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Helena retweeted
Part of our tragedy is that not a single leader of an Israeli political party has stepped up to say the obvious: ethnic cleansing is a war crime, is deeply immoral, is wrong, it can and will not happen, and even if it did - it will even not offer Israelis peace or security
Helena retweeted
DO NOT GO NUTS - no need to drive food prices up higher, and PLEASE LEAVE WIC COVERED ITEMS ALONE. Now is also the time, if you have extra funds, to up your donations to your food pantry. Now. As much as you can.
Helena retweeted
1/ Two years ago, I stood in the dairy aisle of the last grocery in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. It's the poorest place in the US, with the lowest life expectancy. But the store, like a lot of independent retailers, was vibrant. Signs in English & Lakota. School pride gear on walls.
Helena retweeted
Amid this horrific war, we are demanding a different path. We are demanding peace. Yes, peace.
Watch this video of Yuval Or, whose son and daughter in law were killed on October 7th, and whose grandchildren were kidnapped and released in the hostage deal, and join our fight for a different path.
Our aim in 2025 is to reach a critical mass of Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel who are calling for an end to the war, an end to the occupation, and a just and sustainable peace. Support our work into the new year via omdi.me/criticalmass_t and share with family and friends!
Helena retweeted
The demand to free hostages has been used and seen abroad as a justification for Israeli crimes. In Israel, the hostages' families are leading the anti-war movement. Some, like Ayala Metzger, make sure that movement focuses on Palestinians, not just Jews
972mag.com/ayala-metzger-nir…
Helena retweeted
This time of year, I am always reminded of the Thanksgiving scene painted by one of my favorite artists, Norman Rockwell. Many people don’t know this, but Rockwell actually lived for a time in Arlington, Vermont, and painted some of his most well-known pieces there, including his “Four Freedoms.” He even used many of his Vermont neighbors as models and inspiration in his work.
Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” series was published in the Saturday Evening Post in 1943. They were paintings that reflected the vision that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt articulated in his 1941 State of the Union speech: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear.
In that speech Roosevelt stated:
“In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.
“The first is freedom of speech and expression—everywhere in the world.
“The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way—everywhere in the world.
“The third is freedom from want—which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants—everywhere in the world.
“The fourth is freedom from fear—which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor—anywhere in the world.
“That is no vision of a distant millennium. It is a definite basis for a kind of world attainable in our own time and generation. That kind of world is the very antithesis of the so-called new order of tyranny which the dictators seek to create with the crash of a bomb.”
In my view, Roosevelt’s vision from 1941 remains relevant today.
On behalf of Jane, my children, and my grandkids, let me take this opportunity to wish everybody a very happy Thanksgiving and a wonderful holiday season.
Helena retweeted
Netanyahu, Gallant, and Deif have all launched indiscriminate attacks against civilians and caused unimaginable human suffering.
If the world does not uphold international law, we will descend into further barbarism.
I agree with the ICC.
Helena retweeted
I find it fascinating that nobody ever talks about meeting Democratic voters where they are.
Helena retweeted
Tonight in Jerusalem, anti-war protesters gathered, demanding a ceasefire and chanting, “Children are children, Jewish and Arab.”
Helena retweeted
Trump appealed to his base and his base showed up.
Harris tried to appeal to his base and her base stayed home.
Helena retweeted
Harris’s prior support for a Green New Deal and Medicare For All didn’t lose her favor with voters, switching up on those views did. You just can’t switch up on major policy positions and retain trust.
