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2024-06-08T16:05:02-04:00

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Introducing the Global Hall of Shame, Deflection & Denialism

Last updated on: June 8, 2024 at 4:05 pm By Kathryn Shihadah

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Did you know that the United Nations has a blacklist of countries that harm children in conflict? Me neither. The list includes Afghanistan, Congo, Mali, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Syria and groups such as Al-Qaeda, Daesh, Al-Shabaab and Boko Haram. Soon, it will also include Israel (as well as Hamas). Reuters reports: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has added Israel’s military to a global list of offenders for committing violations against children in 2023. The global list is included in... Read more

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2024-06-06T11:24:45-04:00

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The Palestinians’ ironclad, inalienable right to resist

Last updated on: June 6, 2024 at 11:24 am By Kathryn Shihadah

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Public service announcement for folks out there who are indignant about the fact that “Hamas started this trouble, and now Hamas wants to be rewarded with a state.” Look, we don’t need an international law to tell us that the right to self-determination belongs to everyone – but just to be on the safe side, it is part of the United Nations charter. All members of the United Nations pledge to uphold this right in the global community. Therefore, basic... Read more

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2024-06-06T09:06:09-04:00

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Netanyahu exposes his profound racism in one glorious tweet

Last updated on: June 6, 2024 at 9:06 am By Kathryn Shihadah

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This tweet from the official X account of the Prime Minister of Israel is problematic on many, many levels. Here are just a few. But first, of course, the tweet, referencing an interview he gave for French TV: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview on French TV Channel TF1: "I say: Our victory is your victory. Our victory is the victory of Israel against antisemitism. It is the victory of Judeo-Christian civilization against barbarism. It is the victory of... Read more

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2024-06-01T15:58:50-04:00

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Rafah attack: Netanyahu’s lies expose the truth about Israel

Last updated on: June 1, 2024 at 3:58 pm By Kathryn Shihadah

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Israel’s massive attack on a tent encampment in Rafah targeted two Hamas leaders, but incinerated 45 mostly women and children in a location Israel had deemed safe. The damage control began almost immediately. Let’s unpack. THE LIE: Reuters reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the strike had not been intended to cause civilian casualties. “In Rafah, we already evacuated about 1 million non-combatant residents,” he said in a speech to Israeli legislators. Netanyahu continued, “[D]espite our utmost effort not to... Read more

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2024-06-01T15:56:31-04:00

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A waking nightmare – what just happened in Gaza?

Last updated on: June 1, 2024 at 3:56 pm By Kathryn Shihadah

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CNN reported on Sunday’s horrors in Rafah for a few excruciating hours, then veered quickly to a new, more comforting headline: “Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Sunday’s deadly Israeli airstrike on a Rafah camp had gone tragically wrong.” Other mainstream media performed a similar sleight-of-hand (if the news cycle ever slows down, I’ll show you a few examples). Alternative news outlets, instead of soothing the consciences of pro-Israel evangelicals, are still covering the actual incident, and the world’s outrage.... Read more

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2024-05-23T14:47:27-04:00

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Israel, the ICC, and the disintegration of our species

Last updated on: May 23, 2024 at 2:47 pm By Kathryn Shihadah

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The rule of law, appropriately applied (that is, equally across the board) keeps us from chaos. But when some think they are above the law, the rest pay dearly. Gaza is a case in point. So you probably heard that on Monday, the International Criminal Court announced that it would be seeking arrest warrants for the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallant. Prosecutor Karim Khan has reasonable grounds to believe that these two... Read more

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2024-05-19T12:51:50-04:00

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The truth about Gazans as human shields –you’ll be surprised

Last updated on: May 19, 2024 at 12:51 pm By Kathryn Shihadah

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We think we know the deal with Hamas and human shields – we think we know all there is to know about Hamas. Where did we get this information? Are we sure it is true? Because Hamas has been labeled a “terrorist organization,” it’s easy to believe that they are monsters, capable of doing all kinds of horrible things. We were told very early in the conflict that Hamas members had baked babies in ovens, cut open pregnant women, and... Read more

2024-05-14T20:21:56-04:00

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THIS RIGHT HERE is happening RIGHT NOW. This is Israel.

Last updated on: May 14, 2024 at 8:21 pm By Kathryn Shihadah

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The US is shelling out a fortune to get humanitarian aid to Gaza and providing billions in military aid to Israel. And our leaders inform us that Israel and the US have “shared values.” I don’t know about you, but these are NOT my values: On Monday May 13 in the Palestinian West Bank, close to 100 Israeli settlers blocked a convoy of aid trucks that were headed for Gaza. They then dumped the contents of the trucks on the... Read more

2024-05-06T17:10:45-04:00

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Unlock the global and historic significance of this moment

Last updated on: May 6, 2024 at 5:10 pm By Kathryn Shihadah

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Grace-Colored Glasses has experienced a revolution in the past few months. Maybe you haven’t even noticed, but Grace-Colored Glasses has been on hiatus. While I was away, I thought about you, faith community, every single day. I started writing exclusively about Gaza on October 7th, when Hamas fighters broke out of “prison” and attacked Israel. By October 8th, I had determined to write exclusively about Gaza until the war ended. Understandably, much of the world was horrified by the events... Read more

2024-03-18T15:53:29-04:00

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What to say when you’ve run out of words?

Last updated on: March 18, 2024 at 3:53 pm By Kathryn Shihadah

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It’s relatively easy to report on the news in Gaza: this is today’s death toll, that is the number of injured. This hospital is under attack, that university campus was blown to smithereens. Here is a genocidal statement from a high-ranking member of Israel’s government, there is brutal attack on a humanitarian aid delivery. The percentage of Gazan homes destroyed, the percentage of Gazan children with acute malnutrition, the number of days people have been eating animal feed or bird... Read more

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