URGENT APPEAL:

PLEASE SIGN AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PETITION TO RELEASE  DR. HUSSAM ABU SAFIYA
A pediatrician and Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, who refused to abandon his patients after being targeted. He is being detained without charges, or trial and tortured in an Israeli prison.

Ummm… Who bombs hospitals? Let alone 36 of them

Remember when Israel denied they bombed the first hospital in Gaza after the world gasped in disbelief — then proceeded to bomb 36 other hospitals? Yeah, us too

In 2010, my sister, Leila and I went to the Taybeh Oktoberfest in Taybeh, Ramallah, Palestine, the last fully Christian village left in Palestine. Taybeh Brewery, the first microbrewery in Palestine, owned by The Khoury family, has held its annual Oktoberfest since 2005. It was an amazing experience to say the least. And we have been wanting to have a Palestinian Oktoberfest, ever since then — live and simulcast with Taybeh village — to show our solidarity and unwavering support with our Christian brothers and sisters

Finally, after all these years, we are able to do it

Sadly, we are not able to get Taybeh beer in due to relentless settler violence, but we managed to get beer from another brewery in Birzeit Palestine. And it was a struggle as you can imagine

For those who are not aware, illegal settler violence has always existed, but severely escalated this past year, because… well… they’re pretty much done with Gaza, so they’ve moved on to the next phase(s). You know, The West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, etc,…doing what they do best with our hard earned U.S. tax dollars… you know the drill by now.

And speaking of our hard earned US tax dollars, there are 38 states in America, including in Pennsylvania, that make it illegal to boycott Israel and your business or institution will be punished. Read that again. You can boycott China, Russia or even our own United States — But not Israel — a foreign nation. Betcha didn’t know that. They actually tried to restrict disaster emergency FEMA funds for the same reason. Imagine that. Oh, how the media is so complicit

The tiny bit of news you may get such as the Israeli  settler attack on an NBC News crew is only because its just too big to ignore. They burn churches and homes, desecrate cemeteries and routinely spit on churches and clergy. And proudly post it on social media. They set fire to St. George, a 1,500 year old Orthodox church, which has survived for centuries, because that’s just what they do. Because they can. (So much for “Judeo-Christian values). Our Jewish brothers and sisters of true faith understand our common values and we are grateful for everything they are doing. And while we’re at it, save your false “anti-semitism” hasbara arguments. Zionism and Judaism are not the same. We all know that by now. Arabs are semites. Always have been. Always will be. Europeans are not

As Syrian Orthodox Christians grounded in our ancient faith and directly from this Holy region, we refuse to sit back and let this happen

Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem, Palestine

The very first Christians were Palestinians

These are their direct descendants

Their family lineage traces directly back 2,000 years to the beginning of Christianity, the age of the Apostles and in this Holy land

These are our people

NEVER STOP TALKING ABOUT PALESTINE

None of this is new or part of this particular government… it’s policy… always has been

SABRA AND SHATILA MASSACRES

On September 16 - 18, 1982, the Israeli Army surrounded the Sabra and Shatila Palestinian Refugee camps in South Lebanon and for 2 days and 2 nights straight, with their proxy militia, the Lebanese Philange, massacred, raped and tortured 3,500 Palestinian men women and children.

Some of those surviving children recieved medical treatment at Monsour Medical Center in Jeanette, PA (now defunct). Our parents loaded up our van, along with us kids and our cousins, and brought food and gifts for the children, heard their horrific stories and gave them comfort.

I am their witness.

I was 15 years old protesting the Sabra & Shatila massacres. I am now 58, protesting Gaza, The West Bank, Lebanon, Syria and everything else

THE ISRAELI KNESSET DEBATES WHETHER THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO RAPE PALESTINIAN PRISONERS

Dr. Adnan Bursh was raped to death in an Israeli prison and its on video. Israelis rioted and stormed the prison to defend the soldiers’ right to rape. It went all the way to the Knesset

Renowned Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Adnan Al Bursh was raped to death in an Israeli prison in April 2024

Genocide tourism

“The best show in town”

National security minister BEN GVIR BUILDS “VIEWING BOOTHS” TO WATCH PALESTINIAN PRISONERS GET EXECUTED

The 10,000 Palestinian prisoners currently in Israeli prisons (371 children) are tried by a military, not civilian courts, are held without charges and by law some will be mandatorily executed by hanging within 90 days

It wasn’t enough when Israeli settlers gathered their families for picnics and watched bombs fall on Gaza. Their appetite insatiable