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Thoughtful piece on antisemitism and pro-Palestine activism on university campuses. In sum: don’t automatically assume the movement or the slogans are antisemitic.
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@MSNBC
raises questions about Israeli denial of hospital strike (1/2)
Israel denies air strike on hospital in Gaza, saying failed militant rocket to blame for blast in which hundreds feared dead
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In 1941, a father reassured his son that Hitler would eventually lose. When the little Norwegian boy asked why, he said: “Because he does not know when and how to stop.” Johan Galtung grew up to become the founder of “peace studies.” This is his last book, published in 2009. 1/4
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@RnaudBertrand
Then Galtung was only three years off. He predicted 2020:
In 1941, a father reassured his son that Hitler would eventually lose. When the little Norwegian boy asked why, he said: “Because he does not know when and how to stop.” Johan Galtung grew up to become the founder of “peace studies.” This is his last book, published in 2009. 1/4
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If you can’t access the book or are looking for a shorter reading, I recommend this comprehensive review article published in World Affairs by Eddie J. Girdner (2013) 4/4
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Galtung takes pains to distinguish between America as a Republic and America as an Empire: “I love the US Republic where I have lived much of my life, as much as I hate the US Empire for its violence of all kinds…The book is as pro-American as it is anti-US Empire.” 3/4
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Definition of “empire” (p. 20): “An empire is a trans-border, culturally legitimized, Center-Periphery structure of unequal exchange:” economically, militarily, politically, and culturally. “The US Empire ranks highly on all four.”
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There are problems with comparing the American Empire to Hitler, admits Galtung, in the book’s prologue. But no comparison is ever complete or perfect, only helpful: “the basic logic is the same.” 2/4
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@RnaudBertrand
I was in a session with a US state dept official who got too comfortable with the audience. After saying Russia is really good at disinformation, he paused, smirked, and whispered: “Don’t tell anyone, but they’re almost as good as we are.” It was an open forum. True story!
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@tparsi
How is it that the secular west came to be identified as the peaceful party in a so-called clash of civilizations?
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@_ZachFoster
One day, if and when things are different, clips like this will be part of a curriculum on “what went wrong”
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My father featured here!
Group Capt Abbas
Mirza of PAF after flying the
first solo flight on
F-20 Tigershark.
During the 80s, three US jets were short listed by the PAF, Fairchild Republic
A-10 Thunderbolt, LTV A-7 Corsair-2 and
the Northrop F-20 Tigershark to compliment the small F-16 Fleet.
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Claim: Israel has been pursuing a two-state solution for decades
Rebuttal: That is an inversion of reality
Evidence: “The Israeli Government has illegally settled 500,000 Israelis on Occupied Palestinian land in opposition to 131 UN resolutions”
And more 👇🏼
Reposted-
@JakeWSimons
inverts the truth and ignores history and reality here. Three key facts are completely ommitted:
1. The PLO/Palestinian Authority recognised Israel in 1990 and has been committed to a Two State Solution since then, but the ruling Likud Party, in power for
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Looks like
@IAmAmnaNawaz
signed off
@NewsHour
with not-so-subtle 💖💖 signal today. Maybe inside joke or unintentional. Either way, we enjoyed it 🤔😁
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@MarkAmesExiled
@KelleyBVlahos
@TheWarNerd
“The war I know about isn’t the war you’re reading about.” -Seymour Hersh
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@AkbarSAhmed
“He does not know when and how to stop.”
In 1941, a father reassured his son that Hitler would eventually lose. When the little Norwegian boy asked why, he said: “Because he does not know when and how to stop.” Johan Galtung grew up to become the founder of “peace studies.” This is his last book, published in 2009. 1/4
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@richards1052
I read in Obama’s memoir that his Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel had spent time in the Israeli Army.
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Lovely to see newlyweds
@yusufshahmasud
&
@m__mediha
! Was thrilled to learn she’s personal friends with
@BikerNiqabi
😀
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@mehdirhasan
Show them this clip of Rambo in Afghanistan, back when the Jihad was on our side. Must watch!
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Argues
@cenkuygur
: If Saudis raise price of oil shortly before election so voters feel sudden acute pinch, Biden will be in serious trouble, especially in close race.
Also: everyone said Palestinian lives are as valuable as Israeli lives & settlements are illegal 👏🏼
THE ESTABLISHMENT WANTS THEM SILENCED, SO WE’RE GIVING THEM A MEGAPHONE! 📣 TYT is giving the 🎤 to ALL THREE Democratic Presidential Candidates
@marwilliamson
,
@cenkuygur
, and
@deanbphillips
to respond to the 4th
#GOPDebate
! Tune in TODAY at 10pm ET/7pm PT on YouTube!
