On Tisha B’Av 2022, Israel’s Baseless Hatred Unleashed on Gaza

Shalom Rav

Alaa Abdullah Riyad Qaddoum, age 5, killed by the Israeli military in Gaza City on August 5, 2022.

In August 2014, the Jewish festival of Tisha B’Av arrived as Israel was waging a military onslaught on Gaza that would eventually kill 2,251 Palestinians, 1,462 of whom were civilians, including over 500 children. Tisha B’Av is traditionally observed a day of mourning over the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and by extension, the tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people throughout its history. To mark the occasion of the festival in 2014, I wrote a new version of the first chapter of Lamentations (the Biblical book traditionally chanted on Tisha B’Av). At the time, I suggested this new version be added to the ceremony to acknowledge the massive tragedy the state of Israel was inflicting on Palestinians in Gaza in the name of the Jewish people.

Now eight years later…

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EVERY AUGUST REMEMBER HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI & THE ODIOUS WAR CRIMES COMMITTED BY THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR RACIST PRESIDENT TRUMAN – NEVER AGAIN

Despicable crimes

A Time To Rage

We marched on Saturday in support of Scottish independence and unilateral nuclear disarmament

On Saturday my wife Gail and daughter Gabrielle joined several hundred other marchers in the rain down at Helensburgh to march against nuclear weapons and for Scottish independence. As we walked past the Faslane Peace camp and near to the Nuclear Submarine base South Gate the sun appeared to brighten the day and remind us of the natural beauty of the area which is so grotesquely offended by the existence of a monstrous threat to humanity. The Trident nuclear submarines and missiles they carry are a horrible carbuncle placed in Scotland by the mighty United States of America and controlled by that international bully and primary rogue nation across the planet. The cause of Scottish independence and unilateral nuclear disarmament are integrally linked and marching for both on Saturday was both worthwhile and necessary.

The 6th of…

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