A Soaring Tribute to Freedom and Faith: A Review of A Prayer on Wings
By Akashma News
“A Prayer On Wings: A Poem Of Palestinian return
A bird
Soaring the skies
Wings beating
Bringing blessings
As it embraces the air
A messenger of hope
And symbol of peace rare
The sound of silence
Resonating
Within those who dare
To have upturned eyes
To the heavens
To witness
Where
A solitary creation
Of Allah
In His might
Has been given
The gift of flight
Thus, we stand in awe
In Allah’s Light
And take flight
Towards
The magnificence
Of
Allah’s Light
All praise to Allah
As He foresees
Human plight
And acknowledges
The flight
Of freedom
Given
And ordained
By the King of Heaven”
Poem by Khaled Alhajahmed
Khaled’s A Prayer on Wings: A Poem of Palestinian Return is a poignant and deeply spiritual meditation on freedom, resilience, and divine grace. Through the imagery of a bird soaring in the sky, the poet crafts a powerful symbol of hope, peace, and the longing for return—a sentiment that resonates profoundly with the Palestinian experience.
The bird, “a solitary creation of Allah,” is more than just a creature of flight; it becomes a messenger, a vessel carrying prayers, dreams, and the unyielding spirit of a people yearning for liberation. Khaled masterfully intertwines themes of faith and struggle, reminding us that true freedom is both a physical and spiritual journey—one ordained and guided by the Almighty.
The poem’s rhythm mirrors the gentle yet purposeful beating of wings, reinforcing the sense of movement, aspiration, and ascension. Lines like “Thus, we stand in awe / In Allah’s Light / And take flight” evoke a sense of reverence, urging readers to look beyond the hardships of the earthly realm and toward the divine.
Opinion: The Blogosphere’s Rise as a Voice for the Unfiltered Truth
Posted on August, 2011
by Marivel Guzman
Blogs emerged as a revolutionary medium, empowering individuals to disseminate information independently across the globe. Initially, these digital diaries allowed writers to share unfiltered thoughts, free from the constraints of traditional media gatekeepers. Platforms like Open Diary, launched in 1998, democratized content creation, enabling anyone with internet access to voice their opinions.
The term “blog,” a contraction of “weblog,” was coined in the late 1990s, reflecting the medium’s evolution from personal online journals to influential platforms shaping public discourse. Early bloggers, such as Jorn Barger with his “Robot Wisdom” weblog, curated links and commentary, setting the stage for the diverse blogosphere we know today.
Frustrated by editorial constraints, many columnists turned to blogging to preserve the authenticity of their voices. This shift allowed them to present unvarnished narratives, free from the red pens of editors influenced by corporate or political affiliations. The rise of platforms like Blogger in 1999 further simplified the process, leading to an explosion of personal and professional blogs.
I founded Akashma Online News in 2007, driven by the same desire to break free from editorial suppression and provide readers with in-depth, independent analysis. What started as a platform for research and investigation has evolved into a space where truth is prioritized over corporate narratives. Like other independent outlets, Akashma has become part of the broader movement redefining how information reaches the public.
Bloggers offer fresh perspectives, often filling gaps left by mainstream media. During significant events, such as the 2004 U.S. presidential election, blogs played a pivotal role in shaping public opinion and providing real-time analysis. This period marked the ascent of the blogosphere as a formidable force in journalism.
Platforms like The Huffington Post, Opinion-Maker.org, and Akashma Online News exemplify the fusion of traditional journalism and blogging. By blending news reporting with opinion pieces, these platforms redefine media consumption in the digital age.
In essence, blogging has democratized information dissemination, allowing diverse voices to contribute to global conversations. This evolution underscores the public’s appetite for unfiltered, authentic narratives, challenging traditional media to adapt and evolve.
Social media is a public space
May 06, 2019
By Akashma News
Fellow journalists, we must raise our voices against the actions of tech giants such as Facebook, Google, and Twitter. Their recent measures pose significant threats to free speech, amounting to censorship and potential violations of First Amendment rights.
In May 2019, Facebook banned several high-profile individuals, including Alex Jones and Louis Farrakhan, labeling them as “dangerous individuals.” This action raises concerns about the platform’s role in determining what content users can access, read, or share. As journalists, we must question whether these companies are qualified to dictate the information we consume.
The voices being silenced have the right to be heard, and the public has the right to form their own opinions on matters of interest. These tech companies operate primarily through the internet, a space that should be protected as a public forum.
The U.S. Supreme Court addressed this issue in the landmark case of Packingham v. North Carolina in 2017. The Court ruled that access to social media is a constitutional right, stating that cyberspace is “one of the most important places to exchange views.” This decision underscores the importance of protecting free speech in the digital age.
Public space in the digital era lacks physical form, but its significance in discourse is undeniable. The Supreme Court’s ruling emphasizes that states cannot broadly limit access to social media, reinforcing the idea that these platforms are integral to modern communication.
As journalists, we have a responsibility to hold these companies accountable. We must advocate for transparency and challenge any actions that infringe upon free speech. It is crucial to ensure that these platforms do not become arbiters of truth, controlling the flow of information and stifling diverse perspectives.
In conclusion, the actions of Facebook, Google, and Twitter warrant scrutiny. We must remain vigilant in defending free speech and ensure that the digital public square remains a place for open and diverse discourse.
The BDS Controversy! The Movement that Can Change History
Posted on April 29, 2012
Whose Cause: Gilad Atzmon, Norman Finkelstein, Ali Abunimah, Omar Barghouti or Palestine?
The BDS Controversy: What Does It Mean to Be a Pro-Palestinian Activist?
Being a pro-Palestinian activist does not necessarily mean you wish for the State of Israel to be wiped off the map, nor does it imply agreement with either the two-state or one-state solution. For some pro-Palestinians, their stance has been rooted from the beginning in the principles of human rights and international law.
The international community of peace activists has been actively boycotting Israeli products, goods, and services, including through academic boycotts. However, some segments of the solidarity movement participate only if the products are exported from settlements within the occupied territories, specifically those in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
There is no consensus on the BDS movement and there is not a Universal Strategic of how to support Palestine following the BDS Movement, because the BDS movement has many branches, many goals, millions of supporters, and everyone has it own idea of what they try to achieve, but something is really clear in the minds of many, when they think Boycotts and Disinvestment Sanctions one thought cross in their minds “South Africa Apartheid System”, and many will follow the campaign thinking on how to stop the State of Israel from halting their Apartheid practices.
Israeli citizens living in Israel who support the BDS Movement do so primarily to encourage the country to comply with international law and respect the rights of Palestinians in the occupied territories. However, they often avoid discussions about the two-state solution, focusing instead on achieving peace within Israel. They believe that respecting Palestinian rights is essential to stopping the violence. Conversely, other activists argue that purchasing Israeli products equates to supporting actions that harm Palestinians. They aim to boycott all products made in Israel, as well as companies known to have ties with Israel, believing that this will weaken the financial foundation supporting the state. They feel a moral obligation to support the BDS campaign and derive satisfaction from their efforts.
What ever is the goal of the participants on the BDS movement, I personally think that it is a Moral duty to every citizen of the world to support the BDS movement, which by this time it is not an exclusive movement of Omar Barghouti even thought he is one of the founders, but by no means he owns the movement, the BDS movement has taken global proportions and we all are participants and important integral part of this movement, and regardless of the opinion that some people have of Omar Barghouti , that won’t take away the value of the BDS Campaign.
The BDS have reached the world, is not only the idea that this movement can cripple Israel economy, but also is tarnishing the image that Israel gives to the world, every time some company comes public in its support for the BDS Movement and severes its economical ties with Israel, there is an article written about it, there is also a contra propaganda and more is known about Israel Apartheid System.
We can not discount the achievements of this movement only because some people say so. What took more than 20 years in South Africa for its BDS movement to be known around the world and to start to have the moral effect in the conscience of the people, have taken only 5 or 6 years in the Palestinians BDS campaign to be known and to feel the effects.
By this time the BDS have taken life of its own, the ideology of the founders or their political aspirations have nothing to do with BDS anymore.
There is no office at this point that can control or organize what people around the world do to support Palestine, so the rhetorical question of the Two State Solution that some want to use against the founders of the movement or against the movement can not undermine the global support for Palestine that this movement is awakening in the people of conscience.
“Boycott – basically its a tool of the weak, who individually are weak but collectively can have some strength against overweening power. The first use of the word was a combination of tenant farmers in Ireland against their land agent, famous cases are the Montgomery Bus boycott and little more recently the sporting boycott and other boycotts against South Africa.
There are difference between all these boycotts, and I would stress that by taking the archetypal case of that of the tenant farmers who resisted the land agent Charles Boycott, who gave his name to the whole process, in the 1880s in Ireland. Boycott was the land agent for an absentee English noble. And what they did, when he became too domineering, is they denied him labour to save the harvest, they put him into isolation – refused to talk to him under any circumstances, they shops wouldn’t serve him, the workers wouldn’t go and look after his house for him, and the person wouldn’t deliver him letters. And in reasonably short order, by the end of the year Boycott had been forced out and returned to England. So very direct.” Professor Jonathan Rosenhead, Novemeber 11, 2011
When important people, and I mean important by intellectuals, writers , Emeritus Professors, Nobel Prize laureates, famous politicians, International Acclaimed Activists speak on a issue, we all think and feel that our support for such issue it is validated and at the same time, if those same people speak against that issue that we support, we feel betrayed, we get mad at those people, we look for answers, we start doubting our own standing, in that moment we become followers and not thinkers. If we have already adopted a position on certain issues become we felt it it was right.
In the case of the BDS movement, it can not be accepted as a universal doctrine that fits all necessities, it is not a movement that seeks the liberation of Palestine, because it is not at its CORE, this movement started only to satisfy 3 main points:
1. Rights of refugees
2. Equally for Arabs in Israel
3. End of the occupation
The three points if, satisfy will satisfy International Law as well, ….now!
The Movement itself have evolved, the ideas have evolved as well, and by natural effect, the goals have changed, at least for some.
For Pro-Palestinians that seek the liberation of Palestine, it is not enough to satisfy the 3 points, because if they do it inside the context from where it was drafted it will legalized Israel, and a lots of people; Palestinians and no Palestinians that see the partition of Palestine as Illegal and infair will never accept Israel.
No one it is debating the two state solution or the one state solution inside the original founders movement, even if they do not accept Israel they see it as a beginning for a more broad movement, and to a better outcome, perhaps they know that eventually Israel will dissipate, because they see the Palestinians population growth as the best tool to defeat Israel.
On his Interview with Frank Baratta a well known Human Rights Activist, on February 9, 2012 in the Imperial college London, he said astonishing statements that left us all surprised and wondering what got into him.
Norm Finkelstein is now famous for repeating The is Clear, and he shield his views on BDS charging that Israel it is a State and that it is the law, but sadly he forget how Israel had disregard the law thousands of times when it comes to respect the life and property of Native Palestinians.
“When the law is criminal, you must break it to be human.” – FendLOTRO youtube user
The controversy arises stronger when Professor Finkelstein bashed the BDS movement as a Cult, I heard his argument and he does not meant the
literal definition of a Cult but what he argues is the centralized idea that forcing Israel to comply with the 3 points of the BDS movement will literally destroy Israel, he goes on to say that he will support the BDS movement if the organizers will honestly speak on their goals, because he senses that they are not being genuine on their goals. Ali Abu Nimah has been a harsh critic of Prof Frankenstein and have started a huge campaign of dis information and lots of people have fallen into the rhetoric without even listening to the words of Finkelstein.
“I support the BDS, but I said that it will never reach a broad public, until and unless they’re explicit on their goal, and their goal has to include recognition of Israel, or it is not starter. It won’t reach the public, because the moment it goes out there, Israel will start to say, what about us? and they won’t recognize our right, and it fact that is correct, you can’t answer the Israelies on that, because they are making a statement that it is factually correct.
Is not an accident and unwitting omition that BDS does not mention Israel….you know that and I know that…is not that OH! we forgot to mention Israel!” Professor Norman Finkelstein
I highly respect the point of view of these personalities and their approach to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict because each of them have worked tirelessly for the Palestinian Cause, but all of them have their own goals, and because their goals differ in nature, their arguments also differ.
We all can be Peace Activists and be Pro Palestinians and not have an opinion on the Two State Solution, or one State Solution that has the center point for Ali Abu Minah when he criticizes Prof Norm Finkelstein, he fails to acknowledge that Professor Finkelstein position it is only on the legality or illegality of Israel Actions on the occupied territories, or the idea that the BDS Movement aim it is to destroy Israel.
It will be unfair to give credit or take credit away from the words of any of them over the others without first analyzing their background, their Profession, their nationality and what they are looking for when they state a position in public forums. Every Argument is defended with a goal in mind.
What Professor Finkelsteing is looking for defending or un defending Palestine and/or Israel?- Obviously he is selling his image as a writer/scientist political activist to sell his books, off course his integrity is at stake and he is taking an enormous professional risk when he bash Israel, and we give him credit for his courage and audacity no question about it, but also we must read between the lines. He has been a Pro Peace activist for years and he chose to stand beside the Palestinian cause, because it was a moral duty, he is defending the Truth, he is defending Justice, as he wants to say, he sides with the Law.
When Professor comes to any forum, people always expect that he defend the rights of Palestinians, because if he is on the side of the law as he says he is, he has to acknowledge that going back to the time when Israel was discussed on the League of Nations now United Nations, and when the few countries that voted to partition Palestine to create Israel, they did it on the basis that the rights of the Inhabitants of the Land, in this case Palestinians Muslims and Palestinians Christians would not be violated, that The Right of Return will be respected and that Jerusalem which hold the 3 major religions will be under the United Nations Mandate, so everything that Israel is now, it is Illegal.
As he says, “The Law it’s Clear, we can not be selective with the Law” Norman Finkelsteing
If the United Nations it is an International Body with legal binding to Create out of nowhere a State, as it did in 1948, then “It is the Law”, and should be respected, so why then!, when it comes to Palestine, the Law it is selective, and all the resolutions are not considered binding and are not enforced, and when Palestinians speak in a way to enforced the law, to bring Israel to comply with the law, not violently as it is the BDS Movement Professor Norman Frankenstein consider these Palestinians dishonest?
I add two screen shots of the original document of the United Nations – Resolution 194-8 and 194-11
All things being Equal, The truth will prevail. When given a fair chance, the truth should survive, because it is more natural, more attractive, and less contrived than falsehood. In a democracy, certain rights are inalienable, so that all men are equal before the law, on that assumption we must pressure Israel to abide by it’s own propagated idea that being “The only democracy in the Middle East” must abide by the law, the basic principle in a Democracy, so defending the Truth we will reach a conclusion.
I think where the Anti BDS propaganda is coming from..Ali Abu Nimah, Gilad Atzmon, Omar Barghouti and Norm Finkelstein..All of them being persons of weight in the media have expressed an opinion which have been taken out of context and have exponentially get out of control.
