[Sundaycommunity] Fwd: Israel at War: Making sense of this week's news
Martha Crean
crean.martha at gmail.com
Fri Mar 8 16:04:56 PST 2024
What a beautiful thing you have said Father Paul, on this women’s day.
It takes a lot of courage for people To take the side of peace for all
rather than for one side against the other.
Could you say something more sometime about the effect of Protestant and
Catholic women working together in northern Ireland? Thanks Martha
On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 7:01 PM Paul M via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
> Thanks for sharing Helena. If peace with justice is ever achieved in the
> Middle East (which I don’t believe will happen for a few more generations),
> it will only come about because of women and mothers living there. It will
> not come through the UN, the USA, or any of the surrounding countries.
> Eventually, women and mothers - Jewish and Palestinian- will get more and
> more fed up and come together in small then large numbers to demand peace
> and justice for their children. (On a smaller scale, it happened in
> Northern Ireland with the Peace People in 1976 onwards)
> https://www.britannica.com/topic/Peace-People
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> Paul
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> On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 5:14 PM H. Burns via Sundaycommunity <
> sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
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>> For your interest:
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>> *From:* JSpaceCanada <info at jspacecanada.ca>
>> *Date:* March 8, 2024 at 17:02:15 EST
>> *To:* Helena Burnstein <helena.burnstein at sympatico.ca>
>> *Subject:* *Israel at War: Making sense of this week's news*
>>
>>
>> Shabbat news and update round up
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>> Dear Helena,
>>
>> Before we welcome Shabbat at sundown, we recognize today's International
>> Women's Day. It is impossible to recognize the many successes of women and
>> girls without also recognizing the mass suffering they face in Israel and
>> Gaza, as the Israel-Hamas war wages on.
>>
>> Today we are thinking about women like *Vivian Silver
>> <https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=KFQSwhl5sgxuomNEkX6CfOfl0J5qU25N5T0ink2XbeiC6lMGcnPFOtmijXHzKi7IQLRwY0-kgip0inZjvSP0a9sMDs5nquqz3Nna9GFS1XMnBJHZzGtV5JwdVFaS6O8e&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_march82024&n=2>*,
>> a Canadian-Israeli peace activist who was murdered at the hands of Hamas
>> terrorists in Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7.
>>
>> We are thinking about the women kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 - *those
>> who remain in captivity
>> <https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=tdADx8eKtARFyLkuoG3WvrkI4SqgXL_vKRovJWpRP0fvJPSTsvLV34MqgdGrVjbtrt9n6MpNa7ddH-0pTUm4gqmEwGvogOOTNWivDicDhdhGBvN638g7ZmABHvI3nncJERW9wGbPqfGKeazKLwCpQ5Uy8I37BZ_GeEF-y2TNWd0&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_march82024&n=3>*
>> for over 150 days now, and those who were released, thankfully alive, but
>> forever *battling the demons and trauma of being held hostage
>> <https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=7G_TnAG6v_4jUyJcWqkwU7qqyLfLFVATl6lps7T3zNAPK-cLOnDJ6lJRm5BEVH3aZAoe76k7rO74hB9z7iFe1A&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_march82024&n=4>*
>> in the hands of terrorists.
>>
>> We are thinking about the mothers of hostages still held in Gaza, *who
>> descend onto Tel Aviv's Ayalon Highway
>> <https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=ufdZpdDRfZ5ZIVUnexxpOv4Gb6mO0ciKKCpo__MFl0qrND_1HRTIOg1MaKaSgVaTzBO8tw01rGfU6s5tMz_yJ2zIeqwAvMTbITwt3qYRg9-efldAaKcoH_8wT9Ybll-MmDnQIF6XDZYlnWpQj-aENg&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_march82024&n=5>*
>> every Saturday night to fill the air with their primal screams, for
>> someone, anyone, to listen to their pleas that their children be released,
>> that a deal be made, and that their nightmare come to an end.
