Dear NWOPC friends,Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition has sent an open letter (below and attached) to Rep. Marcy Kaptur's office this afternoon. *We urge you to contact her office today to ask her to call for an* *immediate ceasefire in Gaza. *The letter below will offer you a choice of talking points, if you care to elaborate.**** Rep. Kaptur's office phone numbers are: *DC office: (202) 225-4146Toledo office: (419) 259-7500*Email contact form at kaptur.house.gov--------------------------- Nov. 1, 2023 Dear Congr ...Continue Reading

After Sandy Hook it was evident that children’s lives are no more valued than those of adults who are creating the carnage. Sent from my iPhone ...Continue Reading

After Sandy Hook it was evident that children’s lives are no more valued than those of adults who are creating all of this carnage.Sent from my iPhoneOn Oct 31, 2023, at 10:57 PM, Terry Lodge tjlodge50@PROTECTED [Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition] <peacelist@PROTECTED> wrote: From: tjlodge50@PROTECTED   It's 530 a.m. in Gaza as I write this, cutting service means another large military offensive. The IDF has stayed north of Gaza City so far, possibly this means they'll be blowing down what's left of the urban ...Continue Reading

Is this the end game? Keep calling your legislators demanding that they call for an immediate ceasefire.---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Jonathan Cook <jonathancook@PROTECTED>Date: Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 7:10 AMSubject: Mounting evidence suggests Israel may be ready to ‘cleanse’ GazaTo: <josiesetzler@PROTECTED>All the signs are in place that Israel is once again seriously considering a massive ethnic cleansing operation, conducted at lightning speed and with US assistance ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ...Continue Reading

  It's 530 a.m. in Gaza as I write this, cutting service means another large military offensive. The IDF has stayed north of Gaza City so far, possibly this means they'll be blowing down what's left of the urban center.    Gaza Health Ministry says 420 children/day are dying. Since 1/2 the Gaza population is under 18, sounds like you can double that 420 to approximate civilian mass deaths at 800/day.     But then, who's counting.From Al-Jazeera: A Palestinian health ministry spokesman warns ...Continue Reading

From a Palestinian scholar and practitioner of nonviolence living in the West Bank near Bethlehem. I met him when I was on a delegation to the West Bank and he is magnificent.Josie---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Mazin Qumsiyeh <mazin@PROTECTED>Date: Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 9:49 AMSubject: [HumanRights] State terror, the right of Palestinians to self-defense, and lies that try to cover genocideTo: <josiesetzler@PROTECTED>Cc: Human Rights Newsletter <humanrights@PROTECTED>In the late 19th centur ...Continue Reading

Protests continue in Toledo. Here's the next one...Watch for demonstration announcements on the NWOPC Facebook group page. ...Continue Reading

  Suddenly, Biden and Blinken aren't down for genocide? Maybe it's finally occurred to them that the U.S. will be even more of a global pariah if they don't distance themselves from it?     If the Israelis tell you they're going ahead anyway and leveling Gaza, then what's your next trick, Joe? Distancing the U.S. from everything that the Israelis are doing, demanding a ceasefire and focusing on saving American lives? Too late.   You can read this article without worrying about the paywall.https: ...Continue Reading

  Some remarkable investigative work. They produced a video that seems to prove that the supposedly errant Hamas rocket was destroyed by Israel's Iron Dome system, and then, a few seconds later, the large explosion occurred at the hospital.Investigations reveal discrepancies in Israel’s Gaza hospital attack claimsAl Jazeera StaffAs Israel bombs Gaza, media organisations and researchers are investigating what happened at the al-Ahli Arab Ho...    A most damning piece of evidence is that a propaganda a ...Continue Reading

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-gaza-invasion-live/Spanish minister calls for Netanyahu to be tried for war crimes/5 hours agoSpain’s Minister of Social Rights said her government should take Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the International Criminal Court for war crimes.“Given the attempted genocide being carried out by the State of Israel in Gaza, we propose that the Government of Spain take Netanyahu before the International Criminal Court for war crimes,” Ione Belarra, Spain’s Mi ...Continue Reading