“Gilad Atzmon: “For more than a while, myself and others are very suspicious of the BDS. For some peculiar reason the BDS in the West is dominated by Jewish activists. Though the BDS’ principle is valid and worth a fight, it has become clear to many of us that something went wrong along the way. Last month we have seen BDS calls to stop Norman Finkelstein; this month we see BDS calls to stop me. Great, isn’t it. The BDS is now used to stifle freedom within the solidarity discourse.”
I m not blaming Gilad Atzmon for the anti BDS sentiment that is moving around, I m quoting his words that probably started the whole anti movement, added to the controversial interview of Norman Finkelstein and Ali Abu Nimah all added fire to the already heated debated on BDS.
I think he found the roots for the anti contra propaganda BDS movement. The people pushing harder on the surface the BDS movement are hijacking the movement and on the way, trying to silence the dissidents Jews as Gilad ATzmon and Norman Finkelstein because they are taking center stage in the Palestine Justice Movement and many people went along with the line pushed by a anonymous groups, that seems to operate as a behind the scene elements, type of spy rigs planting “thoughts” that are hurting the BDS movement. which is basically doing exactly what the Jews economic global boycott of Germany Goods did in Germany to weaken Hitler economical power during the second world world, and in South Africa during the horrible Apartheid Era.
I completely agree with Gilad Atzmon in its criticism of certain groups that are working within the BDS movement to silence him or other Jews dissidents, but I do not agree the wave of anti BDS sentiment that his words have created, and sadly I have seen good friends and Pro Palestinians activists writing against BDS. This is a movement that belongs to Palestine where millions of people are taking part of it, it is not exclusive of one or two people. The ones speaking against the BDS Campaign are doing great damage to Palestine.
“For more than ten years I have been writing about Israel, Zionism and Jewish identity. I am engaged in a process of deconstruction and critique of different Jewish texts, ideas, politics and practice. My intent is aiming towards some deeper realisation of what Zionism is. In my opinion, Zionism is one of the most dangerous political movements. It is a global operation that threatens world peace on a daily basis.” Gilad Atzmon
WHAT IS BDS?
In 2005, Palestinian civil society issued a call for a campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it complies with international law and Palestinian rights. A truly global movement against Israeli Apartheid is rapidly emerging in response to this call. Boycott and Disinvestment Sanctions
The BDS movement it is not property of few persons, this it is a global campaign of awareness, to pressure Israel to end her apartheid practices inside the Occupied Territories, and to force Israel to respect the Human Rights of Palestinians that live in West Jerusalem, Gaza and West Bank.
“Boycott is a real complicated issue. For years we’ve been arguing in favour of divestment and boycott. At the time I supported any form of boycott in Israel, its products and its culture.
There are some elements in the boycott that are obviously very welcome. For instance, the fact that UK unions are standing up against Zionist evil is a major shift in the very right direction. The Boycott is certainly bad news for Israel and this is wonderful news in itself. Yesterday, I went to a reading of a play, it was actually a theatrical adaptation my latest book. The producer is Jewish, and at a certain stage when we were discussing the meaning of the play he stood up and said. “You see, we had a Jewish State, it is now sixty years later, and it is a very horrible place, it is so horrible that it has now been boycotted. And this is there to make us think, where did it go wrong?” This is the most positive impact of the boycott. It makes people reflect.” Gilad Atzmon July 2007
When Gilad Atzmon refer to Jewish, you have to understand his philosophy and point of view regarding the Modern Jewish in Israel and their mentality of chosen ones..Mentality that it is more and more intrinsic, by the Jewish Only Political Spectrum in Israel, and the tremendous power of Jewish Lobbys groups around the world..
Let’s not to confuse Israel Jewish Only Policies and Jewish as a religious person. I think we have to start using more the term, Judaism to separate the Jewish people ideology such the ones that support Israel Only Jewish policies and the Real Religious Person such Neturei Karta Ortodox Jews. ..
Recently a group of Intellectuals, and Pro Palestinians endorsed Ali Abu Minah in their letter against Gilad Atzmon. I think that some people are using the spot light of others to become center piece in the Palestinian Movement..
There are thousands of Pro Palestinians individuals that have worked very hard for the cause of Palestine, investing their time and sometimes their money without even thinking twice. And also there are Thousands of Pro Palestinians Individual that have make their job the Palestinian cause, they also have invested their time for the Palestinian cause, but they have become so active and busy that they have dedicated their life to Palestine and they have to make money to support themselves using various ways to do it..like private donations, or setting up Non Profit Organizations where the structure is similar to the official NGO’s that participate in charities but only do it to deduct taxes.
Now there is a special group of Individual that have become on the surface Pro Palestinians, not because they love Palestine, but because they fight Injustice.
I don’t think Gilad Atzmon or Prof Norman Finkelstein want the State of Israel to be wiped out of the map, NO! but they want that Israel behave as a democratic State that work inside the parameters of International law, that stop behaving as a Racist, Antisemitic State that promote anti tolerance, hate and disregard International Law.
Professor Norman Finkelstein to be in this category, he arguments that Israel violates International Law, War Rules and Universal Rights Statutes, specially when he speaks of Israel crimes in Gaza and he is very critical of individuals that defend Israel No matter what, like Prof Horowitz..
He engage in discussions with Pro Israelis personalities with Facts and the Law in his side. Well he thinks he is using the Law, but he end up contradicting himself in many occasion.
On February 2012 a video clip was released on youtube on an interview titled
Arguing the BDS Movement:Interview with Frank Barata and Political Scientist, writer and activist Norman Finkelstein Enforce the Law, it’s unambigual, uncomplicated. The law is clear, the settlements are illegal, the East of Jerusalem it’s occupied territory,the West Bank and Gaza are occupied territories, but there is also correct that Israel it’s a State, and that it’s the law.
He goes on to says that if we want to use the law as a weapon, as a tool to reach public opinion, we can not be selective with the law.
He calls the “So call Palestinian Authority” corrupt, he does not give any credit to the efforts of the PA behind doors peace talks that they conduct, he says that the endless bargain-type of negotiations that are going nowhere, Prof Finkelstein calls the PA corrupt and puts as example Mubarack from Egypt that was forced to step down when the Egyptian people raised against him, and underneath of all his words, he also says that the PA is a collaborator of Israel, well not exactly this words but the way that the PA have kept itself in power delivering nothing to the Palestinians but empty promises, and at the same time trying to be equal partner with Israel it seems that they are collaborating with Israel, which in facts is what they are doing, after Abbas become President, the relation changed drastically for Palestinians, the collaboration between the PA and Israel become like a cozy relationship, where the PA is serving the interest of Israel when arrest and criminalize Palestinians that protest against the occupation, all the money that comes from US Aid come with a price tag attached.
Prof Finkelstein is clearly saying that Palestine will never win this conflict with Israel because it will need to be extracted by force, in this case military force using the People of Palestine, the only weapon Palestine has, and it is almost unimaginable that Israel will give one inch to Palestine as the situation continues the way is now.
We do not need to be experts military strategists to see the future of Palestine, Israel is one of the most powerful armies of the word that possess the most technologically advance weaponry, and in top of everything, it has the full support of the armies of the world if she will ever needs them, US gives more than 3 billions dollars in Military Aid, and Loan Guarantees so, what it is the prospect that Palestine ever going to win this almost one side war?, if we can call it a war.
Norm Finkelstein position on this conflict is strictly judicial and in the frame of International Law, which he clearly mention over and over again, but at the same time he will emphasized Palestinian mistakes when they act outside the law, according to Prof Finkelstein The BDS Movements are speaking publicly about enforcing the law but the arguments they use are not enforceable inside the frames of International law because it is not practical in the ground, even thought it is “ideologically possible” and almost as a fantasy, the three points that BDS preach does not include Israel, it fact, if it will ever become a reality it will eliminate Israel from the Map because bringing 6 or 7 millions Palestinians Refugees to Israel this population will swallow the Israeli population, and with the other two points, of equal rights for Arabs inside Israel they will eventually
will control politically Israel a panorama envisioned by the BDS movement but according to Prof Finkelstein it is dishonest and will never achieve its goals.
Everything that Professor argue it is truth, but he never speaks of the other side, the disenfranchised Palestinian Population that was displaced from Palestine when Israel was forced upon them, he takes a comfort position talking on 1967 borders that are supposedly the legal borders of Israel, as if Israel has respected those borders. He does not argue the legality of the State of Israel being inserted in the heart of the middle east.
Professor Finkelstein does not argue in this interview with Frank Barat,- the plight of the Palestinians that become refugees in neighborhood countries, where they are not accepted as a citizens. All his arguments would be valid only if Israel has respected the UN resolutions that were signed, but Israel has not respected not even one resolution, so Israel loses legality and credibility in the International community, so The DBS Movements with its three pillars it can be possible and eventually will be possible because the International Community, meaning All the world it is tired of the arrogance of Israel, it is tired of the impunity of Israel. Soon or later Israel will follow the faith of South Africa Apartheid System.
The second argument of Professor Finkelstein is related to the Right of Return of Palestinians Refugees, if he wants to be Fair and Just, he needs to Remember that on November 27, 1948 Resolutions Adopted by the General Assembly at its 3rd Sessions they agreed on these very important issues, (Illustration 1 and 2) and as he says “that’s the law” and should be taken in consideration when he take his position. The facts in the ground are clear, Israel was created by the will of some powerful individuals, they did not ask the Palestinians if they wanted to share their homeland.
After Palestine was partitioned every one have being asking patient, restrain and sacrifice only to Palestinians, they are the only ones in this conflict that are being asked to follow International Law. Don’t they deserve consideration? after all they are the victims. The Law is Clear, and as we see it is Unfair, and Unjust.
Gilad Atzmon it’s very critical of the Jewish Ideology, he insist and with reason, that the State of Israel have instilled the choosiness and exclusivity in the minds of Jews inside Israel for convenience to advance her colonial rule in Palestine.
The detractors of Gilad Atzmon are working hard to undo the work that he has done in behalf of Palestine.
They are using the wrong arguments for the wrong reasons for the Right Cause, that it is Palestine.
But some people get entangle in the mix of criticism, some are Genuine Pro Palestinians Mislead by the well oiled Pro Israeli groups propaganda that trying to destroy the carer of Gilad Atzmon because he become “Too Famous” with his books and with his Endeavor for Palestine.
They are bashing his work in an attempt to stop him from going more vocal in favor of Palestine, but their attempts to destroy him are making him more famous, so famous that also my conspirator mind take me for scabrous laberyntos of distrust, thinking sometimes that “What about” if he created all this to push his books, do not blame me, I have the same though of Prof Norman Finkelstein, do not forget that propaganda works both ways.
I know by his work that he is Pro Justice, Pro Peace and on that instance supporter of the Palestine Cause.
“For me to be Jewish is, above all, to be preoccupied with overcoming injustice and thirsting for justice in the world, and that means being respectful toward other peoples regardless of their nationality or religion, and empathetic in the face of human suffering whoever and wherever victimization is encountered” (Gilad Atzmon, “On Jewish Identity,” 1/15/2011).
If this great Anti BDS Campaign happen to be a stunt propaganda for sell books, we can be very disappointed, but that Pro Palestinians take the bite and start going along with the propaganda, …that it is irreproachable, irresponsible and signs of poor judgement from part of the Palestinian Solidarity Movement.
I recently I heard some statements against the BDS movement asserting that they have not worked, and that on the contrary that Israel was more economically solvent than ever. Farther from the truth, the economical melt down is a global phenomenon, and for Israel added to the BDS campaign and US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel the situation it is difficult from the political implications of its unpopular policies and laws against Palestinians Christian and Palestinians Muslims alike, and the economical collapse could be closer than they think.
There were dozens of Protests in Israel, the occupy movement have reached the Neo Holy Land also. Israel as a State have invested most of (its)money in weapons that only make rich a few individuals, the unrest in Israel it is well known. There is no magical wand that can exclude the Jews in Israel from the global natural and unavoidable evolution of our world, the thoughts have evolved creating mass consciousnesses of social awakening, and economical inequality is the first sign spotted by the ordinary citizen, and segregation by policy it is seen, and felt in Israel by the blocks of population that comprise the newly acquire homeland.
To open up the discussion on Omar Barghouti “hypocritical position on academic boycott”, as some have called it, while he is doing his PHD in a “Israeli University”, well a question was asked On 7th March 2011 in the London Review Bookshop that hosted the launch of Omar Barghouti‘s book “BDS: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions – The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights”..And I have to agree with the staff writer of Inminds.com, that very candidly says his impression on Omar Barghouti.
“Omar Barghouti‘s approach is always very rational which means that unless someone is being dishonest with themselves they will have no choice but to accept the arguments Omar Barghouti puts forward in support of BDS. A great example of this was his reply to a Question from the audience:” Inminds.com
Audience Question: Omar, you are living in Israel, you are doing a PhD, you are studying in an Israeli university. How does that equate with your boycott campaign, isn’t that hypocritical to live in Israel and consume everything Israeli, then call for a boycott of Israel?
And secondly, if God forbid, you ever needed a life saving medicine, or a member of your family.. in Israel, would you accept that medicine or would you reject that life saving medicine?
Omar Barghouti: I think Mandela went to an apartheid university, when you are living under apartheid you have no choice. You pay taxes to the apartheid regime, you accept services from the apartheid regime, how else can you survive? You go to hospitals, you go to universities, you go to the post office, you go to government offices in the apartheid regime. You are a ‘subject’ of that colonial system, there is no other way. Gandhi studied at a British university as well.
The point is that when you are under occupation, when you are under apartheid, no have no moral choice. There is no choice. We ask people from outside to boycott because they have a moral choice. Responsibility comes with choice.
Germans under Nazi rule who couldn’t open their mouths were cowards but we can perhaps forgive them for not opening their mouths when you think you would be shot by the Nazi genocidal regime if they opened their mouths. Israelis that stay silent are far more cowardly because they do have a choice and they wont get shot if they stand up against the occupation. So we measure this with how much choice you have. When you have no choice what do you do?
So there is absolutely no double standard for people under oppression to call on people who are not under oppression, standing in solidarity with them, to oppose and boycott completely the oppressive regime. What we cannot do, you can do in the UK.
The second part of your question.. of course we do not boycott Israeli medicines in Israel. What else can we buy? We are not irrational. I don’t know your view of the Arabs.. but you know we are not suicidal..
A Q. [interrupts]: Why do you live there if you don’t like it there?
Omar Barghouti: Its my country, I’m a Palestinian.
A Q: You were brought up in Egypt
Omar Barghouti: I’m a refugee. Refugee’s have a right to go home. I’m a Palestinian.
“the two-state solution, besides having passed its expiry date, it was never a moral solution to start with. In the best-case scenario, if UN resolution 242 were meticulously implemented, it would have addressed most of the legitimate rights of less than a third of the Palestinian people over less than a fifth of their ancestral land. More than two thirds of the Palestinians, refugees plus the Palestinian citizens of Israel, have been dubiously and shortsightedly expunged out of the definition of the Palestinians. Such exclusion can only guarantee the perpetuation of conflict.” Omar Barghouti December 14, 2003 Counter Punch
JustFaith is a 30 week program of prayer, study and action for justice based on Catholic social teaching. Participants learn about civil rights, peace and justice efforts and the nonviolence of Jesus. They examine how their purchases and investments might further unjust systems.
