I tried to cross into Jerusalem today (where I used to be a highschool
teacher) and was denied by the apartheid colonizers. My wife too. Our US
passports notwithstanding. This is a clear violation of the agreement
reached with the US State Department that allowed Israelis to enter the US
on a visa waiver program. US citizens are not treated with respect agreed
to. Over the weekend we were stopped from doing our field work in the
Jordan valley by these apartheid regime forces. This was not the first
time. On so many occasions we are harassed and prevented from having any
normalcy.  In other parts of Palestine, the situation is much worse. In
Gaza Strip alone over the past nine months 186,000 Palestinians were killed
by bombing them, by denial of food, water, medicine and by destroying their
infrastructure etc.  As I am in touch with many families in Gaza by phone I
hear horror stories including literally starving to death and if there is a
food it is only bread or only rice (no proteins, vegetables, milk, fruits
etc). And what worries me more are families we lost touch with (no phones).

During this past week, more evidence has emerged that Israel allowed the attacks of October 7th to happen, that Israel military enacted the Hannibal directive which allows them to kill their own soldiers and citizens rather than allow them to be taken hostage, and that the propaganda regarding dead babies and rape stories are not true.

Additionally, the Lancet reports that by “applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one direct death to the 37396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186 000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza”. This is 8% of the population.

(The Lancet is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal and one of the oldest of its kind. It is also one of the world's highest-impact academic journals.[1][2] )

Tuesday, July 9, 2024, 6:30 PM
All are invited to our Jewish Voice for Peace Central Ohio monthly meeting. There will be a short business meeting.

We will be showing a video with Omar Barghouti, "BDS: Ending Complicity in Genocide and Apartheid," followed by an open discussion. 

Location:  Northwood High Building, room 100, 2231 N High St, Columbus, 43201. Northwood High Room 100 parking is permitted free of charge at spaces marked "R - Reserved/Rardin Clinic/Patient Parking. Unauthorized cars parked at "A" and "B" permit spaces will result in a $60.00 citation. Free parking is also available on adjacent Norwich and Northwood Avenues after 6:00pm on weekdays and anytime on the weekend.  

Facebook Event.   

Join us in COLUMBUS on Tuesday, July 9!

Where:  Huntington Bank, 17 High Street

Why:  Although not one of the "big 4" dirtiest fossil-fuel-funding banks, Huntington has a particular climate problem here in Ohio: they are funding the toxic, polluting, and unnecessary plastics 'recycling' (ie, incineration) industry - making all of Ohio a climate Sacrifice Zone!

Please come join what promises to be a fun & lively event, meet other Ohio Third Actors, and help get the message to Huntington Bank that Ohioans say: 

• NO! to their greenwashing
• NO! to Ohio becoming a climate sacrifice zone to further line corporate pockets, and 
• YES! to a total pivot to funding for (true!) renewables

This event is a part of Elders Week, a national effort from Climate Defenders, and co-sponsored by Third Act and other organizations.  

Now is the time!! Pressure Huntington to stop funding this Merry-Go-Round