>>
>> We are thinking about the *thousands of women and girls in Gaza
>> <https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=qWFCUV_zF2JRgPHLMDC68F2ZXMsv9IU4Hl9256qGutFcaG5IWomaenYDuuESkcq0_3fYoWTCuNL0uI81FF_3M1SeGGd7EYxPhNKTmRmXE_srs3RpH5vC52BQQkShbUUCzTAe-7FfQujwROrIqcmh1Q&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_march82024&n=6>*
>> - so many of whom are merely a name on a list, as the death toll grows
>> every day - who had whole lives ahead of them. Who dreamed of a better
>> future, who dreamed of peace, who wanted nothing more than freedom.
>>
>> We are thinking about *mothers forced to give birth in unbearable
>> conditions
>> <https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=OoY8W_L_KV02wKQp4zzETi3w-nDITEtX9adNxjuX1QD3ScvK05S2-BeUH45FOsRg6M65wA1OrQi-vK0A3e3otqzPd5GD_f3EwZaWqGYajtxSPDNRLWsYVgbr6YM-v1Vb&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_march82024&n=7>*,
>> hospitals with no beds, electricity, or medical supplies, who bring
>> children into a war zone rife with starvation, where each day guarantees no
>> promise of a next.
>>
>> In armed conflict, we know that women and girls are disproportionately
>> affected, bearing the brunt of food insecurity, displacement, human
>> trafficking, sexual violence, and a lack of access to reproductive
>> healthcare.
>>
>> But we also know that women have a strength that can bring about
>> incredible change. In Israel-Palestine, this is evident through
>> organizations such as Women Wage Peace and Women of the Sun, *both
>> honoured in this year's TIME Magazine's Women of the Year.
>> <https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=fT_6G4IkzBP_41vIZLg-HYSU8FXy-cF3Ga3RQ-N4vWIS7cf7mgRty00x_Dzgdz-I8XM3sdh0YbnQIfLEyNgbj6Vld9Yn31pNRF9qQcomoq4&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_march82024&n=8>*
>>
>> We saw women leading the initiative to *bring an aid truck from Israel
>> into the besieged Gaza
>> <https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=ZyO_DFWWRDvdu31LHzZ70SV8QTl8oqipt5BqNJ3amOX0VdXjRgeYl7sXjhh726c29RyIGsmhcUZirBATOdLYHQ&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_march82024&n=9>*,
>> in an attempt to provide food, water, and medical supplies to those
>> suffering under unbearable conditions.
>>
>> We are seeing these glimmers of hope, this unwillingness to give up, an
>> understanding that without a significant paradigm shift, the land of
>> Israel-Palestine and all its inhabitants will be destined to never-ending
>> cycles of bloodshed and pain. This fight does not always stem from hope or
>> optimism. It is pragmatic - it comes from knowing that without fighting
>> back, without demanding a better future, we let those who profit most from
>> this pain win.
>>
>> This coming week is full of unknowns for the region. Though international
>> mediators were hopeful about progress made on a ceasefire and hostage
>> release deal being finalized before Ramadan, *according to most recent
>> reports
>> <https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=9qFujIoeyobCItbhgVcNfLtPpvPAXVozFLtZazbHGaB-W1-2EPJ1pGEmKz9E9azfn_SyC9fIorBK0rm6r7b-so2QhbTUEUqEEK5yg8KsqnNQjYV2C0Y08VVfFLCjrQDKHT1mBP_X0umPSSG1vnIWQ74E3rWfsyB8UDe3zbCFR_moZjCBhMSkgbMpq8lFV91QFWfRKoBWDTJeZXVXvgjFIkDx8rfdYMRvIvR0cP0qCUlxptQcCj1VmW0U4BPbjDpIbWjjw6Ip2t94mVu9RXhoUWe4gmQFM7zgkOFr7MzyXRO6dcaawfVRU8s9S98-2cLLIIUd5CfYTjvqe0muKnwDmQb-8ugsHc8QuH3LHR94W5uVJASiydFIZz7zAPQrEfag&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_march82024&n=10>*,
>> Israel has been willing to accept the terms but Hamas is refusing, allowing
>> its people to continue to suffer for its own political gains, hazy as they
>> are.