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@RnaudBertrand
Yes, nice words. But also important to stop feeding the fire with more weapons and money
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@AkbarSAhmed
If Biden blocks progress I hope she resigns in protest. We will celebrate her name through the ages. Otherwise, her memory will be tarnished alongside Biden’s.
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@johncusack
Drawing your attention to this important conversation with leading UChicago scholar Robert Pape. He agrees that Israel’s foreign policy is even destructive for its own vital interests. Highly recommended
“Israel is setting itself up for an unwinnable situation.”
Pape argues: Indiscriminate bombing campaigns fail b/c they mobilize population, fuel insurgency. Horton asks: What if goal is ethnic cleansing, nobody left to worry about? Brilliant and essential dialogue. 🧵 1/5
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When Nikki Haley says the Civil War was caused by the “government interfering in people’s freedom”
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@Rob_Weissman
@jentaub
I agree about speech (for the most part). Problem is he’s been at it 50 yrs. Didn’t he write the tax code? I worry it’s a game for him. “Finish the job” means “win the game,” i.e. end career at term limit. With Republican Congress he can say whatever. No real change possible.
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@ShibleyTelhami
Olmert seems to admit what Lloyd Austin said: Israel is headed for strategic defeat.
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Israel has impeccable timing 🎄 On Christmas Day, Netanyahu publicly says the plan to expel Gazans is in the works, while The Jerusalem Post drops an op-ed explaining why it’s good for them. 🧵
Links below, with a couple more examples of Israel’s “in your face” timing. 1/5
OPINION: The facts demonstrate that the northern Sinai Peninsula is an ideal location to develop a spacious resettlement for the people of Gaza.
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@davidfrum
By that logic, Hamas blames its armed resistance on the siege & occupation, so should we blame Israel for Oct 7? The answer is no. Each side is morally culpable for its moral failures and will be held accountable accordingly.
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@IfNotNowOrg
@UAW
@APWUnational
@chuckschumer
@hakeemjeffries
@SenGillibrand
@StatusCoup
C’mon, Biden!
There are moments in history when “the man” makes all the difference. Now is one of those times. For every hour the ceasefire is delayed, people are maimed, dismembered, or breathe their last. An eternity. 2/2
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As ICJ begins proceedings in the case of South Africa vs Israel, American media replaying Ingraham Angle and Republican Primary debate coverage across Fox, CNN, and MSNBC. The insularity and my myopia should alarm people who care about the future of this country.
⭕️ LIVE: South Africa begins its genocide case against Israel at the ICJ in The Hague.
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“Do you condemn Hamas?”
This piece by leading Israeli historian Avi Shlaim articulates why it has been difficult to answer this question.
Worth reading in its entirety, I’m clipping the parts relevant to the Hamas question 🧵 1/6
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“Israel is setting itself up for an unwinnable situation.”
Pape argues: Indiscriminate bombing campaigns fail b/c they mobilize population, fuel insurgency. Horton asks: What if goal is ethnic cleansing, nobody left to worry about? Brilliant and essential dialogue. 🧵 1/5
12/28/23 Robert A. Pape on Israel’s Major Strategic Mistake - The Scott Horton Show
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@SanaSaeed
Caught real-time analysis questioning the denial with reference to
#ShireenAbuAkleh
in part ii of the video 👇🏼
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Israel is on the brink of strategic defeat 🧵 On Dec 2 Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Israel is headed for “strategic defeat” if it fails to protect the civilian population of Gaza. It has failed. Other leading voices are joining the chorus 1/7
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@haaretzcom
Here’s a 3-min primer on Hamas. Hint: the history of this conflict predates Oct 7:
"How Israeli Violence Radicalized Hamas."
Read Full Article:
By me
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@NTarnopolsky
Netanyahu was such a headache for Sec of State James Baker that he barred him from entering the State Dept building.
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@Tracking_Power
The balance of power has shifted. And—dare I say it—the Houthis occupy the moral high ground by rallying for a ceasefire, which is the position of almost every country and human rights org on the planet!
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Critical to develop partnerships b/w advocates of religious freedom and secular human rights activists. The Left and Right should own the issue together. Paraphrasing
@fispahani
at
#ReligiousLibertySummit
hosted by
@NDLaw
@UniGregoriana
in Rome 🇮🇹☘️
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@haaretzcom
@rogelalpher
Then why does the world maintain diplomatic relations and continue to send weapons?
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@RnaudBertrand
Yes, but according to Hersh’s account Norway was fully complicit. Which makes it more of an act of self-sabotage or red flag operation than an act of war.
