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Sunday, September 1, 2024

“…A horrible and shocking thing
    has happened in the land:
The prophets prophesy lies,
    the priests rule by their own authority,
and my people love it this way.
    But what will you do in the end?”

Jeremiah 5:21-31

Why do they hate us? – Times of Israel

“These are the words of Hitler himself: ‘Providence has ordained that I should be the greatest liberator of humanity. I am freeing man from the restraints of an intelligence that has taken charge, from the dirty and degrading self-mortifications of a false vision called conscience and morality…The Ten Commandments have lost their validity. Conscience is a Jewish invention; it is a blemish like circumcision.'”

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Is Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza? New Report from BU School of Law’s International Human Rights Clinic Lays Out Case – BU

“Between October 7, 2023, and May 1, 2024—the period covered in our report—Israel has killed at least 34,000 Palestinians and injured over 78,000 in Gaza, comprising over 5 percent of Gaza’s population. Of those killed, [around] 14,000 are children—more children in the first four months of Israel’s assault than have been killed in all the world’s conflicts in the last four years. Over 75 percent of Gaza’s population has been forcibly displaced in violation of Geneva Convention rules. Most face acute hunger and many are dying of famine. These are the results of Israel’s complete siege on Gaza, deliberately depriving an entire population of food, water, fuel, and other necessities for survival. In addition, Israel has destroyed over 70 percent of housing in Gaza, every single university, fully or partially destroyed hospitals, health centers, UN facilities, and most of Gaza’s religious and cultural institutions. All of this factual evidence supports the elements of genocide.”

To be a Palestinian child, trying to survive Israeli jail – AL Jazeera

Stripped and held at gunpoint, the Gaza schoolboys ‘forced to be Israel’s human shields’ – Independent

Shocking spike in use of unlawful lethal force by Israeli forces against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank – Amnesty International

Michigan university lecture compares Netanyahu to Hitler – Times of Israel

Where the Poor Pay More: 21 States with Heavy Tax Burdens on Low-Income Residents – msn

Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All 50 States – ITEP

“The vast majority of state and local tax systems are regressive, or upside-down. This requires a much greater share of income from low- and middle-income families than from wealthy families. The absence of a graduated personal income tax in many states and a heavy reliance on consumption taxes contribute to this effect.”