>>
>> A lack of agreement also means a *potential Israeli incursion into Rafah
>> <https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=_u8BN3GJjkDqOlX5dN5neI-6Nhga174HHtRLFV8d8nQI9tj8bJ6OLeI3p7GHCrxzFGWp8xn24GcLggaR6byMyngd2SZkh_wSL39_4Tu9FGYgqd-ajFCsqkZSuOT2xfimKYrZY8pKI8cOjXXGVTjv2eNriMcFl-uD7nZIvY3WLB0&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_march82024&n=11>*,
>> the tiny Southern city in Gaza currently holding over one million displaced
>> Palestinians. Israel has yet to provide any plans or demonstrate how to
>> safely evacuate the civilians of the region. This hopefully indicates an
>> incursion is not immediate, but could also point to a lack of pre-planning
>> or strategy on the part of the Israelis, which would be consistent with the
>> rest of this war.
>>
>> And of course, *at another hotbed of conflict, the Temple Mount/Haram Al
>> Sharif in Jerusalem
>> <https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=9qFujIoeyobCItbhgVcNfLtPpvPAXVozFLtZazbHGaBRD_hLpquqokBzDcmFCjJbkMAn4SdrhhqBbIz7Iusssj4gdSfcSHEvgXs_cMBzArO7E7m2MsnPQ6YOr2uzPG1bCoevNkMVVBJoWoEVrNkauh7bxwzesECta4AD8AayvH9BqDDOb5K4ttTvAE27C7xFrt3Y4yAOxqJiX52sz-WsKk1wti5wwOBYH1wnzsSU_k49yn1FsDcX9vYqt9f_ttJsYkpcj6kvthlbGewvH3hVSVjQCoCHf8Yd69U6bqiyeO-VjzD8TRGS0zcghlUx-_a7DuHHMD1dJpyiQh2X_2SOaQWJtwxsL8XYOpWjzbbN9o6mVISuQLUlrToUgXhtwXFk&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_march82024&n=12>*,
>> tensions will surely rise once again as Ramadan begins early next week, and
>> Netanyahu's extreme right-wing coalition partners look to fan the flames
>> and create chaos at the site.
>>
>> It will take all of us, all those who believe that a better future is
>> possible, all those who wish to see an end to wars, to suffering, to make a
>> change, but it is possible.
>>
>> We need merely to look to the brave women on the frontlines of this
>> fight, unwilling to give up, unwavering in their principles, spreading hope
>> among despair, to know that we are not alone. We can rise up to fix what is
>> broken and change what harms us all.
>>
>> It is through holding this hope, this inspiration, that we are also
>> excited to announce today our *After October 7th: A Political Vision for
>> Israel-Palestine
>> <https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=BDFbNwO6Sj6Iw7zEL0naSXQv3UUy7xwvCef-FtP4PzjDcLtme0r7bVVGiwVfKNbbAShJBYGksqhl2PsKpI8FMd02wYIvY_zunHXtaRyUH-Ku-P3C6vSOPOqwe6CY7AHh&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_march82024&n=13>*
>> conference in Toronto on April 14, in partnership with the New Israel Fund
>> of Canada and Canadian Friends of Peace Now.
>>
>> In Ecclesiastes, we learn that there is a season and time for every
>> experience under heaven. It is now a time to love, a time to heal, a time
>> for peace, and it will be us -- those who care about Israel-Palestine and
>> all its inhabitants, those who want to see an end to the bloodshed, those
>> who know we are not destined to live forever by the sword -- who will get
>> us there.
