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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
From the first light of dawn, Gaza City woke to its sky on fire and the earth underneath trembling due to the relentless Israeli airstrikes
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Gaza City faces horror by ’US-endorsed’ Israeli assault
From the first light of dawn, Gaza woke to its sky on fire and the earth underneath trembling due to the relentless Israeli airstrikes.
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The Electronic Intifada @intifada.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
“They hate us and want us dead and gone. But where do we go? This is our home, our history. This is our land.”
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Zionist terror attacks surge across West Bank
People are left to fend for themselves as Israel’s state-sponsored ethnic cleansing campaign turns sights on defenseless pastoral communities.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
The indiscriminate mass detention of more than 1,000 Palestinians in Tulkarem is part of a wider Israeli strategy to exert total control over the West Bank ⬇️
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How Israel is tightening its siege on the West Bank’s Tulkarem
The indiscriminate mass detention of more than 1,000 Palestinians in Tulkarem is part of a wider Israeli strategy to exert total control over the West Bank
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Help make our speaking tour with Rev. Nontombi Naomi Tutu and Iyad Burnat possible: www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
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Hope Beyond Apartheid Speaking Tour
Join the renowned Rev. Nontombi Naomi Tutu and Iyad Burnat, coming all the way from Bil'in, Palestine, on their speaking tour across the South in July 2025, with stops in Georgia, Florida, Texas, and ...
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
FOSNA Executive Director Jonathan Kuttab brings his expertise on international law to TRT World for an analysis on Israel’s attack on the #Madleen freedom flotilla. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9si1...
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Madleen ship arrives at Port of Ashdod under military escort
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 16/05/2025
In the past 48 hours, Israel has killed more than 250 Palestinians. Tweets from Palestinians in Gaza report some of the worst bombings across the Strip since the start of the genocide.
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Toby /𝓸𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓶𝔂 𝓸𝔀𝓷 @tobyhark.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
#CeasefireNOW Children in Gaza are being starved to death! @fosna.bsky.social @churchesformep.bsky.social @jvp.bsky.social
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Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow.com · 03/05/2025
Impunity — Reflection from Jonathan Kuttab, Executive Director, @fosna.bsky.social on the attack by Israel on The Freedom Flotilla ship carrying aid to Gaza
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Impunity — Friends of Sabeel North America
by Jonathan Kuttab As one outrage follows another in Gaza and the West Bank, there is a frightening new phenomenon taking place. A palpable feeling of total, utter impunity is introducing a new…
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 21/04/2025
"Heart of Compassion" for Palestine: Pope Francis Called for Gaza Ceasefire Until His Final Days
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“Heart of Compassion” for Palestine: Pope Francis Called for Gaza Ceasefire Until His Final Days
In his last public appearance before he died, Pope Francis addressed Easter Sunday Mass and repeated his call for a ceasefire in Gaza. “Pope Francis’s position on Palestine is just an extension of...
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Toby /𝓸𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓶𝔂 𝓸𝔀𝓷 @tobyhark.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
On April 1 🫏 I rode into Jerusalem. Unlike Jesus, I was in a bus w/ ministers and community leaders from the US. No one was out on the streets waving palms, but Palestinians were sheltering from bombs in Gaza. @fosna.bsky.social
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
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The Massacre of the Ambulances — Friends of Sabeel North America
by Jonathan Kuttab On March 23, 2025, Israel committed yet another massacre that seemed to mark a new low in its assault on Gaza. 15 paramedics and first responders, in clearly marked vehicles, were...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 03/04/2025
Tufts University petitions a federal judge to release student Rümeysa Öztürk, who was grabbed off the street by immigration officials. The move is some of the strongest public pushback by a school against the Trump administration's arrests of foreign students.
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Tufts University pushes for release of student grabbed off the street by immigration officials
The school's declaration in federal court on behalf of Rümeysa Öztürk is some of the strongest pushback by a university against the Trump administration's arrests of foreign students.
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Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow.com · 30/03/2025
This is a great read if you are yearning for a deeper understanding: Palestinian Citizens of Israel — @fosna.bsky.social
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Palestinian Citizens of Israel — Friends of Sabeel North America
by Jonathan Kuttab One of the key strategic elements to Israel’s control over Palestinians has been the establishment of a focused system of fragmentation of the Palestinian community. Palestinians…
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Bruce Reyes-Chow @breyeschow.com · 01/04/2025
Father David Neuhaus on how the Bible has created animosity towards Jews and how fighting antisemitism has been instrumentalized to create a catastrophe for the Palestinian people. Recorded during a delegation organized and sponsored by @fosna.bsky.social and Sabeel.
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
FOSNA Board Member Rev. Jenn Hosler was featured in Sojourners' latest, "12 CHRISTIAN WOMEN SHAPING THE CHURCH IN 2025" sojo.net/articles/12-...
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12 Christian Women Shaping the Church in 2025
These women lead through empathy, build community, and fight against rising tides of hopelessness with messages of radical and inclusive love.
