The following correspondence originally took place here, upon the Facebook wall of peace activist, Cynthia McKinney, PhD…
(replies from all third parties have been omitted for clarity)
Ziggy Marley
Cynthia McKinney, PhD: Tune Out: Ziggy Marley Performs in Israel During Genocidal War Against Gaza
Reggae Star, Ziggy Marley, Rejects Calls to Boycott Israel:
http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Reggae-star-Ziggy-Marley-rejects-calls-to-boycott-Israel
Rayn: Bo!
I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…
Wrongly accused victim of police and courts, Ashley Brown
Mistaken Identity? Woman Says She Was Wrongly Accused, Arrested:
https://www.aol.com/article/2014/07/29/mistaken-identity-woman-says-she-was-wrongly-accused-arrested/20938748/
(Isabelle Chapman) Ashley Brown was eight months pregnant when she was arrested on drug charges last November for a case in which her only real crime may have been having a very common name.
Brown said she pulled into the driveway of her mother’s Rittman home and was closely followed by two cars from the Rittman Police Department.
“I got out and one of them walked up to me and said, ‘we have a warrant for your arrest,’ and I thought that they were joking,” said Brown.
“I thought that it was for an unpaid parking ticket and he said, ‘no ma’am, it’s for dangerous drugs,’ and I lost it,” said Brown.
My Commentary: Read the details of this story very carefully. Then, imagine yourself peacefully coexisting with the rest of humanity, only to be suddenly abducted by armed thugs, falsely accused, and falsely imprisoned, all while eight months pregnant, simply because you happen to share the same first name with a suspect who drove her car to a police-surveilled drug deal, and the State has decided that they have just cause to pursue you as a criminal based upon this this SINGLE FACT, alone…
Ashley Brown had no criminal record, and a solid alibi for the day in question. However, according to the article, “for eight grueling months following her arrest, Brown said she was required to make daily status phone calls and subject herself to random drug tests twice a week at her own expense.
Ultimately, prosecutors agreed to drop the charges against her.
Brown said she felt embarrassed to have to go through what she did, especially when she was pregnant and she feels she is entitled to an apology.
‘I hope this never happens to anybody, and I hope they do their research better before they go to try to convict somebody of something they didn’t do,’ said Brown.”
I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…
An Israeli Watchtower
Israeli Officer: I Was Right to Shoot 13-Year-Old Child:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/24/israel
An Israeli army officer who repeatedly shot a 13-year-old Palestinian girl in Gaza dismissed a warning from another soldier that she was a child by saying he would have killed her even if she was three years old.
The officer, identified by the army only as Captain R, was charged this week with illegal use of his weapon, conduct unbecoming an officer and other relatively minor infractions after emptying all 10 bullets from his gun’s magazine into Iman al-Hams when she walked into a “security area” on the edge of Rafah refugee camp last month.
A tape recording of radio exchanges between soldiers involved in the incident, played on Israeli television, contradicts the army’s account of the events and appears to show that the captain shot the girl in cold blood.
My Commentary: FLASHBACK 2004: An Israeli Captain is accused of executing Iman al-Hams, an innocent thirteen-year-old Gazan schoolgirl, who had accidentally wandered towards one of the many Israeli military posts occupying her tiny, overcrowded refugee prison camp “community,” and was trying to find her way back to safety. The commanding officer allegedly emptied his full clip of ten rifle rounds into the child’s body at close range, after she was first immobilized by a single sniper shot to the leg from a soldier in a nearby Israeli military watchtower post…
Of course, these sorts of events never get the full journalistic, investigative coverage they deserve, and they are quickly swept under the rug, as though an “isolated incident”…
But, here’s the conclusion…
“Not Guilty.” The Israeli Captain Who Emptied his Rifle Into a Gazan Schoolgirl:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/nov/16/israel2
The following is an updated version of my post, “In the Past Two Weeks, Israel’s Government Has Massacred Nearly 600 Gazan Civilians, Because… Terrorism!.” Like the previous article, I originally posted it to my Facebook wall…
Latest Gazan Fatalities, according to United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), as reported by their Facebook page, here…
According to the latest figures from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Israeli military forces have killed an estimated 1,118 Gazans since their July 7th launch of Operation “Protective Edge.” About 74% of this total represents civilian casualties. In other words, approximately 827 civilians have been murdered by Israel’s government so far, with about 243 of that total being children, and 131 being women, which together represent 45% of all civilian deaths…
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – Gaza Crisis:
http://www.ochaopt.org/content.aspx?id=1010361
Sadly, these numbers reveal that the world’s “Most Moral Army” has snuffed out the lives of more children than it has killed Hamas “militants” in its latest war-criminal adventures inside Gaza! Gazan youths represent about one quarter of the Israeli governments total killings, and almost one third of their total civilian murder victims!
Israel’s Offensive in Gaza has ‘Killed More Children than Fighters’, Say Human Rights Groups:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/10984451/Israels-offensive-in-Gaza-has-killed-more-children-than-fighters-say-human-rights-groups.html
‘No Safe Place for Civilians’ in Gaza, United Nations Says:
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/middle-east-unrest/no-safe-place-civilians-gaza-united-nations-says-n162706
Israel’s Gaza Offensive Has Killed Child Every Hour for Two Days:
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/middle-east-unrest/israels-gaza-offensive-has-killed-child-every-hour-two-days-n162751
Israel’s government is executing a full-scale massacre of purely cowardly proportions – to the welcoming cheers of celebrating Israeli audiences, in some cases! (Click Here to Continue Reading This Post)
I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…
The “Am I legally allowed to marry in Israel?” flowchart
Who Would You Be Allowed to Marry in Israel Today?
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/shavuot/.premium-1.596576
(Ariel David, Haaretz) On the website of Hiddush, a nonprofit organization that promotes religious freedom and equality in Israel, there is a world map showing countries that restrict freedom of marriage. The countries given as imposing “severe restrictions” include most states between Morocco to the west and Pakistan to the east. And Israel is no exception.
Marriage in the Jewish state is a complex matter, and is almost entirely under the purview of religious authorities.
There is no civil marriage. Jews can only be married in a religious ceremony, by an Orthodox rabbi under the authority of the Chief Rabbinate, the top religious authority for Jews in Israel. This means there is also no interfaith marriage between Jews and non-Jews, since Orthodox Judaism does not allow mixed unions. Israelis who belong to other streams of Judaism, such as Reform or Conservative, must still tie the knot in front of an Orthodox rabbi in a traditional ceremony if they want their marriage to be recognized by the state.
My Commentary: Repeat after me: Israel IS NOT an Apartheid State! 😉