Their formation has included “Journey To Justice,” a retreat organized by the Office of Life, Justice and Peace of the Archdiocese of Portland.
Now what Omar Barghouti the Co-founder of BDS Movement is saying these days about the Anti BDS Campaign?
We know of Israel To judge a Book by its cover it’s never been the best way to find its content, to argue about the real content of a book, using as argument the picking pieces from the Internet and/or opinions of others, it is in-genuine, and show luck of judgment.
If Israel doesn’t want to obey international law then why should Israel be recognized as a legitimate state? Israel can’t have it both ways
Why We should Boycott ISRAEL..Not because Omar Barghouti says so, Not because Norman Finkelstein says is a cult, and UN have not recognized The Word Apartheid, we boyccott not because Ali Abuminah does not like Gilad Atmoz and call him Anti-Semite, or because Gilad Atmoz do not like Omar Barghouti and calls him Racist, or because key activists started Contra Propaganda against BDS and against Key Pro Palestinians. We don’t follow negative propaganda and empty words that create controversy and sell book.
No! All that is dirty Politics, all the running around against each other and attacking Pro Palestinians it is falling in the same tactics that Israel uses to divide and conquer.
No! we are not sheep, we are critical thinkers, we are the..Conscience Objectors of Israel Apartheid Regime that are taking part in the global boycott movement, we are doing it for PALESTINE ONLY FOR PALESTINE..
TO RESTORE THEIR RIGHTS, TO HELP THEM TO BE HEARD BY THE WORLD THAT FOR YEARS WAS SILENCE.
DO YOU KNOW THAT PALESTINE WILL BE SELF SUFFICIENT IS ISRAEL STOP STEALING PALESTINIANS NATURAL RESOURCES.
PALESTINE WILL BE RICH IF LEFT USE ITS MINERALS IN THE DEAD SEA,
IF LET EXPLOIT ITS NATURAL GAS IN GAZA SHORES,ISRAEL STOP UPROOTING ANCIENT OLIVE TREES..
IF ISRAEL REMOVE THE PHYSICAL WALL THAT SEPARATE PALESTINIANS FROM THEIR LANDS AND THEIR BUSINESS
JUST THE TIME SAVE MEANS MONEY.
EFFORTS AND RESOURCES TO BE FIGHTING A WORTHLESS OCCUPATION WILL BE USE TO RESTORE PEOPLES PROPERTIES AND REVIVE PALESTINIAN ECONOMY…
Palestine loses close to 7 billion dollars every year..
“The economy of the Palestinian suffers annual losses of seven billion dollars because of the occupation, which has turned these territories into one of the most aid-dependent economies in the world.
In this respect, the ambassador of PNA in the UN, Riyad Mansour, said in an interview with Prensa Latina that the cost of domination is easily quantifiable, so that if this policy ends, “we will be able to be self-sufficient and not need external help.”
The seven billion dollars lost to the Palestinian economy in 2010 amounts to almost the entire Gross Domestic Product (GDP) annually, and this damage was produced by depriving the residents in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza from using their natural resources.” Correspondent for Prensa Latina in Egypt.Palestinian numbers, a despicable occupation – Translated from the Portuguese version by: Lisa Karpova Pravda.Ru
Follow your conscience, follow what you feel is right, propaganda is cheap and cost great division.
Who cares what people writes about activist it is what activist do in behalf of Palestine what counts, what ever works to create awareness counts, any efforts aim to let the world know that Palestine
Who cares that “Important” people says that BDS is not working. WE KNOW it is working, we know that boycotting Israel a Rogue State that does not respect International Law is a human duty. The BDS is beyond reproach, and trying to stop us from exercising a rightful humanitarian global movement it is a treason against our own human nature.
“The end of the Cold War, moreover, changed the West’s attitudes towards Africa. Western governments no longer had strategic interests in propping up repressive regimes merely because they were friendly to the west. Along with the World Bank, they concluded that one party regimes lacking popular participation constituted a serious hindrance to economic development and placed new emplhasis on the need for democratic reform” The Struggles for Democracy- Martin Meredith -The Fate of Africa
Professor Jonathan Rosenhead is chair of the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) which is the main organisation in the UK supporting the academic and cultural boycotts of Israel, it parallels PACBI in Palestine. Professor Rosenhead is also an activist, taking part in the flotilla, sailing to Gaza to break the Israeli seige.
References
The Fate of AFRICA – Martin Meredith -Public Affairs Series – 2005
How Israel was won – – June 17, 1999
Palestinians Civil Society Calls for BDS- BDS National Committee– July 9, 2005 -BDSmovement.net
Gilad Atzmon Interviewed: Each Village is a Reminder by Brian Lenzo- July 13. 2010 – Palestine Chronicle
Why Is BDS a Moral Duty Today? A Response to Bernard-Henri Levy – Omar Barghouti – January 11, 2011- Huffington Post The Blog
On Gilad Atzmon-Disavowal: “…a mental act that consists in rejecting the reality of a perception.”-by William A. Cook
The Absurdity of War: A Disregard for Humanity, Earth, and Creation
By Akashma News
War is the ultimate display of humanity’s failure—an act of destruction that disregards life, the planet, and any moral or spiritual responsibility. Soldiers, politicians, world leaders, and investors profiting from weapons manufacturing contribute to this cycle of violence, showing a blatant lack of respect for human life and the world we inhabit.
But responsibility does not end with them. Those who passively consume news and social media coverage of war—watching real-time destruction in Gaza, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya without speaking out—are complicit in this apathy. Silence in the face of genocide and warfare only fuels the normalization of violence. Empathy is not just a virtue; its absence is a disease that spreads indifference.
The war in Gaza has claimed over 47,000 Palestinian lives since October 2023, with thousands more buried under rubble. According to an October 2, 2024 letter to President Biden from a group of U.S. physicians, 62,413 people in Gaza have died of starvation.
According to the United Nations. In Afghanistan, a 20-year war left at least 47,000 civilians dead, as reported by Brown University’s Costs of War Project. The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, justified by false claims of weapons of mass destruction, resulted in more than 200,000 civilian deaths, while Libya, once Africa’s wealthiest nation, fell into chaos following NATO’s intervention in 2011, leading to ongoing conflict and a migrant crisis.
According to the Watson Institute for International, &Public Affairs, “Civilian Killed and Wounded article; The U.S. post-9/11 wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, and Somalia have taken a tremendous human toll. The total death toll in these war zones, including direct and indirect deaths, is at least 4.5-4.7 million and counting. Of these, an estimated 408,000 civilians died directly from war violence. Precise mortality figures remain unknown.
War is a machine that crushes humanity under its wheels. It is not inevitable; it is a choice—one that must be condemned and resisted. Raise your voice against the atrocities in Gaza. Stand against war. Demand accountability. Because silence, too, is complicity.
SOCAL State Cup: Promoting Sports as a Defense Against Drugs
by Marivel Guzman
NORCO, Calif. — As the SOCAL State Cup reaches its final stages at SilverLakes Fields in Norco, the tournament highlights more than just athletic competition. Organizers emphasize the role of sports in fostering a healthy mind and body, positioning athletics as a powerful tool in the fight against fentanyl and other drug crises affecting youth.
With drug-related fatalities on the rise, communities are turning to preventive measures. Advocates argue that keeping children engaged in sports provides structure, discipline, and a sense of belonging, reducing the likelihood of substance abuse. By promoting physical activity and teamwork, youth sports serve as a shield against the dangers of addiction.
“The fight against drugs is easier when our children are healthy and happy,” said Ana Torres, mother of one of the soccer players participating in the tournament “When kids participate in sports, they develop confidence and strong support systems that keep them away from harmful influences.”
Beyond the playing field, community leaders should stress the importance of after-school programs and job training initiatives for families. Equipping parents with employment skills and financial stability that help to create a positive home environment, reinforcing the benefits of youth engagement in sports.
Sports advocates and parents are calling on the state of California to take action by funding youth sports enrollment fees and making participation accessible to all children regardless of financial status. They argue that this is a direct and effective approach to drug prevention, allowing at-risk youth the opportunity to stay engaged in positive activities.
By investing in recreational activities and family support systems, communities can protect children from addiction and provide them with a path to success. The SOCAL State Cup serves as a reminder that sports are not just about competition—they are a critical tool in safeguarding the future.
These questions are intended for sports promoters, parents, league owners, coaches, and especially California State officials.
1. How do you see the role of youth sports in promoting a healthy lifestyle and keeping kids away from dangerous substances like fentanyl?
2. Have you or your organization encountered any cases where young athletes were affected by fentanyl or other substance abuse issues? If so, how did you handle them?
3. What preventive measures or educational programs does your league/team have in place to raise awareness about the dangers of fentanyl and other drugs?
4. Do you believe sports organizations and coaches have enough resources and training to address substance abuse prevention among young athletes? What additional support would be helpful?
5. What message would you give to parents, coaches, and young athletes about staying safe and making informed choices regarding their health and well-being?
March 02, 2025 (Photo: Marivel Guzman)
Pakistan’s Strategic Potential: A Path Forward Through Regional Alliances
By Akashma News November 3, 2012
UPADTED: November 14, 2024
Pakistan, a culturally rich nation with a strategic location spanning 340,509 square miles, features a 1,046-kilometer (650-mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman.
Its educated population and emerging urban centers signify a country poised for significant influence in South Asia. However, Pakistan’s growth potential remains constrained by governance challenges and heavy reliance on external powers.
In an interview on Defense and Diplomacy, Major Raja Mujtaba, a dear friend and respected military figure, and Akram Zaki, a seasoned diplomat, discussed the paths Pakistan could take to gain self-sufficiency and regional power. They emphasized that Pakistan’s future lies in regional cooperation and reducing its dependency on the West. January 26, 2012
U.S.-NATO-Zionist Regime Alliance and Its Impact on the Muslim World
Mujtaba and Zaki addressed the complex global dynamics that Pakistan must navigate, including the alliance between the United States, NATO, and the Zionist Regime. They argued that this alliance has often led to actions targeting Muslim-majority countries, under the guise of fighting terrorism or safeguarding Western interests. Pakistan, located at a strategic intersection between Central and West Asia, has experienced firsthand the ramifications of such policies, particularly concerning U.S. military operations in Afghanistan and drone strikes within its borders.
This “war on terror” approach, they noted, has contributed to destabilizing Muslim nations, creating a security dilemma that often pushes Pakistan and similar countries to adopt defensive postures. The political ramifications of this alliance have also extended to trade and defense policies, with U.S. influence pressuring countries to choose sides in conflicts, further complicating Pakistan’s foreign policy options.
Strengthening Regional Cooperation Through ECO and SAARC
Pakistan has been a member of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) for over 30 years. Pakistan has played an active role in both organizations and has hosted summits for both.
In response to these pressures, Mujtaba and Zaki stressed the importance of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) as avenues for fostering resilience.
The ECO, which includes Pakistan, Iran, and Central Asian countries, offers a platform for collective economic development. As Mujtaba noted, historical and cultural linkages make the ECO a natural foundation for building economic self-reliance. By expanding trade routes and infrastructure projects, the ECO can help counterbalance Western influence, especially in the energy and defense sectors.
In addition, SAARC provides another framework for regional engagement. Mujtaba and Zaki suggested that granting China a permanent membership in SAARC could offset India’s influence and create a more balanced regional power structure. Furthermore, including Afghanistan in SAARC underscores the value of incorporating neighboring states with shared goals of peace, stability, and development.
The Gwadar Project and Strategic Defense Partnerships
One of Pakistan’s most promising projects is the Gwadar port, envisioned as a hub for oil and gas trade, ideally situated to serve the needs of the ECO and beyond. Mujtaba believed Gwadar’s success hinges on establishing pipelines from Central Asia and Iran, potentially transforming Pakistan into a pivotal player in the global energy market. Cooperation with China, a key partner through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), is essential for the success of this venture. Pakistan’s commitment to trilateral agreements with China and Iran, covering areas from defense to civil aviation and technology, could help strengthen its economic resilience and defense capabilities.
Imran Khan’s Imprisonment and
Pakistan’s Political Landscape’s internal challenges are compounded by the recent imprisonment of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. His detention, viewed by many as politically motivated, has brought Pakistan’s democratic system under scrutiny. Human rights advocates and international observers have called for transparency, arguing that his arrest is indicative of deeper issues within the country’s political environment.
Conclusion: A Vision for Pakistan’s Independence
Pakistan stands at a crossroads, balancing the influence of powerful global players with its aspirations for regional autonomy. Leaders like Major Raja Mujtaba envisioned an independent Pakistan, fortified through alliances with regional partners and rooted in economic self-reliance. As emphasized in the interview with Akram Zaki, Pakistan’s strategic goals can be achieved through deeper engagement with the ECO and SAARC, the development of Gwadar, and an assertive approach toward economic and political self-determination. Achieving this vision requires visionary leadership committed to Pakistan’s sovereignty and its rightful place as a significant regional player.
Raja Mujtaba’s Military Legacy and Passing
Major Raja Mujtaba, a well-respected defense analyst, and a Pakistani Army veteran left a notable legacy in military and defense circles. His career spanned critical military conflicts and intense international dynamics, often focusing on Pakistan’s strategic needs and its defense capabilities. Sadly, he passed away from cardiac arrest, leaving a void in both military and analytical communities. Mujtaba was admired not only for his contributions but also for his character, as described in a Veterans Today tribute, which highlighted his visits with Pakistani elites, TV interviews, and debates aimed at advocating for Pakistan’s strategic autonomy and collaborative defense efforts with nations like China and Iran. His death marked a profound loss to his friends, colleagues, and admirers worldwide.
Defense and Diplomacy on PTV world
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South Africa Apartheid and Israel Parallels
By Akashma News and ChatGPT
This essay blends my insights with research on the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement and Israel’s actions, drawing comparisons to South Africa’s apartheid and highlighting the growing global consciousness surrounding the issue.
The Stones are Turning for Israel: An Analysis of Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions, and the Global Response to Israeli Actions Against Palestinians
Over the years, the conflict between Israel and Palestine has been a polarizing topic, with global opinion often swayed by powerful lobbies, entrenched ideologies, and political alliances. Despite significant efforts to censor dissenting voices, the tide is shifting as more people are coming to terms with the nature of Israel’s occupation of Palestine. In the face of mounting human rights violations and atrocities committed against
Palestinians, a growing movement, Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS), is gaining ground, much like the global solidarity campaigns that dismantled South Africa’s apartheid system.
The call for justice is becoming louder, and as history shows, when stones start turning, they rarely stop until they complete their revolution.
Recognizing Israel’s Actions Against Palestinians
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has endured for decades, defined by territorial disputes, military occupation, and disproportionate violence. For Palestinians, life under Israeli occupation is marked by restricted movement, systematic discrimination, and cycles of violence that often leave their lives in ruins. International organizations, including the United Nations, have repeatedly condemned Israel’s expansion of settlements, its frequent military operations, and its treatment of Palestinians, particularly in Gaza. Yet, these condemnations have often fallen on deaf ears, as powerful countries with geopolitical interests in the region shield Israel from meaningful accountability.
