Israel, Gaza, and Reflections on Thanksgiving

You can find the op-ed by Thomas Friedman, “Mr. Trump, Do You Realize How Much the World Has Changed Since You Were President?” Nov. 26, 202 at:   

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/opinion/trump-israel-iran.html 

Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation, October 3, 1863,  can be found at:  https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/docs/transcript_for_abraham_lincoln_thanksgiving_proclamation_1863.pdf 

A colleague on the same Solidarity Pilgrimage with me posted the following statement about our trip: https://substack.com/home/post/p-152180354

For more information on how Palestinians have had their human rights violated for over a century, see Rashid Khalidi, The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine, A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017, (N.Y., Henry Holt & Co., 2020). 

Visit the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center at https://sabeel.org  and the Community Renewal Society at:  https://www.communityrenewalsociety.org/ 

You can find Ethan Avriel's  Haaretz article that  we discussed about the Palestinian economy, "On the Road to Annexation, Israel Is Intentionally Causing Economic Collapse in the West Bank," at:  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-11-19/ty-article-magazine/.premium/on-the-road-to-annexation-israel-is-intentionally-causing-a-palestinian-economic-collapse/00000193-3f53-d8aa-a3b3-3fdf3a6a0000