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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Palestinian Christians |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2024, 11:22 am
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Replies: 50
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| Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb: A word from heads of churches on behalf of Christian Palestinians in Gaza , on the YouTube channel of the Institute of Palestine Studies (based in Beirut, Lebanon): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDkQabGxT3o Summary here : "The Christians in Gaza belong to the oldest Chr... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Palestinian Christians |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2024, 11:02 am
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| Below is a synopsis , by the publisher, of The Politics of Persecution: Middle Eastern Christians in an Age of Empire by Mitri Raheb, Baylor University Press, 2021: Persecution of Christians in the Middle East has been a recurring theme since the middle of the nineteenth century. The topic has exper... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Palestinian Christians |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2024, 10:49 am
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| Here is a Publisher's Weekly review of one of Dr. Mitri Raheb's books, Faith in the Face of Empire: The Bible Through Palestinian Eyes : In this short work aimed at the lay reader, Raheb, a writer, preacher, and president of Dar al-Kalima University College in Bethlehem, covers an impressive range o... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Christian Zionism |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2024, 10:40 am
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Replies: 42
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| Here is a Publisher's Weekly review of the book Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, the People, the Bible by Mitri Raheb: In this thought-provoking analysis, pastor Raheb ( The Politics of Persecution ) unpacks the American Christian right’s use and misuse of biblical notions to justify Israel’s “sett... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What life is like for Palestinians |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2024, 9:36 am
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| I just now discovered a source of info about Palestine that may be worth looking at: the Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS), based in Beirut, Lebanon. See: - IPS website - IPS YouTube channel - Wikipedia page about IPS Anyhow, on the IPS website I encountered a 36-page paper titled Kahanism and A... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Palestinian Christians |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2024, 12:41 am
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| An influential Palestinian Protestant theologian is Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb . According to the short bio on his website: Founder and President of Dar al-Kalima University in Bethlehem. The most widely published Palestinian theologian to date, Dr. Raheb is the author and editor of 50 books including: De... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Critiques of Zionism by Jews |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2024, 3:28 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,671
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| News stories about anti-Zionist Jewish groups: - Who are the Palestinian and Jewish-led groups leading the protests against Israel’s action in Gaza? , PBS, Nov 16, 2023. - A Brief History of Anti-Zionist Jews by Nathaniel Flakin, Left Voice , October 21, 2023 - Get to know the pro-Palestinian anti-Z... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Critiques of Zionism by Jews |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2024, 11:59 am
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Replies: 22
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| Wikipedia has a List of Jewish anti-Zionist organizations . Below is a reorganized version of the list, with links to the groups' own websites, if known, or other sources otherwise, in addition to the Wikipedia articles about each org. Here in the U.S.A.: - American Council for Judaism: Website | DB... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Evidence of Israel's genocidal intentions toward Gaza? |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2024, 6:59 am
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Replies: 66
Views: 2,780
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| What to know about South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the ICJ by Laurin-Whitney Gottbrath, Axios , January 11, 2024: The International Court of Justice is set to hold two days of preliminary hearings beginning Thursday on South Africa's case accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaz... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: [IMPORTANT] Hamas launches foot assault against settlements. |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2024, 8:23 pm
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Replies: 2,122
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| Why on Earth is Israel withholding tax revenues that belong to the PA???? The PA isn't Hamas. Is Netanyahu’s government TRYING to provoke violence among West Bank Palestinians just so Israel can have an excuse to kill them all and/or take even more Palestinian land??? It’s personal. When the war en... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: on the use of language regarding socialism |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2024, 1:16 pm
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Replies: 15
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| As far as I can tell, neither pure socialism nor pure capitalism is the best economic system. All of the world's best economies are mixed economies of one kind or another. So, to me, the question is: what is the best mixture? There have been both good mixtures and bad mixtures. the problem is that ... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Secret Tunnel Under New York Synagogue Sparks Chaotic Scenes |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2024, 9:40 am
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Replies: 8
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| Anyone ask the reason why they tried to stop the tunnel being blocked? Is because they have someone or something down there! Logically think of this. Lets say one was building a secret tunnel.... The athorities discovered it. One would say "Ok, you found it" and that would be that. One wo... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What was life really like in the late 60s? |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2024, 4:27 pm
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Replies: 50
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| I think the 60s were probably a lot worse than it's often portrayed. There was the Vietnam war, sh!tty economy, & protests & riots. sh!tty economy??? Really? Where? Actually the economy back then was exceptionally good, at least for white people, though not quite as good for people of color... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: [IMPORTANT] Hamas launches foot assault against settlements. |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2024, 12:35 pm
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| IDF brass said to warn political leaders that West Bank on brink of violent eruption Security chiefs have warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu several times in recent days that the West Bank is on the brink of a major eruption in violence, Israeli television reported Monday. According to Channe... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: China is Headed for an Economic Collapse |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2024, 12:04 pm
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Replies: 20
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| There’s gotta be some nerds amongst their Billion+ population that can figure out what to do next. China’s been around a long time and will continue. It just might change after this most recent financial house of cards starting to come crashing down is all. Some nerds being able to "figure out... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: on the use of language regarding socialism |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2024, 11:31 am
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Replies: 15
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As far as I can tell, neither pure socialism nor pure capitalism is the best economic system. All of the world's best economies are mixed economies of one kind or another.
So, to me, the question is: what is the best mixture? There have been both good mixtures and bad mixtures. |
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