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
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Jonathan Kuttab in Palestine — Friends of Sabeel North America
March 7th, 2025: Today I visited the hamlet of Jibet el Dib near Bethlehem. This hamlet of about 43 families is in Area C. It is cut off from all services, and is terrorized by nearby settlers ...
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Hands off Gaza. We need to escalate global mobilization to stop the ongoing genocide against Palestinians. Use this tool to call and write your congressional representatives. fosna.good.do/gazahospital...
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
What does 400 people look like to you? Is it the size of your church? Your graduating class? Your town? Your neighborhood? Can you see their faces? Do you know their names? Can you imagine 400 graves in your local cemetery?
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And the War Goes On
The Collapse of the Gaza Ceasefire
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Toby /𝓸𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓶𝔂 𝓸𝔀𝓷 @tobyhark.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
If you can help fund this effort to engage in real human encounter at this moment of extreme divisiveness in our world, I invite you to consider making a donation to @fosna.bsky.social using the link above.
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Toby /𝓸𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓶𝔂 𝓸𝔀𝓷 @tobyhark.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I have been invited by Palestinian Christians to come to East Jerusalem during this Lent to dialog with community leaders and learn about what Palestinians experience in Gaza and the occupied territories so that I can authentically bear witness here in the U.S. www.zeffy.com/fundraising/...
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Help Toby Stand in Solidarity with the People of Palestine
Dear Friends,You know that I have committed my entire adult life to serving my neighbors in ministry as an educator and community leader. Because of my experiences here in the United States, I have fe...
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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What is Happening in the West Bank? — Friends of Sabeel North America
Tulkarem refugee camp, photographed by Maen Hammad by Jonathan Kuttab Since October 7, 2023, the eyes of the world have been focused on Gaza, as genocide is being carried out and daily broadcaste...
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
“What Radicalized You?” A Reflection for Ash Wednesday by Jesse Steven Wheeler www.fosna.org/the-fosna-bl...
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“What Radicalized You?” A Reflection for Ash Wednesday — Friends of Sabeel North America
By Jesse Steven Wheeler A humorous meme in activist circles always begins with the question: “What radicalized you?” Multiple iterations exist, as is common among memes, but answers include: Basi...
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
We demand immediate action, accountability, and greater transparency from the International Red Cross (ICRC). Send a letter to the ICRC Delegation in Israel & Occupied territories with the link below. fosna.good.do/gazahospital...
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Join me in supporting the We Demand Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza Campaign
Today, on November 12th, the US House of Representatives will vote on H.R. 9495 - a bill that gives the Executive Branch, and specifically the Treasury Secretary, the power to remove the tax-exempt st...
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
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Three Stories—One Lesson — Friends of Sabeel North America
by Jonathan Kuttab Over the past week, three significant stories from Palestine/Israel appeared on social media but were completely ignored by conventional media outlets: First, an 80 year old Pal...
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Join the United Church of Christ for a webinar on Monday, February 24th to hear our Executive Director Jonathan Kuttab speak about Palestinian liberation theology, legal perspectives, human rights and more. ucc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Background is a field of olive trees with a blue overlay. Text says: Nurture the Soul: Rooted in Faith & Justice. A Vision of Liberation with Jonathan Kuttab. Monday, February 24th at 3:30 PM Eastern.
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
We join 230+ organisations in calling on all F-35 partners to take action in line with their legal obligations and immediately halt the direct and indirect transfer of F-35 parts and components to Israel. thecorbynproject.com/news/a-globa...
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A global call to stop arming Israel
Project for Peace and Justice, founded by Jeremy Corbyn. A hub for discussion and action, building solidarity and hope for a more decent world.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 18/02/2025
Palestinian Director Basel Adra: As "No Other Land" Gets Oscar Nod, Israel Ramps Up West Bank Attacks
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Palestinian Director Basel Adra: As “No Other Land” Gets Oscar Nod, Israel Ramps Up West Bank Attacks
The Israeli-Palestinian film No Other Land is nominated for an Oscar for best documentary at this year’s awards, to be held March 2. It follows the struggles of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank...
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
NVI held a book launch for "Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters" by Helena Cobban and Rami G. Khouri. FOSNA Executive Director and co-founder of Nonviolence International Jonathan Kuttab sat on this panel to offer his perspective in this engaging discussion. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Hmn...
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Book Talk: Understanding Hamas: And Why That Matters
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
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NGO Statement Opposing President Trump’s Recent Statements Supporting the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza | Friends Committee On National Legislation
A broad coalition of NGOs, led by FCNL and A New Policy, released a statement opposing President Trump’s recent statements that support forced Palestinian displacement leading to the ethnic cleansing ...
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
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The Clueless and the Evil — Friends of Sabeel North America
by Jonathan Kuttab This week, as I watched the press conference with President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu, I was tempted to slip into total denial. At one level, the proposal to take over the...