Censorship and media manipulation have played a significant role in this lack of global awareness. For years, pro-Palestinian voices were marginalized, their narratives suppressed under accusations of anti-Semitism, while Palestinian suffering remained underreported or sanitized in the international press. However, the advent of social media and alternative forms of communication has allowed these voices to find new platforms. Videos of violence, destruction, and the harrowing stories of Palestinians are now being shared widely, reaching audiences who were previously shielded from the harsh realities on the ground. As a result, more people, including Jewish voices, are beginning to question Israel’s actions and their consequences.
The Emergence of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement
The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement was initiated in 2005 by Palestinian civil society as a non-violent campaign to apply pressure on Israel. Its goals are simple yet profound: to end Israel’s occupation and colonization of Palestinian land, to grant full equality to Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel, and to ensure the right of return for Palestinian refugees displaced since 1948. Modeled after the global campaign against South Africa’s apartheid regime, BDS calls for economic, cultural, and academic boycotts of Israel, divestment from companies profiting from its occupation, and sanctions to pressure the Israeli government into compliance with international law.
The BDS movement has seen notable successes in recent years, with major companies, artists, and academic institutions cutting ties with Israel. In the academic world, scholars have refused to participate in Israeli conferences, while in the business realm, companies such as Airbnb and Ben & Jerry’s have faced public pressure to withdraw operations from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Moreover, some governments have begun to reconsider their financial and political relationships with Israel, fearing public backlash and growing domestic support for Palestinian rights.
BDS: A Dent in the Global Consciousness, Including Among Jews
One of the most significant aspects of the BDS movement is its impact on global consciousness, particularly among Jewish communities. Jewish individuals and organizations worldwide are increasingly vocal in their opposition to the occupation, with groups like Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow gaining prominence. These organizations challenge the narrative that being pro-Palestinian is inherently anti-Semitic, arguing instead that supporting Palestinian rights is consistent with Jewish values of justice and equality.
This growing Jewish opposition to Israeli policies is crucial. The pro-Israel lobby, particularly in the United States, has long presented itself as the voice of Jewish people worldwide. However, as more Jewish voices join the chorus of those calling for justice for Palestinians, this narrative is being dismantled. Jewish opposition to Israel’s policies is no longer a fringe movement but an integral part of the global demand for an end to occupation and apartheid.
Israel and the Fate of Apartheid South Africa
The comparison between Israel’s treatment of Palestinians and apartheid in South Africa is not new but is becoming more widely accepted as the Israeli government continues its oppressive policies. Like apartheid South Africa, Israel enforces a system of racial segregation and unequal treatment, with Palestinians facing severe restrictions on their rights and freedoms. Israeli settlements in the West Bank, the separation wall, and the blockade of Gaza are all reminiscent of the apartheid regime’s Bantustans and pass laws, which sought to control and segregate the Black population.
International pressure, particularly through boycotts, divestments, and sanctions, played a crucial role in ending South Africa’s apartheid system. It isolated the South African government economically and politically, forcing it to negotiate with the African National Congress and dismantle the apartheid regime. Similarly, the BDS movement aims to isolate Israel until it complies with international law and recognizes Palestinian rights. While the situation in Israel and Palestine is unique, the lessons from South Africa are clear: when a regime of oppression is sustained, it cannot last indefinitely under the weight of global condemnation.
The Path Forward
The stones are turning for Israel, just as they did for South Africa. While change may seem slow, the momentum is undeniable. As more people, including Jews, recognize the injustice being carried out against Palestinians, Israel’s position as a global pariah will become harder to deny. Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions are not merely symbolic gestures; they are powerful tools for holding Israel accountable and ensuring that Palestinians can one day enjoy the rights and freedoms to which they are entitled.
The road ahead is long, but as history has shown, sustained global pressure can bring about real change. The time has come for Israel to recognize that its actions against Palestinians are not only unsustainable but are also leading it down a path of isolation, much like South Africa before it. The stones are indeed turning, and there is no stopping the march toward justice.
New Threat Emerge in the Mediterranean Sea: Pirates
Posted on November 4, 2011 on Akashma Online News
Beware if you travel on the Mediterranean Sea
By Akashma News
For years the Mediterranean Sea has been famous for its blue waters. Tourists have come from around the world to enjoy their vacations in the Riviera, the rich and famous best pictures are in their yachts in the inviting waters of the Mediterranean Sea.
Back in the years of Gamal Abdel Nasser the beloved Egyptian President, the Gaza Strip was a busy port, a tourist destination for the world to enjoy. That changed rapidly when he was assassinated.
Palestine Nakba 63 years Today mourns with The Italian Convoy
May 15, 2011
On the 63-year anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, hundreds protested near Erez port, including the Italian Convoy Members.
Israel shot against the protesters. tens injured and a journalist is reported to be killed.
750,000 refugees who were forced out of their lands and their descends keep fighting for their right to return to their lands.
Israel International Relations with the world
By Akashma News compilation
Updated Sept. 25, 2025
Countries that never recognized Israel:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Brunei. Comoros, Djibouti, Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Tunisia, Yemen.
Countries that never formally recognized Israel:
Iran, Iraq and Syria.
Countries that cut relations with Israel:
Bahrain, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Nicaragua, Niger, Nive, South Africa, UAE
Nicaragua breaks diplomatic ties with Israel amid ongoing Gaza war,
The government of Nicaragua has announced that it will break diplomatic relations with Israel, adding to the country’s growing isolation on the global stage amid its war on Gaza. October 12, 2024
UAE Halts Bilateral Cooperation with Israel Over Killing of Aid Workers, Apr. 04, 2024 8:29 p.m.
Bahrain, on Thursday (Nov 2,) recalled its ambassador to Israel and cut all economic ties with the country. November 02, 2023.
Bolivia severs ties with Israel, others recall envoys over Gaza October 31, 2023
Colombia to cut diplomatic ties with Israel over Gaza war, Petro says
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has announced plans to cut diplomatic ties with Israel over its war in the Gaza Strip. May 1, 2024
South Africa lawmakers vote to suspend Israel ties, close embassy, November 21, 2013
Countries that withdrew their Ambassadors from Israel
Chad, Chile, Colombia, Jordan, Honduras, South Africa, Turkey
Belize takes measures against Israel Since the 7th October 2023, Israel has consistently violated international law, international humanitarian law and the human rights of Gazans. Belmopan, November 14, 2023.
Honduras recalls ambassador to Israel as it condemns civilian Palestinian toll in war
Chile and Colombia recall their ambassadors to Israel, while Bolivia severs diplomatic ties
Jordan recalls ambassador to Israel to protest Gaza ‘catastrophe’
On 4 November, Turkey announced its recalling of its ambassador to Israel, citing the “unfolding humanitarian tragedy in Gaza caused by the continuing attacks by Israel against civilians
Turkey’s Erdoğan calls Israel ‘terror state’ as he condemns Gaza hospital raid
South Africa’s genocide case against Israel was brought before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 29 December 2023
Why Egypt joining ICJ case against Israel is ‘unprecedented’ May 13, 2024
COUNTRIES THAT SANCTION ILLEGAL ISRAEL SETTLEMENTS AND INDIVIDUAL
https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-811197
Japan to announce sanctions on four settlers on Tuesday
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF Published: JULY 21, 2024 12:01
Japan is set to announce sanctions on four settlers on Tuesday, according to a Ynet report.
The four settlers are reportedly Yinon Levi, Zvi Bar Yoseph, Moshe Sharvit and Neria ben Pazi.
Countries that halt trade with Israel
Colombia officially halts coal exports to Israel over Gaza massacres
Colombia has officially halted coal exports to Israel over Tel Aviv’s use of the material in weapons used to attack Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, President Gustavo Petro said Sunday.
“Colombian coal is used to make bombs to kill Palestinian children,” Petro said on X, justifying the decision in response to Israel’s ongoing attacks on Gaza.
Turkey halts trade with Israel until permanent ceasefire is achieved
By Ceyda Caglayan and Huseyin Hayatsever
May 3, 202410:06 AM PDTUpdated 2 months ago
ISTANBUL, May 3 (Reuters) – Turkey said on Friday it will not resume trade with Israel, worth $7 billion a year, until a permanent ceasefire and humanitarian aid are secured in Gaza, becoming the first of Israel’s key commercial partners to take such a step.
Statement: Canada must suspend arms trade with Israel
April 5, 2024
Canada exports military equipment to Israel, including via the United States. This means that Canada is at risk of being complicit in the violence and human rights violations Israel is perpetrating in Gaza. Canada also imports military equipment from Israel, which anti-war groups argue supports Israel’s military industry and operations.
Countries join hands to try to stop Genocide in Gaza. (28 Countries)
This summit marks a turning point in the global response to the erosion and violation of international law,” South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola said ahead of the gathering. “No country is above the law, and no crime will go unanswered.”
Bolivia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, and Senegal will attend the summit. Algeria, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Chile, China, Djibouti, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Uruguay, and Venezuela will also take part.Notably, so will NATO members and U.S. allies Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, and Turkey.
Countries that respect the International Criminal Court
The Netherlands, Switzerland, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Belgium, and Norway all claimed they would meet their commitments and obligations under the Rome Statute and international law.
European states vow to arrest Israeli PM
The ICC issued warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant earlier this week. RT, November 22, 2024
Countries Post October 7 which recognized Palestine as State
Australia recognized Palestine on September 21, 2025
France among six more countries to formally recognise Palestinian statehood,
France, Andorra, Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco join diplomatic push as Israel unleashes fierce attacks on Gaza. Sep 22, 2025, Aljazeera
Spain, Norway and Ireland recognise Palestinian state
Spain, Ireland and Norway have formally recognised a Palestinian state, in what they say is an attempt to refocus attention on efforts to find a political solution to the war in the Middle East. May 28, 2024 BBC
The UK recognized Palestine
U.K., Canada and Australia formally recognize a Palestinian state, breaking with the U.S. Sept 21, 2025 NBC NEWS
September 21, 2025: Australia, Canada, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.
September 22, 2025: Andorra, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Malta, and Monaco.
2024: Armenia, Ireland, Norway, Slovenia, and Spain. AS September 25, 2025
Countries that make Israel arms embargo Post Oct 7
Spain makes total Israel arms embargo official, EURACTIV, Sept 23, 2025
United States 47 President Donald Trump, said to a group of reporter, ‘I won’t allow Israel to annex the West Bank, enough is enought. AP Sept. 25, 2025
Countries that send war ships to protect the Samud Gaza Flotilla
Italy and Spain send warships to escort Gaza Sumud flotilla. Reuters, September 25, 2025
Italy and Spain have decided this week to dispatch naval vessels to assist the Global Sumud Flotilla on its way to break Israel’s siege of Gaza. Aljazeera, Sept. 25, 2025
Read more…447 Palestinian Children killed by Israel
By Akashma News
The death toll in Gaza is rising more quickly than we can keep up—earlier today, the Ministry of Health announced that at least 447 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli airstrikes and shelling in the Gaza Strip. Hospitals are operating well over capacity, and there are no ICU beds available.
Israeli airstrikes have forced our field researcher in Gaza, Mohammad Abu Rukbeh, to relocate his family at least four times since yesterday. They are moving from house to house, searching for somewhere safe—but there is no safe place in Gaza.
After his neighbor’s house in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip was bombed, Mohammad checked on his four children. “Thankfully, they were unharmed, but they were terrified to the point that they could not walk. My eldest son, 14-year-old Ahmad, told me that he couldn’t feel his left foot and had pain in the lower part of his back. My younger son, Karam, who is ten, also could not walk on his feet and was not able to hide his tears. Amina, our two-year-old little girl, was being held by my wife, and they were all terrified.”
Mohammad added, “While we have experienced previous attacks, such as the 2014 aggression that lasted for 51 days, it was not marked by this level of brutal ferocity. This time, it is a war waged by the organized Israeli army, supported by American aircraft carriers, accompanied by an unprecedented international silence. We are isolated people facing the fiercest war machines.”
In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces and settlers are also targeting Palestinians with increased intensity: Since Saturday, Israeli forces and settlers have shot and killed seven Palestinian children.
If you would like to share a message with Mohammad, just reply to this email and I’ll pass it along. Thank you for all you’re doing to push for deescalation, humanitarian aid, and support for Palestinians in Gaza.
In solidarity,
Brad Parker
Senior Adviser, Policy & Advocacy
Defense for Children International – Palestine
Israel surgical strikes
Published December 11, 2019
Intelligent people know that Israel surgical strikes don’t mean that the missile will kill only “the target,” but it means that the strike is calculated to the last millimeter with perfectly “locked” coordinates.
It doesn’t matter if the target is in a 15-story building with hundreds of innocent civilians, or one flat with the “target” and his family.
“The massive bombing of densely populated areas by our best men, serving in the most moral army in the world, has become routine, at least in the Gaza Strip.”
The Ha’aretz, December, 04, 2019
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-dear-israeli-pilot-now-that-you-know-will-you-still-obey-1.8221592
US-Israel Relations and Obligations
By Akashma News
“US Jewry has a strategic role in guaranteeing the future of the State of Israel.” Jay Ruderman, President of the Ruderman Foundation,
Learn more about United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012– and he also said that; “Our foundation helped establish the Knesset Lobby for US-Israel Relations in a bid to encourage a deeper and more sophisticated dialogue between the two communities.” he is referring to Jews in Israel and Jews in the United States.
Rabbi Rick Jacobs said during the meeting of the Knesset Lobby for US-Israel Relations that “the members, donors, and leaders of AIPAC and Federations are Reform and Conservative Jews. With Senator Lieberman’s retirement, every Jewish member of the Senate and House is a Reform or Conservative Jew.”
What are our chances to free our country of double standards citizen’s lawmakers in the House and Senate that put Israelis first and the American people after in any decision taken regarding foreign policy?
USPS
Is the United States Postal Service protecting its workers from SARS-COV-2?
Last week, I delivered a few packages at my local United States Postal Service. The business seemed usually quite for a late Friday afternoon in one of the busiest USPS business centers in Southern California.
I noticed that postal workers are not wearing protecting masks or gloves.
With the uncertainty of the rapidly spreading of the vurus, it looks careless from USPS to have their workers deal directly with the customers without being protected.
According to all advices from health professionals and government channels, it is recommended to “keep a distance of 6 feet. ”
Workers are a few feet away from customers, which led me to ask an employee whose name I ommitted because the proper channel for information is at the corporate level, a USPS employee said.
Why they are not wearing protecting masks and gloves? she said, the USPS is not proving any and mask are not available at stores.
“Few customers asked me the same, they should, she said.
Inmediately, I started writing this article, “Safety measures by employers to protect workers.”
I visited several post offices around Orange County, and just a few workers were wearing glove, but no masks.
If the risk of contagion is so high, and only takes a customer to cough or sneeze in front to a postal worker, which by consequence will contaminate the counter and every inch of space near the postal worker, and everyone in the room, why not take extreme measures to protect postal workers?
