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Sara Ofner-Seals

@sofnerseals.bsky.social
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Pastor, writer, dog lover, solidarity activist. She/her. Follow me on substack! open.substack.com/pub/sofner And yes, it’s a constitutional crisis.

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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
It’s hard to see this as anything other than an attempted extension of Israeli’s genocide in Gaza. If this law passes and is allowed to go into effect, Israel will have a new mechanism to kill Palestinians without any kind of accountability.
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A New Genocidal Method
making state murder mandatory
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Some initial thoughts on MSP
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In Hummus and in Life
There are No Shortcuts
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Some thoughts on American on this MLK Day
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What would MLK say today?
On the long road ahead
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Amen
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
That people gaslighted by holocaust deniers would turn around and gaslight others about the exsistance of genocide in Gaza. Sigh.
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Immanuel will be born in Gaza. Anyone who tells you otherwise fundamentally misunderstands the nativity story.
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United Church of Christ @unitedchurch.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
✨ Day 13: Abolition, Advent & Apocalypse Mutual aid is essential to our collective survival, regional economies, and humanity & creation’s liberation. Mutual aid is essential for churches invested in our shared future that builds harmony, welcome & solidarity! -Rev. Seth Wispelwey 👇🏾 Reflection
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December 12
In Romans 15, the author casts a vision of a community of welcome, living in harmony for the glory of God as a final charge to the community at the end of the letter.  It is telling that we read this ...
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
How is this okay??? How are people okay with this???
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AIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 04/12/2025
He’s free. 16-year-old US citizen Mohammed Ibrahim is home with his family after nearly 10 months in an Israeli military prison where he was beaten, starved, & denied basic medical care. But, this hard-fought victory did not happen because AIPAC-backed politicians suddenly found their conscience.
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God @thegodshow.com · 04/12/2025
Reposting this everyday until Pete Hagueseth faces justice for his crimes against humanity.
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Thou Shalt Not Murder Fishermen While Pardoning Drug Lords
This is evil.
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The IMEU @theimeu.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians, which are supported by the Israeli military, have reached record highs. Palestinians have a right to live in freedom and safety, not in fear of settler attacks.
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Settler outposts spread among West Bank villages and fuel fear of more attacks
Palestinians in the West Bank are living in fear of more attacks by armed Israeli settlers. In recent months, villagers say, the town of Turmus Ayya has weathered near-daily assaults by settlers.
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Free Marwan apple.news/AEj3uf9_BSGW...
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More than 200 leading cultural figures call for release of jailed Palestinian leader — Guardian US
Group including Margaret Atwood, Ian McKellen and Richard Branson sign open letter to free Marwan Barghouti
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
The death toll in Gaza just went above 70,000. But sure, there’s a ceasefire in effect.
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
How does it make sense that the party against whom genocide is committed is required to disarm while no such demand is made for the party committing genocide??
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
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Did you know?
Palestinians are still dying in Gaza
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
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To Release the Prisoner: Part 3
The Palestinian Nelson Mandela
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
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To Release the Prisoner
the work of Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 12/10/2025
"Israel expects us to feel grateful for obtaining our basic rights to life and liberty — as if they were favors, not ordinary human rights."
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I Have Hope for This Ceasefire, But It Can’t Undo Two Years of Genocide
U.S. President Donald Trump said the ceasefire deal marked “a wonderful day for everybody.” Why did it take two years to arrive?
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
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Israeli settlers burn cars, attack Palestinian farmers in West Bank; IDF fires tear gas — Haaretz
Footage shows olive harvesters threatened by settlers, who damaged their equipment. On Friday, settlers wounded seven people in an attack which the town's deputy mayor called the 'most violent, extrem...
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
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We Need New Jewish Institutions
Sustaining the struggle will require spaces for reimagining our tradition.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 10/10/2025
“It's really quite repulsive that Palestinians have had to negotiate an end to their genocide,” says Palestinian human rights attorney Diana Buttu.
