Below is a statement made yesterday by a high up muckety-muck at the State Dept on the boring, eye glazing topic of 'no first use.' No first use is the scenario where a Russian, US, Chinese, or dare I say it, Israeli administration would pledge publicly and in writing never to fire off nuclear weapons offensively.  They all blather about how nukes are only defensive, right? So formalizing the policy would be a no brainer, eh?    Well, it turns out you need to have a brain to recognize a no-brainer.& ...Continue Reading

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Please come hear tonight's special guest speaker, Khalid Turaani! For those who don't know, he is a Palestinian-American advocate for the rights of the people of Palestine. He is the ex Chairman of Refugee Aid Initiative, a charity that focuses on helping refugees and victims of conflicts and disasters. Khalid’s past advocacy engagements include; serving as Executive Director of the Washington based, American Muslims for Jerusalem, AMJ and Director of the Brussels based International Forum on the Mideast, INFORM. Khalid ...Continue Reading

Get Outlook for iOS*From:* Nancy at Eyewitness Palestine <info@PROTECTED>*Sent:* Tuesday, May 14, 2024 4:56:50 PM*To:* Khani Begum <khani@PROTECTED>*Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Chicago! Still time to get your tickets and/or sponsor a student!  Don't miss out on this incredible line-up of speakers and performers! Dear Khani,Have you made your plans to be in Chicago to join Eyewitness Palestine for our first ever Witnessing Palestine Through Stories, Flavor, and Culture on Sunday, June 2nd? If you haven't ...Continue Reading

Good for Maj. Mann. We need a hundred more like him, now! On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 12:59 AM Terry Lodge tjlodge50@PROTECTED [Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition] <peacelist@PROTECTED> wrote:__  From: tjlodge50@PROTECTED Mann pointed to his Jewish heritage as one of his reasons for resigning and speaking out. “And I want to clarify that as the descendant of European Jews, I was raised in a particularly unforgiving moral environment when it came to the topic of bearing responsibility for ethnic cleansing — my ...Continue Reading

PLEASE JOIN NWOPC in DETROIT this May 24-26!! After months of dedicated mobilizing and protesting for an end to the Genocide of Palestinians while the US and Israel continue to carry out their criminal Genocide in Gaza -- NWOPC is joining dozens of organizations and thousands of people in attending the People’s Conference for Palestine in Detroit, Michigan from May 24-26th. We are proud to endorse the Conference and are one of many organizations that have added our name and are mobilizing our supporters to attend.& ...Continue Reading

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   Mann pointed to his Jewish heritage as one of his reasons for resigning and speaking out. “And I want to clarify that as the descendant of European Jews, I was raised in a particularly unforgiving moral environment when it came to the topic of bearing responsibility for ethnic cleansing — my grandfather refused to ever purchase products manufactured in Germany — where the paramount importance of ‘never again’ and the inadequacy of ‘just following orders’ were oft repeated,” he said.https://news.antiwar.com/ ...Continue Reading

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