Everyone should know that sneeze’s droplets travels at a extraordinary speed.
According to Live Science
“During a good sneeze, up to 40,000 droplets of saliva may be expelled from the throat and some of them fly out of the mouth at speeds of up to over 200 miles per hour.
Most of the larger, heavier drops fall quickly to the floor under the influence of gravity. The smaller and lighter particles (those that are five microns or less across) are less affected by gravity and can stay airborne almost indefinitely as they are caught up in and dispersed by the room’s airflow.”
If the person is infected, there are 40,000 possible SARS-COV-2’s droplets in a single sneeze, with hundreds of thousand viruses per droplet.
To get clarity of the scope of the risks of postal workers.
UsPS network accepted more than 13.2 billion letters, cards, flats, and packages for delivery, exceeding 12.7 billion, accepted for delivery during the same timeframe in 2020.
With this many letters and packages handled by the USPS’s workers, we should have seen millions of postal workers with SARS-COV-2 and a few hundred thousands dead by COVID-19 .
The University of California, Los Angeles, on March 20, released a study on contamination on surfaces.
” The study attempted to mimic the virus being deposited onto everyday surfaces in a household or hospital setting by an infected person through coughing or touching objects, for example. The scientists then investigated how long the virus remained infectious on these surfaces.”
According to the study, the virus can survive up to 24 hours on cardboard.
The material of choice for shipping is cardboard. Postal workers are continuously handing packages made of cardboard material.
To protect postal workers, the USPS should consider providing protecting gear to its employees until the SARS-COV-2 spread is contained.
I wanted to get some insights of the scope of the risk and contacted the
USPS Corporate Communications Officer Media Relations Evelina B. Ramirez.
I sent her a list of questions I needed; both to help postal workers to work in a safe environment during this coronavirus pandemic and to raise awareness of the situation.
The question were simple and direct:
Hi Evelina
Mi nombre is Marivel Guzman, I’m a freelance journalist working on an article about “safety measures to protect postal workers”
My dateline is ASAP.
I have some questions regarding United Postal Service business center, at 3101 W Sunflower Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92799
Would you be so kind to provide me with this information?
How many employees does this location currently employ?
How many packages and letters, this location process in an average week?
What security measures are being put in place by the USPS to protect employees against COVI-19?
How many employees called sick since the outbreak was announced, and are there any corrections cases documented?
It is obvious that USPS’s employees are in direct contact with potentially infected customers, and contaminated pachages, so I added the next question.
Does the USPS consider providing counter and receiving employees facility with protecting mask and gloves?
And what extra measures are in place inside the receiving facilities, which handle boxes of different materials.
She did not answer a single question I asked, but it provided me with CDC guidelines and information I have already found onn phanplets on the walls of the business location, and already widely distributed in the internet.
This is her copy paste lengthy response:
“Ms. Guzman,
The Postal Service is continuing to monitor the circumstances around the novel coronavirus, also known as “COVID-19.” We are sharing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) guidance regarding the COVID-19 epidemic to our employees via stand up talks, employee news articles, messages on bulletin boards, and internal messaging inside USPS workplaces.
Currently, we are not experiencing operational impacts as a result of the COVID-19 epidemic and we are using this time to review/revise our contingency plans should they be needed. Customers can view our most recent media statements and find a link to the CDC guidance at https://about.usps.com/newsroom/statements/usps-statement-on-coronavirus.htm
Regarding the importation of packages, the CDC states there is likely very low risk that the COVID-19 can be spread from products of packaging shipped from China, because of poor survivability of coronaviruses on surfaces. Also, according to the CDC, there currently is no evidence to support transmission of coronavirus associated with imported goods; and there have been no reported cases of COVID-19 in the United States associated with imported goods.”
Sincerely,
Evelina Ramirez
USPS Corporate Communications
Media Relations
Ramirez avoided everyone of my questions.
Transparency and honest response coming from official channels is paramount to keep our communication safe in this COVID-19 pandemic scare.
After reading the study published by the UCLA, it seems that shipping and handling letters and cardboard packages is a hazardous job, and yet Ramirez assured “there is no evidence to support transmission of coronavirus associated with imported good.”
There are two conclusions I made after receiving her response. Or either, the UCLA study was flawed, or the SARS-COV-2 wasn’t that contagious as the CDC, WHO, and Anthony Fauci said it was. If that was the case, postal workers would have been infected by the hundred of thousands, taking into consideration that they handled 1.2 billion of letters and packages.
All videos were shot by Marivel Guzman on March 13, 2020, at USPS Sunflower Business Center, Santa Ana, Cali
References:https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200320192755.htm
Evelina B Ramirez, evelina.b.ramirez@usps.gov
Interviews from postal worker, anonymous
The Natural Rivers are a picture of the past.
The scarcity of water is well-known fact and documented.
The rivers that used to flow still 10 or 20 years ago are part of a picture past.
Most of the giants Dams constructed to commercialize this vital liquid have made the rivers disappear.
Every year, fewer and fewer rivers, streams, and broadways are filled with rain water: Dams, pools, artificial lakes, bottled water, super agriculture, and golf courses are the cause of the droughts around the world.
Pessimist? No, I’m just realistic.
The good news is that there is a Global Council Water Club that gets paid to bring water to all the citizens of the world because water it is a human right. The bad news and that almost no one in the world knows that they exist, and people, animals, and lands are dying for the lack of water.
(Photo by Marivel Guzman) Nov 30, 2021
American Indian nations have had their lands, water rights, fishing rights, and sacred sites taken from them. The case of Boulder Dam (later renamed Hoover Dam) on the Colorado River is different in that it did not directly impact the Navajo Reservation, but it indirectly led to the destruction of the traditional Navajo economy, and the creation of poverty and economic inequality among the Navajo.
Names of projects and links to UN were updated on August 10, 2023.
There is also the UN-Water Project. They both exist as separate entities. The UN Water Project changed its name to UN-Water since I published this research paper back in 2012.
They generate a report every 3 years. Just to illustrate the banality of these UN projects. Palestine has been suffering from a lack of water. Israel is holding Palestine hostage on water supplies.
Israel controls the aquifers, and Palestine by law can’t dig for new wells. According to certain accords signed decades ago at the White House. “Palestinians can not dig for fresh water,” and to aggravate their problems, illegal settlers are dumping cement inside Palestine wells.
While the world’s population tripled in the 20th century, the use of renewable water resources has grown six-fold.
Within the next fifty years, the world population will increase by another 40 to 50 %. This population growth – coupled with industrialization and urbanization – will result in an increasing demand for water and will have serious consequences on the environment.
People lack drinking water and sanitation.
Already there is more wasted water generated and dispersed today than at any other time in the history of our planet: more than one out of six people lack access to safe drinking water, namely 1.1 billion people, and more than two out of six lack adequate sanitation, namely 2.6 billion people (Estimation for 2002, by the WHO/UNICEF JMP, 2004). 3900 children die every day from water-borne diseases (WHO 2004). One must know that these figures represent only people with very poor conditions. In reality, these figures should be much higher.
Water resources are becoming scarce
Find your country, and see how many rivers are left to run wild and how many dams were constructed in the last 100 years.
But conservation groups say that the plans for many large dams are based on historical river flow data that are irrelevant in today’s rapidly changing and unpredictable climate.
“Large dams have always been based on the assumption that future stream-flow patterns will mirror those of the past, but this is no longer true,” Rudo Sanyanga, International Rivers’ African program director, said in a statement. National Geographic
Facts and Figures
Sources of Fresh Water
Groundwater – water that infiltrates into the ground through porous materials deeper into the earth. It fills pores and fractures in layers of underground rock called aquifers. Some of this water lies too far under the earth’s surface to be extracted at an affordable cost.
Surface-water runoff – precipitation that does not infiltrate into the ground or return to the atmosphere: streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, and reservoirs.
Snow that is 4 inches (10cm) deep contains about the same amount of water as 1/3 inch (1 cm) of rain.
1.1 billion people live without clean drinking water
2.6 billion people lack adequate sanitation (2002, UNICEF/WHO JMP 2004)
1.8 million people die every year from diarrhoeal diseases.
3 900 children die every day from water-borne diseases (WHO 2004)
Daily per capita use of water in residential areas:
– 350 liters in North America and Japan
– 200 liters in Europe
– 10-20 liters in sub-Saharan Africa
Over 260 river basins are shared by two or more countries, mostly without adequate legal or institutional arrangements.
A leak that fills up a coffee cup in 10 minutes will waste over 3,000 gallons of water in a year. That’s 65 glasses of water every day for a year.
A leaky toilet can waste over 22,000 gallons of water in one year; enough to take three baths every day.
Water Cycle | How the Hydrologic Cycle Works, July 13, 2013 by Water Sciece Foundation.
How much fresh water is used in franking?
Water used for hydraulic fracturing is typically fresh water taken from
groundwater and surface water resources. Although there are increasing efforts to use nonpotable water, some of these sources also supply drinking water.
Fracking consumes a massive amount of water. In the United States, the average can run between 1.5 million and 9.7 million gallons of water to frack a single well.
Hydrocarbons in the 21st Century: Green, Clean and Safe, July 17, 2018 by Drilling Matters
How Much Water Does it Take to Produce Your Food?
Water Pollution
A gallon of paint or a quart of motor oil can seep into the earth and pollute 250,000 gallons of drinking water.
A spilled gallon of gasoline can pollute 750,000 gallons of water.
World Water Shortage vs. Golf Course Consumption
Wrong Climate for Damming Rivers
Wrong Climate for Damming Rivers, by International Rivers, Nov 19, 2011.
The “Wrong Climate for Damming Rivers,” with Right Livelihood Award Winner Nnimmo Bassey, explores the impacts of climate change and hydropower on the world’s rivers.
Bottle Water Hoax: The Story of Bottled Water, by How Stuff Works Projec.
The Story of Bottled Water, released on March 22, 2010 (World Water Day)
Read more…The elephant in the room
Common sense says to me that the Espionage Act of 1917, by which former President Donald Trump was charged it is a way to intimidate him to abandon aspirations to run again in 2024.
Donald Trump at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C.”Donald Trump” by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trump has all the classified documents in his possession for 4 years. Trump has those documents and meant nothing for him. He could have used them, read them, unclassified them, copied them, and stored them, wherever he wanted to.
There is so much he had to do when he was president that it’s little he did. Other than sign executive orders that nobody enforced. And endless rants on TV exposing mainstream media aka Fake News, as he called them, and trying to fix the economy.
He had the power to use them and create a strategy to better out our country. If they were really useful. I believe they were just rubish. If they were of any use. Old stuff classified by the previous US administrations and its agencies.
Important documents like the Iraq documents leak by WikiLeaks, and the Afgan war documents leaks. Both of the leaks were military logs, which tell me the Pentagon has its own set of classified documents that don’t share with the White House or Congress and did not classify using the National Archives.
Trump took some boxes of “classified material,” just because he could. Because all presidents take some when they leave office. I’m sure he was ill adviced about the Presidential Records Act. After all, he had nothing but enemies, except for Rudolph Giuliani, who had been by his side all these years.
We might question what is exactly, that Trump took from the White House, when the sensitive information is kept by the Department of Defense and the 18 intelligence agencies.
Let’s explore those agencies. Were those agencies helping Trump or undermining Trump.
The US intelligence community is composed of 18 agencies, and each of them keep their own classified material. Remember 911, the chaos in the country, because the various intelligence agencies didn’t share information between them?
How did Trump end up taking classified documents when the chain of custody must be followed. Each agency has to authorize the documents before they are declassified and leave the archives.
Did Trump choose and pick the documents, or were they provided to him?
Democrats are talking about important documents related to nuclear professionals. Is that so? Did Trump take the blueprints of nuclear weapons progeams? Or perhaps he took the golden codes
The National Security Agency (NSA) generates the codes every day. So, it couldn’t be the codes
The Gold Codes are generated daily and provided by the National Security Agency (NSA) to the White House, The Pentagon, United States Strategic Command and TACAMO.
Anyway, I doub that Trump has any allies in those agencies. There are too many secrets to hide, too many agendas to follow.
The whole Indictment charade is controlled by higher-ups. Jack Smith is only the pawn. He has no power to have come out with all those charges. Who is really directing the whole spectacle? It has to be a group of very powerful people who are controlling the DOJ, FBI, WH. Democrats, and some Republicans.
Let’s address an important agency director; The Directors of National Intelligence is an independent agency. It advises the president but doesn’t answer the president. Even though the DNI is appointed by the president. All complicated stuff.
“The National Security Council initiated a review this summer to determine how to overhaul the elaborate and often arbitrary classification system that Democrats and Republicans contend is undermining democracy and national security. ” Politico, August 23, 2023.
Who is the National Security Council?According to White House(.)gov, The National Security Council (NSC) is the president’s principal forum for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his or her senior advisors and cabinet officials. Since its inception under President Truman, the Council’s function has been to advise and assist the president and to coordinate matters of national security among government agencies.
Trump might be an arrogant fool, but since his interviews from 40 years ago, Trump has been talking about China taking over our economy. And Trump was right. China is stronger than the US, and it’s making alliances with powerful states. Russia, India, Iran, and lately The African countries are siding with China as well.
China has been building relations, helping countries with real infrastructure. China is buying and building.
Trump was right to try to strengthen relations with China and North Korea. But top weapons manufacturers are fighting against each other to see who can get the more lethal weapons. President’s are not that strong against those monsters.
Whoever is behind the takeover of our republic has much to lose if Trump is found innocent.
Forget about Democrats and Republicans, and focus on what is at stake with Trump indictments.
As it is, our dollar is losing value in the global economy. China and Russia, two of the most powerful states, are trading in their respective currencies.
US is making a fool of itself. It is undermining our democracy, the only tool the US has used to intervene in the internal policies of foreign countries. Either to promote a coupe or to serve as a guarantor in the International Monetary Fund.
Think about it, and come to your senses. Demand from the leaders’ accountability instead of censorship and intimidation.
The spoils are Earth’s natural resources.
Trump wanted to make peace with China, Russia, and North Korea. Well, except with Cuba and Venezuela, he is under the ideological spell of 75 years of resentment due to indoctrination. And Syria and Iran, which is a much priced fish for him to handle. Syria is an Israel Target, and Iran is an ennemy of Israel. Those two countries are out of the reach of any president.
Peace is the enemy number one of the war industrial complex.
by Kevin M. Gill
2023 Modern Apartheid
By Marivel Guzman
South Africa Apartheid only lasted until mainstrea media expossed its atrocities. What’s going on in #OccupiedPalestine?
Israel atrocities are not only exposed but streamlined every day for the world to see.
The media is guilty of the deshumanization of the Palestinian native population.
Palestinians were forced out of their land 76 years ago. The United Nations illegally dispossessed Palestine of its native population signing Resolution 181, granting land rights to European residents.
Palestinians started their crucifixion in 1948 by direct order of the United Nations and televised.
Winter warm
By Marivel Guzman
There was a time
when I wandered in the timeless silence of solitude.