>>
>> *Join us on April 14
>> <https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=BDFbNwO6Sj6Iw7zEL0naSXQv3UUy7xwvCef-FtP4PzjDcLtme0r7bVVGiwVfKNbbAShJBYGksqhl2PsKpI8FMd02wYIvY_zunHXtaRyUH-Ku-P3C6vSOPOqwe6CY7AHh&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_march82024&n=14>*
>> as we hear from Israeli civil society experts in foreign policy and
>> security who will show us a roadmap to a safer future for all, and the role
>> we all will play in getting there.
>>
>> *In the Daily Beast, Daniel Bral argues that Western countries should
>> recognize a Palestinian state - not only for the Palestinians but because
>> it would make Israel safer.*
>> <https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=vTzkGPDypMSehnqsShXk_KmvE8N6IxNbOppsR616gPojjIS8V9OPjMrHKz6bFhi-ukpu4EIFyHR9sj9wep0u05d3__31xC00TrCsJd29YJSanQJspEjQw5VUnmJMfokNUBs-ZAsep1-qFewdAgrS4w&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_march82024&n=15>
>>
>> *In the Atlantic, Yair Rosenberg takes an in-depth look at settler
>> sanctions, and the wide-ranging effects they could have on Netanyahu's
>> coalition, and the growing settler movement.*
>> <https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=ROxSafi30qTvjIlNbWWfHa55CgeQcJzzcllNoZ_JhkXcuD7s_MVEO8C5ROXoBOFCfAoAVMRgrgvl2ibiOz3t4ksWyb3krQK7Qg9PjZoXNaqvPMaHuT1qhpjXT_qio4Dbt8r86jhaWMSnxRD-9i8BVA&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_march82024&n=16>
>>
>> *Ksenia Svetlova, Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council
>> examines Israeli society's hatred of Netanyahu, but agreement with his
>> politics.*
>> <https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=Nvn69FuMJjMgdyykv-1PMjEb8zOXi8-iqUDagayw69YliOkArwFmFLpxM9gTZNiJ09Azro4apzYGOuwBFVCOtaMw0U98kWDdH6nhiWyMY4t_olmPpwgJtLiUapPi0Bph&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_march82024&n=17>
>>
>> *Netanyahu's legacy is failure after failure. In Haaretz, Yossi Verter on
>> the greatest disasters in Israeli history, and why the blame lies squarely
>> with Netanyahu.*
>> <https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=9qFujIoeyobCItbhgVcNfLtPpvPAXVozFLtZazbHGaB-W1-2EPJ1pGEmKz9E9azfn_SyC9fIorBK0rm6r7b-skOGTrbxE26qN0XC1VhU7OOjCVT6aBF1vJNLMAFQUb7ds3N5_MvAQqPnr6A1xtwJYY3ZRlnzI4O04I-qx-c8DoW1KsnAUEW13UYt7iAkDTzts2KbilMXm_fYMrjCSd_llKLQRE9CqgQ4GXvfI_SbXGZhT0MpN1Ncq2MQaQyWQL4A-kBkhFPOmkWxcpBk_XwdRLzj56eOSXl2_ERMaYpKNZ4PQbgUomtk0ewe5UDIKl1C&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_march82024&n=18>
>>
>> *In his latest Koplow Column, Chief Policy Officer of Israel Policy
>> Forum, Michael Koplow, writes about the tragic deaths of Gazans seeking
>> aid, and why the next step shouldn't be to argue or place blame, but
>> rather, to fix the entire situation.*
>> <https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=rpKwSC-9i34tOuwPiPXjsjEe8pLfAqC8u-O4op4NyW-C-8B5p36eQOtyvc4ARsMVZauBFuccZEd6Gqz7mzSHonhqaCk4kKcmiqdQ-cGG7IPL77K81Ofb1o3k-0acyX0y&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_march82024&n=19>
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