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I sat on comments about this conflict for a while. I kept telling myself, “This is not my dog in this fight.” But then I thought about it and said, “it really is my dog in this fight.” I am neither from Palestine nor from Israel, although I am an adopted Jew. But I kept …
Reprint (STT, October 15, 2023). Dear UVI Community: As all of you are aware, on this past Saturday over 1,300 women, men and children were killed in a senseless massacre in Israel. The more we learn about the atrocities that occurred the more outraged and saddened we should become. This attack was not just an …
by Shugga Rosenbloom (Cannes, October 17, 2023) Will there ever be an end to this fight, Between Israel and Palestine, day and night? Whose land is it anyway, they say, Can we be fair and share it, come what may? The Holy Land, a place of ancient history, A land of beauty, mystery, and diversity. …
by Shugga Rosenbloom (Cannes, October 12, 2023). The Student World Impact Film Festival (SWIFF) is the largest student film festival globally, featuring films from artists in 149 countries. The festival aims to empower filmmakers from marginalized communities to harness the power of storytelling, explore their creativity, and share their voices with the world. The 2023 …
(STX, October 9, 2023 reprinted by permission- CPJ) Deadly Pattern: 20 journalists died by Israeli military fire in 22 years. No one has been held accountable. The May 11, 2022, killing of Al-Jazeera Arabic correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh is part of a deadly, decades-long pattern. Over 22 years, CPJ has documented at least 20 journalist …
by Tawfiq Muhsen (STT, October 8, 2023) On October 7, 2023 at 6:30am, different Palestinian brigades in Gaza united and launched the military operation called “Al-Aqsa flood.” The united Palestinian freedom fighters brigades launched rockets and demolished the barbed border fence/wall around the Gaza Strip. They took control over both military bases and different settlements …
By Kyra Edwards (STX-February 4, 2023) The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) is set to receive an investment of more than $100 million, says Vice President Kamala Harris at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in December 2022. The YALI was launched in 2010 and is the United States’ primary project to support the next generation of …
by Tawfiq Abdul Muhsen (St. Thomas, November 30, 2022). On November 29, 2022 the Israeli occupation forces assassinated five Palestinian civilians from different parts of the West Bank. The five martyrs included two brothers , Jawad AL-Rimawi 22 years- old and Thafr AL-Rimawi 21-years old, from Beit Rima, near the village of Kefr Ein. …
By Kyra Edwards (St. Croix, December 16, 2022). United States President Joe Biden hosted leaders from across the African continent for the second US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC on December 13-15, 2022. The Summit highlighted ideologies held by major world policymakers that as the youngest continent on the planet and a key geopolitical figure, …