My books and pen were my only companions,
and life felt dull, empty, and sad.
I was alone.
There was a time
when I flew in all directions without a compass,
where the winds of the East overpowered the West.
I longed to return, but I had no place to call home.
I felt adrift.
I was lost.
There was a time
when “meaning” lost its meaning,
and living became a painful duty.
Eating was no longer a choice,
writing, my secret refuge,
and sleep, my only escape.
Yet, even in dreams, I was lost.
I was exhausted.
There was a time
when the air was heavy to breathe,
my chest refused to expand,
my eyelids felt like lead,
and my heart was cold as ice.
Living seemed a waste of time,
too tired even to feel tired.
I was sad.
There was a time
when spring lost its colors.
The birds sang no more,
swelling buds withered,
seeds refused to germinate.
My garden lost its essence—
no birds or butterflies to nurture it.
I was dying.
But time moved forward,
even as it seemed to slip away from me.
My world became small,
confined, suffocating.
Yet with courage, I stretched my will,
and survived the loneliness
of countless sleepless nights.
I’m living again.
I stepped back from the edge of death
and found a world brimming with life.
Mountains bloomed with majestic colors,
birds waved their goodbyes, migrating North and South.
My garden blossomed into an Eden once more—
alive with bees, insects, and butterflies.
I breathed deeply,
and the cool, refreshing air awakened me.
Winter wrapped me in its warm embrace,
reminding me to welcome the season of rest.
I’m fresh, like a morning rose.
My heart beats joyfully,
a loyal companion that never abandoned me.
Its gentle rhythm reminds me—
I was never truly alone, lost, or sad.
It was always there,
comforting me with its steadfast pulse.
And now, “winter warm” is my companion,
a guiding light on my journey,
an anchor to keep me steady.
It fuels my dreams of tomorrows to come,
a paradise to rest in,
and a refuge when I need to escape.
June 06, 2022 by Marivel Guzman
Genocidal madness
May 23, 2019
In Palestine, the term “colonized” doesn’t do justice to current Palestine’s reality.
A colonizer comes to a land; usurps the rights of the indigenous population, but intermingles with them, he mixes with them through rape, slavery, commerce, and the imposition of powers.
But Israel is an entity which had usurped the Palestinian’s land. It had and continues confiscating the land. It had and continues displacing the native population.
And had killed and continue to kill them with a genocidal madness.
The following links correspond to a UN meeting on Nov. 2018
They addressed the struggles of the Palestinians as if is something alien to the fact, that the present situation of Palestinians it due to the creation of Israel and as consequence its imposition on the Palestinians.
On the “issue of Palestine,” the UN has spent the last 71 years in meetings, conferences, and meaningless resolutions.
While Israel has spent the same years dispossessing the indigenous population of Palestine of their lands to build more illegal settlements, and killing the Palestinians with a genocidal madness.
Stop being a hater, respect our choices
Vaccinated people are haters, what are they so proud of?
Even if you are vaccinated against COVID-19, you still get infected, you still will spread SARS-CoV-2, and you can still die of COVID-19 if unluckily you catch a variant of the virus. You still have to wear a mask, still have to social distance yourself in public places. You still, need a PCR negative test to fly, and on top of all that, you still need a booster or two each year.
Why are you so reluctant to accept our choice to refuse the COVID-19 vaccine?
We the unvaccinated people still have to do the same things you have to do, except for catching the variants and taking boosters every time the pharma industry lobby to Congress and gets approved under the Emergency Act.
By now science has proven by several studies that natural immunity is 13 times more robust than the partial immunity conferred by the vaccine. The following study concluded that fact: Comparing SARS-CoV-2 natural immunity: infections versus breakthrough infections
Also in another widely published study by Israel scientists, they found that COVID-19 recovery gave Israelis longer-lasting Delta defense than vaccines
Why can’t you accept that we chose freedom of body autonomy over mandates?
We chose to boost our immune systems and let our bodies protect us, rather than inject chemicals.
We have been working during the most critical times of the Pandemic, just like you had, don’t we?
Once hailed as heroes: health care workers, police officers, and firefighters managed just fine with masks during 18 months of the Pandemic. Essential workers and I add essential consumers did their work under health official guidelines, and they survived as far as we know.
Why now do health officials and governments want to force them to take a vaccine when the worse is over?
What is different now? I tell you what because governments had made billionaire deals with vaccine manufactures?
Countries were enticed to get International Monetary Fund Relief Covi loans, many at very unfair terms. But now the population of the world is footing the bill.
It’s coming out of our taxes, nothing is free. Look at the pump prices, look at the food prices, the vaccine you took for “free” is coming out from our paychecks vaccinated or not vaccinated.
How distreful (only momentarily,) I was banned (permanently) from r/coronavirus community for posting my blog. They don’t want to hear anything that contradict their ideas.
Live and learn! but don’t worry, be happy. My life still beautiful, my garden is blooming.
Love not hate will eventually unite us all. God bless you coronavirus community, I don’t hate you, but I pity you, I love you as part of my family on earth.
Dissenters of the system and Suicides
Ilya Zhitomirskiy, a name maybe you do not recognize, but this young guy only 22 it is fighting for privacy rights, he has been working with another two friends to bring to you an alternative for Facebook.
Diaspora is a project that, if come to life, will easily take down the monopoly of Facebook.
We, as members of social networks, are continuously complaining that our privacy has lost its meaning. It has become just a product that is bought and sold. Our privacy is being mined by government agencies and marketing companies.
Facebook would be the worst place to share our friends, photos, status, articles, and videos.
If everyone knew how the facebook legal’s team teamed up with government agencies, you would immediately close your account.
Carefully review Facebook. pdf-file attached, you need to know what it is being done behind you.
Facebook is based, registered, and run in the United States of America.
This is bad because of the Patriot Act.” Even if Facebook starts respecting your privacy, your data is still easily available to every governmental institution in the country through open backdoors or requests, as this Facebook. pdf-file documents.
Think about what this means to your freedom. Rield.com
Ilya Zhitomirskiy will never know how his Diaspora project has taken off and taken millions of users from Facebook. He committed suicide just a few days before Diaspora was launched. Their goal was to provide an idealistic Facebook alternative with an emphasis on user control and privacy.
“Shocked and deeply sad for the world that my friend @zhitomirskiyi, co-founder of Diaspora, is dead… The world needed his voice,” said Mozilla interface guru Aza Raskin
Diaspora has launched a site redesigned in the wake of Zhitomirskiy’s passing.
Now we have another bright mind gone who did have a future as bright as Ilya. I’m referring to Aaron Swartz. Swartz was an accomplished programmer, a well-known internet activist, who we can say, was one of the younger politicians that could have changed the informatics age.
Rip Aaron Swartz and Ilya Zhitomirskiy, our world will miss these two great minds.
Sadly, Swartz also committed suicide.
He was overwhelmed by the government’s prosecution. The government wanted to put him behind bars for 30 years.
His crime, he wanted to make available the wealth of information trapped behind profitable scientific journals.
The Fourth State
The press is the fourth state with the ability to bring into the light, the government, and corporate’s corruption.
The US Constitution is the framework for the “check and balances” of the branches of government. But, without the press, those check and balances wont make it to the spotlight.
In the absence of accountability from the government, whistleblower and reporters play an important role in the publication of important material that shouldn’t be classified.
Crimes against humanity, which perpetrated by the US army, shouldn’t be classified.
Corruption and bribery committed by high government officials shouldn’t be classified.
Unethical practices by the government shouldn’t be classified.
All actions of the government-good or bad- should be transparent.
Since 2017, there have been 36 journalists arrested in the US.
The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is a database of press freedom incidents in the United States — everything from arrests of journalists and the seizure of their equipment to interrogations at the U.S. border and physical attacks. The Press Freedom Tracker documents incidents across the country, involving national, state, and local authorities.
Julian Assange is the most prominent journalist and publisher being targeted by the US government for exposing its crimes against humanity.
FreedomPress #Journalists
Fear and love are not words
Fear and love are the two most powerful feelings that rule human existence. They are a state of consciousness.
I wrote this blog twelve years ago, and the experience still hunt me.
It is written as a journal, from a personal experience, and inspired by the novel of one of my favorite writers, Don Miguel Ruiz, from his novel “Mastery of Love.”
I learned that fear and love in personal relationships are intertwined feelings that can’t be separated, but they can be balanced.
The only thing I’m certain of, it’s that in this roller-coaster of life, today is most important, because tomorrow is uncertain.
Don Miguel Ruiz is an inspiration for me. I was inspired to write this short personal journal departing from his novel, I expand his thoughts, and sometimes I entangled his ideas with mine, without any attempt to plagiarize his writings, but a simple recount of my personal experience.
Love must be found
At the end of the road, we are just humans in the same journey in life.
Humans used fear to domesticate humans, and our fear increases with each experience of injustice, and without noticing, we become less aware of the damage we are causing to ourselves and to others.
The sense of injustice is the knife that opens a wound in our emotional body, and we continue to be victims and executioners of our lives.
“Emotional poison is created by our reaction to what we consider injustice.” Some wounds will heal, others will become infected with more and more poison. Once we are full of emotional poison, we have the need to release it, and we practice releasing the poison by sending it to someone else. How we do this? by hooking that other person’s attention.
Take, for instance, an ordinary couple. For whatever reason, the husband is mad. He has a lot of emotional poison from injustice that comes from his wife. When they are not together, that poison keeps growing inside of them. When the husband comes home all mad from a full day of injustices or stressful day, the first things he wants to do is to hook her attention because once he hooks her attention all the poison can go to her wife, and he can feel the relief. As soon as he tells her how bad she is, how stupid or unfair she is, that poison he has inside him is transferred to her wife.
He keeps talking and talking until she gets his attention. The wife finally reacts and gets mad, and he feels better. But now the poison is going through her, and she has to get even. She has to hook his attention and release her poison, but now is not just his poison, it is his and her poison, if you look to this interaction you see that they are playing with each other wounds, like ping pong with emotional poison. The emotional poison keeps growing until one day, one of them is going to explode. This is how human beings relate to each other. They live in a domesticated world, where the emotions are programmed to work in a controlled environment.
It has been a long time since I cry over a story in a book, but this love story is so strong that it cuts deep in my emotions. As I read the lines in the book, I relied on the story, and I saw myself inside those emotions.
How can I live somebody else story and feel the same way? The same wounds, the same memories. The feeling it is awful and strange, but that’s how I remember. We are just part of the same hologram, only in the smallest version.
The vibration is interlaced like in a spider web, the same structure, fragile, and at the same time so powerful, strong that pulls you inside.
I was experiencing the emotions that were transmitted to me in the story. The sensation felt so real, the pain, and the love felt so real that shook my soul.
The excerpts of this story are part of “The Mastery of Love” by Don Miguel Ruiz, The Man Who didn’t believe in Love.
It’s a parabola style the same used by Jesus used to reprimand, congratulate, or simply teach his followers some lessons of life.
This man did not believe in love, he will preach in seminars, write books about his theories about love, he will say that love was just an emotional addiction of control for people using this emotion just to keep the hook on the targeted people.
According to him en every relationship one part or it is the one “giving” love and other receiving, when the receiving part got out of line, the giving part will stop the supply to force the receiving part to comply then just then the giving part will keep giving “love” or a fix.
One day he was walking in the park and saw a women crying, and he felt the necessity to approach and ask her why she was crying, she opens up to him and told him how she has been married for 20 years, and how she was taking care of the house, the kids and her husband, and even thought one day his husband start treating bad and telling how stupid, and ugly she was, until they divorced.
She say that life was unfair, This man told her all about his theory, and how love did not exist and how he has live happy without “love”,
They keep talking, and they stay as friends. They will go to eat together, to the movies and have become inseparable. The years pass, and they are the best friend, they even become intimates, but they never talk about love. One day he was away for a conference and he felt lonely, he was missing her company, when he came back, he told her that he miss her a lot when they were not together, that maybe he was in love, the women say that she has thought the same but she kept it for herself because she respected his view on love matters.
One day he start thinking on her, and was looking at a star, a beautiful star that he wanted to share that moment with her, he wished so hard that the star came to his hand, he run to give the star to her, when she was about to hold the star she doubt for a moment of his feelings and the star went crushing to the floor, for a moment they start looking at each other startled not knowing how to react.
In the end, the relationship ended, and they knew why. Putting their happiness in the hands of their partner is not the way love works.
When you make yourself believe that the happiness of your partner depends on you, it is when you place yourselves in a dream, a dream that is hard to fulfill because it is not real. Because the happiness is inside you and you give happiness, and in return you get happiness. You can’t live waiting to get happiness it won’t happen. Wake up from the dream and accept that you can’t get what you can’t give.
You can’t live waiting to get happiness it won’t happen. Wake up from the dream and accept that you can’t get what you can’t give.
So stop blaming your partner for your unhappiness.
When you do something, anything to try to please your partner, you do out of fear, you want your partner to like you and if he/she doesn’t feel pleased you feel hurt, you feel that is unfair, so your fears grow, you feel insecured and unhappy.
Remember, whatever you do, do it out of love, expecting nothing because love is an unselfish act. Love does not want anything in return. Love only gives. If you only give without expecting anything, there won’t be any disappointments, there will be no pain, only rewards.
I used so many times the expression; “I love you so much that it hurts” Just now, I see clearly that it was not an expression of love but an expression of fear. To feel un-loved, not to get the same intensity of my emotion in return. I was pitying myself asking for as much love as I was giving. I was living in a dream, an unfulfilled dream…Now I know.
I remember long ago telling myself that I was so happy that it seems unreal, one of those moments you say, “Too good to be true”, well that expression is true most of the times, and unfortunately for me it was. I have healed my wounds, and now I am able to speak of my emotions. It was hard but necessary. It is the only way to free yourself of your emotional baggage, your painful baggage.
Many times you say to
yourself, and sometimes in confidence to friends, that love is painful, and unfair and you cling to that existence believing that things will go better if you just stay a little longer, but you end up creating more chaos in your life and in the life of your partner, and hate starts to grow to the point that is impossible the existence together.
Anything you say or do is criticized and the same goes with your partner anything that he/she says receive an unwelcome response, it won’t get better believe me, not until you both realize that you are hurting each other in this ping pong of emotional pain that we subject ourselves. It seems as if we enjoy the pain. The discomfort is so great that you get uncomfortably numb. You keep pushing your emotional strength. It is hard to brake lose. I’ve been there, I have tasted the upsetting experiences that a bad relationship gives, and does not matter how many years you has been in the web, does not matter how much you think you know your partner, once you fall in that hole, it is like trying to get out of a bottle that is clear and you can see the outside, but your life slips back in.
Everything will be OK or contained for a lack of a better word, if only this emotional war that you are waging is in between two people, but is not the case. In this plane of existence that we live in, we all are bonded by this invisible web of frequencies, that affect everything and everyone around us, specially if you have children, they will receive your negative emotions, even if they pretend not to be affected, they do, and you have to be aware that their reality and yours are part of the same hologram.