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It is easy to condemn the terrorist acts of Hamas, just like it is easy to condemn any crime against humanity. A categorical “Do you condemn Hamas?”, however, requires the erasure of history, reduces the present moment into an absurd abstraction, and tees up ethnic cleansing. 6/6
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Wide-ranging perspectives from Hindu, Chinese, Jewish, Buddhist, Catholic, Muslim, Sikh, Christian, Baha’i, and Scientific wisdom traditions in dialogue with
@tonyannett
’s Cathonomics. Special thanks to advisors
@Mansoura1968
@anantrambachan
& more!
@AnsariUND
@KeoughGlobalND
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@omarsuleiman504
Same. Over past 6 weeks I’ve been to Istanbul, Doha, Dhaka, Jakarta & Perth. Everyone, everywhere is holding America accountable.
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Informative session to packed room with
@ObaidullaBaheer
today, hosted by
@EbrahimMoosa
. Need imaginative thinking for peace & reconciliation in
#Afghanistan
.
@KeoughGlobalND
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@RnaudBertrand
Mearsheimer and Walt call this “The Tail Wagging the Dog” in their article on the Israeli lobby. They even have a heading “Putting Iran in the Crosshairs”
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@GarlandNixon
If true, Australia is embracing the role of “vassal” that parts of Europe are finally beginning to resist
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@LailaAlarian
They already succeeded in providing cover for the war in real time. Mission accomplished. I can’t believe these are innocent mistakes. This is ideological and deliberate. No apology can make up for it.
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@stephenWalt
He is also suppressing democracy within his own party while making democracy the central issue of our time 👎🏼
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These are the last lines of the preface from Samantha Power’s Pulitzer Prize winning book, “A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide,” which we read in our class:
Today, I convened donor governments to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. We spoke about the urgent need for civilians in Gaza to have access to continued assistance and the need for Israel to take every possible measure to protect civilian life.
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@AOHSUsometimesY
@tonyannett
@NatalieMAvalos
@petecajka
@rogerchilds2u
@RevDrClayville
@adecort
@agleig
@DrCeleneIbrahim
@jackmjenkins
@kathrynajoyce
@nikhiletc
@TylerMTully
@Sarazonah
@BuddhistEthics
A privilege to host this lovely group!
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Opening night on “Islam & Ireland” conf. featuring former president Dr. Mary McAleese, Bradford MP
@NazShahBfd
with discussant Dr. Hisham Hellyer. There is something distinctive about the Irish experience! ☘️
Grateful to partners
@AnsariUND
@Ucdnewmancentre
@Dub_Faith_Forum
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@MintPressNews
Not a smart move. JVP has the support of very credible voices like Naomi Klein and Peter Beinart. This might hurt ADL more than it does JVP.
JVP also happens to be on the right side of the issue, a moral beacon for other rights/justice groups!
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Accompaniment & Advocacy for Palestinians under occupation. Thanks to our MGA students
@KeoughGlobalND
@AnsariUND
@NanovicND
for leading this important multifaith colloquium on integral human development.
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@RnaudBertrand
Serious question: Is there any—and if so, how much—overlap between the anti-China lobby and pro-Israel lobby in the US? Or are these largely independent and minimally intersecting camps that just happen to, at times, overlap?
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Why are people calling for a ceasefire not instead demanding a release of the hostages? If Hamas just surrenders, this could all be over! These objections totally miss the forest for the trees. 🧵
If a criminal takes hostages and the police start shooting indiscriminately…1/8
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@MehdiHasanShow
@mehdirhasan
@AymanM
The chemistry b/w you two is perfect. And good substance to accompany the lightheartedness. Loving it.
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Here’s what I got. By ethnic cleansing Gazans into Sinai, three things will happen:
First, West Bank will read the tea leaves and assume they’re next. After all, the real prize is Judea and Samaria. So expect desperate campaign of resistance (suicide terrorism) 2/5
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Rashid Khalidi in “A Hundred Years’ War on Palestine:” The project is sold as both a civilizing mission to protect the West from barbarism AND as actually good for the Native population, leaving them “better off.” (My paraphrase) 5/5
Merry Christmas 🎁
Merry Christmas, Christians. This is the front page of the Norwegian Christian (usually Conservative) newspaper
@vaartland
this week. Made by Christian Bloom. Thank you ❤️🎄👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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“Engaging the Holy: The Scholar’s Dilemma.” Our Dean Scott Appleby addressing grad student participants in the Rome Summer Seminars on Religion and Global Politics.
@KeoughGlobalND
@UNDIntl
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@sarahleah1
They should also pick someone they’re for. Plenty of alternatives in the mix, e.g.
