“What I promised to do when I launched this campaign is to dim that anger and find the values that we share in common, rather than focusing on these cultural issues that keep us all apart.
"We wrap with this image for our Jewish brothers and sisters:"
. . .
How about a prayer for our Gazan brothers and sisters? How about lighting a candle for the late poet & professor Refaat Alareer? (assassinated by the IDF, along with his sister & four children, on Dec 7th).
Days before his death, Refaat pinned the following poem he wrote to the top of his Twitter/X timeline:
If I must die,
you must live
to tell my story
to sell my things
to buy a piece of cloth
and some strings,
(make it white with a long tail)
so that a child, somewhere in Gaza
while looking heaven in the eye
awaiting his dad who left in a blaze—
and bid no one farewell
not even to his flesh
not even to himself
sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above
and thinks for a moment an angel is there
bringing back love
If I must die
let it bring hope
let it be a tale
In one of his last public interviews, with Electronic Intifada, Refaat vowed that, if necessary, he would die by the same pen by which he lived: “I’m an academic. Probably the toughest thing I have at home is an Expo marker. But if the Israelis invade, if the paratroopers charge at us, going from door to door, to massacre us, I am going to use that marker to throw it at the Israeli soldiers, even if that is the last thing that I do.”
"We wrap with this image for our Jewish brothers and sisters:"
. . .
How about a prayer for our Gazan brothers and sisters? How about lighting a candle for the late poet & professor Refaat Alareer? (assassinated by the IDF, along with his sister & four children, on Dec 7th).
https://thegrayzone.com/2023/12/07/tribute-refaat-alareer-teacher-murdered-israel/
Days before his death, Refaat pinned the following poem he wrote to the top of his Twitter/X timeline:
If I must die,
you must live
to tell my story
to sell my things
to buy a piece of cloth
and some strings,
(make it white with a long tail)
so that a child, somewhere in Gaza
while looking heaven in the eye
awaiting his dad who left in a blaze—
and bid no one farewell
not even to his flesh
not even to himself
sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above
and thinks for a moment an angel is there
bringing back love
If I must die
let it bring hope
let it be a tale
In one of his last public interviews, with Electronic Intifada, Refaat vowed that, if necessary, he would die by the same pen by which he lived: “I’m an academic. Probably the toughest thing I have at home is an Expo marker. But if the Israelis invade, if the paratroopers charge at us, going from door to door, to massacre us, I am going to use that marker to throw it at the Israeli soldiers, even if that is the last thing that I do.”
I suggest Kennedy also does a special prayer for the Palestinian People being Genocided!
Right on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for these daily news round ups! Much appreciated!
WHEN IS KENNEDY VISITING MINNESOTA??