Going throughout the years of self-inflicted wounds sounds unimaginable, but in the majority of the relationships is the case. When you know that you are living in this unhealthy relationship, why not get out, we keep inventing excuses to stay. We keep telling ourselves that tomorrow the situation will change, he will change, he is just kidding when he hurts you, when he insult you, you always forgive him, you cry and just that release of energy makes you feel better, at least for the moment, but in reality you keep growing hate inside yourself, you kid yourself when you stay and pretend nothing happened, you are a time bomb ready to explode.
When you know that you are living in this unhealthy relationship, why not get out, we keep inventing excuses to stay. We keep telling ourselves that tomorrow the situation will change, he will change, he is just kidding when he hurts you, when he insult you, you always forgive him, you cry and just that release of energy makes you feel better, at least for the moment, but in reality you keep growing hate inside yourself, you kid yourself when you stay and pretend nothing happened, you are a time bomb ready to explode.
Why do we do it? Do we like to be insulted? Do we enjoy being step on it, we might say we do it for our kids, or we don’t have a place to go, but none of these reasons are enough valid to go throught hell. It is very important to understand that we are exposing our kids to unnecessary emotional damage. They end up being the victims of our lack of love and insufficient and mutual disrespect. We might not see inmediately, but when they grow up and enter in a relationship on their own, they will be unconsciously fighting the demons that we are planting in them, not knowing how to react in situations where their parents acted so immaturely.
Is it some love that we try to save out of the ashes? or is the fear of being alone? What is it for you?
Maybe you still believe that you love your partner, for a moment you think that he/she still loves you, you feel insecure again, the fear to loose what you have, but then you must think, what do you have? when you live in an unstable situation, hanging in a web thin and fragile, you have to accept the reality, you have to wake up from the dream that is so lucid that can become a nightmare.
There is so much that a spirit can take before is shattered, you have to follow your inner instinct and make your choice, remember the choices, when follow the instinctive inner you, It will be a right choice, if you start making logical scenarios, then most probably your choice will not have a very happy ending.
Clear your emotional clatter and make your move. Remember that life is unfair only because you feed your fear before you feed your love. So get rid of the fear and love you, love you first, then only you will know if you are loved or if you just live in a dream feed by fear.
Some say that “if there is no pain, there is not love”, I don’t think so.
I still want to feel the emotional discharge of love, where there’s no pain, no tomorrow, only today.
I always dream of finding my soul mate, that love that will make me forget the nightmares of my past.
I’m always hoping to find that special moment, and I can grab and not let it go.
It is never too late to find love. When it comes to knocking on your door, be ready to open because it never rings twice.
Let yourself be taken for a ride, an experience that is soft, romantic, and easy to navigate without drama. Everything evolves in a very simple way. Where a simple eye sight or a glimpse that can make you feel loved and dissipated of all congestion and uncertainty, where there is no clatter or clouds in the horizon line.
Let yourself feel the soft essence of love, let it touch you with the breeze of a fresh morning that will feel like a glorious morning, shining with light. Do not think twice. Seize the moment.
Make your relationship relaxed and beautiful, not planning for tomorrow, living on the present as the most precious gift from God.
Make your relationship relaxed and beautiful, not planning for tomorrow, living on the present as the most precious gift from God.
No one can assure you that you will have a better tomorrow, If you can not enjoy the present day, how can you expect a tomorrow?
Make your day as romantic as the first date. It could be the day to remember.
Do not shed tears for the unknown that is not in balance with your life, as it does not exist yet, only today counts, do not make it a burden that tears you down with unnecessary desperation that could not even come as a reality.
Cherish today as the last day of your life. Your love is precious. Your life is precious. Make today to be a memorable day, the best day of your life.
When I grow up
By Marivel Guzman
When I grow up, I want to be like you
seeing the world pass through me,
growing roots deep into the sky
I need to learn how to fly.
When I grow up, I want to be like you
I want to give light and warm,
and grow roots on Mother Earth
I’m starting to warm up.
When I grow up, I want to be like you
quenching thirsty minds
planting seeds in little souls
my ignorance is starting to wear out.
When I grow up, I want to be like you
running rivers to the oceans
flooding fertile lands
A mother I become.
When I grow up, I want to be like you
I’m selfish, greedy, and honestly naive
But I’m still young with a thousand places to go
with a million goals to achieve
I’m not even a hundred and 300 years to live.
With the wind, the sun, little
Knowledge, patience, and some time, I’m sure to achieve it all
Man of peace
September 30, 2019
A man of peace!
In a guest op-ed in Metro New York on Friday, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan wrote that it is time for the world community to decide how long economic and political expediencies will continue to overshadow human values and morals, reported state-run Radio Pakistan.
Solidarity with the oppressed nations has come always from ordinary people, not the leaders of the nations, who always look the other way of the struggles of the people. But, we have a strong world leader, who is defying the “Status Quo, ‘ and is standing with strong voice against the powerful G7 and its puppets nations.
Khan has said over and over again, that he is in the path of peace, and he has demanded dialogue with India since he was elected.
At the same time, Khan has spoken on the floor of the UN, and in front of the press defending the people of Kashmir.
He is not asking to annext Kashmir, but to give the choice to Kashmirs to decide their future.
“The Pakistani nation will not sit back until Kashmiris are given their right of self-determination, whatever be the cost,” he said.
“We do not seek to negotiate until the recent unilateral annexation attempt by the Indian government is reversed, curfew lifted and Kashmiri stakeholders are made part of the negotiations,” he said.
The people of Kashmir are also looking for international support for their just cause, Khan said.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/khan-pakistan-ready-to-pay-any-price-for-kashmir/1597428
Children do not spread coronavirus
After nine months of keeping school closed, Dr Anthony Fauci said, “data shows that schools children do not spread coronavirus.”
Nothing new. The data have shown exactly that fact. Study after study show that school children do not spread the coronavirus, and further more, school children have very little risk of dying of coronavirus.
After nine months of keeping school closed, Dr Anthony Fauci said, “data shows that schools children do not spread coronavirus.” Nothing new. The data have shown exactly that fact.
Study after study showed that school children do not spread the coronavirus, and further more, school children have very little risk of dying of coronavirus.
President Donald Trump was mocked by mainstream media when he said “open the schools, stop this nonsense, ” but Nancy Pellosi said “this administration is messing with the health of our children.
Take a moment and watch this video and demand to stop this whole nonsense of lockdowns.
Children should not wear masks, simply because they don’t spread the coronavirus, and they should go back to school.
Thw WHO and UNICEF adviced “children 5 and under should not wear a mask.”
If the data shows that children don’t spread coronavirus, why local authorities are mandating children to wear masks.
A young adult under puberty is considered a child, means 13 years and under should not wear a masks.
Trump still the US president
The New World Order Aka the United Nations vote this week to remove mariguana from “dangerous substances,” and the Democrats followed the lead.
Isn’t it something that a sovereign nation is almost taking orders from the UN?
“The U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted this week to remove marijuana and marijuana resin from the category of the world’s most dangerous drugs, paving the way for additional research opportunities.”
Why now?
Not that I’m against that mariguana being decriminilized, but its rather odd that congress is doing this now, when there is some much chaos in the country.
US is involved in vote fraud court cases, regardless if mainstream media try to hide the facts. Then the unnecessary lockdowns with a failed economy driving the country into a crash.
Is it some sort of diverting strategy, or the fact that nine months after the lockdown started, Congress isn’t passing a stimulus check for the people?
It begs the question, why Nancy Pelosi completely disregard President Donald Trump, while talking of present issues, and instead referers to the elected President Joe Biden, when the house is still in session and Trump is still the president.
A better world is possible
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” ~ Margaret Mead
The collective consciousness is setting the tune. Do not give up. Never stop trying because a better world is always possible.
Every day, we have the opportunity. Don’t waste yours in meaningless negative thoughts.
Stay human! ❤
Thoughts of the day
Getting old is not such a bad thing, actually is great! The best thing that can happen to a human being is grow old and grow learning new things.
Hi world, let your smile be your business card ❤️.
Good morning world!
Today, I wake up happy to be alive.
I have no regrets in life.
Everything I’ve lived, it has been a marvelous experience in every facet of my life.
I grew up happy, and I’m aging happily ever after 😁❤.
I have been blessed by the universe with terrific people who have made my life happier.
I thank life because it has been fair.
I’m happy to be a human rights activist. Inequality and people’s oppression are my motivation to keep fighting.
Even if I change one person’s perspective, it is well received because I believe in the universal Tenfold return.
I wish a happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers of the world.
Defiant and unrepentant
life is fair
nothing more, nothing less.
life is a game
play by the rules
life doesn’t forgive
enjoy today, tomorrow might not come
The Diva pacifist
I’m unrelenting pacifist
but I’m an oxymoron “fighter” for human rights
happinesses with smiles be my weapons
and soft words be my strength
Walking on moving sands
Times moves faster these days,
“events” are piling on my screen
I pretend not to care anymore,
will it change the outcome?
by ten folds, it will hurt more
Pain description and prescription for pain
A pugnant arrow landed on your heart
but you smile and keep moving, sure to dodge the next one without getting angry. Softly move out of the way and throw a kiss to the air.
Peace Men
Is the name of this picture.
If it was for me, I will be in charge of Peace on Earth
Overseeing that everyone have his God giving right.
Father and Son
Father where have you gone? before you even left me, I was mourning your Death, Even without saying goodbye, sadness has filled my heart.
Your absence was in the air talking forgiveness into my soul, yelling in dark silence but nothing it got said.
I kept my lips seal, your kept your lips shut and my stubbornness won one more time.
The Darkness of the night took me for thorny roads, the beasts in my nightmare where eating me alive. I was running without breathing, leaping giants stones, falling exhausted, feeling anxious and fearful, not wanting to stop and lose it all, I did not want to fill the dark hole of nothing.
I did not want to turn old hates into new ones and I left it to the time, and the time went thin and disappeared with your figure as the shadow did with the light.
All the voices yelling silence, like daggers drilling pain into me very deep where nothing can cure the sore wounds. I keep pouring salt to the opening of my heart trying to heal my pain, trying to numb it, to drown it with emptiness and oblivion, but did not cure, did not heal, only got worse.
Father where have you gone? I miss your advice, I miss your first hug.
your arms holding me before I fall down.
I miss your angry voice telling me NO! , I miss your soft tender love kissing me before I go sleep.
My first steps were trophies to your pride, and laughter was my price.
Father where have you gone? We were once very close, lovely father embracing me when I born. when we were One, Only the Father and Son
Forever your memory will stay imprinted in my mind, forever my heart will ache just to think that the blood that running throughout my veins was borrowed from your heart.
Father where ever you are, I send you my love. God almighty shine your journey and bless your soul. June 30, 2010
Good morning world!
Today I wake up happy to be alive.
I have no regrets in life.
Everything I’ve lived, it has been a marvelous experience in every facet of my life.
I grew up happy, and I’m aging happily ever after 😁❤.
Silly Red Poem
I got me some flowers to match my lip gloss,
but I was overlooking,a bigger match… I scored!
Admiring my flowers, I notice my face, I’m bursting
with warm, I Am Shy,I am blushing… I am red!..
Admiring and looking, a pound in my chest
He is knocking and saying,I am also Red!
Rose, Lips and heart are loving the color
The Red is fire, the red is passion….. and more
I finish my poem and rest with delight
admiring my Roses, and feeling my heart
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Did I forgot to mention my shirt?….. NO!
my shirt is orange. jajaja LoL
I have been blessed by the universe with terrific people, who have made my life happier.
I thanks life, because it has been fair.
I’m happy to be a human rights activist. Inequality and people’s oppression are my motivation to keep fighting.
Even if I change one person’s perspective, it is well received, because I believe in the universal Tenfold return.
I wish a happy mother’s day to all the mothers of the world.
The Mist
I feel myself as part of the air, the water, the mountain, the tree, the earth, the fire, and the mist.
The sensation of not being in a solid state but ether—That is everywhere, like the Akash that surrounds us all, ‘from above so is bellow’.
This is a reflection of my essence, where I feel the sensation to be everywhere: touched, touching, admired, admiring, transparent and diluted with the abstract strokes of love and pain.
But there is also a feeling of being part of the ‘nowhere’, that place where you don’t see me, but you feel me like the air.
That ‘state of being’ where you can perceive me through my emotions, passions, deeds and pains.
I’m the mist of my conquered ideals, that subside with the morning warm, but ready to return fresh at dawn.
When I depart from my physical constraint. I’ll leave without sorrows, no regrets, as my existence on earth was a gift.
The essence of my soul will travel free throughout eternity, the immensity of the cosmos dust would be my “ride”.
Then will travel to the cosmos from my earthbound space,
dissipating with white-black tones of middle gray.
Getting old is not hi 4
Happy International Women’s Day ❤️ To me and to all my beautiful sisters in facebook and also to all those women that have made a better world. To all the inventors, activists, scientists, photographers, journalists, all women that walk this earth giving love and giiving thelmselves to others. ❤️🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷 Love ❤️ be with you an around you.
In my class of photography I did a set of portrays for my final grade. I took probably about 50 to 60 different self portrays and this is one of the three I choose.
I stand for peace and condemn the murders in Istanbul.
All these chain of events of violance are getting bloodiest as Israel gets bloodier and stronger with American tax payer money.
#BDS Israel #EndZionism #FreePalestine and free the world from this evil #Apartheid illegal entity of Israel.
RIP the victims and bring the culprits to justice.
I fell tired and impatient to get there
But time seems to dismiss me
I’m but a particle floating in the emptiness
The vast emptiness of my time
Moving and static
Frozen with uncertainty
Hoping for better times
Waiting for a moment to say, I got it!
But as I aged, I realize that
Times is now!
Living, breathing is ticking my time
exhalting the morning
in awe for its beauty
I breath to the morning
I touch its freshness
And, time stops
for me, for a another moment of beauty
I though time was moving away
but I was wrong
times is inside me
time pauses on my intense moments
times accelerates only to spare me pain
The Earth is being bombarded by electromagnetic waves coming from many parts of the neighboring universes.
Part of these energies are clashing with the positives energies of healing plants, old wise trees, roaming wild animals, mountains, rivers, oceans, spiritual retreats, and by benevolent human beings.
The battle is being waged at all levels of human’s conciseness—Conflicts on earth are just one effect of these clashes.
The disruption of the optimal frequency vibration is affecting human cavities and its current blood system. All molecules vibrate at certain frequency and that allows them to keep the harmony of the element and stay in its place; Being human cells, water, rocks, plants etc.
The external forces that try to help earth for many eons are abandoning the human race. Alien life visits to earth now is now more sporadic.
Now humans find themselves fighting for the survival of their own species. The Gods have abandoned humans on earth and left them to their own devices.
Invention of technologies to change the cause and effect of vibrations is one of humans inventions. They have experimented with those devices for thousands of years.
The use of concave structures able to resonate vibrations that alter frequencies of the body and surrounding elements is an technology used for thousands of years in temples.
The manipulating of the frequency of sound and light is well studied by science.
Singing bowls and drums use-technique is being left to monks, pristine tribes and few enlighten people that discovered the technique to help them in their mediration.