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Join us Friday for an online gathering with friends from the West Bank. We'll share a time of listening and encouragement while examining the occupation, settler violence and struggle for hope and liberation. Come and listen, learn and share the love. Feb 14 @ 2pm ET tinyurl.com/HappyPalestineDay
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Andalou Agency interviewed FOSNA Executive Director Jonathan Kuttab and former UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/...
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‘Clearly illegal,’ ‘war crime’: Experts blast Trump’s Gaza takeover proposal
‘It would also be a crime against humanity,’ former UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk says on Trump’s plan to ‘take over’ Gaza after permanent resettlement of Palestinians - Anadolu Ajansı
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
ICYMI: Watch Sabeel’s Thursday service with Rev. Naim Ateek and FOSNA National Organizer Rev. Chad Collins www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq44...
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Sabeel Thursday Service 30th of January 2025
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
"His view of the world is one of power rather than law; of superpower bullying rather than cooperation to solve problems." www.middleeasteye.net/news/disresp...
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'Very disrespectful': Palestinian Americans slam Trump for Netanyahu visit
Palestinian Americans say Trump's decision to platform Netanyahu shows the US president has no interest in international law
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 03/02/2025
The Israeli army is expanding its offensive in the northern West Bank and employing some of the same tactics that it has used in Gaza over the past 15 months, including the mass expulsion of residents, airstrikes, and large scale demolitions. mondoweiss.net/2025/02/as-part-of-w……
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As part of West Bank offensive, Israel conducts largest demolition since 1967
The Israeli army is expanding its offensive in the northern West Bank and employing some of the same tactics that it has used in Gaza over the past 15 months, including the mass expulsion of residents,...
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Join Kumi Now tomorrow at 11am EST to hear from ISM on International Solidarity with Palestine tinyurl.com/kumionline
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Christian relief and development agency World Vision International’s Mohammed Halabi is finally free. www.fosna.org/the-fosna-bl...
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Celebrate! Mohammed Halabi is Free — Friends of Sabeel North America
I am excited to report to you that Mohammed Halabi was released Saturday from Israeli custody and has met with his family in Gaza!
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Read Jonathan Kuttab's latest for Arab Center Washington DC, "The Slowdown in Enforcing International Law" arabcenterdc.org/resource/the...
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The Slowdown in Enforcing International Law
Jonathan Kuttab looks at the creation of international law and the protocols for its implementation that has slowed down markedly because of American support of Israel which continuously violates its ...
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Starting now! Join our National Organizer Rev. Chad Collins for Sabeel’s Thursday Worship Service: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Tomorrow morning our National Organizer Rev. Chad Collins leads Sabeel’s Thursday Worship Service. (8am PT / 11am ET) Register here! zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Sabeel Online Services. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Sabeel invites you to join in its online services. The online services are open to the community and friends are conducted in English. The services are a time to join together to discuss how the weekl...
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Israeli forces are engaging in an extensive military operation in the West Bank in the wake of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, replicating methods used during the Gaza war:
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Israel is shifting its battlefield from Gaza to the West Bank
In-depth: The 'Iron Wall' West Bank operation aims to reassert strength after Gaza's ceasefire, appease Israel’s far-right, and lay a foundation for annexation.
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Watch FOSNA Board member Father Paul Abernathy’s speech from Saturday’s event, “Confronting a Slaughter: The Church as a Prophetic Voice in Ending Genocide and Apartheid in Palestine” www.youtube.com/live/0Lh3Ifw...
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01-25-2025 Great Vespers
YouTube video by Saints Peter & Paul Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church
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Jehad Abusalim @jehadabusalim.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Gaza today, and for now, disrupts and defies the global agenda of rendering entire populations disposable and rightless. This was achieved through the resilience of an entire population that has endured months of displacement, starvation, disease, and bombardment.
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
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The Other Hostages — Friends of Sabeel North America
by Jonathan Kuttab It was truly amazing to see the joy and celebration surrounding the release of three Israeli hostages, who were released this week as part of a prisoner exchange/ceasefire agreeme...
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Bear witness. Stand in solidarity. Join a FOSNA/Sabeel witness or solidarity trip to meet with Palestinians and Israelis engaged in nonviolent resistance, visit refugee camps, experience daily life under occupation and view environmental degradation. Learn more and inquire at fosna.org/delegations
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
FOSNA Pittsburgh will be hosting Palestinian speaker Baha Hilo from January 17-20 Saturday, January 18th: “Israelism” showing at the Cathedral of Learning, UPitt @ 2:00pm with SJP Pitt Sunday Jan 19th, 6:00pm: Israeli & Christian Zionism: explanation, impact, & connections to Christian Nationalism
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
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Friends of Sabeel North America @fosna.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
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Genocide Denial and the Gaza Holocaust — Friends of Sabeel North America
by Jonathan Kuttab In the past, I used to wonder why “Holocaust denial” was listed as a criminal offense by many European countries and considered such a moral outrage everywhere else. Clearly, the H...
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