“(…) Hate Orgoreyn? No, how should I? How does one hate a country, or love one? Tibe talks about it; I lack the trick of it. I know people, I know towns, farms, hills and rivers and rocks, I know how the sun at sunset in autumn falls on the side of a certain plowland in the hills; but what is the sense of giving a boundary to all that, of giving it a name and ceasing to love where the name ceases to apply? What is love of one’s country; is it hate of one’s uncountry? Then it’s not a good thing. Is it simply self-love? That’s a good thing, but one mustn’t make a virtue of it, or a profession. … Insofar as I love life, I love the hills of the Domain of Estre, but that sort of love does not have a boundary-line of hate. And beyond that, I am ignorant, I hope.”
If you are an American, please contact your elected representatives and tell them *not* to veto tomorrow’s (Tuesday Feb 20, 2024) Gaza Ceasefire resolution in the UN.
Canada needs to show leadership here to prevent genocide in Gaza.
This is is not optional: countries like Canada that have signed the Genocide Convention have assumed the obligation of preventing the perpetration of genocide by other states.
Thank-you so very much to everyone who has signed my restore UNWRA Funding Petition! Imagine: 3,051 signatures in only 5 days! And here I was wondering if my Petition would really be able to get enough signatures to get certified for presentation to Parliament in just 30 days. I knew very well that I'm not the only Canadian who cares desperately about the plight of Palestinians in Gaza, but I didn't know if I would be able to reach them.
Most of the news from Gaza is traumatic, as ambulances are attacked and hospitals, schools, homes, and places of worship are bombed, people are killed and wounded, whole families are wiped out in an instant. There isn’t much good news.
But this little miracle baby is good news.
If we leave it up to Israel to decide the fate of Palestinians, this innocent orphan’s future won’t be very bright.
Palestinians have lost enough. Its time they were free. They need the opportunity for self determination and the right of return that is their due.
Hey, I’ve got an idea: since Israel has destroyed so much of Gaza’s housing stock and real estate has been turned to rubble, its time the illegal walls and checkpoints came down, and the illegal occupiers were turned out of the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Its too bad Canada traded in peacekeeping for warmaking. This could have been an opportunity for real leadership. Sadly, we won’t likely get that before we have #ProportionalRepresentation.