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
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No family, no stability, no social fabric: the anguish of Gaza’s wounded orphans — Guardian US
As the number of WCNSFs – wounded child no surviving family – grows, charities struggle to find adults to look after them
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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On Cruelty
and the need for a revival of compassion
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
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"Genocide Starts in the Mind"
Ahmed Abu Artema on life and death in Gaza
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
As the October 7 anniversary approaches, a reflection on that day and it's immediate aftermath
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Two Years of Genocide
Grappling with violence and resistance, despair and hope
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
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Israel imposes permits for Palestinians to access their own West Bank villages
Residents of three Palestinian communities now need Israeli-issued permits to access their own homes, fuelling fears of creeping annexation
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
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Recognition or Not, a Palestinian State Seems More Remote Than Ever
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
This is two female doctors in Gaza who are getting aid to people who desperately need it. If you are looking for somewhere to donate to help, this is a good place.
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Restoring Hope with Pal Humanity in North of Gaza
North Gaza is facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Families have lost everything — homes, loved ones, and access to necessities. Yet even in the face of devastation, the people of Gaza remain ...
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
If only more journalists could be like him.
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A Voice Cries Out in the Wilderness
meeting the great Gideon Levy
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
He gets it. apple.news/AHBmSyb7XSJW...
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Opinion | Recognition without rescue: The world's hollow gift to Palestinians — Haaretz
While the genocide in Gaza continues unabated and settlers run amok in the West Bank together with the army, the world met its minimum obligation by recognizing a state that will likely never come int...
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social VAN HOLLEN. Yes, we know who he is, and we are listening to what he is saying. He’s fighting for us and you are not.
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I’m so tired of the Atlantic’s bad takes. Harris did not campaign on a progressive platform. She campaigned with Dick and Liz Cheney, for goodness sake! This is centrist garbage trying to paint progressives as the problem. apple.news/AoI960ZLxRhW...
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Democrats Don’t Seem Willing to Follow Their Own Advice — The Atlantic
Party leaders know they need to moderate on cultural issues to win back working-class voters—so why don’t they?
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
What was that about this being a defensive war?
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Please read, please share.
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Amplifying Palestinian Voices
and a message from Rabbi Brant Rosen
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
I’m no longer praying for peace. I’m praying for a miracle. And I’ll work my ass off in the meantime.
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
@secmarcorubio.bsky.social How do you sleep at night being such a pawn for evil? Coward. You know it’s true.
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
How come no one is talking about how Trump just murdered 11 people??
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
But what if it was a boat full of migrants?
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
What can you do to stop the carnage in Gaza? Call your representative in congress and urge them to sign on to the #BlockTheBombs act. When your children and grandchildren ask what you did while your country aided and abetted a genocide, you can tell them you did this. It’s the least you can do.
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
My activism for Palestine is far more than a political issue, it is an extension of my spirituality. open.substack.com/pub/sofner/p...
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The Wild Holy
And why my spirituality connects me to Palestinian suffering
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I’ve been to Battir. This is so sad. Palestine is being colonized before our eyes and no one is stopping it. There will be nothing left but ghettos. www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/...
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Israel is about to annex the West Bank. When they do, Palestinians will resist. And they will be labeled as terrorists. mondoweiss.net/2025/09/the-...
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The new Israeli map proposing to annex 80% of the West Bank, explained
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich released a map proposing to annex over 80% of the West Bank. He’s not far off from the rest of the Israeli political establishment — even the “pragmatic” oppo...
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Hamas has agreed to a deal to release all the remaining hostages. Three weeks ago. Israel has ignored it and continues to bomb and starve Gaza. What the news doesn’t tell us.
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
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Christians in Palestine
They exist, but for how long?
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
God have mercy on us
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Let Gaza live, O God. Let Gaza live.
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A Prayer for Gaza City
When grief is too deep for words
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 01/09/2025
How can you deter the Trump administration's immigrant deportation machine when it pops up in your community? Follow these steps.
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What to Do When You See ICE in Your Neighborhood
How can you deter the Trump administration's immigrant deportation machine when it pops up in your community? Follow these steps.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 01/09/2025
More than 50 ships are heading to Gaza to challenge Israel’s illegal blockade and deliver urgent humanitarian aid.
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The Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza: Everything you need to know
More than 50 ships are heading to Gaza to challenge Israel’s illegal blockade and deliver urgent humanitarian aid.
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
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Who's Watching Who?
Bearing Witness in Silwan: Part Two
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Sara Ofner-Seals @sofnerseals.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
@booker.senate.gov 50% of Americans now say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. How long will you continue to accept blood money??
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