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Rafa Barkay

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I'll be back when and if I have control over who follows me. It's a matter of self-preservation.

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Beyond Gaza’s statistics: A candle for my father - The Jewish Independent

This is my article in "The Jewish Independent", a simple tribute to my father's memory and a way to resist the world's tendency to reduce him and other victims of the Gaza war to mere statistics.

29.11.2024 22:45 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Like Putin, Erdoğan, and OrbÑn, Netanyahu is trying to silence a critical, independent newspaper. Haaretz will not balk and will not morph into a pamphlet that publishes messages approved by the government and its leader.
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24.11.2024 15:47 πŸ‘ 2235 πŸ” 890 πŸ’¬ 88 πŸ“Œ 141

Rashid Khalidi to Ha'aretz: "It's impossible to win without [a Jewish-Palestinian partnership]. It's a more difficult struggle than any other liberation struggle because this is not a colonial project where [settlers] can go "home". There is no home."

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22.11.2024 11:14 πŸ‘ 189 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 8

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22.11.2024 18:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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17.11.2024 17:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

hey there! it's still at the very beginning, but has a good crowd

17.11.2024 04:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Pockets of Peace
By Xavier Rudd

Here and now our choices here are growing thin
As children grow they grow with what they see
In these times where paranoia closes in
Power and hate a rampaging disease
In our minds we build the blocks to what we need
In our minds we are reaching out for peace
In our hearts we know of such the hills to climb
In our hearts a sense of mass defeat
Shame shame these games that they play with you and me
Shame for these games that they play our children will keep
Shame these games that they play with you and me
Shame for these games that they play our children will keep
These are our times this problem much to big to hold
For you and I it's far too high to reach
We can begin by holding close the things we know
And valuing our pockets of peace
These are the earth the sun the moon the sea the sky
These are the gifts to which we all agree
Through these things and those we love we can unite
And sink into our pockets of peace

Pockets of Peace By Xavier Rudd Here and now our choices here are growing thin As children grow they grow with what they see In these times where paranoia closes in Power and hate a rampaging disease In our minds we build the blocks to what we need In our minds we are reaching out for peace In our hearts we know of such the hills to climb In our hearts a sense of mass defeat Shame shame these games that they play with you and me Shame for these games that they play our children will keep Shame these games that they play with you and me Shame for these games that they play our children will keep These are our times this problem much to big to hold For you and I it's far too high to reach We can begin by holding close the things we know And valuing our pockets of peace These are the earth the sun the moon the sea the sky These are the gifts to which we all agree Through these things and those we love we can unite And sink into our pockets of peace

Please take a few minutes to soak this song into your frantic, despairing soul

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg6q...
#djDizwire

16.11.2024 14:15 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I love the idea of building a new community from scratch.

can we do it to the offline world too?

16.11.2024 13:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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15.11.2024 14:52 πŸ‘ 56948 πŸ” 4124 πŸ’¬ 1767 πŸ“Œ 325
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I needed this today.
You may too.

09.11.2024 14:09 πŸ‘ 7766 πŸ” 1759 πŸ’¬ 155 πŸ“Œ 97