the Seaman’s Lodge in Nevada City. We are thrilled to have Elena Rayo (wife of the late Saul Rayo) join us. – more details to follow. The Peace and Justice Center of Nevada County is an “umbrella” 501c3 non-profit organization which provides educational and other social justice programs to the public, and we also sponsor other local activist groups that speak out for racial justice, raise awareness of climate change and promoting peace in our country and around the globe. Founded by local folk hero and peace activist, Bruce “Utah” Phillips some 20 years ago, we’ve been going strong for these many years holding protests, street actions, rallies and marches. We presented political and activist films for over 10 years. We are currently reaching out to the younger generations for new members to join our Board. We feel the need to pass the torch to the youth to carry on the important work of raising awareness and developing new approaches to peace and social justice issues, including environmental issues and climate change. Please contact us at ncpeaceandjustice@gmail.com if you or your group may be interested in joining the leadership of the Peace Center. We have non-profit status, and we have insurance to cover your activities. |