But those frequencies are not strong enough to help restore the balance of earth.
Plants have been able to modify their molecular structure to create a
new stronger species that are resistant to the radiation emitted by the sun’s and other celestial bodies that continuously cross earth’s path and disrupt their natural circle of life.
The moon vibration balance had been disrupted as well which is causing great waves in the oceans and the raise of temperatures around the globe.
Earth as an organic form that is changing its owns vibration frequency to counteract the negative energies coming to it. More earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are being felt by this adjustment. The power of the elements are playing their role as they have done for eons of time.
The flow of rivers will again be restored once the artificial structures lose its purpose when ice caps release the waters to replenish earth’s natural flow systems.
Everything that seems out of place will fall back to play its role in nature.
Human conscience will be expanded but not without pain and sorrow.
One human’s consciousnesses is expanded, and it realizes that their existence on earth depends on their own survival as species, and realizes that this survival depends on the balance of all elements of sound, and light, then they can work together as one unit to restore balance.
But unfortunate most humans are driven by emotions such anger, hate, greed, grief, self pity and many other negative emotions that kill the human spirit and do not allow them to awaken their conscisness.
Free yourself and be you. Let your humanity surface. Let your love spread like light.
Nothing of this is new but just came to me today again, and I felt like writing it down.
I’m feeling the pain again, all the pain came today and gave me time to reflect on my own existence. On the type of frequency I’m giving to the world. What I reflect to the world through my activism and through my own personal experiences.
I hope that people who are around me be able to understand my feelings because those are the most affected by me, even though my frequency has no boundaries of time and space.
I miss you girl, send me good vibes.
smile ❤ 🙂
Peace be with you and around you
Akashma
The outer skin of my soul it is me. ❤
Fooling around vs being fooled
Originally published on July 11, 2020, as Facebook post
Updated Nov. 30, 2020
“It’s easier to fool people than convince them than they have been fooled,” Often attributed to Mark Twain.
No matter who said it, it is an absolute truth statement, even if there are no absolutes, someone might say. At the present times, 99 percent of the population has been fooled into believing many things that are not true, at least not scientifically backed by honest data (not paid science.)
On the contrary, there is science against the opposite. But nobody will say, yes, I was fooled, but I’m ok with it.
Most people rather live a comfortable lie than an uncomfortable truth.
The lockdown(s) were never about hospitals’s capacity. The lockdown was and still is according to official sources to stop the infection of SARS-CoV-2.
The “surge” in cases is simply due to people testing positive for the SARS-CoV-2, but this fact does not make them a COVID-19 case.
Have you asked yourself why so many people are testing positive for the virus? The reason is that more testing are being conducted all across the world.
Second question: Why do people who are or seem healthy test positive, and they don’t even know you have it?
According to the latest study published in the Lancet, most young people, especially in groups from 14 to 49, had gotten the virus with no symptoms at alll.
Children under that age do not get infected. In the study, one child got the virus. The exception.
The group from 50 to 65, got the virus with mild conditions, not require hospitalization. The only group that is at risk are people 65 and over, and that is because they have a cocktail of diseases that render their immune system weak.
Now, if in the present lockdown, essential workers are allowed to mingle outside their homes to work, if they “catch” the virus they will bring it home, to “close quarters,” where they can infect any other members of the family. Right?
The lockdown is ineffective and is a complete disaster. Because destroyed the economy of the world at large and is eroding the means of survival of the sensitive population who are daily laborers, migrants, and street vendors whose only survival is in the tourist industry.
So, why instead mandate a lockdown on 7.8 billion people, why the policy wasn’t to protect the population at risk of getting infected and developing COVID-19, the flu which is also a respiratory infection could have been taken as a studied example.
Not every household in the world has a member in the mentioned group – 65 and over, those who have them should have the responsibility to care for their elderly, meaning wearing masks when in public to avoid getting the virus and bringing it home. Taking all measures of hygiene before being in contact with their elders.
We must take into consideration another group, the population that already suffers from conditions known to weaken their immune system. The same measures should be taken.
By now, science has widely established that asymptomatic people do not transmit the virus, simply because transmission begins when the body activates its defense mechanisms, such as fever, sneezing, and coughing. If you have a fever, no one can get sick by merely touching your warm skin. Right? But if you sneeze or cough, you can transmit the virus. The WHO has compiled data from countries that strictly tracked asymptomatic individuals and their contacts. “The data show no secondary infections from an asymptomatic person,” the WHO stated in its June 8 briefing.
“Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s technical lead on the Covid-19 pandemic, made it very clear Tuesday that the actual rates of asymptomatic transmission aren’t yet known.”
Kerkhove made it very clear Tuesday that the actual rates of asymptomatic transmission aren’t yet known.
If an asymptomatic person could transmit the virus just by speaking, this means the virus is in the saliva, right? Then, the testing for the overall population should be a simple swap of saliva from the mouth. But, that is not the present case. The testing is required to dig down on your throat or nose, where the virus is being isolated by the normal defense mechanism of the body if any virus is present.
So, again, the hospitals entered the equation when people started to challenge masks and lockdowns and the changing of mask guidelines.
If all governments can allocate billions of dollars to their defense budget to buy the latest weaponry of war, why they couldn’t switch that budget to fight this microscopic enemy?
Another important point to address is the medical personnel of the army forces. This goes for every country. All states (countries) have trained nurses and doctors. Why instead of use resources enforcing this crippling lockdown, why didn’t the armies of the world deploy their medical personnel to the government and private owned hospitals to help fight the enemy?
To conclude, and not less importantly, it is scientifically known and proven that as of 2020, there is still no treatment capable of curing viral infections; the only medical prescriptions available from doctors are rest, ample fluids, and medications to address symptoms such as high temperature, congested cough, and upper respiratory system discomfort. Although these symptoms are part of the body’s defense mechanisms to fight pathogens—regardless of their nature—if they become severe, interventions are necessary to alleviate the discomfort. When a person becomes too ill to be treated at home, they are taken to the hospital to receive medical treatment. This practice has been common among the majority of the population, especially in rural areas that lack nearby medical facilities—if they become severe, interventions are necessary to alleviate discomfort. Only when a person becomes too ill to be treated at home do they go to the hospital to receive medical care. This has been a common practice among the majority of the population, especially in rural areas that lack nearby medical facilities (National Institutes of Health [NIH], 2022; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs [VA] Whole Health Library, n.d.; World Health Organization [WHO], 2025).
Symptomatic relief—including rest, hydration, and over-the-counter medications—is the only proven treatment for many common viral illnesses, such as the common cold and other upper respiratory infections (NIH, 2022; VA Whole Health Library, n.d.) .
For certain vectorborne viral diseases—such as chikungunya—no specific antiviral treatment exists; instead, antipyretic and analgesic medications (e.g., paracetamol) are used to alleviate fever and pain .
In more cases, the better. If you have followed the reports from all the world’s CDCs, you find that COVID-19 cases resulting in deaths are very small percentages. Until now, analyzing the latest data, the death ratio range between
0. 03 to 0.26 worse scenario, and this number is taking into consideration the data of the positive cases reported from assymtomatic persons who voluntarily gave their throat or nose samples.
So again, wear your mask if you have to, but don’t blindly advocate for a lockdown that doesn’t affect you at all. Stay home if you feel safe, but stop feeding endless unnecessary fear to the population not affected by the SARS-CoV-2.
Take care of your elders and inmuno depressed, but don’t try to curtail with your fearmongering-the ability of the 90 percent of the population who can safely work and need to work to survive.
The lockdown is a wrong policy. Remember this: 37- million people live with HIV and live normal lives with treatment.
The following video is it very interesting piece of information to watch, but not just watch it and forget about it. Research the topics explained in it.
While Pfizer pharmaceutical has made headlines on the release of their Coronavirus vaccine, a former Vice President and Chief Scientist of the company Dr. Michael Yeadon has said that there is no need for any vaccines to bring the COVID-19 pandemic to an end.
Yeadon probably will be smear by mainstream media. His message parts ways from the global official narrative, and the trillon dollars vaccine industry will be hurt if the message gets the attention of the people.
He is an expert in the field of inmunology and he has no financial gain from the outcome of this information. On the contrary, his reputation will suffer greatly thanks to mainstream media.
National Institutes of Health. (2022, January). Is it flu, COVID‑19, allergies, or a cold? NIH News in Health. https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2022/01/it‑flu‑covid‑19‑allergies‑or‑cold
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Life is worth living
Originally published on July 24, 2020 as Facebook post
If life is worth living; live, love and laugh.
If life is not worth living;
Count your mistakes and live in sorrow the rest of your life.
This afternoon I was tired of reading some many hateful comments in Facebook that I wrote the above lines.
I’m pretty sure the message resonated in many of my Facebook friends. I want to believe that. I’m usually an optimistic person. I always see the beautiful side in humans. But I also understand that certain situations create mental chaos that makes people to write horrible things without thinking in the consequences.
A simple comment can enrage people, but also can create a bridge of communication that can develop into a dialogue of understanding.
Life isn’t complicated at all. We all have the same bare necessities: live, love, laugh, sing, dance, dream, play, give, and work toward your end goals. Simple as that ♥️
Fearmongering the worse public policy ever
July 11,2020
By Marivel Guzman
“It’s easier to fool people than convince them thanu they have been fooled,” Often attributed to Mark Twain.
No matter who said it, it is an absolute truth statement, even if there are no absolutes, someone might say. At the present times, 99 percent of the population has been fooled into believing many things that are not true, at least not scientifically backed by honest data (not paid science).
On the contrary, there is science against the opposite. But nobody will say, yes, I was fooled, but I’m ok with it.
Most people rather live a comfortable lie than an uncomfortable truth.
The lockdown(s) were never about hospitals’s capacity. The lockdown was and still is according to official sources to stop the infection of SARS-CoV-2.
The “surge” in cases is simply due to people testing positive for the SARS-CoV-2, but this fact does not make them a COVID-19 case.
Have you asked yourself why so many people are testing positive for the virus? The reason is that more testing is being conducted all across the world.
Second question: Why do people who are or seem healthy test positive, and you don’t even know you have it?
According to the latest study published in the Lancet, most young people, especially in groups from 14 to 49, had gotten the virus with no symptoms a lot.
Children under that age do not get infected. In the study, one child got the virus. The exception.
The group that from 50 to 65, got the virus with mild condition, not required hospitalization. The only group that is at risk are people 65 and over, and that is because they have a coctail of diseases that render their immune system weak.
Now, if in the present lockdown essential workers are allowed to mingle outside their homes to work, if they “catch” the virus obviously they will bring it home, to a “close quarters,” where they can infect any other members of the family. Right?
The lockdown is ineffective and is a complete disaster. Because destroyed the economy of the world at large and further more is eroding the means of survival of the sensitive population-Those who are daily laborers, migrants, street vendors whose only survival is in the tourist industry.
So, why instead to mandate a lockdown in a 7.8 billion people, why the policy wasn’t to protect the population at risk to get infected and to develop COVID-19, the flu which is also a respiratory infection could have been taken as a studied example.
Not every household in the world has a member in the mentioned group – 65 and over- those who has them should have the responsibility to care for their elderly, meaning wearing masks when in public to avoid getting the virus and bring it home. Taking all measures of hygiene before being in contact with their elders.
We must take into consideration another group, the population that already suffers from conditions known to weaken their inmune system. The same measures should be taken.
By now, science has studied that assymtomatic people do not transmit the virus, simply because the means of transmission starts when the body starts protecting itself through its defense mechanism such fever, sneezing, and coughing If you have a fever, no body can’t get sick by touching the warm skin of the person. Righ? but if you sneeze or cough, then you can transmit the virus. The WHO has the data compiled by countries that followed the strict tracking of assymtomatic and their contacts. “The data shows no secondary infection from an assymtomatic person,” the WHO said in its June 8 briefing.
If an asymptomatic person could transmit the virus just by speaking, this means the virus is in the saliva, right? Then, the testing for the overall population should be a simple swap of saliva from the mouth. But, that is not the present case. The testing is required to dig down on your throat or nose, where the virus is being isolated by the normal defense mechanism of the body if any virus is present.
So, again, the hospitals entered the equation when people started to challenge masks and lockdowns and the changing of mask guidelines.
If all governments can allocate billions of dollars to their defense budget to buy the latest weaponry of war, why they couldn’t they switch that budget to fight this “almost microscopic enemy “?
Another important point to address is the medical personnel of the army forces. This goes for every country. All states (countries) have trained nurses and doctors. Why instead of use resources enforcing this crippling lockdown, why didn’t the armies of the world deploy their medical personnel to the government and private owned hospitals to help fight the enemy?
To end but not less important, it is known, scientifically proven that there isn’t a treatment to cure viruses still now 2020, the only doctor’s prescription is rest, lots of fluids and medicines to treat the symptoms; high temperature, congested cough, and upper respiratory system symptoms. Although those symptoms are the defense mechanism of the body to fight the pathogens, whichever they are, if they become severe, they need to lessen the discomfort.
Only when the person become to ill to treat him/her at home is that they go to the hospital to be under medical treatment. This has been a common practice by the majority of the population, especially rural places that don’t have medical facilities nearby.
So, in my personal informed opinion – after endless research and medical knowledge- I’m talking as a nurse and as a journalist, the lockdown(s) and curfews are the wrong public policy ever enforced in the population in time of relative peace, at least in most countries.
In more cases, the better. If you have followed the reports from all the world’s CDCs, you find that COVID-19 cases resulting in deaths are very small percentages. Until now, analyzing the latest data, the death ratio range between
- 03 to 0.26 worse scenario, and this number is taking in consideration the data of the positive cases reported from assymtomatic persons who voluntary gave their throat or nose samples.
So again, wear your mask if you have to, but don’t blindly advocate for a lockdown that doesn’t affect you at all. Stay home if you feel safe, but stop feeding endless unnecessary fear to the population not affected by the SARS-CoV-2.
Take care of your elders and inmuno depressed, but don’t try to curtail with your fearmongering-the ability of the 90 percent of the population who can safely work and need to work to survive.
The lockdown is a wrong policy. Remember this: 37- million people live with HIV and live normal lives with treatment.
Worldwide protests did not kill millions
Something to reflect on!
According to Faucci, CDC, WHO, and every politician and world government head of state that pushed and maintained the #lockdown, because of the spreading of the #COVID19, it might actually be scare of what follows.
There are millions of ex-abiding-stay-home citizens protesting George Floyd public lynching. The protests are happening all around the world.
If COVID-19 is such a dangerous virus and warranted the lockdown and destruction of the world economy, then the whole world is infected, and according to “mainstream scientists’s narrative and advice,” millions would die if there wasn’t a lockdown and social distancing and masks.
I wonder, what will they come out with to excuse the past few months’ lockdown when millions won’t die because of the COVID-19 after these worldwide protests?
It’s going to be very interesting to see what is next.
Stay tuned.
Disclaimer: I used the attached video only for the arguments he exposed at the beginning of the clip, not for the religious content.
#Protests #COVI19 #GeorgeFloydProtests #GeorgeFloydRiots
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