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Category: Politics and civics

Israel and Palestine: 56 years of occupation

Post author By Kathy Gill
Post date 23 October 2023
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Protest in London in support of Palestine — For the last few years only 3% of Gazan Palestinians have had access to safe drinking water. Flickr CC.

Hamas attacked Israel on October 7 2023. The Netanyahu government responded swiftly and indiscriminately. At least 1,400 people in Israel and 5,000 people in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) have been killed. Most are civilians. One of my students at the University of Washington has had their (fortunately unoccupied) family home destroyed by bombs. They […]

Politics and civics

Barry Goldwater on religion in politics

Post author By Kathy E. Gill
Post date 6 August 2022
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Although titled “To Be Conservative,” Goldwater’s statement was a resounding denunciation of the GOP’s then-growing alignment with “political preachers.”