@marwilliamson
!
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“It’s Time to End the ‘Special Relationship’ With Israel:
The benefits of U.S. support no longer outweigh the costs.”
By one of Harvard’s leading IR scholars who also wrote the book on The Israeli Lobby. He offers 4 arguments with illustrative examples, e.g. Iraq war 🧵 1/5
I wrote this article 2-1/2 years ago. Holds up pretty well, I'd say.
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My op-ed today on the maligned Harvard student statement that has received severe backlash.
Harvard vs. Haaretz: Why similar opinions get widely diverging responses
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“When I die, Dublin will be written on my heart.” -James Joyce
Electric utility box painted in Arabic across Dublin Mosque 🕌 Delightful little courtyard with shops and restaurant with voices of children at play ❤️
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“60% of the work is done by women, but they control only 20% of the resources, and just 1% of the land.” -The Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo at the Global Ethic General Assembly
@InterfaithWorld
@AnsariUND
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“Enhanced with AI for adrak and ilaichi” (ginger and cardamom) ☕️ 😁
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My son graduating from college today, part of first graduating class under banner of new mascot “Beacons”💡Former mascot was “Crusaders.” We approve of the change! Congrats to Momin Mirza for earning the honor college medal 🏅 🎓📜
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Muslims everywhere: continue to speak out, to persuade, to resist, but please don’t attack a synagogue or cause harm to anyone. It’s both against Islam and terrible for your cause. The last thing we need right now (or ever!) is another atrocity.
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Haaretz: Gaza deaths not getting attention anymore. Clear indication that mainstream media is sanitizing the war.
"The story of deaths in Gaza, and it hurts me to say this, doesn't get a lot of attention anymore. The catastrophic humanitarian situation, which I think is unprecedented – nothing like this has happened in Gaza – is the main story"
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@KimIversenShow
Was the timing intentional or coincidence?
Israel has impeccable timing 🎄 On Christmas Day, Netanyahu publicly says the plan to expel Gazans is in the works, while The Jerusalem Post drops an op-ed explaining why it’s good for them. 🧵
Links below, with a couple more examples of Israel’s “in your face” timing. 1/5
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Incredible statement from the lawyer who succeeded at the ICJ advocating on behalf of Bosnia w/ respect to genocide: South Africa will win its case, US will be found complicit, and it will all happen this month.
He also says the ICC is impotent, beholden to Western backers 👇🏼
South Africa has filed a case at the International Court of Justice in the Hague, accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. International law expert Francis Boyle, who has argued successfully at the ICJ, says he believes "South Africa will win an order against Israel."
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Historic!
@AMBankstw
&
@mjcressler
meet for the first time at Faith in the Story. They have been collaborating on on racial integration, reparations, multiethnic congregations, and the “black manifesto.”
@RNS
@AnsariUND
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Lovely evening welcoming the Nasr Book Prize honoree Tyson Yunkaporta & fam with
@AnsariUND
colleagues. Join us for the symposium on Oct 2-3!
#SandTalk
#IndigenousPeoples
@megsaidsomethin
@AOHSUsometimesY
@AsForTheClouds
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Preparing for our booth at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago next week!
@InterfaithWorld
@AnsariUND
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@EliClifton
The company was WestExec: “Less than six months into the Biden administration, more than 15 consultants from the firm WestExec Advisors have fanned out across the White House, its foreign policy apparatus, and its law enforcement institutions”
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@AJEnglish
Reminds me about a US lawmaker who said something like “Of course I’m against settlement expansion, but I would never say it out loud!” Can’t remember exactly where I read that, maybe Bob Woodward’s “State of Denial”
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@MehdiHasanShow
@mehdirhasan
@AymanM
Highlight of the Rubio clip: he was in the middle of admitting he would “never” have been able to pay his student loans without a bestselling book!
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Summit includes cultural experiences. Visited Great Synagogue this afternoon. Magnificent bldg has distinctive dome. Caught
@NotreDame
photographer
@mattcashore
in action. Standing next to him is the one and only
@CornelWest
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Someone needs to introduce him to Palestinian Christians who, unlike him, are native to the land
Mike Johnson, the new House Speaker, tells a gathering of "pro-Israel" donors he personally assured Netanyahu that Congress will back the war "unwaveringly, till the end"
"As a Christian, we believe the Bible teaches very clearly that we're to stand with Israel," Johnson says
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“Islamism arose in the modern world, criticized the modern world, & adopted features of the modern world in order to advance a program for overcoming the modern world.” -Daniel Philpott. Part of our reading for today’s class 📚
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